2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election

The 2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2017 to elect members of Vale of Glamorgan Council in Wales. There were 47 council seats available, across 23 wards. This was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections.^[1]

The previous full council election took place on 3 May 2012, with the next full council election taking place on 5 May 2022.

Election result

In winning 23 seats the Conservatives had a surprising resurgence, taking back the council from the previous coalition of Labour councillors and Llantwit First Independents. The Conservatives were one seat short of an overall majority.^[2] Labour-held wards such as Barry's Dyfan and Illtyd were taken by the Tories, as was the previous Plaid Cymru stronghold of Dinas Powys.^[2]

Vale of Glamorgan Council Election 2017 ^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	+/−
Conservative	23	12	1	+11	48.9	41.7	+10.6
Labour	14	1	8	-7	29.8	24.1	-10.7
Plaid Cymru	4	1	4	-3	8.5	14.7	-0.7
Llantwit First Independent	4	1	0	+1	8.5	7.8	+2.6
Independent	2	1	2	-1	4.3	8.1	-2.1
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	+0.9
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	+0.3
UKIP	0	0	1	-1	0.0	0.3	-1.3
Pirate	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	+0.1

Ward overview

Ward		Councillor^[3]^[4]	Change from last election
Baruc (Barry)	Plaid Cymru	Nic Hodges	Plaid Cymru hold
Baruc (Barry)	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Williams	Plaid Cymru hold
Buttrills (Barry)	Labour	Owen Griffiths	Labour hold
Buttrills (Barry)	Plaid Cymru	Ian Johnson	Plaid Cymru hold ^[a]
Cadoc (Barry)	Labour	Anne Moore	Labour hold
	Labour	Neil Moore	Labour hold
	Conservative	Rachel Nugent-Finn	Conservative gain from Labour
Castleland (Barry)	Plaid Cymru	Millie Collins	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour
Castleland (Barry)	Labour	Pamela Drake	Labour hold
Cornerswell (Penarth)	Labour	Rhiannon Birch	Labour hold
Cornerswell (Penarth)	Labour	Peter King	Labour hold
Court (Barry)	Labour	Bronwen Brooks	Labour hold
Court (Barry)	Labour	Sandra Perkes	Labour gain from Independent
Cowbridge	Conservative	Geoffrey Cox	Conservative hold
	Conservative	Thomas Jarvie	Conservative hold
	Conservative	Andrew Parker	Conservative hold
Dinas Powys	Conservative	Andy Robertson	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
	Conservative	Robert Crowley	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
	Conservative	Steve Griffiths	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
	Conservative	Vince Driscoll	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru
Dyfan (Barry)	Conservative	Vincent Bailey	Conservative gain from Labour
Dyfan (Barry)	Conservative	Leighton Rowlands	Conservative gain from Labour
Gibbonsdown (Barry)	Labour	Julie Aviet	Labour hold
Gibbonsdown (Barry)	Labour	Margaret Wilkinson	Labour hold
Illtyd (Barry)	Conservative	Janice Charles	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative	Tony Hampton	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative	Marguerita Wright	Conservative gain from Labour
Llandough	Conservative	George Carroll	Conservative gain from Labour
Llandow and Ewenny	Conservative	Christine Cave	Conservative hold
Llantwit Major	Llantwit First Independent	Sally Hanks	Llantwit First Independent hold
	Llantwit First Independent	Gwyn John	Llantwit First Independent hold
	Llantwit First Independent	Jayne Norman	Llantwit First Independent hold
	Llantwit First Independent	Eddie Williams	Llantwit First Independent gain from Conservative ^[b]
Peterston-super-Ely	Conservative	Michael Morgan	Conservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth)	Conservative	Ben Gray	Conservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth)	Conservative	Kathryn McCaffer	Conservative hold
Rhoose	Conservative	Gordon Kemp	Conservative hold
Rhoose	Conservative	Matthew Lloyd	Conservative gain from Independent
St Athan	Conservative	John Thomas	Conservative hold
St Augustine's (Penarth)	Labour	Sivaruby Sivagnanam	Labour hold
St Augustine's (Penarth)	Labour	Neil Thomas	Labour hold
St Brides Major	Conservative	Stewart Edwards	Conservative hold
Stanwell (Penarth)	Labour	Mark Wilson	Labour hold
Stanwell (Penarth)	Labour	Lis Burnett	Labour hold
Sully	Independent	Bob Penrose	Independent hold
Sully	Independent	Kevin Mahoney	Independent gain from UKIP ^[c]
Wenvoe	Conservative	Jonathan Bird	Conservative hold

