2017 City and County of Swansea Council election

The 2017 election to the City and County of Swansea Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election. Labour maintained control of the authority.

The next full council elections took place in May 2022.

Summary of results

City and County of Swansea Council election result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	48	2	3	-1
	Liberal Democrats	7	0	5	-5
	Independent	7	2	1	+1
	Conservative	8	4	0	+4
	Plaid Cymru	0
	Green	0			0
	Uplands	2	2	0	+2
	TUSC	0			0
	People's Representative	0	0	1	-1

Ward results

The following results were announced following the elections. In the case of wards electing more than one councillor the percentage figures reflect the number of ballot papers issued rather than the total number of votes.

Bishopston (one seat)

Bishopston 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lyndon Jones	620
	Independent	Keith Marsh*	440
	Labour	Adam Gilbert	397
	Green	Karen Laurence	63
Majority
Turnout				56.8	+16.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Independent Keith Marsh lost the seat he had held for eighteen years.

Bonymaen (two seats)

Bonymaen 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy Evans*	1,050
	Labour	Paul Lloyd*	1,010
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Couch	249
	Conservative	Elaine Hughes	227
	Conservative	Wendy Olsen	210
Turnout				28.9	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle (four seats)

Castle 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sybil Crouch*	1,820
	Labour	Erika Kirchner*	1,772
	Labour	Fiona Gordon*	1,763
	Labour	David Phillips*	1,716
	Conservative	Paul Morris	568
	Conservative	Sonya Morris	534
	Conservative	Mohammad Amin Doha	425
	Conservative	Akshit Sanjiv Khanna	411
	Plaid Cymru	Shan Couch	349
	Plaid Cymru	Damian Martin	254
	UKIP	Stan Robinson	247
	Liberal Democrats	Charlene Anika	237
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Roberts	235
	Green	David Smith	220
	Plaid Cymru	Harri Roberts	210
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Davies	203
	Plaid Cymru	David Richards	191
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Williams	191
	TUSC	Alec Thraves	112
	TUSC	Claire Job	97
	TUSC	Colin John	89
Turnout				29.8	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clydach (two seats)

Clydach 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gordon Walker*	1,211
	Labour	Paulette Smith*	1,134
	Labour	Julie Davies	825
	Plaid Cymru	Elgan Davies-Jones	387
	Conservative	David Rowlands-Lean	311
	Conservative	Roda Ali	230
Turnout				28.4	−8.0
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cockett (four seats)

Cockett 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Durke	1,839
	Labour	Wendy Lewis	1,792
	Labour	Oliver James	1,714
	Labour	Elliott King	1,528
	Conservative	Keith Hedges	791
	Conservative	Deidre Lomer-Hedges	721
	Conservative	Jack Powell	674
	Conservative	Jack Huang	622
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Holley	510
	Plaid Cymru	Patricia Sanderson	494
	Plaid Cymru	Adrian Rees	476
	Plaid Cymru	David Lewis	417
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Coffey	349
	Liberal Democrats	James Kelleher	328
	Liberal Democrats	William Morgan	279
Turnout				32.7	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cwmbwrla (three seats)

Cwmbwrla 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Black*	1,430
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Holley*	1,239
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Thomas*	1,199
	Labour	Ann Cook	674
	Labour	Isobel Norris	626
	Labour	Andrew Crowley	583
	Conservative	Robert Dowdle	147
	Conservative	Mark Lloyd	134
	Conservative	Henri Davies	98
Turnout				38.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dunvant (two seats)

Dunvant 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Gibbard	694
	Labour	Jennifer Raynor*	680
	Conservative	Matthew Gates	436
	Conservative	Andrew Silvertsen	403
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Tregoning	313
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Tregoning	220
Turnout				42.0	+3.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwood (one seat)

Fairwood 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paxton Hood‐Williams*	819
	Labour	Steve Hopkins	274
	Green	Abi Cherry-Hamer	95
Turnout				52.8	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorseinon (one seat)

Gorseinon 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelly Roberts	501
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Thomas	241
	Conservative	Rebecca Walters	209
	Independent	Stuart Hemsley-Rice	141
Turnout				33.4	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Gower (one seat)

Gower 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Lewis*	864
	Labour	Thomas Dunn	359
	Conservative	Thomas Jones	278
Turnout				51.9	+4.4
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sitting member Richard Lewis switched back from the Lib Dems to the Independents.

