2017 Bridgend County Borough Council election

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All 54 seats to Bridgend County Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Independent
Last election	39 seats, 47.4%	10 seats, 21.2%
Seats before	39	10
Seats won	26	13
Seat change	13	3
Popular vote	15,476	12,757
Percentage	36.5%	30.1%
Swing	10.9 pp	8.9 pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Conservative	Plaid Cymru
Last election	1 seat, 12.2%	1 seat, 7.0%
Seats before	1	1
Seats won	11	3
Seat change	10	2
Popular vote	8,875	3,540
Percentage	20.9%	8.3%
Swing	8.7 pp	1.3 pp

	Fifth party

Party	Liberal Democrats
Last election	3 seats, 10.0%
Seats before	3
Seats won	1
Seat change	2
Popular vote	1,303
Percentage	3.1%
Swing	6.9 pp

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

As part of the local elections in Wales on 4 May 2017, the 54 seats of Bridgend County Borough Council were up for election. Labour lost 13 seats, losing control of the council, while remaining the largest party.^[1]

Election Result

Bridgend Council Election 2017
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	26	3	16	13	48.1	36.5	15,476	10.9
Independent	13	7	4	3	24.1	30.1	12,757	8.9
Conservative	11	10	0	10	20.4	20.9	8,875	8.7
Plaid Cymru	3	2	0	2	5.6	8.3	3,540	1.3
Liberal Democrats	1	0	2	2	1.9	3.1	1,303	6.9
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	385	1.3
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	63	New
National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	21	0.1

Ward Results

Aberkenfig

Aberkenfig
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	James Radcliffe	277	39.5	20.2
	Labour	Daryl Gordon	266	37.9	0.1
	Independent	Lee Robson	158	22.5	New
Majority			11	1.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Bettws

Bettws
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Jones	424	78.5	2.2
	UKIP	Glenda Davies	63	11.7	New
	Conservative	Christian Wallis	53	9.8	New
Majority			361	66.8	14.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackmill

Blackmill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hywel Williams	383	55.6	44.4
	Independent	Andrew McKay	306	44.4	New
Majority			77	11.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

Blaengarw

Blaengarw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sorrel Dendy	270	52.2	*New*
	Labour	Gareth Andrews	247	47.8	52.2
Majority			23	4.4	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Brackla

Brackla (4)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kay Rowlands	1,106	38.5
	Conservative	Tom Giffard	1,084
	Conservative	Aniel Pucella	1,067
	Labour	John Spanswick	1,065	37.1
	Conservative	Tyler Walsh	1,028
	Labour	Hailey Townsend	952
	Labour	Craig Jones	950
	Labour	Ciaron Jackson	928
	Independent	Shaun Bastin	432	15.0
	Independent	Nathan Goldsworthy	413
	Independent	Marcelle Humphreys	400
	Independent	Stuart Charles	364
	Independent	Jeremy Young	342
	Plaid Cymru	Nick Thomas	269	9.4
Majority			37
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryncethin

Bryncethin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Thomas	148	45.8	30.8
	Independent	Mark John	115	35.6	New
	Plaid Cymru	Nick Alderton	35	10.8	New
	Independent	Luke Richards	25	7.7	New
Majority			33	10.2	43.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryncoch

Bryncoch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Lewis	278	50.7	23.5
	Independent	Beth Ellis	212	38.7	New
	Plaid Cymru	Sara Thomas	58	10.6	New
Majority			66	12.0	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr

Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Green	810	33.4
	Labour	Pamela Davies	719	29.7
	Conservative	Gordon Lewis	700	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Spiller	664
	Labour	Ian Griffiths	650
	Conservative	Wayne Warlow	642
	Green	Kathy Lewis	194	8.0
Majority			19
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerau

Caerau (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Davies	829	48.1
	Labour	Gareth Howells	753
	Labour	Phil White	753
	Independent	Phil John	575	33.4
	Independent	Stephen Smith	573
	Independent	Jen Terry	339
	Plaid Cymru	Kyle Duggan	319	18.5
Majority			178
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cefn Cribwr

