2017_Powys_County_Council_election

2017 Powys County Council election
All 72 seats to Powys County Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2017 Powys County Council election. Yscir (in black) initially received no nominations and was therefore vacant after the election, it was later won by the Conservatives.
Council control before election; ; Independents	Council control after election ; ; Independent & Conservative Coalition

2017 Powys County Council election

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The sixth election to the Powys County Council since local government reorganization in Wales in 1995 was held on 4 May 2017, along with other local government elections.^[1] It was preceded by the 2012 election and was followed by the 2022 election.

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Ward results (Montgomeryshire)

Ward results (Radnorshire)

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	30	–18	31.5	12,222	–20.4
Conservative	19	+9	33.9	13,136	+15.1
Liberal Democrats	13	+4	19.1	7,398	±0.0
Labour	7	+1	6.1	2,377	–3.0
Plaid Cymru	2	+2	4.7	1,831	+4.4
Green	1	+1	4.6	1,706	+4.6
Christian	0	0	0.5	196	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Louise Williams*	unopposed	N/A	-69.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Karen Elizabeth Laurie-Parry	248	44.4	+13.7
	Independent	Stephen Davies*	227	40.6	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Roberts	84	15.0	+4.5
Majority			21	3.8
Turnout			561	54%
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeremy David Pugh	432	53.5	N/A
	Labour	Ashley Vivian Offa	375	46.5	N/A
Majority			57	7.0
Turnout			811	43%
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Susan Silk*	unopposed	N/A	-80.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Gerwyn Morris*	601	54.2	+54.2
	Independent	Sam Games	507	45.8	N/A
Majority			94	8.4
Turnout			1,114	48%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Christine Davies*	unopposed	N/A	-
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hugh Williams	377	58.8	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Robert Like	206	32.1	-5.5
	Independent	James Pryce	58	9.0	N/A
Majority			171	26.7
Turnout			641	60%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Evans	414	68.2	+28.2
	Independent	Geraint George Hopkins*	193	31.8	-13.0
Majority			221	36.4
Turnout			616	51%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth William Ratcliffe*	488	71.3	+71.3
	Conservative	Robert Golesworthy	196	28.7	+28.7
Majority			292	42.6
Turnout			686	56%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Rowland Price*	unopposed	N/A	-
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Charlton	230	51.8	+20.5
	Conservative	Harry Russell Legge-Bourke	183	41.2	+20.4
	Independent	Nicolas Alan Shugar	31	7.0	N/A
Majority			47	10.6
Turnout			444	58%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Emily Victoria Durrant	173	35.7	N/A
	Conservative	Clancy Jane Brett	157	32.4	N/A
	Independent	Melanie Jade Brookes Davies*	155	32.0	-31.4
Majority			16	3.3
Turnout			485	54%
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosemarie Harris*	unopposed	N/A	-80.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy John Van-Rees*	unopposed	N/A	-72.8
	Independent hold		Swing

St David Within 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David William Meredith*	312	47.5	+3.7
	Independent	Martin Weale	182	27.7	-11.3
	Independent	Steve Morgans	153	23.3	N/A
	Green	Frances Elizabeth Christley	10	1.5	N/A
Majority			130	19.8
Turnout			666	52%
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

St John 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Matthew James Dorrance*	1,008	74.1	+2.7
	Conservative	Iain Charles McIntosh	302	22.2	N/A
	Green	Alexandra Helen Ham	51	3.7	N/A
Majority			706	51.9
Turnout			1,368	57%
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

