2017 Torfaen County Borough Council election

As part of the 2017 local elections in Wales on 4 May 2017, the 40 seats of Torfaen County Borough Council were up for election.^[1] There were 113 candidates.^[2] The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.^[3]

Background

In the previous election in 2012, Labour took overall control of the council.^[4]

Results

The Labour Party retained their majority on the council.

Results^[5]
Party	Seats	Change
Labour Party	29	0
Independents	11	2
Conservative Party	4	0
Plaid Cymru	0	2

Results by ward

Councillors were elected in 24 wards.^[6]

Abersychan

Abersychan (3)

[2 Independent gains from Labour]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Christopher Tew (elected)	Independent	1,242	48.1%
Giles Davies (elected)	Labour	1,000	38.8%
Raymond Williams (elected)	Independent	906
Wayne Tomlinson	Labour	706
Julie Rogers	Labour	504
Jean Holloway	Conservative	338	13.1%

Blaenafon

Blaenavon (3)

[1 Independent gain from Lab]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Alan Jones (elected)	Labour	823	36.7%
Stuart Evans (elected)	Independent	777	34.6%
Janet Jones (elected)	Independent	588
Lewis Evans	Labour	475
Nick Horler	Independent	456
Roderick Denley-Jones	Labour	373
Gareth McCann	Plaid Cymru	370	16.5%
Jean Orton	Conservative	139	6.2%
Ian Williams	UKIP	134	6.0%

Brynwern

Brynwern (1)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Leonard Constance (elected)	Labour	244	45.6%
Mark Jones	Independent	136	25.4%
Kathryn Shaw	Independent	87	16.3%
Bryan Matthews	UKIP	68	12.7%

Coed Eva

Coed Eva (1) [Labour gain from Plaid Cymru]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Fiona Cross (elected)	Labour	397	62.6%
Alastair Cunnington	Independent	237	37.4%

Croesyceiliog North

Croesyceiliog North (2)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Richard Clark (elected)	Labour	601	57.4%
Joanne Gauden (elected)	Labour	556
Benjamin Lewis	Conservative	446	42.6%
Lawrence Mansell	Conservative	422

Croesyceiliog South

Croesyceiliog South (1)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Veronica Crick (elected)	Labour	341	54.4%
Shannon Waldron	Conservative	286	45.6%

Cwmyniscoy

Cwmyniscoy (1)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Neil Waite (elected)	Labour	192	56.1%
Goff Jones	UKIP	150	43.9%

Fairwater

Fairwater (2) [1 Labour gain from PC]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Kelly Preston (elected)	Labour	498	31.6%
Rose Seabourne (elected)	Labour	427
Jeff Rees	Plaid Cymru	417	26.4%
David Simpson	Independent	298	18.9%
Jane Brown	Conservative	243	15.4%
Bob White	Conservative	217
Louise King	Plaid Cymru	203
Andrew Quick	UKIP	122	7.7%

Greenmeadow

Greenmeadow (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Mandy Owen (elected)	Labour	367	52.6%
Jason O'Connell (elected)	Independent	331	47.4%
Catherine Bonera	Independent	329
Mark Ward-Jones	Labour	269

Llantarnam

Llantarnam (2) [1 Lab gain from Ind]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Dave Thomas (elected)	Labour	838	40.1%
Alan Slade (elected)	Labour	701
Maria Graham	Independent	691	33.0%
Kay Thomas	Conservative	501	23.9%
Stephen Senior	Conservative	376
Mark Griffiths	Comm.	62	3.0%

Llanyrafon East and Ponthir

Llanyrafon East and Ponthir [New division (boundary changes)]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Huw Bevan (elected)	Conservative	593	72.5%
Trevor Neatherway	Labour	225	27.5%

Llanyrafon West

Llanyrafon West [New division (boundary changes)]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Glyn Caron (elected)	Labour	483	61.1%
Marc Hale	Conservative	307	38.9%

New Inn

New Inn (3)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Raymond Mills (elected)	Conservative	1,171	54.7%
Nicholas Jones (elected)	Conservative	1,067
Richard Overton (elected)	Conservative	1,013
Marian Williams	Labour	655	30.6%
Adrian Williams	Labour	594
Farooq Dastgir	Labour	576
Philip Hadgkiss	Independent	314	14.7%

