The 2017 election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election. Four candidates (from the sixty four seats available) were elected unopposed.
Labour maintained control of the authority.[1]
Ward results edit
Nominations closed on 4 April 2017.[2]
The following results were announced following the elections. In the case of wards electing more than one councillor the percentage figures reflect the number of ballot papers issued rather than the total number of votes.
Aberavon (three seats) edit
Ceri Golding and Mark Jones were elected as Labour candidates in 2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Scott Bamsey | 543 | 33.5 | ||
Labour | Steffan ap Dafydd | 500 | 30.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Nigel Thomas Hunt | 491 | 30.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Diane Thomas | 485 | 29.9 | ||
Labour | Colin Clement | 475 | 29.3 | ||
Labour | Keith Trelease Priddle | 442 | 27.2 | ||
Independent | Ceri P. Golding* | 376 | 23.2 | ||
Independent | John Davies | 313 | 19.3 | ||
Independent | Mark Jones* | 307 | 18.9 | ||
Independent | Marian A. Lewis | 265 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cen Phillips | 260 | 16.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,457 | 40.8 | +5.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from SDP | Swing |
Aberdulais (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Jones* | 344 | |||
Independent | Simon Peter Hopkins | 282 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Daniel Mark Thomas | 118 | |||
Majority | 62 | ||||
Turnout | 744 | 44.6 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Alltwen (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher John Jones | 394 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sioned Ann Williams | 347 | |||
Conservative | Jacob Arron Jones | 109 | |||
Majority | 47 | ||||
Turnout | 850 | 42.9 | +7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Baglan (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Denis Richards* | 1,309 | |||
Labour | Carol Clement-Williams* | 1,159 | |||
Labour | Susanne Renkes | 1,009 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nicola Louise Butterfield | 699 | |||
Turnout | 1,912 | 36.5 | -3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blaengwrach (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Carol Edwards | 400 | |||
Labour | Phillip John Parfitt | 158 | |||
UKIP | Richard Herbert Pritchard | 61 | |||
Majority | 242 | ||||
Turnout | 619 | 42.3 | +0.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Briton Ferry East (one seat) edit
Colin Morgan was elected as a Labour candidate in 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris James | 405 | |||
Independent | Colin Morgan* | 318 | |||
Majority | 87 | ||||
Turnout | 723 | 34.3 | +34.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Briton Ferry West (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Newton James* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhidian Mizen | 1,383 | |||
Labour | Charlotte Emma Galsworthy | 1,079 | |||
Labour | Dave Whitelock* | 1,072 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ian Bamsey | 775 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Lee Felton | 673 | |||
Turnout | 2,114 | 41.6 | +3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bryncoch North (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Wyndham Fryer Griffiths | 410 | |||
Labour | Janet Louise Lockyer | 243 | |||
Conservative | Gavin Wycherley | 201 | |||
Majority | 167 | ||||
Turnout | 854 | 48.1 | +2.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Bryncoch South (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Janice Dudley* | 848 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Chris Williams | 808 | |||
Labour | Emma Denholm-Hill | 460 | |||
Labour | Alex Sims | 393 | |||
Conservative | Richard Minshull | 366 | |||
Conservative | Shadanna Wycherley | 290 | |||
Green | Catrin Louise Brock | 110 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harvey Little | 102 | |||
Turnout | 1,802 | 40.3 | +3.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Cadoxton (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Annette Wingrave* | 253 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Joanna Hale | 198 | |||
Conservative | Peter Crocker-Jaques | 82 | |||
Independent | Robert Joseph King | 65 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Mary Kingston-Jones | 46 | |||
Majority | 55 | ||||
Turnout | 644 | 48.4 | +12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cimla (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Warman* | 871 | 79.5 | ||
Labour | Adam McGrath | 568 | 51.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charley Cross | 320 | 29.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,095 | 35.6 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc Central (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies* | 561 | |||
Labour | Angharad Rebecca Aubrey | 488 | |||
Independent | Betsan Richards | 346 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Pauline M. Fellows | 199 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Russell G. Morris | 140 | |||
Turnout | 1,000 | 35.6 | +3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc North (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Harvey* | 434 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies | 270 | |||
UKIP | Margaret Duguid | 69 | |||
Majority | 226 | ||||
Turnout | 773 | 42.6 | +3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coedffranc West (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Ceri Clarke | 806 | |||
