2017 Ceredigion County Council election
An election to Ceredigion County Council were held on 4 May 2017 when local elections took place across Wales. It was preceded by the 2012 election and the next election is scheduled to take place in 2022.
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Summary of results
Plaid Cymru remained the largest party on 5 May 2017, but fell short of an overall majority with 19 councillors.[1] However, James Wyn Reynolds Thomas (Plaid Cymru) was elected unopposed on 11 May 2017 for the Llandyfriog ward, bringing the number of Plaid councillors on the Council up to 20.[2][3] Eight seats, out of the 42 available, had candidates elected unopposed.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | 20 | +4 | -3 | +1 | 46% | 36.11% | 8,554 | ||
Independent | 13 | +2 | -4 | -2 | 32% | 32.70% | 7,509 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | +1 | 0 | +1 | 20% | 22.82% | 5,406 | ||
Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2% | 6.52% | 1,545 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.02% | 241 | ||
National Health Action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.96% | 228 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.87% | 207 | ||
Total | 42 | 23,690 |
Background
The 2012 elections saw Plaid Cymru win 19 seats, independents 15 seats, Liberal Democrats 7 seats and the Labour Party one seat, leaving the council in no overall control, with Plaid Cymru three seats short of a majority. After the election the Independents agreed to work with Plaid Cymru, as did the sole Labour councillor, creating a coalition.
During the term Gethin James (Ind, Aberporth) joined UKIP but said that he would still sit in the Cabinet. This was strongly opposed by both the leader of the council Ellen ap Gwynn (Plaid, Ceulanamaesmawr) and by the leader of Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood. He eventually resigned from his cabinet post and sat on the opposition benches with the Liberal Democrats; and lost his Aberporth seat in the 2017 election.
At the close of nominations on 4 April 2017, the numbers of candidates nominated were as follows: Plaid Cymru 35, Independents 27, Liberal Democrats 22, Labour Party 9, Green Party 5, Conservatives 3, National Health Action Party 1.[4]
Ward Results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Vote share changes compared with corresponding 2012 election.
Aberaeron ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Evans* | 559 | 88.5% | -2.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Owain Arwel Glyn Hughes | 73 | 11.56% | +2.89% | |
Majority | 486 | 76.90% | -5.70% | ||
Turnout | 632 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Aberporth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gethin Davies | 386 | 42.28% | +15.56% | |
Independent | Gethin James*[n 1] | 323 | 35.38% | -25.89% | |
Liberal Democrats | Stefani Flowers | 114 | 12.49% | +12.49% | |
Conservative | Owen William Edward Millward | 90 | 9.86% | -2.15% | |
Majority | 63 | 6.90% | -27.66% | ||
Turnout | 913 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Aberystwyth, Bronglais ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun John Wiliams* | 342 | 81.04% | -8.36% | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Matthew Dearden | 47 | 11.14% | +11.14% | |
Labour | Jamie Christopher Scott | 33 | 7.82% | +7.82% | |
Majority | 295 | 69.90% | -8.90% | ||
Turnout | 422 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth, Central ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ceredig Wyn Davies* | 215 | 64.18% | +1.75% | |
Plaid Cymru | Jeff Alfred Smith | 73 | 21.79% | -9.83% | |
Green | Julie Karen Makin | 35 | 10.45% | +10.45% | |
Independent | Mark Robert Bolderston | 12 | 3.58% | +3.58% | |
Majority | 142 | 42.39% | +11.58% | ||
Turnout | 335 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth, North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Mark Antony Strong* | 313 | 63.49% | +22.06% | |
Liberal Democrats | Bryony Siân Davies | 180 | 36.51% | +4.14% | |
Majority | 133 | 26.98% | +17.92% | ||
Turnout | 493 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Aberystwyth, Penparcau ward
Cllr. Jones-Southgate was elected as a Plaid Cymru councillor for this ward in 2012 but subsequently became an Independent. She stood for the Liberal Democrats in the Llanfarian ward in 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | Steve Davies* | 354 | 24.26% | -3.77% | |
Liberal Democrats | Glyndwr Lloyd Edwards | 251 | 17.22% | +3.81% | |
Plaid Cymru | Dylan Paul Lewis | 247 | 16.94% | -7.53% | |
Independent | Elian Lorrai Jones-Southgate* | 216 | 14.81% | -9.66% | |
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Kingsbury | 213 | 14.61% | +4.46% | |
Labour | Alex Mangold | 177 | 12.14% | +12.14% | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,458 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Aberystwyth, Rheidol ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Mark Endaf Edwards | 170 | 27.87% | +5.14% | |
Liberal Democrats | Mair Benjamin | 154 | 25.25% | +3.47% | |
Independent | John Aled Davies* | 134 | 21.97% | -10.94% | |
Labour | Claudine Allison Young | 97 | 15.90% | +15.90% | |
Independent | Martin Wyn Shewring | 55 | 9.02% | -10.06% | |
Majority | 16 | 2.62% | |||
Turnout | 610 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Beulah ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William David Lyndon Lloyd* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold |
