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Local Election Results 2017

Powys

Whole council up for election. One Conservative councillor, one Liberal Democrat councillor, five Labour councillors and nine independent councillors were elected unopposed.

Note:— No candidates were nominated for Yscir division.

Chr = Christian Party

Other results for Powys: 2004 2008 2012 2022
By-elections for Powys (may be incomplete): 14th October 2004 (Llandrindod S.) — 15th September 2005 (Montgomery) — 23rd February 2006 (Churchstoke) — 14th September 2006 (Ynyscedwyn) — 29th March 2007 (St David Within) — 26th July 2007 (Welshpool Gungrog) — 13th August 2015 (Glasbury) — 15th December 2016 (Welshpool Llanerchyddol) — 22nd June 2017 (Yscir) — 9th November 2023 (Crickhowell with Cwmdu & Tretower) — 22nd November 2023 (Talybont-on-Usk) — 4th June 2024 (Rhiwcynon) — 9th October 2024 (Machynlleth)

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Consolidated results — Powys 2017

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 13193 34.3% 19
Independent 11847 30.8% 30
Liberal Democrat 7398 19.3% 13
Labour 2377 6.2% 7
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 1730 4.5% 2
Green Party 1686 4.4% 1
Christian Party 196 0.5% 0

Aber-craf

Sarah Williams Lab unop.

Banwy

Myfanwy Alexander Ind 257 60.2%
Dafydd Lewis PC 170 39.8%

Beguildy

Rachel Powell Ind 353 58.3%
Alan Watson Ind 252 41.7%

Berriew

Dai Davies Ind 327 55.5%
Phil Bettley C 228 38.7%
Alan Burch LD 34 5.8%

Blaen Hafren

Phyl Davies C 443 52.6%
Marion Brench LD 185 22.0%
Andrew Capel Ind 128 15.2%
Pam Williams Grn 86 10.2%

Bronllys

Karen Laurie-Parry Ind 248 44.4%
Stephen Davies C 227 40.6%
Gareth Roberts LD 84 15.0%

Builth

Jeremy Pugh Ind 432 53.5%
Ashley Offa Lab 375 46.5%

Bwlch

Kathryn Silk LD unop.

Caersws [C gain from Ind]

Les George C 673 65.5%
Pippa Pemberton Grn 217 21.1%
David Collington LD 137 13.3%

Churchstoke

Michael Jones Ind unop.

Crickhowell

John Morris LD 601 54.2%
Sam Games Ind 507 45.8%

Cwm-twrch

Sandra Davies Lab unop.

Disserth and Trecoed

Gwilym Williams C 377 64.6%
Chris Newton LD 157 26.9%
Dorienne Robinson Grn 50 8.6%

Dolforwyn [C gain from Ind]

Gareth Pugh C 553 69.5%
Leon Shearer Ind 243 30.5%

Felin-fâch [LD gain from Ind]

Roger Williams LD 377 58.8%
Martin Like C 206 32.1%
James Pryce Ind 58 9.0%

Forden

Linda Corfield Ind 286 51.8%
Gwyneth Bird C 266 48.2%

Glantwymyn [PC gain from Ind]

Elwyn Vaughan PC 458 54.7%
Calum Davies C 380 45.3%

Glasbury [LD gain from C]

James Gibson-Watt LD 725 66.9%
Alan Hood C 358 33.1%

Guilsfield

David Jones Ind 413 48.9%
Ian Harrison C 360 42.7%
Jennifer Pratt LD 71 8.4%

Gwernyfed [C gain from Ind]

James Evans C 414 68.2%
Geraint Hopkins Ind 193 31.8%

Hay [LD gain from C]

Gareth Ratcliffe LD 488 71.3%
Robert Golesworthy C 196 28.7%

Kerry

Kath Roberts-Jones Ind 406 57.2%
Paul Martin C 304 42.8%

Knighton

Ange Williams Ind 659 68.6%
Peter Medlicott C 302 31.4%

Llanafanfawr

David Price Ind unop.

Llanbadarn Fawr

Martin Weale Ind 274 52.9%
John Powell Ind 192 37.1%
Mike Sivier Lab 52 10.0%

Llanbrynmair [C gain from Ind]

Diane Poston-Jones C 218 47.8%
Angharad Butler PC 144 31.6%
Dai Jones Ind 94 20.6%

Llandinam [C gain from Ind]

Robert Lewis C 277 44.5%
Mike Harris Ind 261 42.0%
David Williams Grn 43 6.9%
William McAllister-Lovatt PC 41 6.6%

Llandrindod East/​Llandrindod West

Jon Williams Ind 123 29.1%
Keith Tampin Ind 95 22.5%
Chris Carmichael Grn 91 21.6%
Christopher Hartley C 73 17.3%
David Markinson Ind 21 5.0%
Brian Makusha Chr 19 4.5%

Llandrindod North [C gain from Ind]

Gary Price C 360 53.8%
Benjamin Webb Grn 177 26.5%
John Mason Lab 132 19.7%

Llandrindod South [LD gain from C]

Peter Roberts LD 272 34.1%
Tom Turner C 248 31.1%
Jeff Green Chr 177 22.2%
Grace Davis Lab 100 12.5%

Llandrinio [C gain from Ind]

