2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election

The 2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales.[1] This was on the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous all-council election took place in May 2012.

2017 election results map, showing party affiliations of successful councillors (stripes indicate mixed representation)

Background

The Labour Party held power on the council after the 2012 election, but lost it after splitting because of an internal row. Several Labour councillors became independent, allowing the Independent group to take control in alliance with the Conservatives.[1]

In 2017, contests took place in 44 of the 47 wards.

Results

The Independents lost three seats in comparison with their position immediately prior to the election, but remained the largest group. The Conservative group gained four seats.[1]

Wrexham Council election 2017 [2][3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	26	10	3	+7	50.0	41.2	16,014	+14.6
Labour	12	3	14	-11	23.0	24.8	9,650	-15.5
Conservative	9	5	1	+4	17.3	17.3	6,730	+3.9
Liberal Democrats	2	1	3	-2	3.8	8.9	3,457	-3.5
Plaid Cymru	3	2	0	+2	5.7	6.9	2,689	0.0
Green	0			0		0.6	232	+0.4
UKIP	0			0		0.2	97	0.0
BNP	0			0			0	-0.3

Ward results

* = denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2012 elections[4]

Acton (one seat)

Acton 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Geoff Lowe *	364	45.2
	Labour	Nick Stott	230	28.5
	Plaid Cymru	Shaun Davies	132	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Williams	80	9.9
Majority			134
Turnout				35.1
Registered electors			2,307
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Councillor Lowe was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.

Borras Park (one seat)

Borras Park 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Debbie Wallice	507	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Kelly *	276	25.2
	Labour	Nathan Brookfield	195	17.8
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Picken	117	10.7
Majority			231
Turnout				55.7
Registered electors			1,964
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bronington (one seat)

Bronington 2017 [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rodney Skelland *	710	66.9
	Independent	Stephen Harvey	190	17.9
	Labour	Kath Goodchild	135	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Adams	27	2.5
Majority			520
Turnout				41.6
Registered electors			2,554
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brymbo (one seat)

Brymbo 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Rogers *	547	50.1
	Labour	Zoe Clarke	447	41.0
	Independent	Adam Davies	97	8.9
Majority			100
Turnout				35.5
Registered electors			3,067
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bryn Cefn (one seat)

Bryn Cefn 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beverley Parry-Jones	215	40.6
	Labour	William Wainwright	129	24.4
	Independent	Rob Jones	83	15.7
	Independent	Barbara Roxburgh *	71	13.4
	Independent	Andrew Humphreys	31	5.9
Majority			100
Turnout				35.0
Registered electors			1,521
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barbara Roxburgh was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.

Brynyffynnon (one seat)

Brynyffynnon 2017 [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Phil Wynn *	387	45.4
	Labour	Martin Morris	269	31.6
	Plaid Cymru	Sarah Roberts	196	23.0
Majority			126
Turnout				33.0
Registered electors			2,585
	Independent hold		Swing

Cartrefle (one seat)

Cartrefle 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ronnie Prince *	451	73.6
	Plaid Cymru	Bryan Pritchard	99	16.2
	Labour	Brian Halley	63	10.3
Majority			352
Turnout				37.6
Registered electors			1,635
	Independent hold		Swing

Cefn (two seats)

Cefn 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sonia Benbow-Jones	579	50.1
	Labour	Derek Wright *	577	49.9
	Labour	Liz Parry	572
Majority			5
Turnout				30.1
Registered electors			3,771
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ceiriog Valley (one seat)

Ceiriog Valley 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Trevor Bates	615	60.0
	Plaid Cymru	Anne Morris	198	19.3
	Conservative	John Jenkins	110	10.7
	Independent	Barbara Roberts	102	10.0
Majority			417
Turnout				60.5
Registered electors			1,701
	Independent hold		Swing

Chirk North (two seats)

Chirk North 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Hemmings	336	50.8
	Independent	Jackie Allen	326	49.2
Majority			10
Turnout				36.7
Registered electors			1,811
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Chirk South (two seats)

Chirk South 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Terry Evans *	518	741.3
	Labour	John Rostron	179	25.7
Majority			339
Turnout				61.0
Registered electors			1,151
	Independent hold		Swing

Coedpoeth (two seats)

