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Local Election Results 2017

Abertawe
Swansea

Whole council up for election.

I@S = Independents @ Swansea

Other results for Swansea: 2004 2008 2012 2022
By-elections for Swansea (may be incomplete): 19th July 2007 (Llansamlet) — 21st October 2010 (Newton) — 4th July 2013 (Llansamlet) — 20th November 2014 (Uplands) — 7th May 2015 (Cockett; Morriston; Townhill) — 5th May 2016 (Mynyddbach) — 6th May 2021 (Castle; Llansamlet) — 27th April 2023 (Penderry)

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Consolidated results — Swansea 2017

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 31421 43.0% 48
Conservative 17303 23.7% 8
Independent 6268 8.6% 4
Liberal Democrat 5724 7.8% 7
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 4279 5.9% 0
Independents @ Swansea 2829 3.9% 3
Uplands 1705 2.3% 2
UK Independence Party 1514 2.1% 0
Green Party 1398 1.9% 0
Women's Equality Party 333 0.5% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 297 0.4% 0

Bishopston [C gain from Ind]

Lyndon Jones C 620 40.8%
Keith Marsh Ind 440 28.9%
Adam Gilbert Lab 397 26.1%
Karen Laurence Grn 63 4.1%

Bonymaen (2)

Mandy Evans Lab 1015 68.1%
Paul Lloyd Lab 1010
Geraint Couch PC 249 16.7%
Elaine Hughes C 227 15.2%
Wendy Olsen C 210

Castle (4)

Sybil Crouch Lab 1820 51.2%
Erika Kirchner Lab 1772
Fiona Gordon Lab 1763
David Phillips Lab 1716
Paul Morris C 568 16.0%
Sonya Morris C 534
Mohammad Doha C 425
Akshit Khanna C 411
Shan Couch PC 349 9.8%
Damian Martin PC 254
Stan Robinson UKIP 247 7.0%
Charlene Anika LD 237 6.7%
Owen Roberts LD 235
David Smith Grn 220 6.2%
Harri Roberts PC 210
Thomas Davies LD 203
David Richards PC 191
Benjamin Williams LD 191
Alec Thraves TUSC 112 3.2%
Claire Job TUSC 97
Colin John TUSC 89

Clydach (2)

Gordon Walker Ind 1211 39.8%
Paulette Smith Lab 1134 37.3%
Julie Davies Lab 825
Elgan Davies-Jones PC 387 12.7%
David Rowlands-Lean C 311 10.2%
Roda Ali C 230

Cockett (4)

Mike Durke Lab 1839 50.6%
Wendy Lewis Lab 1792
Oliver James Lab 1714
Elliott King Lab 1528
Keith Hedges C 791 21.8%
Deirdre Lomer-Hedges C 721
Jack Powell C 674
Jack Huang C 622
Nicola Holley LD 510 14.0%
Patricia Sanderson PC 494 13.6%
Adrian Rees PC 476
David Lewis PC 417
Jon Coffey LD 349
Jim Kelleher LD 328
William Morgan LD 279

Cwmbwrla (3)

Peter Black LD 1430 63.5%
Chris Holley LD 1239
Graham Thomas LD 1199
Ann Cook Lab 674 29.9%
Isobel Norris Lab 626
Andrew Crowley Lab 583
Robert Dowdle C 147 6.5%
Mark de Boer Lloyd C 134
Henri Lloyd Davies C 98

Dunvant (2) [1 Lab gain from LD]

Louise Gibbard Lab 694 48.1%
Jennifer Raynor Lab 680
Matthew Gates C 436 30.2%
Andrew Sivertsen C 403
Hugh Tregoning LD 313 21.7%
Nicholas Tregoning LD 220

Fairwood

Paxton Hood-Williams C 819 68.9%
Steve Hopkins Lab 274 23.1%
Abi Cherry-Hamer Grn 95 8.0%

Gorseinon

Kelly Roberts Lab 501 45.9%
Darren Thomas PC 241 22.1%
Rebecca Walters C 209 19.1%
Stuart Hemsley-Rice I@S 141 12.9%

Gower [Ind gain from LD]

Richard Lewis Ind 864 57.6%
Thomas Dunn Lab 359 23.9%
Thomas Jones C 278 18.5%

Gowerton

Sue Jones I@S 818 47.5%
Nicola Matthews Lab 637 37.0%
Christopher Elvins C 268 15.6%

Killay North

Mary Jones LD 371 46.4%
Angela James Lab 184 23.0%
Denise Howard C 157 19.6%
Rhydian Fitter PC 87 10.9%

Killay South

Jeff Jones LD 327 36.2%
Martin Quaile C 305 33.7%
Greg James Lab 272 30.1%

Kingsbridge

William Evans Lab 722 49.4%
Stephen Phillips C 484 33.1%
Aimee Hemsley-Rice Ind 256 17.5%

Landore (2)

Beverley Hopkins Lab 1054 75.5%
Mike White Lab 1015
Elizabeth Thomas C 225 16.1%
David Thomas C 208
Mozid Abdul UKIP 117 8.4%

Llangyfelach

Gareth Sullivan I@S 564 37.7%
Wayne Morgan Lab 509 34.0%
Paul Doughton C 424 28.3%

Llansamlet (4)

Ryland Doyle Lab 1899 41.8%
Penny Matthews Lab 1882
Alyson Pugh Lab 1765
Mo Sykes Lab 1414
Tony Paget Ind 852 18.8%
William Davies C 777 17.1%
Stephanie Whitehead C 610
George Field C 592
Helen Thomas LD 551 12.1%
Jake Wrightson C 510
Linda Farrell UKIP 464 10.2%

