Caerphilly County Borough Council election, 2017

An election to Caerphilly 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.^[1]

Summary of results

Labour won 50 seats achieving a majority, Plaid Cymru obtained 18 seats and 5 seats were won by independent candidates.

Ward results

**Cwm Aber / Aber Valley**, Electorate: 4612, Turnout: 30.81%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
John Taylor	Plaid Cymru	990	26.51%	Elected
Lyndon J Binding	Plaid Cymru	984	26.35%	Elected
John Eryl Roberts	Plaid Cymru	945	25.30%	Elected
David Zenati-Parsons	Welsh Labour	307	8.22%
Jo Rao	Welsh Labour	297	7.95%
Ryan Graham Smith	Welsh Conservative Party	212	5.68%

**Aberbargod / Aberbargoed**, Electorate: 2593, Turnout: 30.85%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Alan Gerald Higgs	Welsh Labour	362	24.88%	Elected
Alan George Collis	Welsh Labour	352	24.19%	Elected
Lowri Cerys Edwards	Plaid Cymru	320	21.99%
Ted Edwards	Plaid Cymru	300	20.62%
Keith Mills	UKIP	121	8.32%

**Abercarn**, Electorate: 4059, Turnout: 34.61%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Andrew Whitcombe	Welsh Labour	688	28.05%	Elected
Denver Winston Redman Preece	Welsh Labour	663	27.03%	Elected
Jill Elizabeth Jones	Plaid Cymru	493	20.10%
Tud Jones	Plaid Cymru	358	14.59%
Margaret Elizabeth Dennehy	Welsh Liberal Democrats	251	10.23%

**Argoed**, Electorate: 2018, Turnout: 36.77%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Walter Henry Edgar Williams	Welsh Labour	427	57.78%	Elected
John Moore	UKIP	168	22.73%
Roger John Moore	Plaid Cymru	144	19.49%

**Bargod / Bargoed**, Electorate: 4383, Turnout: 30.76%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Tudor Davies	Welsh Labour	692	19.59%	Elected
Dianne Price	Welsh Labour	616	17.44%	Elected
Carol Julia Andrews	Welsh Labour	582	16.47%	Elected
Kevin Philip Viney	Plaid Cymru	423	11.97%
Gill Jones	Plaid Cymru	409	11.58%
James Kerby	Independent	322	9.11%
Andrew Thomas Nutt	Plaid Cymru	317	8.97%
Belinda Gingell	Independent	172	4.87%

**Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen**, Electorate: 7721, Turnout: 37.22%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Liz Aldworth	Welsh Labour	1,378	14.23%	Elected
Lisa Phipps	Welsh Labour	1,241	12.82%	Elected
Derek Havard	Welsh Labour	1,178	12.17%	Elected
June Gale	Welsh Labour	1,049	10.83%	Elected
John James Dew	Independent	741	7.65%
Gareth Llewellyn	Plaid Cymru	723	7.47%
Janet Walsh	Independent	618	6.38%
Daniel Llewellyn	Plaid Cymru	572	5.91%
Paul Stringer	Plaid Cymru	531	5.48%
Philip Goodger	Welsh Conservative Party	504	5.20%
Michael Roberts	Welsh Conservative Party	494	5.10%
Teresa Winiarski	Plaid Cymru	397	4.10%
Peter Clive Gaskell	Wales Green Party	257	2.65%

**Coed Duon / Blackwood**, Electorate: 6178, Turnout: 38.02%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Kevin Etheridge	Independent	1,069	16.52%	Elected
Nigel Stuart Dix	Independent	791	12.23%	Elected
Andrew David Farina-Childs	Independent	625	9.66%	Elected
Keith Smallman	Independent	618	9.55%
Patricia Cook	Welsh Labour	604	9.34%
Janet Griffiths	Welsh Labour	530	8.19%
Matthew Sessions	Welsh Labour	476	7.36%
Allan Rees	Independent	427	6.60%
Darren Jones	Plaid Cymru	377	5.83%
Andrew Short	Plaid Cymru	355	5.49%
Steven Anthony Blakeman	Plaid Cymru	320	4.95%
Paul Taylor	UKIP	278	4.30%

