2017_Carmarthenshire_County_Council_election

2017 Carmarthenshire County Council election
All 74 seats to Carmarthenshire County Council; 37 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition;	Council control after election ; Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition;

2017 Carmarthenshire County Council election

Welsh local election

The sixth election to Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election.^[1] It will be followed by the 2022 election

Quick Facts All 74 seats to Carmarthenshire County Council 37 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Plaid Cymru narrowly missed out in forming the first majority administration in Carmarthenshire Council's history, despite gaining eight seats in the election. The Labour Party maintained its position from the 2012-2017 term, with the Independents losing many seats in the rural areas of Carmarthenshire to Plaid Cymru. Four candidates (from the seventy four seats) were elected unopposed.

A Plaid Cymru-Independent coalition was formed after the election, with Emlyn Dole remaining as the Leader of Council.^[2]

Ward results

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"Notice of Poll" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Plaid Cymru	36	11	3	+8	48.6	38.5	31,215	+2.5
Labour	22	6	6	0	29.7	30.0	24,358	+6.8
Independent	16	1	8	-7	21.6	12.6	18,313	-21.3
Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.4	4,342	+2.5
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	1,296	New
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	842	0.0
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.16	135	+0.1
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.13	109	+0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dorian Williams	622	60%	+17.9
	Independent	Lisa Fearn	448	40%	-17.9
Majority			214	19%
Turnout			1110
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Deian Harries*	613	67%	+16
	Labour	Paula Treharne	298	33%	-15
Majority			315
Turnout			911	34%
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Betsan Jones	402	51%	+20.4
	Labour	Ryan Bartlett*	309	39.2%	-3.9
	UKIP	Krishna Seunarine	77	9.7%	+9.7
Majority			93	11.8
Turnout			788
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeff Edmunds*	610	19.8%
	Labour	Eryl Morgan*	575	18.7%
	Independent	Terry Morris	428	13.9%
	Independent	Nigel Bevan	414	13.4%
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Burns	333	10.8%
	Plaid Cymru	Kathryn Lodge	304	9.9%
	Conservative	Robert Thomas	236	7.7%
	Independent	Stephen Bowen	181	5.9%
Turnout			3081
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John James*	825
	Labour	Amanda Fox	728
	Independent	Mike Theodoulu	548
	Independent	Lisa Mitchell	412
	Conservative	Tomos Lloyd-Evans	237
Turnout				44.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Deryk Cundy*	539
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Wooldridge	373
	Conservative	Ceri Alan Morris	218
	Independent	Dai Hughes	49
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Kenneth Lloyd	805
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths*	765
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Jones*	581
	Independent	Les Clark	489
Turnout
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth John	551
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lenny*	493
	Conservative	Charlie Evans	399
	Labour	Philip Grice	361
	Independent	Barry Williams	303
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Emlyn Schiavone	739
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Speake*	661
	Independent	Arthur Davies	510
	Independent	Russell Sparks	454
	Labour	Matthew Thomas	255
	Labour	Julia Ault	238
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Hazel Evans*	712
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Gibbons	115
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Arwel Davies	307
Labour	Maria Carroll	284
Independent	Matthew Paul	191
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Irfon Jones*	804
Plaid Cymru	Glyn Evans	584
Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Eirwyn Williams*	434
Conservative	Steven Holmes	267
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rob Evans	508
	Labour	Tegwen Devichand*	452
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Elli 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Jenkins*	442	41.4	-11.3
	Labour	David Darkin	273	25.6	+5.5
	Conservative	Siôn Davies	210	19.7	+14.1
	Plaid Cymru	Ruth Price	142	13.3	-8.0
Majority			169
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Bill Thomas	269
	Independent	Hugh Richards*	185
	Conservative	Julia Evans	94
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kevin Madge*	494
Plaid Cymru	Nigel Jerrett	167
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	David Jenkins*	413
Labour	Emyr Jenkins	375
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Louvain Roberts*	702
Labour	John Prosser	537
Plaid Cymru	Sean Rees	536
Independent	John Jones	333
Plaid Cymru	George Herbert	328
Independent	Alison Carter	280
Independent	Chris Wilson	182
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas James Jones*	323
	Plaid Cymru	John Williams	251
	Labour	Stephen Donoghue	168
	Conservative	James Hogg	98
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Darren Price*	1,051
Plaid Cymru	Aled Owen	941
Labour	Wynne Jones	431
Labour	Gary Jones	311
Conservative	Anthony Frost	283
Independent	Brian Kirby	169
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Thomas*	432
	Labour	Steve Lloyd-Janes	385
	Conservative	Vanda Williams	158
	Independent	David Erasmus	77
	UKIP	Keith Perry	59
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Penelope Edwards*	408
Plaid Cymru	Susan Phillips	394
Independent	Siân Mair Caiach*	372
Labour	Keith Davies	322
Plaid Cymru	Martin Davies	315
Independent	Clifford Jones	304
Conservative	Kevin Flynn	230
Labour hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Blaenau Gwent PV		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Sarah Gilasbey	623
	Labour	Philip Thompson	556
	Green	David Edwards	109
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jane Tremlett*	382
	Plaid Cymru	Abi Thomas	300
	Independent	Don Avery	273
	Labour	Steve Morris	134
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