Lower Loughor

Christine Richards Lab 602 84.9%
Raymond Hinds C 107 15.1%

Mawr [C gain from People's Representative]

Brigitte Rowlands C 265 35.8%
Linda Frame PC 193 26.1%
John Bidwell Lab 167 22.6%
Geraint Turner Ind 115 15.5%

Mayals

Linda Tyler-Lloyd C 627 56.7%
Helen Mitchell I@S 271 24.5%
Joanne Fitton Lab 207 18.7%

Morriston (5)

Rob Stewart Lab 2434 48.5%
Ceri Evans Lab 2396
Robert Francis-Davies Lab 2111
Andrea Lewis Lab 2051
Yvonne Jardine Lab 2025
Daniel Boucher C 1509 30.1%
Robert James C 1200
Matthew Lloyd C 1117
Steffan Phillips PC 1076 21.4%
Jayne Isaac C 870
Thabo Khumalo C 851

Mynyddbach (3)

Mike Lewis Lab 1605 72.0%
Sam Pritchard Lab 1275
Gloria Tanner Lab 1268
Thomas Morgan C 625 28.0%
Marina Howells C 565
Thomas Howells C 549

Newton

Will Thomas C 861 55.3%
Rob Marshall Lab 540 34.7%
Tracey Duffy Ind 114 7.3%
Raymond Laurence Grn 43 2.8%

Oystermouth

Myles Langstone C 645 38.6%
Stephen Williams Lab 526 31.4%
Tony Colburn Ind 213 12.7%
Dorian Davies Ind 123 7.4%
Paul Whittaker Ind 91 5.4%
Anna Pigott Grn 75 4.5%

Penclawdd

Mark Thomas Lab 712 55.5%
Gordon Howells C 440 34.3%
John Davies PC 130 10.1%

Penderry (3)

June Burtonshaw Lab 1101 62.7%
Terry Hennegan Lab 1100
Hazel Morris Lab 1084
Peter Trotman C 336 19.1%
Tony Young Grn 319 18.2%
Paul Hambly C 314
Taryn Trotman C 279

Penllergaer

Wendy Fitzgerald I@S 1035 85.3%
Michelle Morgan Lab 143 11.8%
Roberta Jones C 36 3.0%

Pennard

Lynda James Ind 564 43.6%
Fred Cunliffe C 408 31.5%
Susan Rodaway Lab 323 24.9%

Penyrheol (2)

Jan Curtice Lab 1013 53.1%
Andrew Stevens Lab 967
Jim Dunckley PC 455 23.8%
Laura Gilbert C 440 23.1%
Elizabeth Trotman C 346
Patrick Powell PC 166

Pontardulais (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

Kevin Griffiths Ind 832 39.0%
Philip Downing Lab 801 37.6%
Jane Harris Lab 667
Byron Lewis Ind 634
Irene Wilkins C 344 16.1%
Mohammad Saad C 262
Ken Haynes UKIP 154 7.2%

St Thomas (2)

Joe Hale Lab 1285 76.1%
Clive Lloyd Lab 1235
Elizabeth Thomas C 253 15.0%
Owain Thomas C 212
Cliff Johnson UKIP 151 8.9%

Sketty (5) [1 Lab gain from LD, 2 C gains from LD]

Peter Jones Lab 1645 27.5%
Cheryl Philpott LD 1599 26.7%
Mike Day LD 1593
Steve Gallagher C 1531 25.6%
David Helliwell C 1450
Rebecca Singh C 1360
Geraint Owens Lab 1354
Mark Ritchie C 1331
Huw Rees LD 1310
Ben Jenkins Lab 1300
Greg Kaminaris Lab 1265
Matthew Smith C 1218
Phil Hall LD 1216
Maciej Krzymieniecki Lab 1161
James McGettrick LD 905
Siân Thomas PC 618 10.3%
Matthew Jones Ind 593 9.9%
Paula Pritchard Ind 469

Townhill (3)

Cyril Anderson Lab 1090 62.3%
David Hopkins Lab 1044
Lesley Walton Lab 1009
Ross Lock C 261 14.9%
Gary North UKIP 243 13.9%
Marguerite Tcheko C 233
Owen Herbert TUSC 155 8.9%

Uplands (4) [2 Uplands gains from Lab]

Peter May Uplands 1705 37.7%
Nick Davies Lab 1427 31.6%
Irene Mann Uplands 1216
Mary Sherwood Lab 1171
Rhys Morgan Uplands 1137
Uzo Iwobi Lab 1132
Jamie White Lab 1104
Ewan May Uplands 1023
Gareth Tucker Grn 391 8.6%
Jayne Woodman LD 386 8.5%
Janet Thomas LD 379
Allan Jeffery LD 366
Sally Smith WEP 333 7.4%
Mike O'Carroll LD 316
Lewys Phillips C 280 6.2%
John Evans C 268
Adam Ganczakowski C 262
Jack Simcock C 259

Upper Loughor

Robert Smith Lab 638 70.7%
Barbara Jones C 235 26.0%
Mark Evans TUSC 30 3.3%

West Cross (2)

Mark Child Lab 1178 46.0%
Des Thomas Lab 1085
Kate Smith C 1054 41.1%
Matthew Gilbert C 1035
Christopher Evans Grn 192 7.5%
Colin Beckett UKIP 138 5.4%

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