Borth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ray Quant* | 326 | 39.09% | -10.49% | |
Independent | Hugh Richard Michael Hughes | 285 | 34.17% | +34.17% | |
Plaid Cymru | Kevin Roy Price | 158 | 18.94% | +18.94% | |
Independent | Phil Turner-Wright | 65 | 7.79% | +7.79% | |
Majority | 41 | 4.92% | -4.22% | ||
Turnout | 834 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Capel Dewi ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Peter Lloyd Davies* | 362 | 58.86% | +1.51% | |
Plaid Cymru | John Gethin Jones | 253 | 41.14% | -1.51% | |
Majority | 109 | 17.72% | +3.03% | ||
Turnout | 615 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
- The election in 2017 was a repeat of the 2012 elections (with both candidates being re-nominated)
Cardigan, Mwldan ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas John Adams-Lewis* | 411 | 52.56% | -13.37% | |
Liberal Democrats | Myfanwy Maehrlein | 371 | 47.44% | +20.04% | |
Majority | 40 | 4.82% | |||
Turnout | 782 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Cardigan, Rhydyfuwch ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anne Elaine Evans | 258 | 64.99% | -10.84% | |
Plaid Cymru | Shan Elizabeth Williams | 139 | 35.01% | +10.84% | |
Majority | 119 | 29.98% | |||
Turnout | 397 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
- Cllr. Mark Cole announced his intention to stand down from the council at these elections on 4 April, the last day for nominations [5]
Cardigan, Teifi ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Catrin Miles* | 168 | 58.33% | -5.09% | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Paul Greenhalgh | 120 | 41.67% | +5.09% | |
Majority | 48 | 16.66% | |||
Turnout | 288 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
- This is a repeat of the 2012 election (with both parties re-nominating the same candidates)
Ceulanamaesmawr ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ellen Elizabeth ap Gwynn* | 452 | 55.12% | -8.30% | |
Independent | John Dilwyn Lewis | 368 | 44.88% | +44.88% | |
Majority | 84 | 10.24% | |||
Turnout | 820 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
- Cllr. ap Gwynn became leader of the council after the 2012 elections.
Ciliau Aeron ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Marc Davies | 443 | 51.63% | +51.63% | |
Plaid Cymru | John Edward Charles Lumley* | 281 | 32.75% | -17.88% | |
Independent | Sonia Rose Williams | 134 | 15.62% | +15.62% | |
Majority | 162 | 18.88% | |||
Turnout | 858 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
- Sonia Williams was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2012 elections.
Faenor ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Erfyl Roberts* | 413 | 57.20% | -8.16% | |
Plaid Cymru | Talat Zafar Chaudhri | 174 | 24.10% | -6.99% | |
Labour | Gareth Stevan Kelly | 95 | 13.16% | +13.16% | |
Green | Chris Simpson | 40 | 5.54% | +5.54% | |
Majority | 239 | 33.10% | |||
Turnout | 722 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lampeter ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert George (Hag) Harris* | 737 | 47.30% | +2.27% | |
Independent | John Ivor Williams* | 551 | 35.37% | +2.89% | |
Plaid Cymru | Elin Tracey Jones | 270 | 17.33% | +3.97 | |
Majority | 186 | 11.93% | |||
Turnout | 1,558 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llanarth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Bryan Gareth Davies | Unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llanbadarn Fawr, Padarn ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Davies* | 236 | 62.27% | -17.52% | |
Liberal Democrats | Juliet Price | 143 | 37.73% | +24.14% | |
Majority | 93 | 24.54% | |||
Turnout | 379 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llanbadarn Fawr, Sulien ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Paul James* | 267 | 70.63% | -13.24% | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Chappell | 58 | 15.34% | +3.93% | |
Labour | Wiliam Jac Rees | 33 | 8.73% | +8.73% | |
Green | John Roy Morgan | 20 | 5.29% | +5.29% | |
Majority | 209 | 55.29% | |||
Turnout | 378 | ||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Llandyfriog ward
Two candidates were nominated for this ward, Neil Flower (Liberal Democrat) and James Wyn Reynolds Thomas (Plaid Cymru). On 28 April 2017 it was announced that Neil Flower had died.[6] Following normal convention the election in this ward was cancelled and a new election was due to be held on 8 June 2017.[7] [8] However, James Wyn Reynolds Thomas was elected County Councillor for the ward without a contest.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | James Wyn Reynolds Thomas | Unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llandysiliogogo ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gareth Lloyd* | Unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llandysul Town ward
Here, Keith Evans regained the seat he lost four year previously.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Evan John Keith Evans | 407 | 63.30% | +21.22% | |
Plaid Cymru | Peter Godfrey Evans* | 236 | 36.70% | -21.22% | |
Majority | 171 | 26.60% | |||
Turnout | 643 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Llanfarian ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Lloyd Jones* | Unopposed | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llanfihangel Ystrad ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | William Lynford Thomas* | 510 | 59.23% | -5.25% | |
Liberal Democrats | Angela Lewes Gee | 274 | 31.82% | -3.7% | |
Green | Elly Foster | 77 | 8.94% | +8.94% | |
Majority | 236 | 27.41% | -1.55% | ||