Lucy Roberts C 573 74.3%
Dave Edwards LD 198 25.7%

Llandysilio

Arwel Jones Ind 367 65.5%
Mat Edwards C 193 34.5%

Llanelwedd

Maureen Mackenzie LD 326 66.5%
Andrew Baker C 164 33.5%

Llanfair Caereinion

Gareth Jones Ind 502 88.7%
Jenifer Trythall Grn 64 11.3%

Llanfihangel

Emyr Jones Ind 228 42.3%
Pamela James Ind 130 24.1%
Nick Powell C 118 21.9%
Gary Northeast PC 63 11.7%

Llanfyllin

Peter Lewis C 312 69.2%
Richard Chaloner Grn 139 30.8%

Llangattock [LD gain from Ind]

Jackie Charlton LD 230 51.8%
Harry Legge-Bourke C 183 41.2%
Nicolas Shugar Ind 31 7.0%

Llangors [Grn gain from Ind]

Emily Durrant Grn 173 35.7%
Clancy Brett C 157 32.4%
Melanie Davies Ind 155 32.0%

Llangunllo

Hywel Lewis Ind 350 60.3%
Edmund Hayward C 230 39.7%

Llangynidr

Rosemarie Harris Ind unop.

Llanidloes [LD gain from Ind]

Gareth Morgan LD 608 61.4%
Pam Smith C 229 23.1%
Graham Brand Grn 87 8.8%
Graham McArthur Ind 67 6.8%

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant/​Llansilin

Aled Davies C 625 78.3%
Steve Jones Grn 173 21.7%

Llansantffraid

Robert Thomas C 476 61.7%
Christopher Richards LD 180 23.3%
Berwyn Davies Ind 116 15.0%

Llanwddyn [PC gain from Ind]

Bryn Davies PC 192 48.1%
Simon Baynes C 159 39.8%
Jenny Matthews Grn 31 7.8%
Darren Mayor Ind 17 4.3%

Llanwrtyd Wells

Tim van Rees Ind unop.

Llanyre [C gain from Ind]

Claire Mills C 291 53.6%
Les Davies Ind 125 23.0%
Elspeth Parris Lab 57 10.5%
Jane Cooke Grn 37 6.8%
Geraint Evans Ind 33 6.1%

Machynlleth

Mike Williams Ind unop.

Maescar/​Llywel

Edwin Roderick Ind unop.

Meifod [C gain from Ind]

Jonathan Wilkinson C unop.

Montgomery

Stephen Hayes Ind 327 70.3%
Jeremy Thorp Grn 138 29.7%

Nantmel

David Evans Ind 434 75.7%
Donald Jenkins Ind 139 24.3%

Newtown Central [LD gain from C]

David Selby LD 369 54.4%
Rupert Taylor C 309 45.6%

Newtown East [Ind gain from LD]

Joy Jones Ind unop.

Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North [C gain from LD]

Daniel Rowlands C 449 59.9%
Derry Quinlan LD 213 28.4%
Roy Norris PC 87 11.6%

Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West

Mark Barnes C 311 45.5%
Peter Hough LD 247 36.1%
Emyr Poole PC 87 12.7%
Richard White Ind 39 5.7%

Newtown South [C gain from Ind]

Alan Morrison C 203 54.9%
Richard Edwards PC 109 29.5%
Sharon Evans Ind 58 15.7%

Old Radnor

Michael Jones Ind unop.

Presteigne

Beverley Baynham Ind 785 65.2%
Wendy Toomey Ind 219 18.2%
Garry Banks Ind 200 16.6%

Rhayader

Kelvyn Curry LD 555 80.4%
Catrin Minshull C 135 19.6%

Rhiwcynon

Heulwen Hulme Ind 343 35.0%
Ann Lewis C 324 33.1%
Stella Jones PC 313 31.9%

St David Within

David Meredith Lab 312 47.5%
Martin Weale Ind 182 27.7%
Steve Morgans Ind 153 23.3%
Frances Christley Grn 10 1.5%

St John

Matthew Dorrance Lab 1008 74.1%
Iain McIntosh C 302 22.2%
Alexandra Ham Grn 51 3.7%

St Mary [C gain from LD]

Sarah Lewis C 485 41.4%
Sam Bennett LD 321 27.4%
Ieuan Williams Lab 246 21.0%
Gren Ham Grn 119 10.2%

Talgarth

William Powell LD 520 84.6%
Ryan Dixon Lab 95 15.4%

Talybont-on-Usk

Liam Fitzpatrick Ind unop.

Tawe-Uchaf

David Thomas Lab unop.

Trewern [C gain from Ind]

Amanda Jenner C 227 55.1%
Jessica Bradley Ind 185 44.9%

Welshpool Castle

Philip Pritchard Ind 160 42.0%
Richard Church LD 143 37.5%
Desmond Parkinson C 78 20.5%

Welshpool Gungrog

Francesca Jump LD 240 37.1%
Ruth Canning C 197 30.4%
Stephen Kaye Ind 144 22.3%
David Senior PC 66 10.2%

Welshpool Llanerchyddol

Graham Breeze Ind 536 82.1%
Folkert Veenstra LD 117 17.9%

Ynyscedwyn

Susan McNicholas Lab unop.

Ystradgynlais [Lab gain from Ind]

David Williams Lab unop.

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