2017 Newport City Council election

Elections to Newport City Council were held on 3 May 2017^[1] along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2017 United Kingdom local elections.

Councillors elected in this election would serve a five-year term due to the new Welsh Government policy.^[2]

The previous election took place on 3 May 2012.

The next full election took place in May 2022.

Election results: overview

Newport City Council election 2017 ^[3]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	31	-6	62.0	36.1	15,869	-12.1
	Conservative	12	+2	24.0	32.0	14,072	+3.3
	Newport Ind.	4	+4	8.0	10.2	4,466	New
	Liberal Democrats	2	+1	4.0	9.4	4,115	-3.6
	Independent	1	-1	2.0	3.0	1,322	-1.8
	Plaid Cymru	0	0	0.0	4.1	1,799	0.0
	Green	0	0	0.0	1.9	814	+1.2
	UKIP	0	0	0.0	3.5	1,534	New
Total		50				43,991

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent ward councillors seeking re-election.

Allt-yr-yn

Allt-yr-yn *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Matthew Evans *	1,731
	Conservative	David Fouweather *	1,692
	Conservative	Charles Ferris *	1,610
	Labour	John Harris	985
	Labour	Kassim Hayat	841
	Labour	John Reynolds	840
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	332
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Davies	331
	Liberal Democrats	Chloe Elding	244
	Liberal Democrats	John Miller	184
Majority
Turnout			8,790
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alway

Alway *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Raymond Truman *	976
	Labour	Debbie Harvey *	931
	Labour	John Guy *	911
	Conservative	Carol Wallis	516
	Conservative	Amna Arshid	400
	Newport Ind.	Dave Jones	355
	Plaid Cymru	Cath Wixcey	195
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Biaggi	171
Majority
Turnout			4,455
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Beechwood

Beechwood *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Deb Davies *	978
	Labour	Graham Berry	936
	Labour	Mark Spencer *	875
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Biaggi	488
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Lockyer	447
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Brown	444
	Conservative	Georgina Webb	420
	Conservative	Michael Weekes	378
	UKIP	Tim Price	260
	Newport Ind.	Julie Price	213
Majority
Turnout			6,510
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bettws

Bettws *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Newport Ind.	Kevin Whitehead *	897
	Newport Ind.	Janet Cleverly *	816
	Newport Ind.	Jason Jordan	744
	Labour	Sandra Daniell	541
	Labour	Chris Jarvis	467
	Labour	Philip Saunders	411
	Conservative	Lewis Williams	212
	Conservative	Timothy Masters	181
	Conservative	Huw Davies	178
	Green	Peter Varley	106
Majority
Turnout			4,553
	Newport Ind. gain from Independent		Swing
	Newport Ind. gain from Independent		Swing
	Newport Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Whitehead had been elected as an Independent in 2012. Cleverly had been elected as an Independent at a by-election in 2015.^[4]

Caerleon

Caerleon *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Gail Giles *	1,336
	Conservative	Joan Watkins	1,282
	Labour	Jason Hughes	1,166
	Conservative	Michael Enea	1,095
	Conservative	Richard Andrews	1,079
	Labour	Mike Singleton	1,065
	Liberal Democrats	Paul l'Allier	392
	Liberal Democrats	Andy White	376
	UKIP	Stan Edwards	309
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Ricketts	239
Majority
Turnout			8,339
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Gaer

Gaer *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stephen Marshall	1,019
	Labour	Mark Whitcutt *	994
	Labour	Deborah Wilcox *	991
	Conservative	Lloyd Walsh	847
	Conservative	Miriam Shwartz	778
	Conservative	Saleh Baqi	672
	Newport Ind.	Rhys Richards	324
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Woodcock-Jones	199
Majority
Turnout			5,824
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing

Graig

Graig *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Williams *	1,026
	Conservative	Margaret Cornelious *	976
	Labour	Victoria Cox-Wall	825
	Labour	Paul Davies	758
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Tarr	194
	Green	Issica Baron	153
Majority
Turnout			3,932
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langstone

Langstone *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ray Mogford *	1,036
	Conservative	William Routley	913
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Bellew	292
	Liberal Democrats	David Hando	238
	Labour	Gareth Pratt	219
	Labour	Alan Speight	189
Majority
Turnout			2,887
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from		Swing

Liswerry

Liswerry *(4 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ken Critchley *	1,106
	Labour	Roger Jeavons *	1,043
	Labour	John Richards *	874
	Independent	Allan Morris *	828
	Labour	Farzina Hussain	764
	Conservative	Carl Tucker	528
	Conservative	Nicholas Clark	492
	UKIP	James Peterson	461
	UKIP	Andrew Sterry	455
	Conservative	Dave Cox	452
	Conservative	Richard Hill	388
	UKIP	Patrina Smith	330
	Plaid Cymru	Cam Wixcey	198
Majority
Turnout			7,919
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Llanwern

Llanwern *(1 seat)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Martyn Kellaway *	954
	Labour	John Davies	255
Majority
Turnout			1,209
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malpas

