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Local Election Results 2017

Castell-nedd Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot

Whole council up for election. Four Labour councillors were elected unopposed.

Other results for Neath Port Talbot: 2004 2008 2012 2022
By-elections for Neath Port Talbot (may be incomplete): 2nd March 2006 (Baglan) — 6th May 2010 (Neath N.) — 14th October 2010 (Neath N.) — 6th December 2012 (Neath S.) — 17th October 2013 (Sandfields E.) — 30th October 2014 (Sandfields E.) — 7th May 2015 (Cwmllynfell) — 20th October 2016 (Blaengwrach) — 23rd November 2017 (Bryn-côch S.) — 16th August 2018 (Gwynfi) — 23rd May 2019 (Resolven) — 20th June 2019 (Pelenna) — 14th November 2019 (Rhos) — 6th May 2021 (Aberavon) — 15th February 2024 (Briton Ferry E.; Rhos) — 28th March 2024 (Neath E.)

Map of the resultsExport spreadsheet


Consolidated results — Neath Port Talbot 2017

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 19068 44.2% 43
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 12062 28.0% 15
Independent 7568 17.6% 5
Conservative 2262 5.2% 0
Liberal Democrat 1901 4.4% 1
UK Independence Party 130 0.3% 0
Green Party 110 0.3% 0

Aberavon (3) [1 PC gain from Lab, 1 PC gain from SDP]

Scott Bamsey PC 543 32.3%
Steffan ap Dafydd Lab 500 29.8%
Nigel Hunt PC 491
Diane Thomas PC 485
Colin Clement Lab 475
Keith Priddle Lab 442
Ceri Golding Ind 376 22.4%
John Davies Ind 313
Mark Jones Ind 307
Marian Lewis Ind 265
Cen Phillips LD 260 15.5%

Aberdulais

Doreen Jones Lab 344 46.2%
Simon Hopkins Ind 282 37.9%
Daniel Thomas PC 118 15.9%

Allt-wen

Christopher Jones Lab 394 46.4%
Sioned Williams PC 347 40.8%
Jacob Jones C 109 12.8%

Baglan (3)

Peter Richards Lab 1309 65.2%
Carol Clement-Williams Lab 1159
Susanne Renkes Lab 1009
Nicola Butterfield PC 699 34.8%

Blaengwrach [PC gain from Lab]

Carolyn Edwards PC 400 64.6%
Phillip Parfitt Lab 158 25.5%
Richard Pritchard UKIP 61 9.9%

Briton Ferry East

Chris James Lab 405 56.0%
Colin Morgan Ind 318 44.0%

Briton Ferry West

Hugh James Lab unop.

Bryn and Cwmavon (3)

Rhidian Mizen Lab 1383 64.1%
Charlotte Galsworthy Lab 1079
Dave Whitelock Lab 1072
Ian Bamsey PC 775 35.9%
Lee Felton PC 673

Bryn-côch North

Wyndham Griffiths PC 410 48.0%
Janet Lockyer Lab 243 28.5%
Gavin Wycherley C 201 23.5%

Bryn-côch South (2) [1 PC gain from Lab]

Janice Dudley PC 848 45.0%
Chris Williams PC 808
Emma Denholm-Hall Lab 460 24.4%
Alex Sims Lab 393
Richard Minshull C 366 19.4%
Shadanna Wycherley C 290
Catrin Brock Grn 110 5.8%
Frank Little LD 102 5.4%

Cadoxton

Annette Wingrave Lab 253 39.3%
Joanna Hale PC 198 30.7%
Peter Crocker-Jaques C 82 12.7%
Robert King Ind 65 10.1%
Sheila Kingston-Jones LD 46 7.1%

Cimla (2)

John Warman Lab 871 73.1%
Adam McGrath Lab 568
Charley Cross LD 320 26.9%

Coedffranc Central (2)

Arthur Davies Lab 561 50.7%
Angharad Aubrey Lab 488
Betsan Richards Ind 346 31.3%
Pauline Fellows PC 199 18.0%
Russell Morris PC 140

Coedffranc North

Mike Harvey Lab 434 56.1%
Keith Davies LD 270 34.9%
Margaret Duguid UKIP 69 8.9%

Coedffranc West [LD gain from Lab]

Helen Clarke LD 806 75.0%
Chris Wingrave Lab 268 25.0%

Crynant [Ind gain from Lab]

Sian Harris Ind 448 53.0%
Karen Pearson Lab 250 29.6%
Suzanne Waldron PC 147 17.4%

