Vale of Glamorgan Council election, 2017

2017 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

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.

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]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 23 12 1 +11 48.9 41.7 +10.6
  Labour 14 0 8 -8 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 1 0 4.3 8.1 -2.1
  Green 0 0 0 0 2.0 +0.9
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0.8 +0.3
  UKIP 0 0 1 -1 0.3 -1.3
  Pirate 0 0 0 0 0.1 +0.1

Ward results

Ward Political group Councillor [3][4] Change from last election
Baruc (Barry) Plaid Cymru Nic Hodges Plaid Cymru hold
Plaid Cymru Steffan Williams Plaid Cymru hold
Buttrills (Barry) Labour Owen Griffiths Labour hold
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
Labour Pamela Drake Labour hold
Cornerswell (Penarth) Labour Rhiannon Birch Labour hold
Labour Peter King Labour hold
Court (Barry) Labour Bronwen Brooks Labour hold
Labour Sandra Perkes Labour hold
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
Conservative Leighton Rowlands Conservative gain from Labour
Gibbonsdown (Barry) Labour Julie Aviet Labour hold
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]
Peterson-Super-Ely Conservative Michael Morgan Conservative hold
Plymouth (Penarth) Conservative Ben Gray Conservative hold
Conservative Kathryn McCaffer Conservative hold
Rhoose Conservative Gordon Kemp Conservative hold
Conservative Matthew Lloyd Conservative gain from Independent
St Athan Conservative John Thomas Conservative hold
St Augustine's (Penarth) Labour Sivaruby Sivagnanam Labour hold
Labour Neil Thomas Labour hold
St Brides Major Conservative Stewart Edwards Conservative hold
Stanwell (Penarth) Labour Mark Wilson Labour hold
Labour Lis Burnett Labour hold
Sully Independent Bob Penrose Independent hold
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

Full Results by Ward

These are the full results.[3]

Baruc (two seats)

Baruc 2017
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


References

  1. ↑ "Council elections: State of the parties". BBC News. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. 1 2 "Conservative surge in Vale local elections". The Glamorgan Gem. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  3. 1 2 3 "Results for the Local Government Election for the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council, held on 4 May 2017". Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  4. ↑ "Local Elections: New Vale councillors are confirmed". South Wales Guardian. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-05.


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