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2017 Gwynedd Council election
The 2017 Gwynedd Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Gwynedd Council in Wales. Seventy five council seats were up for re-election. In twenty one seats, the candidates were elected unopposed.
The 2017 Gwynedd Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Gwynedd Council in Wales . Seventy five council seats were up for re-election. In twenty one seats, the candidates were elected unopposed.
The Gwynedd election was on the same day as other 2017 Welsh local elections .
The May 2017 election in the Hendre ward resulted in a "historic" tie, with the Plaid Cymru and Independent candidates each winning 132 votes. The Independent candidate was declared the winner after a name was drawn from a pot by the returning officer .
Plaid Cymru held control of the council, with over half of the total seats, as per the table below:
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
41 3 54.7 39 4.4 26 7 34.7 39 19.6 6 7 8.0 12 11.7 1 6 1.3 8 2,096 1.8 1 1 1.3 2 654 0.1 0 0.0 122 0 0.0 97 0 0.0 24
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
41 26 6 1 1 Plaid Cymru Independent Llais Gwynedd Lab Lib
Lab – Labour
Lib – Liberal Democrats
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Plaid Cymru 233 52% Llais Gwynedd 215 48% 18 2% 448 63%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dewi Owen Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Peter Read Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 412 72% Labour 161 28% 251 44% 573 38%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 206 67% Independent 69 22% Llais Gwynedd 17 6% Conservative 15 5% 137 45% 307 59%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Meurig Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 514 73% Plaid Cymru 191 27% 323 46% 705 70%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 361 62% Plaid Cymru 191 33% Llais Gwynedd 31 5% 170 29% 583 69%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Llais Gwynedd 203 41% Independent 123 25% Independent 105 21% Plaid Cymru 63 13% 80 16% 494 67%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 307 69% Llais Gwynedd 138 31% 169 38% 445 29%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Peredur Jenkins Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 284 78% Independent 81 21% 203 57% 365 48%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 263 38% Labour 259 38% Independent 167 24% 4 0% 689 46%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Llais Gwynedd 179 40% Independent 171 38% Plaid Cymru 102 23% 8 2% 452 63%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Roberts Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 470 69% Plaid Cymru 168 25% Liberal Democrats 46 7% 302 67% 684 53%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 231 68% Labour 110 32% 121 36% 341 46%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 74 40% Independent 41 22% Labour 41 22% Liberal Democrats 31 17% 33 18% 187 30%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Elfed Williams Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 266 55% Independent 220 45% 46 10% 486 40%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Llais Gwynedd 185 50% Plaid Cymru 182 50% 3 0% 367 50%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 447 81% Plaid Cymru 107 19% 340 62% 554 61%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 228 54% Independent 192 46% 36 8% 420 47%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 301 59% Independent 206 41% 95 18% 507 49%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 324 50% Plaid Cymru 286 44% Labour 39 6% 38 6% 649 55%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Llais Gwynedd 385 72% Plaid Cymru 152 28% 233 44% 537 54%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 136 56% Independent 107 44% 29 12% 243 47%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 439 54% Independent 273 34% Socialist Labour 94 12% 166 20% 806 50%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 564 66% Plaid Cymru 241 28% Labour 46 5% 323 38% 851 65%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 297 39% Plaid Cymru 292 39% Conservative 70 9% Labour 70 9% UKIP 24 3% 5 0% 753 51%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 133 41% Plaid Cymru 132 41% Labour 59 18% 1 0% 324 36%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 216 51% Labour 102 24% Plaid Cymru 69 16% Conservative 37 9% 114 27% 424 43%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 318 61% Llais Gwynedd 206 39% 112 22% 524 46%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 303 77% Labour 88 23% 215 54% 391 50%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Angela Russell Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 519 58% Plaid Cymru 371 42% 148 16% 890 58%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Elwyn Edwards Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 235 59% Plaid Cymru 161 41% 74 18% 396 48%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Louise Hughes Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 245 53% Llais Gwynedd 220 47% 25 6% 465 52%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Charles Wyn Jones Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Alan Jones Evans Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Llais Gwynedd 481 62% Plaid Cymru 295 38% 186 24% 776 54%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Aled Evans Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 376 38% Independent 257 26% Labour 156 16% Independent 98 10% Plaid Cymru 65 7% Plaid Cymru 42 4% % 994 33%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 218 45% Plaid Cymru 175 36% Liberal Democrats 91 19% % 484 25%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 568 55% Independent 462 45% 106 10% 1,030 58.8%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 332 66% Llais Gwynedd 173 34% 159 32% 505 56%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Gruffydd Williams Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 355 44% Independent 279 35% Labour 127 16% Liberal Democrats 39 5% Socialist Labour 3 0% 76 9% 803 49%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 311 50% Plaid Cymru 308 50% 3 0% 619 44%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 335 51% Plaid Cymru 320 49% 15 2% 655 49.3%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Gareth Thomas Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Menna Baines Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 512 71% Llais Gwynedd 206 29% 306 42% 718 54%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 379 56% Llais Gwynedd 296 44% 83 12% 675 58%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru E. Selwyn Griffiths Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Llais Gwynedd 296 56% Plaid Cymru 233 44% 63 12% 949 56%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 420 56% Plaid Cymru 330 44% 90 12% 750 50%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 555 77% Plaid Cymru 167 23% 388 54% 722 56%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 563 51 Plaid Cymru 282 25 Labour 261 24 Llais Gwynedd 251 23 Plaid Cymru 248 22 Independent 217 20 Independent 176 16 % 1,106 47%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 377 60% Plaid Cymru 256 40% 121 20% 633 48%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Linda Jones Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 241 37% Plaid Cymru 214 33% Independent 199 30% 27 4% 654 39%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Owen Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 176 56% Llais Gwynedd 140 44% 36 12% 316 48%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 599 45 Independent 550 41 Independent 455 34 Labour 322 24 % 1,326 80.4%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru 349 55% Independent 286 45% 63 10% 635 51%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dilwyn Morgan Unopposed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Gareth Wyn Griffith Unopposed
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