Gowerton (one seat)

Gowerton 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Jones*	818
	Labour	Nicola Matthews	637
	Conservative	Christopher Elvins	268
Turnout				28.8	−8.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Killay North (one seat)

Killay North 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Jones*	371
	Labour	Angela James	184
	Conservative	Denise Howard	157
	Plaid Cymru	Rhydian Fitter	87
Turnout				40.5	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Killay South (one seat)

Killay South 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Jones*	327
	Conservative	Martin Quaile	305
	Labour	Greg James	272
Turnout				49.1	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingsbridge (one seat)

Kingsbridge 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Evans*	722
	Conservative	Stephen Phillips	484
	Independent	Aimee Hemsley-Rice	256
Turnout				28.1	−8.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Landore (two seats)

Landore 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hopkins*	1,054
	Labour	Michael White*	1,015
	Conservative	Elizabeth Thomas	225
	Conservative	David Thomas	208
	UKIP	Mozid Abdul	117
Turnout				28.5	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llangyfelach (one seat)

Llangyfelach 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Sullivan*	564
	Labour	Wayne Morgan	509
	Conservative	Paul Doughton	424
Turnout				38.7	+8.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Llansamlet (four seats)

Llansamlet 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ryland Doyle*	1,899
	Labour	Penelope Matthews*	1,882
	Labour	Alyson Pugh	1,765
	Labour	Mo Sykes	1,414
	Independent	Tony Paget	852
	Conservative	William Davies	777
	Conservative	Stephanie Whitehead	610
	Conservative	George Field	592
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Thomas	551
	Conservative	Jake Wrightson	510
	UKIP	Linda Farrell	464
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				31.0	+0.7

Lower Loughor (one seat)

Lower Loughor 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Richards*	602
	Conservative	Raymond Hinds	107
Turnout				40.6	+7.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Mawr (one seat)

Mawr 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brigette Rowlands	265
	Plaid Cymru	Linda Frame	193
	Labour	John Bidwell	167
	Independent	Geraint Turner	115
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
Turnout				52.9	+8.1

Mayals (one seat)

Mayals 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Tyler-Lloyd*	627
	Independent	Helen Mitchell	271
	Labour	Joanne Fitton	207
	Conservative hold		Swing
Turnout				52.3	+6.2

Morriston (five seats)

Morriston 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Stewart*	2,434
	Labour	Ceri Evans	2,396
	Labour	Robert Francis-Davies*	2,111
	Labour	Andrea Lewis*	2,051
	Labour	Yvonne Jardine	2,025
	Conservative	Daniel Boucher	1,509
	Conservative	Robert James	1,200
	Conservative	Matthew Lloyd	1,117
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Phillips	1,076
	Conservative	Jayne Isaac	870
	Conservative	Thabo Khumalo	851
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				34.4	+4.4

Mynyddbach (three seats)

Mynyddbach 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Lewis	1,605
	Labour	Samuel Pritchard	1,275
	Labour	Gloria Tanner*	1,190
	Conservative	Thomas Morgan	625
	Conservative	Marina Howells	565
	Conservative	Thomas Howells	549
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				33.5	−1.4

Newton (one seat)

Newton 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Thomas	861
	Labour	Rob Marshall	540
	Independent	Tracey Duffy	114
	Green	Raymond Laurence	43
	Conservative hold		Swing
Turnout				56.8	+10.9

Oystermouth (one seat)

The previous Conservative candidate stood as an Independents@Swansea candidate.

Oystermouth 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Myles Langstone	645
	Labour	Stephen Williams	526
	Independent	Anthony Colburn*	213
	Independent	Dorian Davies	123
	Independent	Paul Whittaker	91
	Green	Anna Pigott	75
	Conservative hold		Swing
Turnout				51.6	+4.4

Penclawdd (one seat)

Penclawdd 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Thomas*	712
	Conservative	Gordon Howells	440
	Plaid Cymru	John Davies	130
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				44.1	−2.5

Penderry (three seats)

Penderry 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Burtonshaw*	1,101
	Labour	Terry Hennegan*	1,100
	Labour	Hazel Morris*	1,084
	Conservative	Peter Trotman	336
	Green	James Young	319
	Conservative	Paul Hambly	314
	Conservative	Taryn Trotman	279
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				21.7	−−0.5

Penllergaer (one seat)

Penllergaer 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Fitzgerald*	1,035
	Labour	Michelle Morgan	143
	Conservative	Roberta Jones	36
	Independent hold		Swing
Turnout				47.7	+5.2

Pennard (one seat)