Cwmllynfell [PC gin from Lab]

Hugh Jones PC 283 59.3%
Kris Lloyd Lab 194 40.7%

Cymmer

Scott Jones Lab 673 64.5%
Jeff Jones Ind 370 35.5%

Dyffryn

Martyn Peters PC 826 73.4%
Debbie Harvey Lab 299 26.6%

Glyncorrwg [Ind gain from Lab]

Nicola-Jayne Davies Ind 276 53.6%
Robert Joyce Lab 239 46.4%

Glynneath (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

Simon Knoyle Ind 852 52.7%
Del Morgan PC 498 30.8%
John Evans Ind 316
Philippa Richards PC 281
Gerry Reynolds Lab 267 16.5%
Eddie Jones Lab 239

Godre'r graig

Rosalyn Davies PC 409 61.7%
Brian Hastie Lab 185 27.9%
Reg Atherton Ind 69 10.4%

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Sonia Reynolds Lab 523 59.4%
Meirion Jordan PC 357 40.6%

Gwynfi

Ralph Thomas Lab 273 56.1%
Jane Jones Ind 214 43.9%

Lower Brynamman

Arwyn Woolcock Lab 439 82.5%
Robert Smith PC 93 17.5%

Margam

Rob Jones Lab 610 68.6%
Robert Smith C 279 31.4%

Neath East (3)

Sheila Penry Lab 587 40.6%
Sandra Miller Lab 575
John Miller Lab 527
Breandan MacCathail PC 375 25.9%
Paul Sambrook PC 337
Dani Robertson PC 294
Nicky Boyce C 253 17.5%
Ian Thomas Ind 232 16.0%
Shaz Hughes Ind 230
Robert Harris C 173

Neath North (2)

Alan Lockyer Lab 560 38.5%
Mark Protheroe Lab 517
Andy Lodwig Ind 515 35.4%
Orla Lowe C 378 26.0%

Neath South (2) [1 PC gain from Lab]

Jamie Evans PC 631 50.7%
Peter Rees Lab 614 49.3%
Andrew Jenkins Lab 600
Anne Rees-Sambrook PC 437

Onllwyn

George Cawsey Lab 273 52.4%
Peter Westall Ind 248 47.6%

Pelenna

Martin Ellis Ind 133 28.4%
Hywel Miles PC 132 28.1%
Peter Hughes Ind 114 24.3%
Andrew Jones Lab 90 19.2%

Pontardawe (2) [1 PC gain from Lab]

Linet Purcell PC 992 52.9%
Anthony Richards PC 635
Vince Hotten Lab 622 33.2%
Mike James Lab 609
Sascha Lopez C 260 13.9%
Kieran Davies C 233

Port Talbot (3)

Sharon Freeguard Lab unop.
Dennis Keogh Lab unop.
Saifur Rahaman Lab unop.

Resolven

Des Davies Lab 461 41.4%
Darren Bromham-Nichols Ind 388 34.8%
David Jones PC 265 23.8%

Rhos

Alex Thomas Lab 440 45.6%
Marcia Spooner PC 297 30.8%
Amanda Wycherley C 227 23.5%

Sandfields East (3) [1 Lab gain from Ind]

Ted Latham Lab 1064 49.5%
Sean Pursey Lab 1002
Matthew Crowley Lab 937
Deborah Bamsey PC 583 27.1%
Captain Beany Ind 504 23.4%

Sandfields West (3)

Suzanne Paddison Lab 851 48.0%
Oliver Davies Lab 838
Robert Wood Lab 749
Andrew Bennison PC 430 24.3%
Audrey Chaves Ind 395 22.3%
Sam Wright PC 364
Victoria Griffiths PC 360
James Evans Ind 339
Taz Taylor LD 97 5.5%

Seven Sisters

Steve Hunt Ind 678 70.5%
Nia Herdman Lab 284 29.5%

Tai-bach (2)

Anthony Taylor Lab 868 56.7%
Rachel Taylor Lab 756
Andrew Tutton Ind 662 43.3%

Tonna

Leanne Jones Lab 327 39.8%
Lee Bromham-Nichols PC 305 37.1%
Kathryn Minshull C 107 13.0%
Nick Williams Ind 83 10.1%

Trebanos

Rebeca Phillips PC 284 60.3%
Rosemary Jones Lab 187 39.7%

Ystalyfera

Alun Llewelyn PC 618 67.0%
Cathy James Lab 305 33.0%

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