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;

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 was followed by the 2022 election

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]

Results Overview

No Overall Control Retained

Carmarthenshire County Council election result 2017
	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

Ward results

Abergwili (one seat)

Abergwili 2017
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

Ammanford (one seat)

Ammanford 2017
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

Betws (one seat)

Betws 2017
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

Bigyn (two seats)

Bigyn 2017
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

Burry Port (two seats)

Burry Port 2017
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

Bynea (one seat)

Bynea 2017
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

Carmarthen Town North (two seats)

Carmarthen Town North 2017
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

Carmarthen Town South (two seats)

Carmarthen Town South 2017
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

Carmarthen Town West (two seats)

Carmarthen Town West 2017
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

Cenarth (one seat)

Cenarth 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Hazel Evans*	712
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Gibbons	115
Majority
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cilycwm (one seat)

Plaid Cymru had gained Cilycwm at a by-election following the death of the previous Independent member. However, the party did not field a candidate resulting in the seat being captured by an Independent, who had finished second at the by-election.

Cilycwm 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Arwel Davies	307
Labour	Maria Carroll	284
Independent	Matthew Paul	191
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Cynwyl Elfed (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Irfon Jones*	804
Plaid Cymru	Glyn Evans	584
Independent hold		Swing

Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat)

Cynwyl Elfed 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Eirwyn Williams*	434
Conservative	Steven Holmes	267
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Dafen (one seat)

Dafen 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rob Evans	508
	Labour	Tegwen Devichand*	452
Majority
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Elli (one seat)

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

Felinfoel (one seat)

Felinfoel 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Bill Thomas	269
	Independent	Hugh Richards*	185
	Conservative	Julia Evans	94
Majority
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Garnant (one seat)

Garnant 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Kevin Madge*	494
Plaid Cymru	Nigel Jerrett	167
Labour hold		Swing

Glanamman (one seat)

Glanamman 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	David Jenkins*	413
Labour	Emyr Jenkins	375
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Glanymor (two seats)

Glanymor 2017
	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

Glyn (one seat)

Glyn 2017
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

Gorslas (two seats)

Gorslas 2017
	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

Hendy (one seat)

Hendy 2017
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

Hengoed (two seats)

Hengoed 2017
	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

Kidwelly (one seat)

Kidwelly 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Sarah Gilasbey	623
	Labour	Philip Thompson	556
	Green	David Edwards	109
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Laugharne Township (one seat)

Laugharne Township 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jane Tremlett*	382
	Plaid Cymru	Abi Thomas	300
	Independent	Don Avery	273
	Labour	Steve Morris	134
Majority
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanboidy (one seat)

Llanboidy 2017
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

Llanddarog (one seat)

Llanddarog 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Davies	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llandeilo (one seat)

Llandeilo 2017
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

Llandovery (one seat)

Llandovery 2017
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

Llandybie (two seats)

Llandybie 2017
	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

Llanegwad (one seat)

Llanegwad 2017
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

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (one seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Cefin Campbell*	635
	UKIP	Richard Hart	121
Majority
Turnout			514
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (one seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Linda Evans*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangadog (one seat)

Llangadog 2017
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

Llangeler (one seat)

Llangeler 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Ken Howell*	930
	Independent	John Wigley	481
Majority			449
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangennech (two seats)

Llangennech 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Gary Jones	747
Plaid Cymru	Gwyneth Thomas*	731
Labour	Jacqueline Seward	675
Plaid Cymru	Ian Williams	602
Conservative	Paul Lockwood	335
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangunnor (one seat)

Llangunnor 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Elwyn Williams*	587
	Labour	Michael Maynard	357
	Independent	David Watson	181
Majority			220
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (one seat)

Llangyndeyrn 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Tyssul Evans*	825	68%	−10.0
	Labour	Sion Davies	393	32%	+32.0
Majority			432	35.6	−27.3
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llannon (two seats)

Llannon 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Emlyn Dole*	701
Labour	Dot Jones	585
Labour	Margaret Thomas*	576
Plaid Cymru	Philip Williams	486
Independent	Alun Owens	470
TUSC	Rob Owen	135
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llansteffan (one seat)

Llansteffan 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Carys Jones	596
	Independent	Roger Van Praet	290
	Independent	Hywel Wyn Thomas	113
Majority
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Llanybydder (one seat)

Llanybydder 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Wyn Davies*	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Lliedi (two seats)

