2017 Isle of Anglesey County Council election

The 2017 Isle of Anglesey County Council election, to the Isle of Anglesey County Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 United Kingdom local elections. All 30 council seats were up for election. The previous full election took place in 2013 and the following one in 2022.

2017 Isle of Anglesey County Council election

← 2013 4 May 2017 2022 →
All 30 seats to Isle of Anglesey County Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Plaid Cymru Independent Labour Seats before 12 14 3 Seats won 14 13 2 Seat change 2 1 1
Map showing the results of the 2017 Isle of Anglesey Council elections. Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Overall results

Following the election Plaid Cymru gained two additional seats overall to become the largest party with 14 councillors. The Independents, ruling the council prior to the election, were reduced to 13 councillors.^[1] Previous Independent Group leader, Ieuan Williams, stood down from this position prior to the election. The Independent council leader prior to 2013, Bryan Owen, won a seat in the Bro Aberffraw ward, having previously lost his Canolbarth Môn seat in May 2013. He won by only 6 votes, though a recount was refused by the returning officer.^[1]

Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2017 ^[2][3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Plaid Cymru	14			2	46.7	41.0	20,894
	Independent	13			1	43.3	36.7	18,706
	Labour	2			1	6.7	14.7	7,470
	Liberal Democrats	1			0	3.3	3.2	1,651
	Conservative	0			0	0.0	4.2	2,146

Later that month Plaid Cymru leader, Llinos Medi, was the only candidate to put herself forward as leader and Plaid Cymru consequently led the council with the help of support from some Independent members.^[4]

Results by ward

* = denotes councillor elected to this ward at the previous election^[5]

Isle of Anglesey Council results per ward also give the number of registered electors, number of ballot papers issued and turnout^[2]

Aethwy

Aethwy (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Meirion Jones *	1,343	48.3[6]
	Plaid Cymru	Robin Williams	1,314
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Mummery *	1,267
	Independent	Selwyn Williams	882	31.7
	Labour	Justin McCoy	553	19.9
	Labour	Jan Hale	505
Turnout			4,521	47.0
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Bro Aberffraw

Bro Aberffraw (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Rogers *	793	47.4
	Independent	Bryan Owen	545
	Plaid Cymru	Dilwyn Griffiths	539	32.2
	Labour	Pete Sims	340	20.3
	Plaid Cymru	Tegwyn Roberts	275
Turnout			2,492	49.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Bro Rhosyr

Bro Rhosyr (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dafydd Roberts	880	45.2
	Independent	Eric Jones	858
	Plaid Cymru	Mathew Thomas	736	37.8
	Independent	Dafydd Owen	613
	Labour	Einion Williams	333	17.1
Turnout			3,420	53.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Caergybi

Caergybi (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Jones	1,049	42.1
	Independent	Shaun Redmond	673
	Labour	Glyn Haynes	625	25.1
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Thomas	559	22.4
	Labour	Alan Williams	540
	Labour	Beryl Warner	515
	Plaid Cymru	Ken Taylor	391
	Independent	Ken Tatlock	369
	Conservative	Philip Eastment	261	10.5
Turnout			4,982	39.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing