2017 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election
As part of the local elections in Wales on 4 May 2017, the 42 seats of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council were up for election.[1] The majority of members elected were independents, replacing the previous Labour administration.
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Election Result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Independent | 28 | 19 | 0 | ![]() |
66.7 | 53.7 | 24,262 | ![]() | |
Labour | 13 | 0 | 20 | ![]() |
31.0 | 42.8 | 19,334 | ![]() | |
Plaid Cymru | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2.4 | 2.5 | 1,108 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 379 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 68 | ![]() |
Ward results
Abertillery
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nigel John Daniels | 914 | 26.5 | ||
Independent | Julie Holt | 755 | 21.9 | ||
Independent | Martin John Cook | 754 | 21.9 | ||
Labour | Keith Gerald Chaplin | 400 | 11.6 | ||
Labour | Ross Thomas Leadbeater | 364 | 10.6 | ||
Labour | Ronald George Boden | 263 | 7.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,450 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Badminton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clive Meredith | 534 | 28.2 | ||
Independent | Gregory Allyn Paulsen | 300 | 15.8 | ||
Labour | Brian John Scully | 278 | 14.7 | ||
Labour | John Thomas Rogers | 221 | 11.7 | ||
Independent | Garry Evans | 215 | 11.3 | ||
Independent | Bernard Price | 158 | 8.3 | ||
Conservative | Tracey Michelle West | 121 | 6.4 | ||
Green | Matthew Edward Barney | 68 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,895 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Beaufort
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Godfrey Rhys Thomas | 667 | 31.4 | ||
Independent | Stewart Healy | 463 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Francis Roy Lynch | 428 | 20.1 | ||
Labour | David William White | 330 | 15.5 | ||
Independent | Sean Watts | 238 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,126 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Blaina
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Garth Perry Collier | 798 | 25.3 | ||
Independent | John Patrick Morgan | 518 | 16.4 | ||
Labour | Lisa Catherine Winnett | 413 | 13.1 | ||
Independent | Desmond Hillman | 395 | 12.5 | ||
Labour | Thomas John Watkins | 384 | 12.2 | ||
Labour | Robert Pagett | 353 | 11.2 | ||
Independent | Howard Clarke | 288 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,149 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Brynmawr
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Wayne Kevin Hodgins | 1,433 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | David Lyn Elias | 575 | 13.1 | ||
Independent | Richard John Hill | 487 | 11.1 | ||
Labour | Barrie Morgan Sutton | 428 | 9.8 | ||
Labour | Julian Matthew Gardner | 421 | 9.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Mark Cyril Holborn | 308 | 7.0 | ||
Labour | Sally-Anne Megan Morgan | 307 | 7.0 | ||
Independent | Grant Hughes | 264 | 6.0 | ||
Independent | Nigel Daragh Boyd | 160 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,383 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Cwm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derrick Bevan | 609 | 28.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Leslie Davies | 588 | 27.5 | ||
Independent | Keith Edwin Barnes | 489 | 22.8 | ||
Labour | Keren Bender | 456 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,142 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Cwmtillery
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Malcolm Day | 771 | 20.6 | ||
Independent | Joanna Wilkins | 729 | 19.5 | ||
Labour | Timothy Huw Sharrem | 705 | 18.8 | ||
Independent | Antony Michael Partridge | 671 | 17.9 | ||
Labour | Delwyn Davies | 477 | 12.7 | ||
Labour | Christine Anne Tidey | 391 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,744 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Ebbw Vale North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Clifford Davies | 865 | 26.2 | ||
Independent | Robert John Summers | 682 | 20.6 | ||
Independent | Phillip John Edwards | 668 | 20.2 | ||
Labour | Carl Derek Bainton | 476 | 14.4 | ||
Labour | Sarah Ann Lewis | 350 | 10.6 | ||
Labour | Dawn Wilcox | 262 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,303 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Ebbw Vale South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jonathan David Millard | 619 | 31.9 | ||
Independent | Keith Clark Pritchard | 549 | 28.3 | ||
Labour | Mostyn James Lewis | 420 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | Brian Keith Clements | 352 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,940 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Georgetown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Charles Morgan | 735 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | Keith Hayden | 628 | 35.5 | ||
Independent | Howard Clarke | 405 | 22.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,768 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Llanhilleth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Norman Lee Parsons | 620 | 17.7 | ||
Independent | Joanne Collins | 564 | 16.1 | ||
Labour | Hedley McCarthy | 482 | 13.8 | ||
Labour | Helen Cunningham | 471 | 13.4 | ||
Labour | James Christopher McIlwee | 444 | 12.7 | ||
Independent | Michael John Bartlett | 345 | 9.8 | ||
Independent | William Francis Adams | 248 | 7.1 | ||
Independent | Ivor Jeffrey Beynon | 195 | 5.6 | ||
Independent | Neil Richard Lawrence | 135 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,504 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Nantyglo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Edward Mason | 627 | 24.2 | ||
Independent | Keri Rowson | 611 | 23.5 | ||
Labour | Peter John Baldwin | 590 | 22.7 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Benjamin Dally | 443 | 17.1 | ||
Labour | George William Alexander Petrie | 324 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,595 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Rassau
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hendry Wilkshire | 523 | 25.8 | ||
Independent | Gareth Alban Davies | 489 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | Lee Anthony Moses | 383 | 18.9 | ||
Independent | Matthew Thomas Phillips | 371 | 18.3 | ||
Conservative | Leon Donald Victor Brake | 162 | 8.0 | ||
Conservative | Stacey Hale | 96 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,024 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Sirhowy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Brian Thomas | 797 | 22.1 | ||
Labour | Thomas George Smith | 766 | 21.3 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Cross | 746 | 20.7 | ||
Labour | Diane Rowberry | 745 | 20.7 | ||
Independent | Tony Gregory | 546 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,600 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Six Bells
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Denzil Hancock | 403 | 28.0 | ||
Independent | Mark Holland | 328 | 22.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Stephen Richard Bard | 292 | 20.3 | ||
Labour | John Tiley | 274 | 19.1 | ||
Labour | Peter Alexander Gordon Adamson | 140 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,437 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Tredegar Central & West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Amanda Moore | 741 | 22.5 | ||
Labour | Stephen Colin Thomas | 696 | 21.1 | ||
Labour | Bernard George Willis | 635 | 19.3 | ||
Labour | Haydn Leslie Trollope | 620 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Anita Mary Hobbs | 601 | 18.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,293 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Changes between 2017 and 2021
In March 2018 Gareth Davies (Cwm), Plaid Cymru's only councillor in the area, resigned from the party.[5]
References
- "Blaenau Gwent Council". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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- Shipton, Martin (23 March 2018). "Five problems Leanne Wood faces at Plaid Conference 2018". walesonline. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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