The 2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the national 2017 Welsh local elections. The election was preceded by the 2012 CCBC election and was followed by the 2022 CCBC election.[1]
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All 73 seats to Caerphilly County Borough Council 37 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election. Red showing Welsh Labour, Green showing Plaid Cymru & grey showing independent candidates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall results
editPlaid Cymru had achieved tremendous growth in the 1999 Caerphilly County Borough Council election gaining a total of 38 seats, This tremendous growth had declined by the 2012 election to just 20 seats.[2] The Independents in Caerphilly County Borough had also suffered sizable losses in the 2012 election going from 9 in 2008 election to 3 in 2012 election.[2]
The Labour Party won 50 seats achieving a majority, Plaid Cymru obtained 18 seats and 5 seats were won by independent candidates. One seat (Twyn Carno ward) was elected unopposed.[citation needed]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.49 | 41.9 | 20,278 | 9.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24.65 | 33.9 | 16,423 | 4.1 | |
Independent | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.84 | 8.8 | 4,237 | 5.9 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 4,371 | 5.1 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | 1,670 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.5 | 707 | 1.2 | |
CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.8 | 374 | New | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 257 | New | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 101 | 0.2 | |
Total | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 48,418 | 0.0 |
Ward results
editCwm Aber / Aber Valley
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Taylor | Plaid Cymru | 990 | 26.51% | Elected |
Lyndon J Binding | Plaid Cymru | 984 | 26.35% | Elected |
John Eryl Roberts | Plaid Cymru | 945 | 25.30% | Elected |
David Zenati-Parsons | Welsh Labour | 307 | 8.22% | |
Jo Rao | Welsh Labour | 297 | 7.95% | |
Ryan Graham Smith | Welsh Conservative Party | 212 | 5.68% |
Aberbargod / Aberbargoed
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Gerald Higgs | Welsh Labour | 362 | 24.88% | Elected |
Alan George Collis | Welsh Labour | 352 | 24.19% | Elected |
Lowri Cerys Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 320 | 21.99% | |
Ted Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 300 | 20.62% | |
Keith Mills | UKIP | 121 | 8.32% |
Abercarn
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Whitcombe | Welsh Labour | 688 | 28.05% | Elected |
Denver Winston Redman Preece | Welsh Labour | 663 | 27.03% | Elected |
Jill Elizabeth Jones | Plaid Cymru | 493 | 20.10% | |
Tud Jones | Plaid Cymru | 358 | 14.59% | |
Margaret Elizabeth Dennehy | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 251 | 10.23% |
Argoed
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Walter Henry Edgar Williams | Welsh Labour | 427 | 57.78% | Elected |
John Moore | UKIP | 168 | 22.73% | |
Roger John Moore | Plaid Cymru | 144 | 19.49% |
Bargod / Bargoed
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tudor Davies | Welsh Labour | 692 | 19.59% | Elected |
Dianne Price | Welsh Labour | 616 | 17.44% | Elected |
Carol Julia Andrews | Welsh Labour | 582 | 16.47% | Elected |
Kevin Philip Viney | Plaid Cymru | 423 | 11.97% | |
Gill Jones | Plaid Cymru | 409 | 11.58% | |
James Kerby | Independent | 322 | 9.11% | |
Andrew Thomas Nutt | Plaid Cymru | 317 | 8.97% | |
Belinda Gingell | Independent | 172 | 4.87% |
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liz Aldworth | Welsh Labour | 1,378 | 14.23% | Elected |
Lisa Phipps | Welsh Labour | 1,241 | 12.82% | Elected |
Derek Havard | Welsh Labour | 1,178 | 12.17% | Elected |