Coedpoeth 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Krista Childs *	603	43.0
	Independent	Michael Dixon	426	30.4
	Labour	Adrian Williams	380
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Kelly	373	26.6
Majority			46
Turnout				31.7
Registered electors			3,532
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Erddig (one seat)

Erddig 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Roberts	228	32.7
	Independent	Alex Jones	138	19.8
	Labour	Matthew Healy	134	19.2
	Independent	Bob Dutton *	109	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	89	12.8
Majority			90
Turnout				46.2
Registered electors			1,516
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Esclusham (one seat)

Esclusham 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mark Pritchard *	796	79.5
	Plaid Cymru	Katie Courtney	104	10.4
	Labour	Richard Caldecott	101	10.1
Majority			692
Turnout				47.5
Registered electors			2,108
	Independent hold		Swing

Garden Village (one seat)

Garden Village 2017 [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andy Williams *	943	94.9
	Labour	Wendy O'Grady	51	5.1
Majority			842
Turnout				60.2
Registered electors			1,651
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Councillor WIlliams was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.

Gresford East and West (one seat)

Gresford East and West 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Atkinson	917	73.0
	Labour	Irene Lewis	204	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Blackmore	125	9.9
	UKIP	Jeanette Bassford-Barton	11	0.9
Majority			713
Turnout				55.2
Registered electors			2,288
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Grosvenor (one seat)

Grosvenor 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Marc Jones	260	42.3
	Independent	Stephen Wilson *	185	30.1
	Labour	Ray Floyd	170	27.6
Majority			75
Turnout				31.2
Registered electors			1,975
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Wilson was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election in 2012.

Gwenfro (one seat)

Gwenfro 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Nigel Williams	170	42.8
	Independent	Philip Williams	89	22.4
	Labour	Daniel Commins	86	21.7
	Independent	Damian Conde	52	13.1
Majority			81
Turnout				32.0
Registered electors			1,244
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Gwersyllt East and South (two seats)

Gwersyllt East and South 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Griffiths *	826	64.5
	Independent	Tina Mannering	531
	Independent	Bernie McCann *	508
	Labour	Michael Mackenzie	454	35.5
Majority			23
Turnout				37.4
Registered electors			3,672
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Griffiths and McCann was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election, in 2012.

Gwersyllt North (one seat)

Gwersyllt North 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Barrie Warburton	282	39.8
	Labour	Ben Whitehouse	195	27.5
	Conservative	Julian Wright	142	20.1
	Independent	Fred Roberts	89	12.6
Majority			87
Turnout				34.8
Registered electors			2,048
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Gwersyllt West (one seat)

Gwersyllt West 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Gwenfair Jones	428	54.7
	Labour	David Edwards	225	28.7
	Conservative	Melissa Smillie	130	16.6
Majority			203
Turnout				35.6
Registered electors			2,205
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Hermitage (one seat)

Hermitage 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Rogers *	447	68.3
	Plaid Cymru	Jamie Hack	207	31.7
Majority			240
Turnout				32.1
Registered electors			2,048
	Labour hold		Swing

Holt (one seat)

Holt 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Morris *	601	63.1
	Labour	Jim Duffy	351	36.9
Majority			250
Turnout				37.9
Registered electors			2,533
	Conservative hold		Swing

Johnstown (one seat)

Johnstown 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Bithell *	827	76.1
	Labour	Ethan Jones	260	23.9
Turnout				44.1
Registered electors			2,466
	Independent hold		Swing

Little Acton (one seat)

Little Acton 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Baldwin *	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Llangollen Rural (one seat)

Llangollen Rural 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Rondo Roberts	326	45.4
	Independent	Timothy Hodkinson	229	31.9
	Conservative	Gareth Baines	148	20.6
	UKIP	Jeanie Barton	15	2.1
Majority			97
Turnout				45.8
Registered electors			1,579
	Independent hold		Swing

Llay (two seats)

Llay 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Walsh	1,111	51.8
	Labour	Bryan Apsley	553	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Edwards	465
	Independent	Terry Boland *	228	13.4
	Conservative	Anthony Fontes	122	5.7
	Independent	Gary Hall	104
	Conservative	Hannah Jones	94
	UKIP	Nathan Hughes	71	3.3
	Independent	Victoria Jones	24
Majority			88
Turnout				45.3
Registered electors			3,564
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Terry Boland was elected for the Labour Party at the previous ward election, in May 2012.