Cefn Cribwr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Huw David	381	67.7	32.3
	Plaid Cymru	Kevin Burnell	120	21.3	New
	Conservative	Betty Kettley	62	11.0	New
Majority			261	46.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

Cefn Glas

Cefn Glas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon-Paul Blundell	212	38.5	23.0
	Conservative	Jamie Evans	121	22.0	10.0
	Independent	Paul Warren	115	20.9	New
	Independent	Cleone Westwood	103	18.7	New
Majority			91	16.5	18.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Coity

Coity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amanda Williams	297	36.4	*New*
	Conservative	James Davies	203	24.8	New
	Independent	Ella Dodd	193	23.6	49.9
	Labour	Ramsey Jamil	124	15.2	6.2
Majority			94	11.6	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Cornelly

Cornelly (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jeff Tildesley	907	47.4
	Labour	Richard Granville	724	37.8
	Independent	Lopper Wilson	593
	Labour	Gemma Hartnoll	535
	Independent	Dorian Morgan	454
	Conservative	Rosemary Deere	283	14.8
	Conservative	Mary Emment-Lewis	247
Majority			131
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Coychurch Lower

Coychurch Lower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elaine Venables	325	53.6	17.8
	Conservative	Louise Barham	199	32.8	18.1
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Jenkins	37	6.1	New
	Labour	Matthew Churchill	24	4.0	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Briony Davies	21	3.5	New
Majority			126	20.8	35.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Felindre

Felindre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bridie Sedgebeer	408	48.9	15.9
	Conservative	John Butcher	338	40.5	New
	Independent	Simon Curwood	88	10.6	New
Majority			70	8.4	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Hendre

Hendre (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julia Williams	572	45.3
	Labour	John McCarthy	516	40.9
	Labour	Richard Williams	514
	Conservative	Jamie Wallis	483
	Plaid Cymru	Viv Jenkins	174	13.8
Majority			2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Litchard

Litchard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sadie Vidal	406	42.1	1.9
	Labour	Cherie Jones	375	38.9	20.9
	Independent	Alan Wathan	184	19.1	New
Majority			31	3.2	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Llangeinor

Llangeinor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roz Stirman	162	54.4	*New*
	Labour	Marlene Thomas	136	45.6	54.4
Majority			26	8.8	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd

Llangewydd and Brynhyfryd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Smith	311	44.1	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Berrow	134	19.0	7.0
	Conservative	Claire Lewis	124	17.6	New
	Independent	Eric Hughes	115	16.3	New
	National Front	Adam Lloyd	21	3.0	4.7
Majority			177	25.1	15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Llangynwyd

Llangynwyd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm James	593	58.3	4.2
	Labour	Elaine Guscott	345	33.9	12.0
	Green	Tom Muller	79	7.8	New
Majority			248	24.4	16.2
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Maesteg East

Maesteg East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Keith Edwards	858	51.8
	Independent	Tom Beedle	684
	Labour	Mal Reeves	544	32.8
	Labour	Rose Martin	473
	Plaid Cymru	Illtyd ap Dafydd	255	15.4
Majority			174
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Maesteg West

Maesteg West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ross Thomas	1,167	55.0
	Labour	Richard Collins	742	35.0
	Labour	Ceri Reeves	497
	Independent	Dave Evans	472
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Berry	214	10.1
	Independent	Robert Vincent	202
	Plaid Cymru	Paula Thomas	143
	Independent	Ian Jones	140
Majority			245
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Morfa

Morfa (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Baldwin	466	40.7
	Labour	Nicole Burnett	458
	Independent	Pete Foley	406	35.5
	Independent	Steven Bletsoe	384
	Independent	Martin Williams	215
	Conservative	Tom Overfield	197	17.2
	Conservative	Judith Butcher	184
	Green	John Evans	75	6.6
Majority			52
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Nant-y-moel