St Mary 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Rachel Lewis	485	41.4	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Bennett	321	27.4	-11.5
	Labour	Ieuan Williams	246	21.0	-7.6
	Green	Gren Ham	119	10.2	N/A
Majority			164	14.0
Turnout			1,182	54%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Yscir 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain McIntosh	165	33.4	N/A
	Independent	Chris Davies	144	29.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Kate Heneghan	101	20.4	N/A
	Green	Bethan Irwin	80	16.2	N/A
	Independent	Daniel Evans	2	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Steve Davies	2	0.4	N/A
Majority			21	4.3
Turnout			544	62%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edwin Roderick	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Denston Powell*	520	84.6	+84.6
	Labour	Ryan Dixon	95	15.4	N/A
Majority			425	69.2
Turnout			627	47%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Liam Fitzpatrick*	unopposed	N/A	-47.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Arnold Thomas*	unopposed	N/A	-60.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan McNicholas*	unopposed	N/A	-
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Huw Williams	unopposed	N/A	-38.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Myfanwy Catherine Alexander*	257	60.2	+60.2
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Morgan Lewis	170	39.8	N/A
Majority			37	20.4
Turnout			428	52%
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Edward Davies*	327	55.5	+55.5
	Conservative	Phil Bettley	228	38.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Roger Burch	34	5.8	N/A
Majority			99	16.8
Turnout			592	53%
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phyl Davies	443	52.6	+52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Ilyd Brench	185	22.0	N/A
	Independent	Andrew David Capel	128	15.2	N/A
	Green	Pam Williams	86	10.2	N/A
Majority			258	30.6
Turnout			847	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les George	673	65.5	+28.6
	Green	Pippa Pemberton	217	21.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David John Collington	137	13.3	N/A
Majority			456	44.4
Turnout			1,029	57%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2017_Powys_County_Council_election

Results overview

Ward results (Brecknockshire)

Aber-craf

Bronllys

Builth

Bwlch

Crickhowell

Cwmtwrch

Felinfach

Gwernyfed

Hay

Llanafanfawr

Llangattock

Llangors

Llangynidr

Llanwrtyd Wells

Maescar / Llywel

St David Within

St John

St Mary

Talgarth

Talybont-on-Usk

Tawe Uchaf

Ynyscedwyn

Yscir

Ystradgynlais

Ward results (Montgomeryshire)

Banwy

Berriew

Blaen Hafren

Caersws

Churchstoke

Dolforwyn

Forden

Glantwymyn

Guilsfield

Kerry

Llanbrynmair

Llandinam

Llandrinio

Llandysilio

Llanfair Caereinion

Llanfihangel

Llanfyllin

Llanidloes

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant/Llansilin

Llansantffraid

Llanwddyn

Machynlleth

Meifod

Montgomery

Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North

Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West

Newtown Central

Newtown East

Newtown South

Rhiwcynon

Trewern

Welshpool Castle

Welshpool Gungrog

Welshpool Llanerchyddol

Ward results (Radnorshire)

Beguildy

Disserth and Trecoed

Glasbury

Knighton

Llanbadarn Fawr

Llandrindod East/West

Llandrindod North

Llandrindod South

Llanelwedd

Llangunllo

Llanyre

Nantmel

Old Radnor

Presteigne

Rhayader

By-elections

Llandrindod North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael John Jones*	unopposed	N/A	-55.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Michael Pugh	553	69.5	+29.8
	Independent	Leon Karl Shearer	243	30.5	N/A
Majority			310	39.0
Turnout			802	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Linda Veronica Corfield*	286	51.8	+1.5
	Conservative	Gwyneth Bird	266	48.2	-1.5
Majority			20	3.6
Turnout			555	48%
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elwyn Graham Vaughan	458	54.7	N/A
	Conservative	Calum Tudor James Davies	380	45.3	N/A
Majority			78	9.4
Turnout			844	52%
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Richard Jones*	413	48.9	+48.9
	Conservative	Ian Harrison	360	42.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Susan Pratt	71	8.4	N/A
Majority			53	6.2
Turnout			846	45%
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kathryn Mary Roberts-Jones*	406	57.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Paul David Martin	304	42.8	-5.2
Majority			102	14.4
Turnout			712	45%
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Jones-Poston	218	47.8	+28.0
	Plaid Cymru	Angharad Mair Butler	144	31.6	N/A
	Independent	Dai Charles Jones*	94	20.6	-23.5
Majority			74	16.2
Turnout			457	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Karl Lewis	277	44.5	N/A
	Independent	Mike Harris	261	42.0	N/A
	Green	David Christopher Williams	43	6.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	William Anthony McAllister-Lovatt	41	6.6	N/A
Majority			16	2.5
Turnout			624	55%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Margaret Roberts	573	74.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Edwards	198	25.7	N/A
Majority			375	48.6
Turnout			772	45%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Evan Arwel Jones*	367	65.0	-5.9
	Conservative	Mat Edwards	198	35.0	+17.3
Majority			169	30.0
Turnout			563	39%
	Independent hold		Swing