Elections to Newport City Council were held on 3 May 2017 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2017 United Kingdom local elections.
2017 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations
Newport Civic Centre
Elections to Newport City Council were held on 3 May 2017 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.
The previous election took place on 3 May 2012 .
The next full election took place in May 2022 .
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
31 -6 62.0 36.1 15,869 -12.1 12 +2 24.0 32.0 14,072 +3.3 4 +4 8.0 10.2 4,466 New 2 +1 4.0 9.4 4,115 -3.6 1 -1 2.0 3.0 1,322 -1.8 0 0 0.0 4.1 1,799 0.0 0 0 0.0 1.9 814 +1.2 0 0 0.0 3.5 1,534 New Total 50 43,991
Asterisks denote incumbent ward councillors seeking re-election.
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Conservative 1,731 Conservative 1,692 Conservative 1,610 Labour 985 Labour 841 Labour 840 Plaid Cymru 332 Liberal Democrats 331 Liberal Democrats 244 Liberal Democrats 184 8,790 Conservative hold Conservative hold Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 976 Labour 931 Labour 911 Conservative 516 Conservative 400 Newport Ind. 355 Plaid Cymru 195 Liberal Democrats 171 4,455 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 978 Labour 936 Labour 875 Liberal Democrats 488 Liberal Democrats 447 Liberal Democrats 444 Conservative 420 Conservative 378 UKIP 260 Newport Ind. 213 6,510 Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Newport Ind. 897 Newport Ind. 816 Newport Ind. 744 Labour 541 Labour 467 Labour 411 Conservative 212 Conservative 181 Conservative 178 Green 106 4,553 Newport Ind. gain from Independent Newport Ind. gain from Independent Newport Ind. gain from Labour
Whitehead had been elected as an Independent in 2012. Cleverly had been elected as an Independent at a by-election in 2015.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,336 Conservative 1,282 Labour 1,166 Conservative 1,095 Conservative 1,079 Labour 1,065 Liberal Democrats 392 Liberal Democrats 376 UKIP 309 Liberal Democrats 239 8,339 Labour gain from Labour hold Conservative gain from Labour
Debbie Wilcox, Newport City Council leader since 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,019 Labour 994 Labour 991 Conservative 847 Conservative 778 Conservative 672 Newport Ind. 324 Liberal Democrats 199 5,824 Labour gain from Labour hold Labour gain from
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,026 Conservative 976 Labour 825 Labour 758 Liberal Democrats 194 Green 153 3,932 Conservative hold Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,036 Conservative 913 Liberal Democrats 292 Liberal Democrats 238 Labour 219 Labour 189 2,887 Conservative hold Conservative gain from
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,106 Labour 1,043 Labour 874 Independent 828 Labour 764 Conservative 528 Conservative 492 UKIP 461 UKIP 455 Conservative 452 Conservative 388 UKIP 330 Plaid Cymru 198 7,919 Labour hold Labour gain from Labour gain from Independent gain from Labour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 954 Labour 255 1,209 Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 979 Labour 937 Labour 914 Conservative 878 Conservative 699 Conservative 673 Newport Ind. 502 Newport Ind. 302 Green 283 Newport Ind. 283 Green 161 Liberal Democrats 99 6,710 Labour gain from Labour hold Labour hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 853 Conservative 801 Labour 491 Labour 437 Liberal Democrats 236 Green 188 3,006 Conservative hold Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 758 Labour 757 Independent 494 Plaid Cymru 288 Conservative 238 Conservative 205 Plaid Cymru 197 2,937 Labour hold Labour hold
Ali had been elected for Labour at a by-election in 2013.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 911 Labour 703 Labour 613 Newport Ind. 430 Conservative 405 Newport Ind. 386 UKIP 368 Conservative 283 Conservative 210 Liberal Democrats 106 4,415 Labour hold Labour gain from Labour hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,281 Labour 1,258 Newport Ind. 1,215 Labour 1,161 Conservative 1,111 Labour 1,089 Newport Ind. 1,002 Conservative 910 Liberal Democrats 252 Plaid Cymru 206 9,485 Conservative gain from Labour Labour gain from Newport Ind. gain from Labour
Evans was elected for the Labour Party in 2012.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 1,011 Labour 889 Liberal Democrats 825 Labour 748 Labour 700 Liberal Democrats 654 Conservative 453 Conservative 387 Plaid Cymru 250 5,917 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour gain from Liberal Democrats hold
Townsend had been elected at a by-election in July 2016.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 619 Labour 560 Conservative 439 Conservative 337 Newport Ind. 185 UKIP 136 Newport Ind. 119 2,395 Labour hold Labour hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 589 Labour 561 Conservative 345 Conservative 326 Newport Ind. 148 Newport Ind. 143 Plaid Cymru 96 2,208 Labour gain from Labour gain from
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 295 Conservative 257 Newport Ind. 197 Plaid Cymru 111 860 Labour gain from
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 840 Labour 795 Conservative 371 Liberal Democrats 344 Conservative 336 Liberal Democrats 333 Plaid Cymru 123 Green 84 3,226 Labour gain from Labour gain from
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 610 50.2 +3.5 Labour 534 44.0 +6.4 Liberal Democrats 71 5.8 −3.0 76 6.2 1,215 24.0 Conservative hold 1.5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 641 64.6 +6.7 Liberal Democrats 258 26.0 +5.6 Conservative 93 9.4 −3.8 383 38.6 992 18.7 Labour hold 0.6
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