2017 Newport City Council election
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Elections to Newport City Council were held on 3 May 2017[1] along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2017 United Kingdom local elections.
Councillors elected in this election would serve a five-year term due to the new Welsh Government policy.[2]
The previous election took place on 3 May 2012.
The next full election took place in May 2022.
Election results: overview
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 31 | -6 | 62.0 | 36.1 | 15,869 | -12.1 | |||
Conservative | 12 | +2 | 24.0 | 32.0 | 14,072 | +3.3 | |||
Newport Ind. | 4 | +4 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 4,466 | New | |||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | +1 | 4.0 | 9.4 | 4,115 | -3.6 | |||
Independent | 1 | -1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1,322 | -1.8 | |||
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 1,799 | 0.0 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 814 | +1.2 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1,534 | New | |||
Total | 50 | 43,991 |
Ward results
[edit]Asterisks denote incumbent ward councillors seeking re-election.
Allt-yr-yn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Evans * | 1,731 | |||
Conservative | David Fouweather * | 1,692 | |||
Conservative | Charles Ferris * | 1,610 | |||
Labour | John Harris | 985 | |||
Labour | Kassim Hayat | 841 | |||
Labour | John Reynolds | 840 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark | 332 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Davies | 331 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Chloe Elding | 244 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Miller | 184 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 8,790 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Alway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Truman * | 976 | |||
Labour | Debbie Harvey * | 931 | |||
Labour | John Guy * | 911 | |||
Conservative | Carol Wallis | 516 | |||
Conservative | Amna Arshid | 400 | |||
Newport Ind. | Dave Jones | 355 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Cath Wixcey | 195 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Liam Biaggi | 171 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,455 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Beechwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Deb Davies * | 978 | |||
Labour | Graham Berry | 936 | |||
Labour | Mark Spencer * | 875 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Biaggi | 488 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Lockyer | 447 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pete Brown | 444 | |||
Conservative | Georgina Webb | 420 | |||
Conservative | Michael Weekes | 378 | |||
UKIP | Tim Price | 260 | |||
Newport Ind. | Julie Price | 213 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,510 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Bettws
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Newport Ind. | Kevin Whitehead * | 897 | |||
Newport Ind. | Janet Cleverly * | 816 | |||
Newport Ind. | Jason Jordan | 744 | |||
Labour | Sandra Daniell | 541 | |||
Labour | Chris Jarvis | 467 | |||
Labour | Philip Saunders | 411 | |||
Conservative | Lewis Williams | 212 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Masters | 181 | |||
Conservative | Huw Davies | 178 | |||
Green | Peter Varley | 106 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,553 | ||||
Newport Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Newport Ind. gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Newport Ind. gain from Labour | Swing |
Whitehead had been elected as an Independent in 2012. Cleverly had been elected as an Independent at a by-election in 2015.[4]
Caerleon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gail Giles * | 1,336 | |||
Conservative | Joan Watkins | 1,282 | |||
Labour | Jason Hughes | 1,166 | |||
Conservative | Michael Enea | 1,095 | |||
Conservative | Richard Andrews | 1,079 | |||
Labour | Mike Singleton | 1,065 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul l'Allier | 392 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andy White | 376 | |||
UKIP | Stan Edwards | 309 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Laura Ricketts | 239 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 8,339 | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Gaer
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Marshall | 1,019 | |||
Labour | Mark Whitcutt * | 994 | |||
Labour | Deborah Wilcox * | 991 | |||
Conservative | Lloyd Walsh | 847 | |||
Conservative | Miriam Shwartz | 778 | |||
Conservative | Saleh Baqi | 672 | |||
Newport Ind. | Rhys Richards | 324 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Woodcock-Jones | 199 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5,824 | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing |
Graig
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams * | 1,026 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Cornelious * | 976 | |||
Labour | Victoria Cox-Wall | 825 | |||
Labour | Paul Davies | 758 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nathan Tarr | 194 | |||
Green | Issica Baron | 153 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,932 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Langstone
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mogford * | 1,036 | |||
Conservative | William Routley | 913 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pam Bellew | 292 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Hando | 238 | |||
Labour | Gareth Pratt | 219 | |||
Labour | Alan Speight | 189 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,887 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from | Swing |
Liswerry
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Critchley * | 1,106 | |||
Labour | Roger Jeavons * | 1,043 | |||
Labour | John Richards * | 874 | |||
Independent | Allan Morris * | 828 | |||
Labour | Farzina Hussain | 764 | |||
Conservative | Carl Tucker | 528 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Clark | 492 | |||
UKIP | James Peterson | 461 | |||
UKIP | Andrew Sterry | 455 | |||
Conservative | Dave Cox | 452 | |||
Conservative | Richard Hill | 388 | |||
UKIP | Patrina Smith | 330 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Cam Wixcey | 198 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,919 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Llanwern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martyn Kellaway * | 954 | |||
Labour | John Davies | 255 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,209 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Malpas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Mudd * | 979 | |||
Labour | James Clarke | 937 | |||
Labour | David Mayer * | 914 | |||
Conservative | Michael Brunnock | 878 | |||
Conservative | David Gapper-Hampson | 699 | |||
Conservative | Jim Hampson | 673 | |||
Newport Ind. | Jonathan Cocks | 502 | |||
Newport Ind. | Rachel Reaney | 302 | |||
Green | Pippa Bartolotti | 283 | |||
Newport Ind. | Gavin Phillips | 283 | |||
Green | Malcolm Degroot | 161 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Davies | 99 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,710 | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Marshfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard White * | 853 | |||
Conservative | Tom Suller * | 801 | |||
Labour | Tony Boswell | 491 | |||
Labour | Ann Picton | 437 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Liz Newton | 236 | |||
Green | Lim Jones | 188 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,006 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pillgwenlly
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ibrahim Hayat * | 758 | |||
Labour | Tracey Holyoake | 757 | |||
Independent | Omar Ali * | 494 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Khalilur Rahman | 288 | |||
Conservative | Zafar Ismail | 238 | |||
Conservative | Firdaus Asghar | 205 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Simon Coopey | 197 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,937 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ali had been elected for Labour at a by-election in 2013.