**Cefn Fforest**, Electorate: 2841, Turnout: 35.13%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Tom Williams	Welsh Labour	453	25.69%	Elected
Graham Derek Simmonds	Independent	450	25.52%	Elected
Christopher Hawker	Welsh Labour	437	24.79%
Louise Rachael Phillips	Independent	423	23.99%

**Crosskeys**, Electorate: 2436, Turnout: 35.47%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Julian Simmonds	Welsh Labour	450	53.44%	Elected
Christopher Phillip Norman Cook	Plaid Cymru	392	46.56%

**Crymlyn / Crumlin**, Electorate: 4319, Turnout: 39.06%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Carl Jeffrey Thomas	Welsh Labour	701	23.62%	Elected
Mike Davies	Plaid Cymru	619	20.86%	Elected
Andrew Lewis	Welsh Labour	612	20.62%
Alwyn Lewis Lloyd	Plaid Cymru	504	16.98%
Philip Fowler	Independent	281	9.47%
Dominic Walker	Independent	251	8.46%

**Cwm Darran / Darren Valley**, Electorate: 1803, Turnout: 33.11%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
David Thomas Hardacre	Welsh Labour	349	59.05%	Elected
Keiron David O'Hagan	Independent	242	40.95%

**Gilfach**, Electorate: 1503, Turnout: 36.39%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Lindsey Harding	Welsh Labour	335	62.62%	Elected
Ken Houston	Plaid Cymru	147	27.48%
Granville Hale	Welsh Conservative Party	53	9.91%

**Hengoed**, Electorate: 3897, Turnout: 33.95%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Donna Cushing	Plaid Cymru	678	31.83%	Elected
Teresa Elizabeth Parry	Plaid Cymru	676	31.74%	Elected
Mark Anthony Boyland	Welsh Labour	478	22.44%
Graham George Wills	UKIP	298	13.99%

**Llanbradach**, Electorate: 3197, Turnout: 40.29%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Robert William Gough	Plaid Cymru	870	37.05%	Elected
Colin Peter Mann	Plaid Cymru	834	35.52%	Elected
Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw	Welsh Labour	324	13.80%
Bethan Louise Thomas	Welsh Labour	320	13.63%

**Maesycwmmer**, Electorate: 1652, Turnout: 38.2%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Vincent Alec James	Welsh Labour	327	51.99%	Elected
Catrin Sara Moss	Plaid Cymru	174	27.66%
William Stuart Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	128	20.35%

**Morgan Jones**, Electorate: 5507, Turnout: 39.88%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
James Pritchard	Welsh Labour	1,059	17.82%	Elected
Phil Bevan	Plaid Cymru	909	15.29%	Elected
Shayne Cook	Welsh Labour	900	15.14%	Elected
Roger Bidgood	Plaid Cymru	821	13.81%
Mike Prew	Plaid Cymru	783	13.17%
Shelly Hodder	Welsh Labour	775	13.04%
Peter Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	256	4.31%
Gerry Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	245	4.12%
Wilfred Hugh Phillips	Welsh Conservative Party	196	3.30%

**Moria / Moriah**, Electorate: 3128, Turnout: 31.71%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
John Bevan	Welsh Labour	565	36.83%	Elected
Dai Harse	Welsh Labour	538	35.07%	Elected
Nathan Thomas Flanagan	Plaid Cymru	431	28.10%

**Nelson**, Electorate: 3488, Turnout: 40.48%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Sean Iestyn Morgan	Welsh Labour	725	28.27%	Elected
Brenda Mair Miles	Welsh Labour	560	21.83%	Elected
Malcolm Tucker	Plaid Cymru	391	15.24%
Anne Blackman	Christian Peoples Alliance	374	14.58%
Marls Tucker	Plaid Cymru	332	12.94%
Kay David	Welsh Liberal Democrats	183	7.13%

**Tredegar Newydd / New Tredegar**, Electorate: 3343, Turnout: 31.41%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Eluned Stenner	Welsh Labour	687	36.78%	Elected
Mark Anthony Evans	Welsh Labour	665	35.60%	Elected
Kev Rodgers	Independent	257	13.76%
Rachael Joanne Dixon	Plaid Cymru	137	7.33%
Bethany Adele Edwards	Plaid Cymru	122	6.53%

**Trecelyn / Newbridge**, Electorate: 4764, Turnout: 36.9%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Gary Johnston	Welsh Labour	719	15.01%	Elected
Adrian Alfred Hussey	Welsh Labour	677	14.13%	Elected
Leeroy Jeremiah	Welsh Labour	655	13.67%	Elected
Kath Baker	Plaid Cymru	655	13.67%
Wayne Lewis Morrisey	Plaid Cymru	543	11.34%
Rhys Mills	Plaid Cymru	535	11.17%
Jago Lewis	Welsh Conservative Party	326	6.81%
Matthew Kidner	Welsh Liberal Democrats	273	5.70%
Stuart Robertson	Welsh Conservative Party	206	4.30%
Heather Robertson	Welsh Conservative Party	201	4.20%

**Pengam**, Electorate: 2702, Turnout: 33.16%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
David Vincent Poole	Welsh Labour	507	32.11%	Elected
Kevin Dawson	Welsh Labour	505	31.98%	Elected
Noel Geoffrey Turner	Plaid Cymru	350	22.17%
Chris Paul	Plaid Cymru	217	13.74%

**Penmaen**, Electorate: 4099, Turnout: 42.21%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Roy Saralis	Welsh Labour	903	28.00%	Elected
Ben Zaplatynski	Welsh Labour	744	23.07%	Elected
John Owen Evans	Plaid Cymru	505	15.66%
Kevin Jones	Plaid Cymru	450	13.95%
Richard Webb Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	324	10.05%
Shawn Patricia Sims	Welsh Conservative Party	299	9.27%

**Penyrheol**, Electorate: 8803, Turnout: 35.59%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	1,653	15.09%	Elected
Margaret Eiddwen Sargent	Plaid Cymru	1,340	12.23%	Elected
Jon Scriven	Plaid Cymru	1,337	12.20%	Elected
Steven John Skivens	Plaid Cymru	1,270	11.59%	Elected
Huw Rhodri Davies	Welsh Labour	910	8.31%
Sandra Jones	Welsh Labour	854	7.79%
Janice Anne Davies	Welsh Labour	847	7.73%
Milena Zenati-Parsons	Welsh Labour	716	6.54%
Gregory Elliot	Welsh Conservative Party	514	4.69%
Cameron Muir-Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	513	4.68%
Steven John Roberts	Welsh Conservative Party	383	3.50%
Lawrence John Frederick Andrews	UKIP	340	3.10%
Ian William Gorman	UKIP	279	2.55%

**Pontllanfraith**, Electorate: 6241, Turnout: 36.5%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Michael Adams	Welsh Labour	1,107	18.27%	Elected
Colin John Gordon	Welsh Labour	1,039	17.15%	Elected
Gez Kirby	Welsh Labour	966	15.95%	Elected
Jim Criddle	Plaid Cymru	773	12.76%
Zoe Alexandra Hammond	Plaid Cymru	589	9.72%
Andrew Williamson	Welsh Conservative Party	544	8.98%
Wendy Phillips	Welsh Conservative Party	533	8.80%
Mike Jackson	Plaid Cymru	507	8.37%

**Pontlotyn / Pontlottyn**, Electorate: 1429, Turnout: 37.23%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Gaynor Denise Oliver	Welsh Labour	239	45.01%	Elected
Mervyn Dorian Diggle	Independent	235	44.26%
David Adam Rees	Plaid Cymru	57	10.73%

