# 2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election

The 2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the national 2017 Welsh local elections. The election was preceded by the 2012 CCBC election and was followed by the 2022 CCBC election.

## Overall results

Plaid Cymru had achieved tremendous growth in the 1999 Caerphilly County Borough Council election gaining a total of 38 seats, This tremendous growth had declined by the 2012 election to just 20 seats. The Independents in Caerphilly County Borough had also suffered sizable losses in the 2012 election going from 9 in 2008 election to 3 in 2012 election.
The Labour Party won 50 seats achieving a majority, Plaid Cymru obtained 18 seats and 5 seats were won by independent candidates. One seat (Twyn Carno ward) was elected unopposed.
2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council Election :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Labour | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.49 | 41.9 | 20,278 | 9.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24.65 | 33.9 | 16,423 | 4.1 |
| | Independent | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.84 | 8.8 | 4,237 | 5.9 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 4,371 | 5.1 |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.4 | 1,670 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.5 | 707 | 1.2 |
| | CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.8 | 374 | New |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 257 | New |
| | TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 101 | 0.2 |
| Total | Total | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 48,418 | 0.0 |

## Ward results
### Cwm Aber / Aber Valley

Electorate: 4612, Turnout: 30.81% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| John Taylor | Plaid Cymru | 990 | 26.51% | Elected |
| Lyndon J Binding | Plaid Cymru | 984 | 26.35% | Elected |
| John Eryl Roberts | Plaid Cymru | 945 | 25.30% | Elected |
| David Zenati-Parsons | Welsh Labour | 307 | 8.22% | |
| Jo Rao | Welsh Labour | 297 | 7.95% | |
| Ryan Graham Smith | Welsh Conservative Party | 212 | 5.68% | |

### Aberbargod / Aberbargoed

Electorate: 2593, Turnout: 30.85% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Alan Gerald Higgs | Welsh Labour | 362 | 24.88% | Elected |
| Alan George Collis | Welsh Labour | 352 | 24.19% | Elected |
| Lowri Cerys Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 320 | 21.99% | |
| Ted Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 300 | 20.62% | |
| Keith Mills | UKIP | 121 | 8.32% | |

### Abercarn

Electorate: 4059, Turnout: 34.61% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Andrew Whitcombe | Welsh Labour | 688 | 28.05% | Elected |
| Denver Winston Redman Preece | Welsh Labour | 663 | 27.03% | Elected |
| Jill Elizabeth Jones | Plaid Cymru | 493 | 20.10% | |
| Tud Jones | Plaid Cymru | 358 | 14.59% | |
| Margaret Elizabeth Dennehy | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 251 | 10.23% | |

### Argoed

Electorate: 2018, Turnout: 36.77% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Walter Henry Edgar Williams | Welsh Labour | 427 | 57.78% | Elected |
| John Moore | UKIP | 168 | 22.73% | |
| Roger John Moore | Plaid Cymru | 144 | 19.49% | |

### Bargod / Bargoed

Electorate: 4383, Turnout: 30.76% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Tudor Davies | Welsh Labour | 692 | 19.59% | Elected |
| Dianne Price | Welsh Labour | 616 | 17.44% | Elected |
| Carol Julia Andrews | Welsh Labour | 582 | 16.47% | Elected |
| Kevin Philip Viney | Plaid Cymru | 423 | 11.97% | |
| Gill Jones | Plaid Cymru | 409 | 11.58% | |
| James Kerby | Independent | 322 | 9.11% | |
| Andrew Thomas Nutt | Plaid Cymru | 317 | 8.97% | |
| Belinda Gingell | Independent | 172 | 4.87% | |

### Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen

Electorate: 7721, Turnout: 37.22% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Liz Aldworth | Welsh Labour | 1,378 | 14.23% | Elected |
| Lisa Phipps | Welsh Labour | 1,241 | 12.82% | Elected |
| Derek Havard | Welsh Labour | 1,178 | 12.17% | Elected |
| June Gale | Welsh Labour | 1,049 | 10.83% | Elected |
| John James Dew | Independent | 741 | 7.65% | |
| Gareth Llewellyn | Plaid Cymru | 723 | 7.47% | |
| Janet Walsh | Independent | 618 | 6.38% | |
| Daniel Llewellyn | Plaid Cymru | 572 | 5.91% | |
| Paul Stringer | Plaid Cymru | 531 | 5.48% | |
| Philip Goodger | Welsh Conservative Party | 504 | 5.20% | |
| Michael Roberts | Welsh Conservative Party | 494 | 5.10% | |
| Teresa Winiarski | Plaid Cymru | 397 | 4.10% | |
| Peter Clive Gaskell | Wales Green Party | 257 | 2.65% | |

### Coed Duon / Blackwood

Electorate: 6178, Turnout: 38.02% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Kevin Etheridge | Independent | 1,069 | 16.52% | Elected |
| Nigel Stuart Dix | Independent | 791 | 12.23% | Elected |
| Andrew David Farina-Childs | Independent | 625 | 9.66% | Elected |
| Keith Smallman | Independent | 618 | 9.55% | |
| Patricia Cook | Welsh Labour | 604 | 9.34% | |
| Janet Griffiths | Welsh Labour | 530 | 8.19% | |
| Matthew Sessions | Welsh Labour | 476 | 7.36% | |
| Allan Rees | Independent | 427 | 6.60% | |
| Darren Jones | Plaid Cymru | 377 | 5.83% | |
| Andrew Short | Plaid Cymru | 355 | 5.49% | |
| Steven Anthony Blakeman | Plaid Cymru | 320 | 4.95% | |
| Paul Taylor | UKIP | 278 | 4.30% | |

### Cefn Fforest

Electorate: 2841, Turnout: 35.13% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Tom Williams | Welsh Labour | 453 | 25.69% | Elected |
| Graham Derek Simmonds | Independent | 450 | 25.52% | Elected |
| Christopher Hawker | Welsh Labour | 437 | 24.79% | |
| Louise Rachael Phillips | Independent | 423 | 23.99% | |

### Crosskeys

Electorate: 2436, Turnout: 35.47% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Julian Simmonds | Welsh Labour | 450 | 53.44% | Elected |
| Christopher Phillip Norman Cook | Plaid Cymru | 392 | 46.56% | |

### Crymlyn / Crumlin

Electorate: 4319, Turnout: 39.06% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Carl Jeffrey Thomas | Welsh Labour | 701 | 23.62% | Elected |
| Mike Davies | Plaid Cymru | 619 | 20.86% | Elected |
| Andrew Lewis | Welsh Labour | 612 | 20.62% | |
| Alwyn Lewis Lloyd | Plaid Cymru | 504 | 16.98% | |
| Philip Fowler | Independent | 281 | 9.47% | |
| Dominic Walker | Independent | 251 | 8.46% | |

### Cwm Darran / Darren Valley

Electorate: 1803, Turnout: 33.11% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| David Thomas Hardacre | Welsh Labour | 349 | 59.05% | Elected |
| Keiron David O'Hagan | Independent | 242 | 40.95% | |

### Gilfach

Electorate: 1503, Turnout: 36.39% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Lindsey Harding | Welsh Labour | 335 | 62.62% | Elected |
| Ken Houston | Plaid Cymru | 147 | 27.48% | |
| Granville Hale | Welsh Conservative Party | 53 | 9.91% | |

### Hengoed

Electorate: 3897, Turnout: 33.95% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Donna Cushing | Plaid Cymru | 678 | 31.83% | Elected |
| Teresa Elizabeth Parry | Plaid Cymru | 676 | 31.74% | Elected |
| Mark Anthony Boyland | Welsh Labour | 478 | 22.44% | |
| Graham George Wills | UKIP | 298 | 13.99% | |