^[a] Plaid Cymru had won a seat from Labour at a by-election on 2 August 2012
^[b] The Conservatives had won a seat from the Llantwit First Independents at a by-election on 26 March 2015
^[c] Cllr Mahoney was elected in 2012 for UKIP but re-designated himself as Independent in February 2016

Ward results

These are the full results.^[3]

Baruc (two seats)

Baruc 2017^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Nic Hodges*	1,137
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Wiliam*	1,053
	Conservative	Paul James	978
	Conservative	Victoria Roberts	929
	Labour	Brian Mayne	616
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Buttrills (two seats)

Buttrills 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Ian James Johnson	709
Labour	Owen Griffiths	664
Labour	Susan Lloyd-Selby	642
Plaid Cymru	Mark Jonathan Hooper	592
Conservative	Louis Dawe	421
Conservative	Evarard Kerslake	352

Cadoc (two seats)

Cadoc 2017^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anne Moore *	966
	Labour	Neil Moore *	928
	Conservative	Rachel Nugent-Finn	912
	Conservative	Corrie Driscoll	895
	Labour	Michaela Richardson	894
	Conservative	Howard Wright	778
	Plaid Cymru	Larry Bufton	437
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Morgan	364
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Johnson	357
	Independent	Ade Pitman	118
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Castleland (two seats)

Castleland 2017^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Pamela Drake *	480
	Plaid Cymru	Millie Collins	453
	Plaid Cymru	Barry Shaw	450
	Labour	Helen Payne	411
	Conservative	Peter Woodford	163
	Green	Derek Cozens	139
	Conservative	Jane Burrows	135
	Pirate	Jebediah Hedges	35
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Cornerswell (two seats)

Cornerswell 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Rhiannon Mary BIRCH	829
Labour	Peter Graham KING	705
Conservative	Ken LLOYD	671
Conservative	Dorothy Marianne TURNER	583
Plaid Cymru	Lewis GREENAWAY	319
Plaid Cymru	David Rhys WILTON	267
Liberal Democrats	Martyn David DRANFIELD	148
Green	Tom BLENKINSOP	122

Court (two seats)

Court 2017^[8]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Bronwen Ellen Brooks*	539
Labour	Sandra Davies Perkes	463
Independent	Richard Joel Bertin*	419
Independent	Andy Griffiths	271
Conservative	Robert Louis Charles Fisher	204
Conservative	Jonathan Wignall	165
Green	Stephen Ross David-Barker	90

Cowbridge (three seats)

Cowbridge 2017^[9]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Geoffrey Addis COX	1807
Conservative	Thomas Hunter JARVIE	1691
Conservative	Andrew Carey PARKER	1551
Independent	Nicola Christine THOMAS	657
Labour	Jack HAWKINS	544
Plaid Cymru	Huw LLEWELLYN-MORGAN	511
Plaid Cymru	Nicola Jane BRANSON	340
Plaid Cymru	Shirley Ann HODGES	290

Dinas Powys (four seats)

Dinas Powys 2017^[10]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Robert Crowley	1425
Conservative	Vince Driscoll	1420
Conservative	Steve Griffiths	1385
Conservative	Andy Robertson	1303
Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks *	1270
Plaid Cymru	Val Hartrey *	1100
Plaid Cymru	Keith Hatton *	909
Plaid Cymru	Richard Grigg	806
Labour	Jill Davies	565
Independent	Christopher John Williams *	507
Independent	John Maitland-Evans	438
Labour	Trevor George Robert Saunders	431
Labour	Anthony Lewis	413
Labour	John Boddy	366
Independent	Thomas Maitland-Evans	365
Green	Hilary May	323

Dyfan (two seats)

Dyfan 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Vincent James BAILEY	851
Conservative	Leighton Owen ROWLANDS	837
Labour	Emma Samantha PRITCHARD	664
Labour	Anthony Greldon POWELL	658
Plaid Cymru	Leslie James KELLAWAY	245
Plaid Cymru	Paul BRIDGEMAN	214

Gibbonsdown (two seats)

Gibbonsdown 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Julie AVIET	672
Labour	Margaret WILKINSON	626
Conservative	Mandy CADDY	298
Conservative	Russell Spencer DOWNE	247
Plaid Cymru	Oriel Anita JONES	179
Plaid Cymru	Alexander MUIRHEAD	154

Illtyd (three seats)

Illtyd 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Tony HAMPTON	1,359
Conservative	Janice CHARLES	1,352
Conservative	Marguerita WRIGHT	1,262
Labour	John HARTLAND	924
Labour	Howard HAMILTON	917
Labour	Camilla BEAVEN	826
Plaid Cymru	Taif BALL	447
Plaid Cymru	Timothy John PEARCE	350
Plaid Cymru	Timothy Patrick JOHNSON	342

