2017 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election

As part of the 2017 local elections in Wales on 4 May 2017, the 42 seats of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council were up for election.^[1] The majority of members elected were independents, replacing the previous Labour administration.

2017 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election

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All 42 seats to Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Ind Lab Pla Party Independent Labour Plaid Cymru Seats before 9 33 0 Seats won 28 13 Seat change 19 20 1 Popular vote 24,262 19,334 1,108 Percentage 53.7% 42.8% 2.5% Swing 12.3% 12.8% 1.0%
Leader before election Labour Subsequent Leader Nigel John Daniels Independent

Election Result

Blaenau Gwent Borough Council Election 2017^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	28	19	0	19	66.7	53.7	24,262	12.3
	Labour	13	0	20	20	31.0	42.8	19,334	12.8
	Plaid Cymru	1	1	0	1	2.4	2.5	1,108	1.0
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	379	0.4
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	68	0.2

Ward results

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Abertillery

Abertillery ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nigel John Daniels	914	26.5
	Independent	Julie Holt	755	21.9
	Independent	Martin John Cook	754	21.9
	Labour	Keith Gerald Chaplin	400	11.6
	Labour	Ross Thomas Leadbeater	364	10.6
	Labour	Ronald George Boden	263	7.6
Majority
Turnout			3,450
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Badminton

Badminton ward (two seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clive Meredith	534	28.2
	Independent	Gregory Allyn Paulsen	300	15.8
	Labour	Brian John Scully	278	14.7
	Labour	John Thomas Rogers	221	11.7
	Independent	Garry Evans	215	11.3
	Independent	Bernard Price	158	8.3
	Conservative	Tracey Michelle West	121	6.4
	Green	Matthew Edward Barney	68	3.6
Majority
Turnout			1,895
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Beaufort

Beaufort ward (two seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Godfrey Rhys Thomas	667	31.4
	Independent	Stewart Healy	463	21.8
	Labour	Francis Roy Lynch	428	20.1
	Labour	David William White	330	15.5
	Independent	Sean Watts	238	11.2
Majority
Turnout			2,126
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Blaina

Blaina ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Garth Perry Collier	798	25.3
	Independent	John Patrick Morgan	518	16.4
	Labour	Lisa Catherine Winnett	413	13.1
	Independent	Desmond Hillman	395	12.5
	Labour	Thomas John Watkins	384	12.2
	Labour	Robert Pagett	353	11.2
	Independent	Howard Clarke	288	9.1
Majority
Turnout			3,149
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brynmawr

Brynmawr ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wayne Kevin Hodgins	1,433	32.7
	Independent	David Lyn Elias	575	13.1
	Independent	Richard John Hill	487	11.1
	Labour	Barrie Morgan Sutton	428	9.8
	Labour	Julian Matthew Gardner	421	9.6
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Cyril Holborn	308	7.0
	Labour	Sally-Anne Megan Morgan	307	7.0
	Independent	Grant Hughes	264	6.0
	Independent	Nigel Daragh Boyd	160	3.7
Majority
Turnout			4,383
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Cwm

Cwm ward (two seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derrick Bevan	609	28.4
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Leslie Davies	588	27.5
	Independent	Keith Edwin Barnes	489	22.8
	Labour	Keren Bender	456	21.3
Majority
Turnout			2,142
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Cwmtillery

Cwmtillery ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Day	771	20.6
	Independent	Joanna Wilkins	729	19.5
	Labour	Timothy Huw Sharrem	705	18.8
	Independent	Antony Michael Partridge	671	17.9
	Labour	Delwyn Davies	477	12.7
	Labour	Christine Anne Tidey	391	10.4
Majority
Turnout			3,744
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ebbw Vale North

Ebbw Vale North ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Clifford Davies	865	26.2
	Independent	Robert John Summers	682	20.6
	Independent	Phillip John Edwards	668	20.2
	Labour	Carl Derek Bainton	476	14.4
	Labour	Sarah Ann Lewis	350	10.6
	Labour	Dawn Wilcox	262	7.9
Majority
Turnout			3,303
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ebbw Vale South

Ebbw Vale South ward (two seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jonathan David Millard	619	31.9
	Independent	Keith Clark Pritchard	549	28.3
	Labour	Mostyn James Lewis	420	21.6
	Labour	Brian Keith Clements	352	18.1
Majority
Turnout			1,940
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Georgetown

Georgetown ward (two seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Charles Morgan	735	41.6
	Labour	Keith Hayden	628	35.5
	Independent	Howard Clarke	405	22.9
Majority
Turnout			1,768
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanhilleth

Llanhilleth ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Lee Parsons	620	17.7
	Independent	Joanne Collins	564	16.1
	Labour	Hedley McCarthy	482	13.8
	Labour	Helen Cunningham	471	13.4
	Labour	James Christopher McIlwee	444	12.7
	Independent	Michael John Bartlett	345	9.8
	Independent	William Francis Adams	248	7.1
	Independent	Ivor Jeffrey Beynon	195	5.6
	Independent	Neil Richard Lawrence	135	3.9
Majority
Turnout			3,504
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Nantyglo

Nantyglo ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Edward Mason	627	24.2
	Independent	Keri Rowson	611	23.5
	Labour	Peter John Baldwin	590	22.7
	Labour	Malcolm Benjamin Dally	443	17.1
	Labour	George William Alexander Petrie	324	12.5
Majority
Turnout			2,595
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Rassau

Rassau ward (two seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hendry Wilkshire	523	25.8
	Independent	Gareth Alban Davies	489	24.2
	Labour	Lee Anthony Moses	383	18.9
	Independent	Matthew Thomas Phillips	371	18.3
	Conservative	Leon Donald Victor Brake	162	8.0
	Conservative	Stacey Hale	96	4.7
Majority
Turnout			2,024
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Sirhowy

Sirhowy ward (three seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Thomas	797	22.1
	Labour	Thomas George Smith	766	21.3
	Labour	Malcolm Cross	746	20.7
	Labour	Diane Rowberry	745	20.7
	Independent	Tony Gregory	546	15.2
Majority
Turnout			3,600
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Six Bells

Six Bells ward (two seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Denzil Hancock	403	28.0
	Independent	Mark Holland	328	22.8
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen Richard Bard	292	20.3
	Labour	John Tiley	274	19.1
	Labour	Peter Alexander Gordon Adamson	140	9.7
Majority
Turnout			1,437
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Tredegar Central & West

Tredegar Central & West ward (four seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Amanda Moore	741	22.5
	Labour	Stephen Colin Thomas	696	21.1
	Labour	Bernard George Willis	635	19.3
	Labour	Haydn Leslie Trollope	620	18.8
	Labour	Anita Mary Hobbs	601	18.3
Majority
Turnout			3,293
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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Changes between 2017 and 2021

In March 2018 Gareth Davies (Cwm), Plaid Cymru's only councillor in the area, resigned from the party.^[5]