### Llanbradach

Electorate: 3197, Turnout: 40.29% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Robert William Gough | Plaid Cymru | 870 | 37.05% | Elected |
| Colin Peter Mann | Plaid Cymru | 834 | 35.52% | Elected |
| Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw | Welsh Labour | 324 | 13.80% | |
| Bethan Louise Thomas | Welsh Labour | 320 | 13.63% | |

### Maesycwmmer

Electorate: 1652, Turnout: 38.2% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Vincent Alec James | Welsh Labour | 327 | 51.99% | Elected |
| Catrin Sara Moss | Plaid Cymru | 174 | 27.66% | |
| William Stuart Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 128 | 20.35% | |

### Morgan Jones

Electorate: 5507, Turnout: 39.88% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| James Pritchard | Welsh Labour | 1,059 | 17.82% | Elected |
| Phil Bevan | Plaid Cymru | 909 | 15.29% | Elected |
| Shayne Cook | Welsh Labour | 900 | 15.14% | Elected |
| Roger Bidgood | Plaid Cymru | 821 | 13.81% | |
| Mike Prew | Plaid Cymru | 783 | 13.17% | |
| Shelly Hodder | Welsh Labour | 775 | 13.04% | |
| Peter Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 256 | 4.31% | |
| Gerry Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 245 | 4.12% | |
| Wilfred Hugh Phillips | Welsh Conservative Party | 196 | 3.30% | |

### Moria / Moriah

Electorate: 3128, Turnout: 31.71% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| John Bevan | Welsh Labour | 565 | 36.83% | Elected |
| Dai Harse | Welsh Labour | 538 | 35.07% | Elected |
| Nathan Thomas Flanagan | Plaid Cymru | 431 | 28.10% | |

### Nelson

Electorate: 3488, Turnout: 40.48% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Sean Iestyn Morgan | Welsh Labour | 725 | 28.27% | Elected |
| Brenda Mair Miles | Welsh Labour | 560 | 21.83% | Elected |
| Malcolm Tucker | Plaid Cymru | 391 | 15.24% | |
| Anne Blackman | Christian Peoples Alliance | 374 | 14.58% | |
| Marls Tucker | Plaid Cymru | 332 | 12.94% | |
| Kay David | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 183 | 7.13% | |

### Tredegar Newydd / New Tredegar

Electorate: 3343, Turnout: 31.41% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Eluned Stenner | Welsh Labour | 687 | 36.78% | Elected |
| Mark Anthony Evans | Welsh Labour | 665 | 35.60% | Elected |
| Kev Rodgers | Independent | 257 | 13.76% | |
| Rachael Joanne Dixon | Plaid Cymru | 137 | 7.33% | |
| Bethany Adele Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 122 | 6.53% | |

### Trecelyn / Newbridge

Electorate: 4764, Turnout: 36.9% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Gary Johnston | Welsh Labour | 719 | 15.01% | Elected |
| Adrian Alfred Hussey | Welsh Labour | 677 | 14.13% | Elected |
| Leeroy Jeremiah | Welsh Labour | 655 | 13.67% | Elected |
| Kath Baker | Plaid Cymru | 655 | 13.67% | |
| Wayne Lewis Morrisey | Plaid Cymru | 543 | 11.34% | |
| Rhys Mills | Plaid Cymru | 535 | 11.17% | |
| Jago Lewis | Welsh Conservative Party | 326 | 6.81% | |
| Matthew Kidner | Welsh Liberal Democrats | 273 | 5.70% | |
| Stuart Robertson | Welsh Conservative Party | 206 | 4.30% | |
| Heather Robertson | Welsh Conservative Party | 201 | 4.20% | |

### Pengam

Electorate: 2702, Turnout: 33.16% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| David Vincent Poole | Welsh Labour | 507 | 32.11% | Elected |
| Kevin Dawson | Welsh Labour | 505 | 31.98% | Elected |
| Noel Geoffrey Turner | Plaid Cymru | 350 | 22.17% | |
| Chris Paul | Plaid Cymru | 217 | 13.74% | |