Nant-y-moel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Owen	506	61.6	7.4
	Labour	Sandy Blackburn	316	38.4	7.4
Majority			190	23.2	14.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Newcastle

Newcastle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carolyn Webster	610	34.3
	Labour	David White	590	33.1
	Independent	Tim Wood	581	32.6
	Labour	Neelo Farr	553
	Conservative	Craig Lawton	424
	Independent	David Unwin	419
Majority			9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newton

Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Watts	597	40.8	13.3
	Independent	Graham Walter	485	33.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Pratt	224	15.3	New
	Labour	Will Hingley	156	10.7	20.0
Majority			112	7.6	15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nottage

Nottage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norah Clarke	843	62.7	*New*
	Conservative	Robert Lee	316	23.5	1.1
	Labour	Paul Winstanley	185	13.8	15.2
Majority			527	39.2	N/A
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ogmore Vale

Ogmore Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dhanisha Patel	496	53.4	8.4
	Independent	Louvain Lake	260	28.0	New
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Shakeshaft	173	18.6	New
Majority			236	25.4	N/A
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Oldcastle

Oldcastle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lyn Walters	587	37.3
	Conservative	Matthew Voisey	560
	Independent	Edith Hughes	516	32.8
	Labour	Angela Morelli	470	29.9
	Labour	Gary Sassoon-Hales	394
	Independent	Freya Bletsoe	376
	Independent	Rebecca Porter	297
Majority			44
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pen-y-fai

Pen-y-fai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Altaf Hussain	367	42.8	11.4
	Labour	Heidi Bennett	320	37.3	0.2
	Independent	Meryl Wilkins	95	11.1	20.0
	Plaid Cymru	Sarah Parry	76	8.9	New
Majority			47	5.5	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pendre

Pendre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Young	260	45.7	6.7
	Conservative	Kevin Edger	115	20.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Davie	114	20.0	17.3
	Independent	Dean Barrington	80	14.1	New
Majority			145	25.5	10.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Penprysg

Penprysg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Williams	612	57.2	*New*
	Labour	Alex Owen	372	34.8	27.6
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Lewis	85	8.0	New
Majority			240	22.4	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pontycymmer

Pontycymmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roderick Shaw	461	74.8	25.2
	Independent	Claire Walters	155	25.2	New
Majority			306	49.6	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

Porthcawl East Central

Porthcawl East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Jones	512	54.1	2.6
	Labour	Raynor Lewis	247	26.1	8.1
	Conservative	Bobby Lewis	187	19.8	New
Majority			265	28.0	5.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Porthcawl West Central

Porthcawl West Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sean Aspey	631	51.8	7.9
	Conservative	Alun Thomas	340	27.9	8.0
	Labour	Alana Davies	247	20.3
Majority			291	23.9	15.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Pyle

Pyle (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Kearn	1,006	54.1
	Labour	Jane Gebbie	910
	Labour	Stephen Smith	801
	Conservative	Phil Barham	457	24.6
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Watkins	396	21.3
	Conservative	David Deere	320
	Conservative	Ann Lee	310
Majority			344
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rest Bay

Rest Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Clarke	665	64.8	*New*
	Conservative	Caroline Vaughan	253	24.6	20.2
	Labour	John Bunker	72	7.0	New
	Green	Alex Harris	37	3.6	New
Majority			412	40.2	N/A
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sarn

Sarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Watkin Lewis	325	55.6	28.2
	Independent	Sally Hyde	127	21.7	New
	Conservative	Irina Scelkunova	70	12.0	New
	Plaid Cymru	Claire Thomas	63	10.8	New
Majority			198	33.9	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Ynysawdre

Ynysawdre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Tim Thomas	396	40.8	6.3
	Labour	Fadhel Abedalkarim	286	29.5	29.5
	Independent	Christopher Lavis	161	16.6	New
	Independent	Haydn Morgan	127	13.1	New
Majority			110	11.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ "Local Election Results 2017 - Bridgend". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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