Labour | Chris Wingrave | 268 | |||
Majority | 538 | ||||
Turnout | 1,074 | 36.7 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Crynant (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sian Harris | 448 | |||
Labour | Karen Elizabeth Pearson* | 250 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Suzanne Waldron | 147 | |||
Majority | 198 | ||||
Turnout | 845 | 56.6 | +15.1 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Cwmllynfell (one seat) edit
Kris Lloyd had held the seat for Labour at a by-election following the death of the previous councilor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Hugh Jones | 283 | |||
Labour | Kris Lloyd* | 194 | |||
Majority | 89 | ||||
Turnout | 477 | 51.7 | +1.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Cymmer (one seat) edit
Scott Jones stood down from the Labour Party in 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Scott Jones* | 673 | |||
Independent | Jeff Jones | 370 | |||
Majority | 303 | ||||
Turnout | 1,043 | 51.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dyffryn (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters* | 826 | |||
Labour | Debbie Harvey | 299 | |||
Majority | 527 | ||||
Turnout | 1,125 | 47.4 | +3.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Glyncorrwg (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nicola-Jayne Elsie Davies | 276 | |||
Labour | Robert Joyce | 239 | |||
Majority | 37 | ||||
Turnout | 515 | 65.9 | +9.3 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Glynneath (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Simon Anthony Knoyle | 852 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Delwyn Morgan* | 498 | |||
Independent | John Evans | 316 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Philippa Jane Richards | 281 | |||
Labour | Gerry Reynolds | 267 | |||
Labour | Eddie Jones* | 239 | |||
Turnout | 1,403 | 54.6 | +21.5 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Godre'r Graig (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies* | 409 | |||
Labour | Brian Hastie | 185 | |||
Independent | Reg Atherton | 69 | |||
Majority | 224 | ||||
Turnout | 663 | 44.8 | +1.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sonia Helen Reynolds | 523 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Meirion Owen Jordan | 357 | |||
Majority | 166 | ||||
Turnout | 880 | 40.3 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gwynfi (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ralph Thomas* | 273 | |||
Independent | Jane Jones | 214 | |||
Majority | 59 | ||||
Turnout | 487 | 54.6 | -9.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lower Brynamman (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arwyn Nigel Woolcock* | 439 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Robert Howard Smith | 93 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Margam (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Jones* | 610 | |||
Conservative | Robert Jon Smith | 279 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Neath East (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry* | 587 | |||
Labour | Sandra Miller* | 575 | |||
Labour | John Miller* | 527 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail | 375 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Sambrook | 325 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Dani Robertson | 294 | |||
Conservative | Nicky Boyce | 253 | |||
Independent | Ian Richard Thomas | 232 | |||
Independent | Shaz Hughes | 230 | |||
Conservative | Robert Paul Harris | 173 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Neath North (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Richard Lockyer* | 560 | |||
Labour | Mark Protheroe* | 517 | |||
Independent | Andy Lodwig | 515 | |||
Conservative | Orla Sarah Lowe | 378 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Neath South (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Jamie Evans | 631 | |||
Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | 614 | |||
Labour | Andrew Jenkins | 600 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ann Rees-Sambrook | 437 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Onllwyn (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Martin Dean Cawsey | 273 | |||
Independent | Peter John Westall | 248 | |||
Majority | 25 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pelenna (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martin Ellis* | 133 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Alwyn Miles | 132 | |||
Independent | Peter Edward Hughes | 114 | |||
Labour | Andrew Richard Jones | 90 | |||
Majority | 1 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pontardawe (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Linet Margaret Purcell* | 992 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Anthony John Richards | 635 | |||
Labour | Vince Hotten | 622 | |||
Labour | Michael Lloyd James* | 609 | |||
Conservative | Sascha Lopez | 260 | |||
Conservative | Kieran John Davies | 233 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Port Talbot (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sharon Elizabeth Freeguard | unopposed | |||
Labour | Dennis Keogh* | unopposed | |||
Labour | Saifur Rahaman* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Resolven (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Desmond William Davies* | 461 | |||
Independent | Darren Lee Bromham-Nichols | 388 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Trefor Jones | 265 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rhos (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Thomas* | 440 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Marcia Spooner | 297 | |||