Turnout | 861 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llangeitho ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Rhodri Wyn Evans* | 534 | 71.39% | +17.67% | |
Independent | Margaret Eirwen James | 132 | 17.65% | +17.65% | |
Labour | James Ralph Cook | 82 | 10.99% | +10.99% | |
Majority | 402 | 53.74% | +36.92% | ||
Turnout | 748 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Llangybi ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Timothy Odwyn Davies* | 402 | 69.91% | -4.51% | |
Labour | Dinah Mulholland | 173 | 30.09% | +30.09% | |
Majority | 229 | 39.82% | -9.03% | ||
Turnout | 575 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Llanrhystud ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Rowland Rees-Evans* | 482 | 58.49 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Llŷr Jenkins | 140 | 16.99 | ||
Labour | Tony Geraghty | 118 | 14.32 | ||
Independent | Alan Scott Durrant | 49 | 5.95 | ||
Green | John Raymond Crocker | 35 | 4.25 | ||
Majority | 342 | 41.5 | |||
Turnout | 824 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Llansantffraed ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dafydd Edwards* | 795 | 77.71 | ||
National Health Action | Harry Hayfield | 228 | 22.29 | ||
Majority | 567 | 55.42 | |||
Turnout | 1,023 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
- Harry Hayfield was the Liberal Democrat candidate for this ward in the 2012 elections.
Llanwenog ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Euros Davies* | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent hold | Swing |
Lledrod ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ifan Lloyd Davies* | 571 | 54.02 | ||
Independent | Aaron Benjamin | 325 | 30.75 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Angharad Danielle Adrienne Shaw | 161 | 15.23 | ||
Majority | 246 | 23.27 | |||
Turnout | 1,057 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Melindwr ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Daniel Rhodri Davies* | 627 | 79.17 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Patrick Walker | 165 | 20.83 | ||
Majority | 462 | 58.34 | |||
Turnout | 792 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
New Quay ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dan Potter | 261 | 52.62 | ||
Independent | Sarah Gillian Hopley* | 205 | 41.33 | ||
Conservative | Faith Louise Millward | 30 | 6.05 | ||
Majority | 56 | 11.29 | |||
Turnout | 496 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Penbryn ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Emyr Gwyn James* | 691 | 71.61 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Steffan Jenkins | 274 | 28.39 | ||
Majority | 417 | 43.22 | |||
Turnout | 965 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Penparc ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Clive Davies | 423 | 44.48 | ||
Independent | Des Davies | 265 | 27.87 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham William Dixon | 142 | 14.93 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Sydney Moore | 121 | 12.72 | ||
Majority | 158 | 16.61 | |||
Turnout | 951 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Tirymynach ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hinge* | 468 | 56.18 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Richard Michael Lucas | 365 | 43.82 | ||
Majority | 103 | 12.36 | |||
Turnout | 833 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Trefeurig ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David James Mason* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent hold | Swing |
Tregaron ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Catherine Jane Hughes* | 325 | 54.08 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Karine Davies | 276 | 45.92 | ||
Majority | 49 | 8.16 | |||
Turnout | 601 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Troedyraur ward
The winning candidate ran as an independent in 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Thomas Maldwyn Benjamin Lewis | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Ystwyth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Edwin Meirion Davies | 503 | 60.82 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Mererid Jones | 324 | 39.18 | ||
Majority | 179 | 21.64 | |||
Turnout | 827 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
By-elections 2017-2021
Llanbadarn Fawr, Sulien ward (2019)
A by-election was held in this ward on 18 July 2019 following the death of Cllr. James in a cycling accident. The result of the by-election was:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | Matthew Woolfall-Jones | 186 | 63.27% | -7.36% | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Chappell | 93 | 31.63% | +16.29% | |
Labour | Richard Layton | 15 | 5.10% | -3.63% | |
Majority | 93 | 31.63% | -23.66% | ||
Turnout | 294 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | 11.83% |
Notes
- Gethin James had joined UKIP after being elected as a councillor in 2012, but sought re-election as an Independent candidate
References
- "Ceredigion County Council Elections". Ceredigion County Council. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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- http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/English/Your-Council/Voting-Elections/election2017/Pages/Ceredigion-County-Council-Elections.aspx
- http://johnmarkcole.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/time-to-say-goodbye-notes-on-my.html
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