June Gale | Welsh Labour | 1,049 | 10.83% | Elected |
John James Dew | Independent | 741 | 7.65% | |
Gareth Llewellyn | Plaid Cymru | 723 | 7.47% | |
Janet Walsh | Independent | 618 | 6.38% | |
Daniel Llewellyn | Plaid Cymru | 572 | 5.91% | |
Paul Stringer | Plaid Cymru | 531 | 5.48% | |
Philip Goodger | Welsh Conservative Party | 504 | 5.20% | |
Michael Roberts | Welsh Conservative Party | 494 | 5.10% | |
Teresa Winiarski | Plaid Cymru | 397 | 4.10% | |
Peter Clive Gaskell | Wales Green Party | 257 | 2.65% |
Coed Duon / Blackwood
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Etheridge | Independent | 1,069 | 16.52% | Elected |
Nigel Stuart Dix | Independent | 791 | 12.23% | Elected |
Andrew David Farina-Childs | Independent | 625 | 9.66% | Elected |
Keith Smallman | Independent | 618 | 9.55% | |
Patricia Cook | Welsh Labour | 604 | 9.34% | |
Janet Griffiths | Welsh Labour | 530 | 8.19% | |
Matthew Sessions | Welsh Labour | 476 | 7.36% | |
Allan Rees | Independent | 427 | 6.60% | |
Darren Jones | Plaid Cymru | 377 | 5.83% | |
Andrew Short | Plaid Cymru | 355 | 5.49% | |
Steven Anthony Blakeman | Plaid Cymru | 320 | 4.95% | |
Paul Taylor | UKIP | 278 | 4.30% |
Cefn Fforest
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Williams | Welsh Labour | 453 | 25.69% | Elected |
Graham Derek Simmonds | Independent | 450 | 25.52% | Elected |
Christopher Hawker | Welsh Labour | 437 | 24.79% | |
Louise Rachael Phillips | Independent | 423 | 23.99% |
Crosskeys
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Julian Simmonds | Welsh Labour | 450 | 53.44% | Elected |
Christopher Phillip Norman Cook | Plaid Cymru | 392 | 46.56% |
Crymlyn / Crumlin
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Jeffrey Thomas | Welsh Labour | 701 | 23.62% | Elected |
Mike Davies | Plaid Cymru | 619 | 20.86% | Elected |
Andrew Lewis | Welsh Labour | 612 | 20.62% | |
Alwyn Lewis Lloyd | Plaid Cymru | 504 | 16.98% | |
Philip Fowler | Independent | 281 | 9.47% | |
Dominic Walker | Independent | 251 | 8.46% |
Cwm Darran / Darren Valley
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Thomas Hardacre | Welsh Labour | 349 | 59.05% | Elected |
Keiron David O'Hagan | Independent | 242 | 40.95% |
Gilfach
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lindsey Harding | Welsh Labour | 335 | 62.62% | Elected |
Ken Houston | Plaid Cymru | 147 | 27.48% | |
Granville Hale | Welsh Conservative Party | 53 | 9.91% |
Hengoed
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Donna Cushing | Plaid Cymru | 678 | 31.83% | Elected |
Teresa Elizabeth Parry | Plaid Cymru | 676 | 31.74% | Elected |
Mark Anthony Boyland | Welsh Labour | 478 | 22.44% | |
Graham George Wills | UKIP | 298 | 13.99% |
Llanbradach
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robert William Gough | Plaid Cymru | 870 | 37.05% | Elected |
Colin Peter Mann | Plaid Cymru | 834 | 35.52% | Elected |
Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw | Welsh Labour | 324 | 13.80% | |
Bethan Louise Thomas | Welsh Labour | 320 | 13.63% |
Maesycwmmer
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vincent Alec James | Welsh Labour | 327 | 51.99% | Elected |
Catrin Sara Moss | Plaid Cymru | 174 | 27.66% | |
William Stuart Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 128 | 20.35% |
Morgan Jones
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
James Pritchard | Welsh Labour | 1,059 | 17.82% | Elected |
Phil Bevan | Plaid Cymru | 909 | 15.29% | Elected |
Shayne Cook | Welsh Labour | 900 | 15.14% | Elected |
Roger Bidgood | Plaid Cymru | 821 | 13.81% | |
Mike Prew | Plaid Cymru | 783 | 13.17% | |
Shelly Hodder | Welsh Labour | 775 | 13.04% | |
Peter Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 256 | 4.31% | |
Gerry Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 245 | 4.12% | |
Wilfred Hugh Phillips | Welsh Conservative Party | 196 | 3.30% |