Lliedi 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Rob James	890
Labour	Shahana Najmi	629
Conservative	Stephen Davies	312
Plaid Cymru	Colin Jones	264
Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	244
Conservative	Stefan Ryszewski	191
UKIP	Bramwell Richards	184
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Llwynhendy (two seats)

Llwynhendy 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Fozia Akhtar	582
Labour	Sharen Davies*	574
Independent	Theresa Bowen*	275
Plaid Cymru	Meilyr Hughes	154
Plaid Cymru	Robert Davies	150
Independent	Amy Evans	135
UKIP	Kenneth Rees	133
Conservative	Ruth Elvins	119
Labour hold		Swing
Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Manordeilo and Salem (one seat)

Manordeilo and Salem 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joseph Davies	479
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Thomas	460
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Nakilieny	50
Majority			19
	Independent hold		Swing

Pembrey (two seats)

Pembrey 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Hugh Shepardson*	845
Labour	Shirley Matthews*	838
Plaid Cymru	Peter Anthony Freeman	491
Labour	Bob Walpole	352
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Pen-y-groes (one seat)

Pen-y-groes 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Thomas	582
	Labour	Paul Blackwell	259
	UKIP	Timothy Dean	150
Majority			323

Pontamman (one seat)

Pontamman 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Colin Evans*	675
	Plaid Cymru	Trevor Smith	333
	UKIP	Barry Wiltshire	60
Majority			342
	Labour hold		Swing

Pontyberem (one seat)

Pontyberem 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Liam Bowen	660
	Labour	William Skinner	236
	UKIP	Keith Evans	184
Majority			424
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Quarter Bach (one seat)

Quarter Bach 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Glynog Davies*	626
	Labour	Tom Addey	398
Majority			228
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

St Clears (one seat)

St Clears 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Philip Hughes*	942
	Plaid Cymru	Rhodri Glyn Thomas	283
Majority			659
	Independent hold		Swing

St Ishmaels (one seat)

St Ishmaels 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Mair Stephens*	539
Plaid Cymru	Meinir Wynn James	447
Conservative	Susan Webb	193
Independent hold		Swing

Saron (two seats)

Saron 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Plaid Cymru	Alun Davies*	810
Plaid Cymru	Carl Harris	679
Labour	Peter Cooper*	588
Labour	Stephen Jeacock	439
Conservative	David Jones	240
Conservative	Nia Owen-Lloyd	181
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Swiss Valley (one seat)

Swiss Valley 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Anthony Morgan*	498
	Labour	Paul Harris	272
	Plaid Cymru	Jordan Randall	76
	Conservative	Betty Jones	99
Majority			226
	Independent hold		Swing

Trelech (one seat)

Plaid Cymru had won the seat from the Independents at a by-election.

Trelech 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Jean Lewis*	unopposed
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Trimsaran (one seat)

Trimsaran 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Plaid Cymru	Kim Broom	225
	Independent	Naomi Wilmot	216
	Labour	Lisa Williams	187
	Independent	Neil Burman	61
Majority			9
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Tycroes (one seat)

Tycroes 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tina Higgins	534
	Plaid Cymru	Mike Nicholas	388
Majority			146
	Labour hold		Swing

Tyisha (two seats)

Tyisha 2017
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Suzy Curry	543
Labour	Andre McPherson	407
Plaid Cymru	Terry Davies	362
Independent	Jeff Owen*	288
Plaid Cymru	Roger Price	189
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Whitland (one seat)

Whitland 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sue Allen*	554
	Plaid Cymru	Natalie Jones	133
	Labour	Vivienne Morris	111
	UKIP	Bryan Haddon	55
Majority			411
	Independent hold		Swing

By-Elections 2017-2022

Saron by-election 2018

A by-election was held in Saron on 19 July 2018 following the death of Plaid Cymru councillor Alun Davies.^[3] The seat was won by Plaid Cymru candidate Karen Davies.

Saron by-election 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Karen Davies	747	65.2
	Labour	Tom Fallows	239	20.9
	Conservative	Aled Crow	146	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caryl Tandy	140	1.2
Majority			508	44.3
Turnout			1,146
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

References

^ "Wales local council elections 2017: All you need to know". BBC News. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ "Carmarthenshire Council will be run by a coalition of Plaid Cymru and independents". Wales Online. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^ "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

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

[2] "Carmarthenshire Council will be run by a coalition of Plaid Cymru and independents". Wales Online. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

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

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