### Penmaen

Electorate: 4099, Turnout: 42.21% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Roy Saralis | Welsh Labour | 903 | 28.00% | Elected |
| Ben Zaplatynski | Welsh Labour | 744 | 23.07% | Elected |
| John Owen Evans | Plaid Cymru | 505 | 15.66% | |
| Kevin Jones | Plaid Cymru | 450 | 13.95% | |
| Richard Webb Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 324 | 10.05% | |
| Shawn Patricia Sims | Welsh Conservative Party | 299 | 9.27% | |

### Penyrheol

Electorate: 8803, Turnout: 35.59% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle | Plaid Cymru | 1,653 | 15.09% | Elected |
| Margaret Eiddwen Sargent | Plaid Cymru | 1,340 | 12.23% | Elected |
| Jon Scriven | Plaid Cymru | 1,337 | 12.20% | Elected |
| Steven John Skivens | Plaid Cymru | 1,270 | 11.59% | Elected |
| Huw Rhodri Davies | Welsh Labour | 910 | 8.31% | |
| Sandra Jones | Welsh Labour | 854 | 7.79% | |
| Janice Anne Davies | Welsh Labour | 847 | 7.73% | |
| Milena Zenati-Parsons | Welsh Labour | 716 | 6.54% | |
| Gregory Elliot | Welsh Conservative Party | 514 | 4.69% | |
| Cameron Muir-Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 513 | 4.68% | |
| Steven John Roberts | Welsh Conservative Party | 383 | 3.50% | |
| Lawrence John Frederick Andrews | UKIP | 340 | 3.10% | |
| Ian William Gorman | UKIP | 279 | 2.55% | |

### Pontllanfraith

Electorate: 6241, Turnout: 36.5% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Michael Adams | Welsh Labour | 1,107 | 18.27% | Elected |
| Colin John Gordon | Welsh Labour | 1,039 | 17.15% | Elected |
| Gez Kirby | Welsh Labour | 966 | 15.95% | Elected |
| Jim Criddle | Plaid Cymru | 773 | 12.76% | |
| Zoe Alexandra Hammond | Plaid Cymru | 589 | 9.72% | |
| Andrew Williamson | Welsh Conservative Party | 544 | 8.98% | |
| Wendy Phillips | Welsh Conservative Party | 533 | 8.80% | |
| Mike Jackson | Plaid Cymru | 507 | 8.37% | |

### Pontlotyn / Pontlottyn

Electorate: 1429, Turnout: 37.23% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Gaynor Denise Oliver | Welsh Labour | 239 | 45.01% | Elected |
| Mervyn Dorian Diggle | Independent | 235 | 44.26% | |
| David Adam Rees | Plaid Cymru | 57 | 10.73% | |

### Dwyrain Rhisga / Risca East

Electorate: 4681, Turnout: 28.09% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Nigel George | Welsh Labour | 728 | 20.89% | Elected |
| Arianna Krystina Passmore | Welsh Labour | 709 | 20.34% | Elected |
| Philippa Leonard | Welsh Labour | 690 | 19.80% | Elected |
| James Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 287 | 8.24% | |
| Graham Jones | Welsh Conservative Party | 279 | 8.01% | |
| James Mallindine | Welsh Conservative Party | 227 | 6.51% | |
| Alexander Owen | Plaid Cymru | 210 | 6.03% | |
| Gareth Macleur | Plaid Cymru | 190 | 5.45% | |
| Luke Smith | Plaid Cymru | 165 | 4.73% | |