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Results Overview

Ward results

Abergwili (one seat)

Ammanford (one seat)

Betws (one seat)

Bigyn (two seats)

Burry Port (two seats)

Bynea (one seat)

Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Cenarth (one seat)

Cilycwm (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Dafen (one seat)

Elli (one seat)

Felinfoel (one seat)

Garnant (one seat)

Glanamman (one seat)

Glanymor (two seats)

Glyn (one seat)

Gorslas (two seats)

Hendy (one seat)

Hengoed (two seats)

Kidwelly (one seat)

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanddarog (one seat)

Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandovery (one seat)

Llandybie (two seats)

Llanegwad (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llangadog (one seat)

Llangeler (one seat)

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llannon (two seats)

Llansteffan (one seat)

Llanybydder (one seat)

Lliedi (two seats)

Llwynhendy (two seats)

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Pembrey (two seats)

Pen-y-groes (one seat)

Pontamman (one seat)

Pontyberem (one seat)

Quarter Bach (one seat)

St Clears (one seat)

St Ishmaels (one seat)

Saron (two seats)

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Trelech (one seat)

Trimsaran (one seat)

Tycroes (one seat)

Tyisha (two seats)

Whitland (one seat)

By-Elections 2017-2022

Saron by-election 2018

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Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Dorian Phillips	504
	Independent	Ellis Wyn Evans	259
	Independent	Lionel Phillips	142
	Labour	Jean Myers	127
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Davies	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Edward Thomas*	798
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Prosser	268
	Plaid Cymru	Keri Lewis	249
	Conservative	David Hayes	77
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Handel Davies	583
	Labour	David Long	240
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Dutton	124
	UKIP	Clifford Johnson	75
Majority
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Anthony Davies*	744
Plaid Cymru	Dai Nicholas	725
Labour	Anthony Wyn Jones*	500
Plaid Cymru	Karen Davies	451
Conservative	Sandra Morgan	165
UKIP	Nigel Humphreys	128
Independent	Pat Jenkins	108
Independent hold		Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Mansel Charles*	754
	Liberal Democrats	Monica French	231
	Independent	George Reid	169
	UKIP	Carol Jones	70
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Cefin Campbell*	635
	UKIP	Richard Hart	121
Majority
Turnout			514
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Linda Evans*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Andrew James*	421
	Independent	John Morgan	309
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Barlow	240
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Fischer	54
Majority			112
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Ken Howell*	930
	Independent	John Wigley	481
Majority			449
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing