Merthyr Tydfil council election, 2017
Most seats
16
Independent
Seats contested
27
across 9 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 16 | — | 16,739 | 49.2% | — |
| Labour Party | 11 | — | 16,228 | 47.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | — | 565 | 1.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 0 | — | 267 | 0.8% | — |
| Communist Party of Britain | 0 | — | 201 | 0.6% | — |
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 27 |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 27 | |
| Independent | 24 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | |
| Communist Party of Britain | 1 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 27 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Bedlinog 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Malcolm Richard Colbran Elected | 727 | 69.0% | — |
| Independent | Sherelle Eleanor Jago Elected | 718 | 68.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Helen Olivia Thomas | 288 | 27.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Jeffrey Robert Beard | 284 | 26.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jasmine Sakura-Rose | 90 | 8.5% | — |
| Majority | 430 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,054 | |||
Dowlais 4 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Declan Gerard Sammon Elected | 1,122 | 77.2% | — |
| Independent | Tony Rogers Elected | 863 | 59.4% | — |
| Independent | David Hughes Elected | 782 | 53.8% | — |
| Independent | Julian Amos Elected | 777 | 53.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Phil Williams | 631 | 43.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Ray Thomas | 570 | 39.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Tom Lewis | 537 | 37.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Simon Martin Williams | 531 | 36.5% | — |
| Majority | 146 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,453 | |||
Gurnos 4 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lee Davies Elected | 569 | 61.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Rhonda Mary Braithwaite Elected | 541 | 58.7% | — |
| Independent | Clive Tovey Elected | 486 | 52.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Bill Smith Elected | 479 | 52.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Deborah Isaac | 423 | 45.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Mike O'Neill | 421 | 45.7% | — |
| Independent | Mikey Mochan | 402 | 43.6% | — |
| Independent | Gerwyn David Butler | 368 | 39.9% | — |
| Majority | 56 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 922 | |||
Merthyr Vale 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Darren Roberts Elected | 698 | 72.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Scott Thomas Elected | 509 | 53.1% | — |
| Independent | Jeff Edwards | 445 | 46.4% | — |
| Independent | Lynne Colston | 266 | 27.7% | — |
| Majority | 64 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 959 | |||
Park 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tanya Patricia Skinner Elected | 802 | 82.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Clive Thomas Jones Elected | 772 | 79.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Chris Barry Elected | 689 | 70.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Brendan Toomey | 667 | 68.3% | — |
| Majority | 22 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 977 | |||
Penydarren 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kevin Gibbs Elected | 656 | 58.0% | — |
| Independent | Chris Davies Elected | 649 | 57.3% | — |
| Labour Party | David Gareth Isaac Elected | 647 | 57.2% | — |
| Independent | Dougy Evans | 515 | 45.5% | — |
| Labour Party | John Allan McCarthy | 467 | 41.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Dan Beard | 463 | 40.9% | — |
| Majority | 132 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,132 | |||
Plymouth 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Gareth Lewis Elected | 967 | 97.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Brent Anthony Carter Elected | 884 | 89.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Harvey Russell Jones Elected | 860 | 86.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Narinder Singh | 267 | 26.9% | — |
| Majority | 593 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 993 | |||
Town 4 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Thomas Elected | 1,121 | 53.1% | — |
| Independent | Kevin Patrick O'Neill Elected | 1,002 | 47.4% | — |
| Independent | Andrew David Barry Elected | 976 | 46.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Dai Chick Jones Elected | 967 | 45.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Linda Amy Matthews | 745 | 35.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Jenny Teresa Davies | 708 | 33.5% | — |
| Independent | Shaun O'Malley | 658 | 31.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Sian Cathryn Slater | 635 | 30.1% | — |
| Independent | Joshua Bradley Dunn | 588 | 27.8% | — |
| Independent | Rowan Harvey Powell | 376 | 17.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Griffin | 253 | 12.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Cameron Sullivan | 222 | 10.5% | — |
| Communist Party of Britain | Tom Roberts | 201 | 9.5% | — |
| Majority | 222 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,113 | |||
Vaynor 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Howard Barrett Elected | 948 | 69.8% | — |
| Independent | Lisa Victoria Mytton Elected | 923 | 68.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Anthony John Owen | 474 | 34.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Emma Leah Karan | 371 | 27.3% | — |
| Majority | 449 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,358 | |||