### Gorllewin Rhisga / Risca West

Electorate: 3892, Turnout: 38.59% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Bob Owen | Independent | 640 | 25.15% | Elected |
| Ross Anthony Whiting | Welsh Labour | 620 | 24.36% | Elected |
| Ceri Marina Wright | Welsh Labour | 525 | 20.63% | |
| Anthony Sims | Welsh Conservative Party | 270 | 10.61% | |
| Brian Hancock | Plaid Cymru | 265 | 10.41% | |
| Matthew Robert Farrell | Plaid Cymru | 225 | 8.84% | |

### Catwg Sant / St. Cattwg

Electorate: 5583, Turnout: 32.2% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Wynne David | Welsh Labour | 1,077 | 23.26% | Elected |
| Ann Gair | Welsh Labour | 867 | 18.73% | Elected |
| Carmen Marie Bezzina | Welsh Labour | 782 | 16.89% | Elected |
| Wyndham Matthews | Plaid Cymru | 756 | 16.33% | |
| Robledo Jessica Alfonso | Plaid Cymru | 597 | 12.89% | |
| Richard Euan Osborne | Plaid Cymru | 551 | 11.90% | |

### Sant Iago / St. James

Electorate: 4247, Turnout: 38.07% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Christine Forehead | Welsh Labour | 615 | 13.75% | Elected |
| Elaine Forehead | Welsh Labour | 561 | 12.54% | Elected |
| Barbara Avril Jones | Welsh Labour | 543 | 12.14% | Elected |
| Paul Michael Bradbury | Plaid Cymru | 534 | 11.94% | |
| Jayne Elizabeth Garland | Plaid Cymru | 517 | 11.56% | |
| John Anthony Leek | Plaid Cymru | 440 | 9.84% | |
| John Evans | Welsh Conservative Party | 288 | 6.44% | |
| Ian Chivers | Welsh Conservative Party | 279 | 6.24% | |
| Dennis Morgan | Welsh Conservative Party | 261 | 5.84% | |
| Sam Gould | UKIP | 182 | 4.07% | |
| David Owers | UKIP | 138 | 3.09% | |
| Andrew Shakespeare | UKIP | 114 | 2.55% | |

### Martin Sant / St. Martins

Electorate: 6383, Turnout: 46.75% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Colin Elsbury | Plaid Cymru | 1,284 | 15.41% | Elected |
| James Emmanuel Fussell | Plaid Cymru | 1,250 | 15.00% | Elected |
| Steve Kent | Plaid Cymru | 1,211 | 14.53% | Elected |
| Anne Olivia Broughton-Pettit | Welsh Labour | 717 | 8.60% | |
| Tony Graham | Welsh Labour | 714 | 8.57% | |
| Judith Elizabeth Child | Welsh Conservative Party | 665 | 7.98% | |
| Robert Stanley Lea | Welsh Conservative Party | 638 | 7.66% | |
| John Harry Pettit | Welsh Labour | 614 | 7.37% | |
| Elizabeth Jane Evans | Welsh Conservative Party | 603 | 7.24% | |
| Richard Williams | UKIP | 283 | 3.40% | |
| Hazel Norris | UKIP | 253 | 3.04% | |
| Megan Hannah Churchland | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 101 | 1.21% | |

### Twyn Carno

Electorate: 1665 :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Carl Cuss | Welsh Labour | Unopposed | – | Elected |

### Ynysddu

Electorate: 2914, Turnout: 34.21% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Phillippa Marsden | Welsh Labour | 720 | 39.37% | Elected |
| John Philip Ridgewell | Welsh Labour | 638 | 34.88% | Elected |
| Lyn Ackerman | Plaid Cymru | 244 | 13.34% | |
| Terry Birkett | Plaid Cymru | 227 | 12.41% | |

### Ystrad Mynach

Electorate: 3979, Turnout: 39.31% :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Martyn Paul James | Plaid Cymru | 919 | 33.49% | Elected |
| Alan Patrick Angel | Plaid Cymru | 885 | 32.25% | Elected |
| Kerry Jones | Welsh Labour | 505 | 18.40% | |
| Alan Dowler | Welsh Labour | 435 | 15.85% | |