**Dwyrain Rhisga / Risca East**, Electorate: 4681, Turnout: 28.09%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Nigel George	Welsh Labour	728	20.89%	Elected
Arianna Krystina Passmore	Welsh Labour	709	20.34%	Elected
Philippa Leonard	Welsh Labour	690	19.80%	Elected
James Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	287	8.24%
Graham Jones	Welsh Conservative Party	279	8.01%
James Mallindine	Welsh Conservative Party	227	6.51%
Alexander Owen	Plaid Cymru	210	6.03%
Gareth Macleur	Plaid Cymru	190	5.45%
Luke Smith	Plaid Cymru	165	4.73%

**Gorllewin Rhisga / Risca West**, Electorate: 3892, Turnout: 38.59%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Bob Owen	Independent	640	25.15%	Elected
Ross Anthony Whiting	Welsh Labour	620	24.36%	Elected
Ceri Marina Wright	Welsh Labour	525	20.63%
Anthony Sims	Welsh Conservative Party	270	10.61%
Brian Hancock	Plaid Cymru	265	10.41%
Matthew Robert Farrell	Plaid Cymru	225	8.84%

**Catwg Sant / St. Cattwg**, Electorate: 5583, Turnout: 32.2%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Wynne David	Welsh Labour	1,077	23.26%	Elected
Ann Gair	Welsh Labour	867	18.73%	Elected
Carmen Marie Bezzina	Welsh Labour	782	16.89%	Elected
Wyndham Matthews	Plaid Cymru	756	16.33%
Robledo Jessica Alfonso	Plaid Cymru	597	12.89%
Richard Euan Osborne	Plaid Cymru	551	11.90%

**Sant Iago / St. James**, Electorate: 4247, Turnout: 38.07%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Christine Forehead	Welsh Labour	615	13.75%	Elected
Elaine Forehead	Welsh Labour	561	12.54%	Elected
Barbara Avril Jones	Welsh Labour	543	12.14%	Elected
Paul Michael Bradbury	Plaid Cymru	534	11.94%
Jayne Elizabeth Garland	Plaid Cymru	517	11.56%
John Anthony Leek	Plaid Cymru	440	9.84%
John Evans	Welsh Conservative Party	288	6.44%
Ian Chivers	Welsh Conservative Party	279	6.24%
Dennis Morgan	Welsh Conservative Party	261	5.84%
Sam Gould	UKIP	182	4.07%
David Owers	UKIP	138	3.09%
Andrew Shakespeare	UKIP	114	2.55%

**Martin Sant / St. Martins**, Electorate: 6383, Turnout: 46.75%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Colin Elsbury	Plaid Cymru	1,284	15.41%	Elected
James Emmanuel Fussell	Plaid Cymru	1,250	15.00%	Elected
Steve Kent	Plaid Cymru	1,211	14.53%	Elected
Anne Olivia Broughton-Pettit	Welsh Labour	717	8.60%
Tony Graham	Welsh Labour	714	8.57%
Judith Elizabeth Child	Welsh Conservative Party	665	7.98%
Robert Stanley Lea	Welsh Conservative Party	638	7.66%
John Harry Pettit	Welsh Labour	614	7.37%
Elizabeth Jane Evans	Welsh Conservative Party	603	7.24%
Richard Williams	UKIP	283	3.40%
Hazel Norris	UKIP	253	3.04%
Megan Hannah Churchland	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	101	1.21%

**Twyn Carno**, Electorate: 1665
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Carl Cuss	Welsh Labour	–	–	Elected unopposed

**Ynysddu**, Electorate: 2914, Turnout: 34.21%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Phillippa Marsden	Welsh Labour	720	39.37%	Elected
John Philip Ridgewell	Welsh Labour	638	34.88%	Elected
Lyn Ackerman	Plaid Cymru	244	13.34%
Terry Birkett	Plaid Cymru	227	12.41%

**Ystrad Mynach**, Electorate: 3979, Turnout: 39.31%
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Martyn Paul James	Plaid Cymru	919	33.49%	Elected
Alan Patrick Angel	Plaid Cymru	885	32.25%	Elected
Kerry Jones	Welsh Labour	505	18.40%
Alan Dowler	Welsh Labour	435	15.85%

References

↑ "Wales local council elections 2017: All you need to know". BBC News. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

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