Moria / Moriah
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Bevan | Welsh Labour | 565 | 36.83% | Elected |
Dai Harse | Welsh Labour | 538 | 35.07% | Elected |
Nathan Thomas Flanagan | Plaid Cymru | 431 | 28.10% |
Nelson
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sean Iestyn Morgan | Welsh Labour | 725 | 28.27% | Elected |
Brenda Mair Miles | Welsh Labour | 560 | 21.83% | Elected |
Malcolm Tucker | Plaid Cymru | 391 | 15.24% | |
Anne Blackman | Christian Peoples Alliance | 374 | 14.58% | |
Marls Tucker | Plaid Cymru | 332 | 12.94% | |
Kay David | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 183 | 7.13% |
Tredegar Newydd / New Tredegar
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eluned Stenner | Welsh Labour | 687 | 36.78% | Elected |
Mark Anthony Evans | Welsh Labour | 665 | 35.60% | Elected |
Kev Rodgers | Independent | 257 | 13.76% | |
Rachael Joanne Dixon | Plaid Cymru | 137 | 7.33% | |
Bethany Adele Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 122 | 6.53% |
Trecelyn / Newbridge
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Johnston | Welsh Labour | 719 | 15.01% | Elected |
Adrian Alfred Hussey | Welsh Labour | 677 | 14.13% | Elected |
Leeroy Jeremiah | Welsh Labour | 655 | 13.67% | Elected |
Kath Baker | Plaid Cymru | 655 | 13.67% | |
Wayne Lewis Morrisey | Plaid Cymru | 543 | 11.34% | |
Rhys Mills | Plaid Cymru | 535 | 11.17% | |
Jago Lewis | Welsh Conservative Party | 326 | 6.81% | |
Matthew Kidner | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 273 | 5.70% | |
Stuart Robertson | Welsh Conservative Party | 206 | 4.30% | |
Heather Robertson | Welsh Conservative Party | 201 | 4.20% |
Pengam
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Vincent Poole | Welsh Labour | 507 | 32.11% | Elected |
Kevin Dawson | Welsh Labour | 505 | 31.98% | Elected |
Noel Geoffrey Turner | Plaid Cymru | 350 | 22.17% | |
Chris Paul | Plaid Cymru | 217 | 13.74% |
Penmaen
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Saralis | Welsh Labour | 903 | 28.00% | Elected |
Ben Zaplatynski | Welsh Labour | 744 | 23.07% | Elected |
John Owen Evans | Plaid Cymru | 505 | 15.66% | |
Kevin Jones | Plaid Cymru | 450 | 13.95% | |
Richard Webb Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 324 | 10.05% | |
Shawn Patricia Sims | Welsh Conservative Party | 299 | 9.27% |
Penyrheol
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle | Plaid Cymru | 1,653 | 15.09% | Elected |
Margaret Eiddwen Sargent | Plaid Cymru | 1,340 | 12.23% | Elected |
Jon Scriven | Plaid Cymru | 1,337 | 12.20% | Elected |
Steven John Skivens | Plaid Cymru | 1,270 | 11.59% | Elected |
Huw Rhodri Davies | Welsh Labour | 910 | 8.31% | |
Sandra Jones | Welsh Labour | 854 | 7.79% | |
Janice Anne Davies | Welsh Labour | 847 | 7.73% | |
Milena Zenati-Parsons | Welsh Labour | 716 | 6.54% | |
Gregory Elliot | Welsh Conservative Party | 514 | 4.69% | |
Cameron Muir-Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 513 | 4.68% | |
Steven John Roberts | Welsh Conservative Party | 383 | 3.50% | |
Lawrence John Frederick Andrews | UKIP | 340 | 3.10% | |
Ian William Gorman | UKIP | 279 | 2.55% |
Pontllanfraith
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Adams | Welsh Labour | 1,107 | 18.27% | Elected |
Colin John Gordon | Welsh Labour | 1,039 | 17.15% | Elected |
Gez Kirby | Welsh Labour | 966 | 15.95% | Elected |
Jim Criddle | Plaid Cymru | 773 | 12.76% | |
Zoe Alexandra Hammond | Plaid Cymru | 589 | 9.72% | |
Andrew Williamson | Welsh Conservative Party | 544 | 8.98% | |
Wendy Phillips | Welsh Conservative Party | 533 | 8.80% | |
Mike Jackson | Plaid Cymru | 507 | 8.37% |
Pontlotyn / Pontlottyn
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gaynor Denise Oliver | Welsh Labour | 239 | 45.01% | Elected |
Mervyn Dorian Diggle | Independent | 235 | 44.26% | |
David Adam Rees | Plaid Cymru | 57 | 10.73% |
Dwyrain Rhisga / Risca East