Panteg

Panteg (3)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Anthony Hunt (elected)	Labour	1,214	54.0%
Norma Parrish (elected)	Labour	1,140
David Yeowell (elected)	Labour	1,039
Rebecca Senior	Conservative	680	30.2%
Jonathon Martin	Conservative	667
Adrian Lang	Conservative	620
Ross Ford	UKIP	356	15.8%

Pontnewydd

Pontnewydd (3)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Stuart Ashley (elected)	Labour	821	41.4%
David Daniels (elected)	Labour	806
Jessica Powell (elected)	Labour	784
Damian Edmunds	Independent	617	31.1%
Joe Chesterman	Conservative	543	27.4%

Pontnewynydd

Pontnewynydd (1) [Lab gain from Ind]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jon Horlor (elected)	Labour	145	38.4%
Kelvin Harnett	Independent	116	30.7%
Hilary Drinkwater	Independent	64	16.9%
Phil Wedlock	UKIP	53	14.0%

Pontypool

Pontypool (1) [Lab gain from Ind]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Gaynor James (elected)	Labour	145	37.8%
Mike Harris	Independent	116	28.5%
Fred Wildgust	Independent	64	23.3%
Phil Jolliffe	UKIP	53	10.4%

St Cadocs and Penygarn

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Sue Malson (elected)	Labour	231	44.8%
Neil Mason	Plaid Cymru	142	27.5%
Bryn Parker	UKIP	79	15.3%
Deanna Hallett	Conservative	64	12.4%

St Dials

St Dials (2)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Elizabeth Haynes (elected)	Independent	643	47.7%
Fay Jones (elected)	Labour	415	30.8%
Kebba Manneh	Labour	414
John Taylor	Conservative	290	21.5%

Snatchwood

Snatchwood (1) [Ind gain from Lab]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Gwyn Jenkins (elected)	Independent	319	50.5%
Barry Taylor	Labour	313	49.5%

Trevethin

Trevethin (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Matt Ford (elected)	Labour	424	51.5%
Louise Shepphard (elected)	Independent	400	48.5%
Lewis Jones	Labour	372
Paul Hale	Independent	289

Two Locks

Two Locks (3)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Colette Thomas (elected)	Labour	807	38.9%
Ronald Burnett (elected)	Independent	787	38.0%
Peter Jones (elected)	Labour	572
Lawrence Smith-Higgins	Labour	567
Matthew Powell	Conservative	478	23.1%
Lorraine Hobin	Independent	437
Lewis Williams	Conservative	367
Keith Jones	Independent	322

Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran (3)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Robert Kemp (elected)	Independent	802	41.3%
Steven Evans (elected)	Labour	502	25.8%
Kathy Evans (elected)	Labour	394
Carrie Powell	Labour	321
Steven Bonera	Independent	268
Paul Hughes	UKIP	207	10.7%
Leanne Murray	Conservative	202	10.4%
Yvonne Balakrishnan	Plaid Cymru	131	6.7%
Steven Jenkins	Green	98	5.0%

Wainfelin

Wainfelin (1)

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Mike Jeremiah (elected)	Independent	305	47.3%
Bob Rogers	Labour	195	30.2%
Dennis May	UKIP	145	22.5%

References

^ "COUNCIL ELECTION 2017: Torfaen nominations". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ "COUNCIL ELECTION 2017: Focus on Torfaen County Borough Council in local authority profile". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ "Wales at the polls: Local elections 2017". ITV. 4 May 2017.
^ "At-a-glance: Elections 2012". BBC News. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "Torfaen County Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2017 - Torfaen". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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[1] "COUNCIL ELECTION 2017: Torfaen nominations". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[2] "COUNCIL ELECTION 2017: Focus on Torfaen County Borough Council in local authority profile". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[3] "Wales at the polls: Local elections 2017". ITV. 4 May 2017.

[4] "At-a-glance: Elections 2012". BBC News. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[5] "Torfaen County Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2017 - Torfaen". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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