Maesydre (one seat)

Maesydre 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Jones	249	44.1	+20.2
	Conservative	Victoria Clements	137	24.3	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Aimi Waters	119	21.1	-22.7
	Independent	Phil Lloyd	59	10.5	-13.7
Majority			112
Turnout				37.6
Registered electors			1,500
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marchwiel (one seat)

Marchwiel 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Pritchard *	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Marford and Hoseley (one seat)

Marford and Hoseley 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Gilmartin	548	59.7	+31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Blackmore	193	21.0	-36.3
	Labour	John Henry	128	13.9	-0.1
	Independent	James Hobbley	38	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Charles Dodman	11	1.2	+1.2
Majority			355
Turnout				50.6
Registered electors			1,817
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Minera (one seat)

Minera 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Kelly *	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

New Broughton (one seat)

New Broughton 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alan Edwards	544	72.4
	Green	Duncan Rees	207	27.6
Majority			337
Turnout				26.5
Registered electors			2,850
	Independent hold		Swing

Offa (one seat)

Offa 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Jenkins	267	45.0
	Plaid Cymru	Phil Phillips	164	27.7
	Conservative	Merril Wolfson	54	9.1
	Independent	Steven Vale	43	7.3
	Independent	Joanna Kinch	40	6.7
	Green	Alan Butterworth	25	4.2
Majority			103
Turnout				35.1
Registered electors			1,695
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Overton (one seat)

Overton 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John McCusker	613	52.8
	Conservative	Lloyd Kenyon *	373	32.1
	Independent	Richard Hobson	113	9.7
	Independent	Richard Hobson	62	5.3
Majority			240
Turnout				44.1
Registered electors			2,636
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Pant (one seat)

Pant 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Maddocks	228	33.8
	Independent	Martin Jones	221	32.7
	Labour	Stella Matthews	194	28.7
	Independent	Paula Williams	32	4.7
Majority			7
Turnout				43.9
Registered electors			1,543
	Independent hold		Swing

Penycae (one seat)

Penycae 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Phillips *	616	88.0
	Plaid Cymru	Aled Powell	84	12.0
Majority			532
Turnout				45.5
Registered electors			1,565
	Independent hold		Swing

Penycae and Ruabon South (one seat)

Penycae and Ruabon South 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joan Lowe *	451	57.4
	Labour	Callum Edwards	335	42.6
Majority			116
Turnout				41.1
Registered electors			1,932
	Independent hold		Swing

Plas Madoc (one seat)

Plas Madoc 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Blackwell *	184	56.4
	Independent	Amanda Bradley	115	35.3
	Independent	Alan Ennis	27	8.3
Majority			69
Turnout				26.6
Registered electors			1,237
	Labour hold		Swing

Ponciau (two seats)

Ponciau 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Pemberton *	970	43.8
	Labour	Kevin Hughes *	649	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Aled Roberts	597	26.9
Majority			52
Turnout				41.9
Registered electors			3,506
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensway (one seat)

Queensway 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Carrie Harper	225	53.7
	Labour	Colin Powell *	179	42.7
	Independent	Jorge Szabo	15	3.6
Majority			46
Turnout				27.3
Registered electors			1,546
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Rhosnesni (one seat)

Rhosnesni 2017 [2][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Davies	369	31.4
	Labour	Anne Evans *	290	24.6
	Conservative	Sarah Atherton	285	21.2
	Independent	Peter Jones	233	19.8
Majority			79
Turnout				40.8
Registered electors			2,870
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

References

Bagnall, Steve (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Independents hold onto Wrexham Council". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Wrexham". Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Wrexham County Borough Council: Election 2017 Results". BBC News. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Wrexham County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Wrexham Council Election 2017 - Live Updates". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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[NW_post_election_results-1] Bagnall, Steve (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Independents hold onto Wrexham Council". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

[andrew_teale-2] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Wrexham". Retrieved 26 December 2020.

[BBC_results-3] "Wrexham County Borough Council: Election 2017 Results". BBC News. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

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