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nigel George | Welsh Labour | 728 | 20.89% | Elected |
Arianna Krystina Passmore | Welsh Labour | 709 | 20.34% | Elected |
Philippa Leonard | Welsh Labour | 690 | 19.80% | Elected |
James Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 287 | 8.24% | |
Graham Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 279 | 8.01% | |
James Mallindine | Welsh Conservative Party | 227 | 6.51% | |
Alexander Owen | Plaid Cymru | 210 | 6.03% | |
Gareth Macleur | Plaid Cymru | 190 | 5.45% | |
Luke Smith | Plaid Cymru | 165 | 4.73% |
Gorllewin Rhisga / Risca West
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Owen | Independent | 640 | 25.15% | Elected |
Ross Anthony Whiting | Welsh Labour | 620 | 24.36% | Elected |
Ceri Marina Wright | Welsh Labour | 525 | 20.63% | |
Anthony Sims | Welsh Conservative Party | 270 | 10.61% | |
Brian Hancock | Plaid Cymru | 265 | 10.41% | |
Matthew Robert Farrell | Plaid Cymru | 225 | 8.84% |
Catwg Sant / St. Cattwg
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wynne David | Welsh Labour | 1,077 | 23.26% | Elected |
Ann Gair | Welsh Labour | 867 | 18.73% | Elected |
Carmen Marie Bezzina | Welsh Labour | 782 | 16.89% | Elected |
Wyndham Matthews | Plaid Cymru | 756 | 16.33% | |
Robledo Jessica Alfonso | Plaid Cymru | 597 | 12.89% | |
Richard Euan Osborne | Plaid Cymru | 551 | 11.90% |
Sant Iago / St. James
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Christine Forehead | Welsh Labour | 615 | 13.75% | Elected |
Elaine Forehead | Welsh Labour | 561 | 12.54% | Elected |
Barbara Avril Jones | Welsh Labour | 543 | 12.14% | Elected |
Paul Michael Bradbury | Plaid Cymru | 534 | 11.94% | |
Jayne Elizabeth Garland | Plaid Cymru | 517 | 11.56% | |
John Anthony Leek | Plaid Cymru | 440 | 9.84% | |
John Evans | Welsh Conservative Party | 288 | 6.44% | |
Ian Chivers | Welsh Conservative Party | 279 | 6.24% | |
Dennis Morgan | Welsh Conservative Party | 261 | 5.84% | |
Sam Gould | UKIP | 182 | 4.07% | |
David Owers | UKIP | 138 | 3.09% | |
Andrew Shakespeare | UKIP | 114 | 2.55% |
Martin Sant / St. Martins
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Colin Elsbury | Plaid Cymru | 1,284 | 15.41% | Elected |
James Emmanuel Fussell | Plaid Cymru | 1,250 | 15.00% | Elected |
Steve Kent | Plaid Cymru | 1,211 | 14.53% | Elected |
Anne Olivia Broughton-Pettit | Welsh Labour | 717 | 8.60% | |
Tony Graham | Welsh Labour | 714 | 8.57% | |
Judith Elizabeth Child | Welsh Conservative Party | 665 | 7.98% | |
Robert Stanley Lea | Welsh Conservative Party | 638 | 7.66% | |
John Harry Pettit | Welsh Labour | 614 | 7.37% | |
Elizabeth Jane Evans | Welsh Conservative Party | 603 | 7.24% | |
Richard Williams | UKIP | 283 | 3.40% | |
Hazel Norris | UKIP | 253 | 3.04% | |
Megan Hannah Churchland | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 101 | 1.21% |
Twyn Carno
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Cuss | Welsh Labour | Unopposed | – | Elected |
Ynysddu
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Phillippa Marsden | Welsh Labour | 720 | 39.37% | Elected |
John Philip Ridgewell | Welsh Labour | 638 | 34.88% | Elected |
Lyn Ackerman | Plaid Cymru | 244 | 13.34% | |
Terry Birkett | Plaid Cymru | 227 | 12.41% |
Ystrad Mynach
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Martyn Paul James | Plaid Cymru | 919 | 33.49% | Elected |
Alan Patrick Angel | Plaid Cymru | 885 | 32.25% | Elected |
Kerry Jones | Welsh Labour | 505 | 18.40% | |
Alan Dowler | Welsh Labour | 435 | 15.85% |
References
edit- ^ "Wales local council elections 2017: All you need to know". BBC News. 25 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b Elections, Centre (2012). "Caerphilly County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Archive project, Local Elections (2017). "Local Election Results 2017". Retrieved 19 February 2022.