2017 Conwy County Borough Council election

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

The 2017 Conwy County Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Conwy County Borough Council in Wales.[1] It was on the same day as other 2017 Welsh local elections. The previous elections took place on 3 May 2012.

59 Councillors across 38 Wards were elected/returned. Elections took place in 32 of the 38 wards,[1] with the remaining six wards - Bryn, Caerhun, Eglwysbach, Llansannan, Llysfaen and Pandy - seeing their councillors returned without a contest.[2]

Overview

Conwy County Borough Council election result 2017[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 20 +1 33.9 31.0
  Conservative 16 +3 27.1 37.0
  Plaid Cymru 10 -2 16.9 8.0
  Labour 8 -2 13.5 12.0
  Liberal Democrats 4 -1 6.8 9.0
  No party declared 1 +1 1.7 1.0
  UKIP 0 0 0.0 <1.0

Ward results

* = denotes sitting councillor in the ward prior to the elections

Abergele Pensarn (one seat)

Abergele Pensarn 2017 [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alan Hunter 455
Labour Dave Hancock 171
Majority 284
Turnout 32.0
Registered electors 1,951
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Betws-y-Coed (one seat)

Betws-y-Coed 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Liz Roberts * 352 75.8
Labour Kathy Coutanche 106 23.1
Majority 246
Turnout 48.9
Registered electors 949
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Betws-yn-Rhos (one seat)

Betws-yn-Rhos 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ifor Glyn Lloyd * 630 80.6
Independent Dr Ahmed Jamil 149 19.1
Majority 481
Turnout 47.9
Registered electors 1,631
Independent hold Swing

Lloyd had first won the seat at a by-election in February 2014, replacing Dr Jamil who'd been councillor prior to this.[5]

Bryn (one seat)

Bryn 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Hinchliff * unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Caerhun (one seat)

Caerhun 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Goronwy Owen Edwards * unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Edwards had won his seat back from the Conservatives at a by-election in July 2013.[6]

Capelulo (one seat)

Capelulo 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kathleen Anne McCaffrey * 387 70.8
Labour Geoff Runciman 159 29.1
Majority 228
Turnout 47.0
Registered electors 1,184
Independent hold Swing

Colwyn (two seats)

Colwyn 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cheryl Carlisle * 798
Liberal Democrats Brian Cossey * 726
Labour Co-op Paul Thomas Richards 429
UKIP Elspeth Griffiths 172
Turnout 38.4
Registered electors 3,318
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Conwy (two seats)

Conwy 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joan Mary Vaughan * 611 33.0
Independent Emma Leighton-Jones 504 27.2
Labour Emily Hannah Owen 434 23.7
Liberal Democrats Shari Barber 305 16.5
Turnout 1854 38.6
Registered electors 3,275
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Craig-y-don (two seats)

Craig-y-don 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Bradfield * 740
Plaid Cymru Gareth Jones * 622
Conservative Francis Davies 595
Plaid Cymru Ray Khan 319
Turnout 2,276 45.4
Registered electors 2,800
Conservative hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 David Powell (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Conwy sees no party win overall control". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Rachel Flint (2 May 2017). "Uncontested council election seats 'mockery of democracy'". BBC News. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Election results by wards - Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Iwan Berry (7 February 2014). "New councillor elected for Betws yn Rhos ward". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ↑ David Powell (7 February 2014). "Formerly ousted councillor gets seat back in county election". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2025.


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