Ringland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Linton * | 911 | |||
Labour | Laura Lacey | 703 | |||
Labour | Rehmaan Hayat | 613 | |||
Newport Ind. | Rocky Davies | 430 | |||
Conservative | Christine Smith | 405 | |||
Newport Ind. | Ray Lord | 386 | |||
UKIP | Mike Ford | 368 | |||
Conservative | Muhammad Tariq | 283 | |||
Conservative | Saeed Zafar | 210 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pierre l'Allier | 106 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,415 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rogerstone
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valerie Dudley | 1,281 | |||
Labour | Yvonne Forsey | 1,258 | |||
Newport Ind. | Chris Evans * | 1,215 | |||
Labour | Kath Hopkins | 1,161 | |||
Conservative | Dean Jenkins | 1,111 | |||
Labour | Sally Mlewa * | 1,089 | |||
Newport Ind. | Andrew Collingbourne | 1,002 | |||
Conservative | Ganesh Sukul | 910 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Cocks | 252 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Anthony Salkeld | 206 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 9,485 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Newport Ind. gain from Labour | Swing |
Evans was elected for the Labour Party in 2012.
St Julians
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Carmel Townsend * | 1,011 | |||
Labour | Phil Hourahine | 889 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Holly Townsend * | 825 | |||
Labour | Roy McCabe | 748 | |||
Labour | Funmi Obilanade | 700 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Jones | 654 | |||
Conservative | Vicky Howells-Cook | 453 | |||
Conservative | Marie Jermyn | 387 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Chris Priest | 250 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5,917 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Townsend had been elected at a by-election in July 2016.
Shaftesbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Cockeram * | 619 | |||
Labour | Herbie Thomas | 560 | |||
Conservative | Carol Bader | 439 | |||
Conservative | Michael Duncan | 337 | |||
Newport Ind. | David Rice | 185 | |||
UKIP | Joe Crocker | 136 | |||
Newport Ind. | Khushbir Bhullar | 119 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,395 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Stow Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Thomas * | 589 | |||
Labour | Miqdad al-Nuaimi * | 561 | |||
Conservative | Luke Evetts | 345 | |||
Conservative | Nicolas Webb | 326 | |||
Newport Ind. | Tom Stanger | 148 | |||
Newport Ind. | David McLean | 143 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rhys ab Elis | 96 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,208 | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing |
Tredegar Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trevor Watkins * | 295 | |||
Conservative | Wayne Cresswell | 257 | |||
Newport Ind. | Jan Flanagan | 197 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Morgan Bowler-Brown | 111 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 860 | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing |
Victoria
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Jenkins * | 840 | |||
Labour | Majid Rahman * | 795 | |||
Conservative | Saima Mujahid | 371 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hamilton | 344 | |||
Conservative | Mubarak Ali | 336 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Evans | 333 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Trefor Puw | 123 | |||
Green | Mirka Virtanen | 84 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,226 | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing |
By-elections
[edit]Graig
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jones | 610 | 50.2 | +3.5 | |
Labour | John Harris | 534 | 44.0 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Evans | 71 | 5.8 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 76 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,215 | 24.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Victoria
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gavin Horton | 641 | 64.6 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Miller | 258 | 26.0 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Muhammad Tariq | 93 | 9.4 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 383 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 992 | 18.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Local Election Results 2017 - National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly, 2017
- ^ Drakeford, Mark. "Written Statement - Local Elections and Electoral Arrangements". Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Newport". Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Bettws Ward — Newport". Retrieved 20 August 2022.