Malpas *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jane Mudd *	979
	Labour	James Clarke	937
	Labour	David Mayer *	914
	Conservative	Michael Brunnock	878
	Conservative	David Gapper-Hampson	699
	Conservative	Jim Hampson	673
	Newport Ind.	Jonathan Cocks	502
	Newport Ind.	Rachel Reaney	302
	Green	Pippa Bartolotti	283
	Newport Ind.	Gavin Phillips	283
	Green	Malcolm Degroot	161
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	99
Majority
Turnout			6,710
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Marshfield

Marshfield *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard White *	853
	Conservative	Tom Suller *	801
	Labour	Tony Boswell	491
	Labour	Ann Picton	437
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Newton	236
	Green	Lim Jones	188
Majority
Turnout			3,006
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pillgwenlly

Pillgwenlly *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ibrahim Hayat *	758
	Labour	Tracey Holyoake	757
	Independent	Omar Ali *	494
	Plaid Cymru	Khalilur Rahman	288
	Conservative	Zafar Ismail	238
	Conservative	Firdaus Asghar	205
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Coopey	197
Majority
Turnout			2,937
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ali had been elected for Labour at a by-election in 2013.

Ringland

Ringland *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Malcolm Linton *	911
	Labour	Laura Lacey	703
	Labour	Rehmaan Hayat	613
	Newport Ind.	Rocky Davies	430
	Conservative	Christine Smith	405
	Newport Ind.	Ray Lord	386
	UKIP	Mike Ford	368
	Conservative	Muhammad Tariq	283
	Conservative	Saeed Zafar	210
	Liberal Democrats	Pierre l'Allier	106
Majority
Turnout			4,415
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rogerstone

Rogerstone *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Valerie Dudley	1,281
	Labour	Yvonne Forsey	1,258
	Newport Ind.	Chris Evans *	1,215
	Labour	Kath Hopkins	1,161
	Conservative	Dean Jenkins	1,111
	Labour	Sally Mlewa *	1,089
	Newport Ind.	Andrew Collingbourne	1,002
	Conservative	Ganesh Sukul	910
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Cocks	252
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Salkeld	206
Majority
Turnout			9,485
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Newport Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Evans was elected for the Labour Party in 2012.

St Julians

St Julians *(3 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Townsend *	1,011
	Labour	Phil Hourahine	889
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Townsend *	825
	Labour	Roy McCabe	748
	Labour	Funmi Obilanade	700
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Jones	654
	Conservative	Vicky Howells-Cook	453
	Conservative	Marie Jermyn	387
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Priest	250
Majority
Turnout			5,917
	Liberal Democrats gain from		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Townsend had been elected at a by-election in July 2016.

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Paul Cockeram *	619
	Labour	Herbie Thomas	560
	Conservative	Carol Bader	439
	Conservative	Michael Duncan	337
	Newport Ind.	David Rice	185
	UKIP	Joe Crocker	136
	Newport Ind.	Khushbir Bhullar	119
Majority
Turnout			2,395
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stow Hill

Stow Hill *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Kate Thomas *	589
	Labour	Miqdad al-Nuaimi *	561
	Conservative	Luke Evetts	345
	Conservative	Nicolas Webb	326
	Newport Ind.	Tom Stanger	148
	Newport Ind.	David McLean	143
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys ab Elis	96
Majority
Turnout			2,208
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing

Tredegar Park

Tredegar Park *(1 seat)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Trevor Watkins *	295
	Conservative	Wayne Cresswell	257
	Newport Ind.	Jan Flanagan	197
	Plaid Cymru	Morgan Bowler-Brown	111
Majority
Turnout			860
	Labour gain from		Swing

Victoria

Victoria *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Chris Jenkins *	840
	Labour	Majid Rahman *	795
	Conservative	Saima Mujahid	371
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hamilton	344
	Conservative	Mubarak Ali	336
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Evans	333
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Puw	123
	Green	Mirka Virtanen	84
Majority
Turnout			3,226
	Labour gain from		Swing
	Labour gain from		Swing

By-elections

Graig

Graig: 26 August 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jones	610	50.2	+3.5
	Labour	John Harris	534	44.0	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Evans	71	5.8	−3.0
Majority			76	6.2
Turnout			1,215	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

Victoria

Victoria: 2 December 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Horton	641	64.6	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Miller	258	26.0	+5.6
	Conservative	Muhammad Tariq	93	9.4	−3.8
Majority			383	38.6
Turnout			992	18.7
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

References

^ Local Election Results 2017 - National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly, 2017
^ Drakeford, Mark. "Written Statement - Local Elections and Electoral Arrangements". Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Newport". Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Bettws Ward — Newport". Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[1] Local Election Results 2017 - National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly, 2017

[2] Drakeford, Mark. "Written Statement - Local Elections and Electoral Arrangements". Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[3] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Newport". Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[4] Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Bettws Ward — Newport". Retrieved 20 August 2022.

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