Penllergaer 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynda James*	564
	Conservative	Fred Cunliffe	408
	Labour	Susan Rodaway	323
	Independent hold		Swing
Turnout				59.0	+6.7

Penyrheol (two seats)

Penyrheol 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Curtice*	1,013
	Labour	Andrew Stevens	967
	Plaid Cymru	Jim Dunckley	455
	Conservative	Laura Gilbert	440
	Conservative	Elizabeth Trotman	346
	Plaid Cymru	Patrick Powell	166
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				39.9	+5.7

Pontarddulais (two seats)

Pontarddulais 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Griffiths	832
	Labour	Philip Downing*	801
	Labour	Jane Harris*	667
	Independent	Byron Lewis	634
	Conservative	Irene Wilkins	344
	Conservative	Mohammad Samer Saad	262
	UKIP	Ken Haynes	154
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				25.6	−13.4

Sketty (five seats)

Sketty 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Jones	1,645
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Philpott*	1,599
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Day*	1,593
	Conservative	Stephen Gallagher	1,531
	Conservative	David Helliwell	1,450
	Conservative	Rebecca Singh	1,360
	Labour	Geraint Owens	1,354
	Conservative	Mark Ritchie	1,331
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Rees*	1,310
	Labour	Ben Jenkins	1,300
	Labour	Greg Kaminaris	1,265
	Conservative	Matthew Smith	1,218
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Hall	1,216
	Labour	Maciej Krzymieniecki	1,161
	Liberal Democrats	James McGettrick	905
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Thomas	618
	Independent	Matthew Jones	593
	Independent	Paula Pritchard	469
Turnout				44.6	+6.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Thomas (two seats)

St Thomas 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Hale*	1,285
	Labour	Clive Lloyd*	1,235
	Conservative	Elizabeth Thomas	253
	Conservative	Owain Thomas	212
	UKIP	Clifford Johnson	151
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				30.3	+0.4

Townhill (three seats)

Townhill 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Anderson	1,090
	Labour	David Hopkins*	1,044
	Labour	Lesley Walton*	1,009
	Conservative	Ross Lock	261
	UKIP	Gary North	243
	Conservative	Marguerite Tcheko	233
	TUSC	Owen Herbert	155
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				26.4	+0.7

Uplands (four seats)

Uplands 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Uplands	Peter May*	1,705
	Labour	Nick Davies*	1,247
	Uplands	Irene Mann	1,216
	Labour	Mary Sherwood	1,171
	Uplands	Rhys Morgan	1,137
	Labour	Uzo Iwobi	1,132
	Labour	Jamie White	1,104
	Uplands	Ewan May	1,023
	Green	Gareth Tucker	391
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Woodman	386
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Thomas	379
	Women's Equality	Sally Smith	333
	Liberal Democrats	Mike O'Carroll	316
	Conservative	Lewys Phillips	280
	Conservative	John Evans	268
	Conservative	Adam Ganczakowski	262
	Conservative	Jack Simcock	259
	Uplands gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Uplands gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				37.8	+11.0

Upper Loughor (one seat)

Upper Loughor 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Smith*	638
	Conservative	Barbara Jones	235
	TUSC	Mark Evans	30
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				42.5	+6.7

West Cross (two seats)

West Cross 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Child*	1,178
	Labour	Desmond Thomas*	1,085
	Conservative	Kate Smith	1,054
	Conservative	Matthew Gilbert	1,035
	Green	Christopher Evans	192
	UKIP	Colin Beckett	138
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout				32.6	−6.3

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

By-elections

Castle

Castle: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Lawson	1,637	44.0	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	San Bennett	694	18.7	+12.0
	Conservative	Jacob Derluk	424	11.4	−4.6
	Plaid Cymru	Harri Roberts	423	11.4	+1.6
	Green	Jon Pitans	185	5.0	−1.2
	UKIP	Stan Robinson	120	3.2	−3.8
	Independent	Mike Harcourt	105	2.8	N/A
	Independent	Heather Burdett	73	2.0	N/A
	TUSC	Gareth Bromhall	58	1.6	−1.6
Majority			943	25.3
Turnout			3,719
	Labour hold		Swing	9.6

Llansamlet

Llansamlet: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Jones	2,492	60.0	+18.2
	Plaid Cymru	Ioan Gruffydd	887	21.3	N/A
	Green	Rhiannon Wall	426	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	351	8.4	−3.7
Majority			1,605	38.7
Turnout			4,156
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6