Conservative | Amanda Wycherley | 227 | |||
Majority | 143 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sandfields East (three seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Victor Latham* | 1,064 | |||
Labour | Sean Mark Pursey | 1,002 | |||
Labour | Matthew Crowley* | 937 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Deborah Mary Bamsey | 583 | |||
Independent | Captain Beany | 504 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Sandfields West (three seats) edit
Chaves and Evans were deselected as Labour candidates and stood as Independents.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Suzanne Paddison* | 851 | |||
Labour | Oliver Stewart Davies | 838 | |||
Labour | Robert William Wood | 749 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Andrew Leonard John Bennison | 430 | |||
Independent | Audrey Chaves* | 395 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sam Wright | 364 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Victoria Griffiths | 360 | |||
Independent | James Stephen Evans* | 339 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Taz Taylor | 95 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Seven Sisters (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Karl Hunt* | 678 | |||
Labour | Nia Ffion Herdman | 284 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Taibach (two seats) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony James Taylor* | 868 | |||
Labour | Rachel Louise Taylor | 756 | |||
Independent | Andrew James Tutton | 662 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tonna (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leanne Claire Jones | 327 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Lee Michael Bromham-Nichols | 305 | |||
Conservative | Kathryn Elizabeth Ann Minshull | 107 | |||
Independent | Nick Williams | 83 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Trebanos (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rebeca Phillips* | 284 | |||
Labour | Rosemary Jane Jones | 187 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Ystalyfera (one seat) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn* | 618 | |||
Labour | Cathy James | 305 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
By-Elections 2017-2022 edit
Bryncoch South by-election 2017 edit
A by-election was held in Bryncoch South on 23 November 2017 following the death of Plaid Cymru councillor, Janice Dudley.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Jo Hale | 525 | 49% | ||
Labour | Emma Denholm-Hall | 306 | 29% | ||
Conservative | Peter Crocker-Jaques | 105 | 10% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Kingston-Jones | 92 | 9% | ||
UKIP | Darren Thomas | 33 | 3% |
Gwynfi by-election 2018 edit
A by-election was held in Gwynfi on 16 August 2018 following the resignation of Labour Councillor, Ralph Thomas, after a secondary school was closed by the Council
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jane Jones | 268 | 58% | +14 | |
Plaid Cymru | Katie Jones | 73 | 16% | +16 | |
Labour | Nicola Irwin | 60 | 13% | -43 | |
Independent | David Joshua | 45 | 10% | +10 | |
Independent | Jac Paul | 14 | 3% | +3 | |
Conservative | Orla Lowe | 4 | 1% | +1 |
Resolven by-election 2019 edit
A by-election was held in Resolven on 23 May 2019 following the death of Labour Councillor, Des Davies, a member of the Council since its formation in 1995.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dean Lewis | 699 | 60% | +25 | |
Labour | Mark Francis | 293 | 25% | -16 | |
Plaid Cymru | Andrew Hippsley | 121 | 10% | -14 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Jones | 34 | 3% | +3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Kingston-Jones | 23 | 2% | +2 |
Pelenna by-election 2019 edit
A by-election was held in Pelenna on 20 June 2019 following the death of Independent Councillor, Martin Ellis.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jeremy John Hurley | 251 | 48% | +20 | |
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Alwyn Miles | 120 | 23% | -5 | |
Independent | Peter Edward Hughes | 105 | 20% | -4 | |
Labour | Andrew Richard Jones | 43 | 8% | -11 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Little | 6 | 1% | +1 |
Rhos by-election 2019 edit
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Alex Thomas.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Marcia Spooner | 359 | 54.0 | ||
Conservative | Yvonne Gillian McGarry Lewis | 162 | 24.0 | ||
Labour | Rupert James Denholm-Hall | 145 | 22.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 666 | 34.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,973 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Aberavon by-election 2021 edit
A by-election was held in Aberavon on 6 May 2021 following the death of Labour Councillor, Steffan ap Dafydd.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephanie Lynch | 677 | 37% | ||
Plaid Cymru | Andrew Dacey | 647 | 35% | ||
Conservative | Liz Hill O'Shea | 199 | 11% | ||
Independent | Diane Thomas | 144 | 8% | ||
Gwlad | Ceri Golding | 121 | 7% | ||
Propel | Julie Mills | 34 | 2% |
References edit
- ^ "County Borough Council - Local Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Notices for County Borough Council elections". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ Bradfield, Elizabeth. "Plaid beat Labour in by-election to secure Neath Port Talbot Council seat with overwhelming majority". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Rhos By-Election - Thursday, 3rd October, 2019". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 16 June 2020.