Llandough (one seat)

Llandough 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	George Dennis David CARROLL	538
Labour	Elliot PENN	325
Green	Liz ROSSER	31

Llandow/Ewenny (one seat)

Llandow / Ewenny 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Ann CAVE	869	76.0
	Labour	Huw James POWELL	275	24.0
Majority			594	51.9
Turnout			1,144

Llantwit Major (four seats)

Llantwit Major 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Llantwit First Independent	Gwyn John *	2209
Llantwit First Independent	Sally Margaret Hanks	1984
Llantwit First Independent	Eddie Williams *	1588
Llantwit First Independent	Jayne Margaret Norman	1527
Conservative	Tony Bennett *	1360
Conservative	John Colin Deakin	1154
Conservative	Bob Gant	999
Conservative	Gordon Wilkie	908
Labour	James Cullinane	670
Independent	Ceri Malessa-Thompson	254
UKIP	Melanie J. Hunter-Clarke	112
UKIP	Robin Hunter-Clarke	112
UKIP	Anthony Frederick Raybould	78

Peterston-super-Ely (one seat)

Peterston-super-Ely 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morgan, Michael John Griffith	734	77.7
	Labour	Cubbage, Eleri	206	21.8

Plymouth (two seats)

Plymouth 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Ben Gray	894
Conservative	Kathryn Frances McCaffer	796
Labour	Angela Thomas	643
Independent	Anthony Ernest	505
Independent	Clive Williams *	443
Independent	Victoria Humphries	302
Green	Tony Cooke	288
Plaid Cymru	Gareth Clubb	240
Liberal Democrats	Roger Pinkham	169

Rhoose (two seats)

Rhoose 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Matthew LLOYD	1,097
Conservative	Gordon KEMP	1,067
Independent	Adam Peter RILEY	809
Labour	Graham Matthew LOVELUCK-EDWARDS	587
Independent	Samantha Angela CAMPBELL	565
Liberal Democrats	Daniel David PARROTT	187

St Athan (one seat)

St Athan 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thomas	566	56.9%	−1.4%
	Labour	Julie Lynch-Wilson	349	35.1%	−6.6%
	Pirate	David A Elston	75	7.6%	New
Majority
Turnout			993	38.43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Augustine's (two seats)

St Augustine's 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Ruba Sivagnanam	967
Labour	Neil Christopher Thomas	827
Conservative	Martin James Turner	737
Conservative	Wendy van den Brom	633
Green	Anthony Slaughter	436
Independent	Paul Church	312
Plaid Cymru	Anne Greagsby	288
Plaid Cymru	Aled Thomas	217
Independent	Graham Humphries	186
Green	Gareth Snaith	157
Liberal Democrats	Robin Lynn	138
Liberal Democrats	Heath John Marshall	121

St Brides Major (one seat)

St Bride's Major 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stewart Thomas EDWARDS	865
	Labour	Andrew HENNESSY	287

Stanwell (two seats)

Stanwell 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Lis BURNETT	704
Labour	Mark Robert WILSON	631
Conservative	Natalie WILLIAMS	402
Conservative	Ben DRISCOLL	388
Independent	Anthony John HARRIS	198
Green	Paul BESWICK	178
Plaid Cymru	Sandy CLUBB	139

Sully (two seats)

Sully 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Bob PENROSE *	904
Independent	Kevin Phillip MAHONEY *	782
Conservative	Rod THOMAS	763
Conservative	Chris THORNE	726
Labour	Laura ROCHEFORT	293
Plaid Cymru	John RIMINGTOM	137
Independent hold		Swing
Independent gain from UKIP		Swing

Wenvoe (one seat)

Wenvoe 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Jonathan Charles BIRD	753
Labour	Sian Frances BROOKS	195
Plaid Cymru	Ian Anthony Neil PERRY	190
Independent	Russell Edward GODFREY	165

References

^ "Council elections: State of the parties". BBC News. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Conservative surge in Vale local elections". The Glamorgan Gem. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results for the Local Government Election for the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council, held on 4 May 2017". Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Local Elections: New Vale councillors are confirmed". South Wales Guardian. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "Baruc - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "Cadoc - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "Castleland - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "Court - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^ "Cowbridge - Declaration Of Results Of Poll" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ "Dinas Powys - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[1] "Council elections: State of the parties". BBC News. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

[Glam_Gem_surge-2] "Conservative surge in Vale local elections". The Glamorgan Gem. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

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[4] "Local Elections: New Vale councillors are confirmed". South Wales Guardian. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[5] "Baruc - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[6] "Cadoc - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[7] "Castleland - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[8] "Court - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

[9] "Cowbridge - Declaration Of Results Of Poll" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

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