Gwynedd Council in North Wales is elected, as a whole, every 4 years. In 2014 the National Assembly for Wales deferred all local elections in Wales to 2017.[1] The council is composed of 74 councillors.
Political control
editSince 1999, political control has been held by the following parties:
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | 1995 - 2008 | |
No overall control | 2008 - 2011 | |
Plaid Cymru | 2011 - 2012 | |
No overall control | 2012 - 2015 | |
Plaid Cymru | 2015–present |
Council elections
editBy-election results
edit2012
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Beth Lawton | 212 | 42.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Alun Wyn Evans | 136 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Independent | John Pughe | 66 | 13.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Nancy Elizabeth Clarke | 51 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Llais Gwynedd | Jason Parry | 35 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Maria Sarnacki | 94 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 76 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
This election was scheduled to take place as part of the 2012 Gwynedd Council election but was delayed as no candidates were nominated for the seat vacated by retirement of Independent Councillor Arwel Pierce.[3]
2015
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Thomas | 233 | 34.2 | 6.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyn Tomos | 185 | 27.1 | 32.6 | |
Llais Gwynedd | Jason Parry | 148 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Maria Sarnacki | 94 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Hibbert | 22 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 48 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Sian Wyn Hughes | 315 | 71.9 | 5.5 | |
Llais Gwynedd | Winifred Jones-Lewis | 123 | 28.1 | 5.5 | |
Majority | 192 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Aled Wyn Jones | 200 | 48.7 | 36.7 | |
Llais Gwynedd | Wynne Thomas Isaac | 112 | 27.3 | 22.6 | |
Independent | Eric Cullen | 99 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 88 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Llais Gwynedd | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Roberts | 189 | 59.4 | 2.1 | |
Labour | Eirian Roberts | 110 | 34.6 | 0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Joyce | 19 | 5.9 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 79 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hefin Underwood | 269 | 45.4 | N/A | ||
Plaid Cymru | Alan Williams | 168 | 28.4 | 11.9 | |
Independent | Micheal Parry | 106 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Llais Gwynedd | Peta Merrian Pollitt | 49 | 8.3 | 51.5 | |
Majority | 101 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Llais Gwynedd | Swing |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dylan Fernley | 211 | 65.3 | N/A | ||
Labour | Luke Tugwell | 112 | 34.7 | 2.7 | |
Majority | 99 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
The Marchog by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Chris O'Neal, an Independent, after he'd admitted assaulting a taxi-driver.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Wyn Griffith | 614 | 92.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andrew Kinsman | 49 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 565 | 85.2 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Siân Gwenllian of Plaid Cymru after her election to the Welsh Assembly as Member for Arfon.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Edgar Wyn Owen | 358 | 75.8 | 18.6 | |
Labour | Paul Thomas Scott | 114 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 244 | 51.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Eurig Wyn of Plaid Cymru.
References
edit- ^ "The Local Authority Elections (Wales) Order 2014". 2014.
- ^ "Gwynedd Council - Election Results".
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- ^ Hywel Trewyn (17 May 2016). "Cabbie-choking councillor Chris O'Neal resigns Gwynedd seat". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Gwynedd Council - Election Results".
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