The 2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Wrexham County Borough Council in Wales.[1] This was on the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous all-council election took place in May 2012.
The Labour Party held power on the council after the 2012 election, but lost it after splitting because of an internal row. Several Labour councillors became independent, allowing the Independent group to take control in alliance with the Conservatives.[1]
In 2017, contests took place in 44 of the 47 wards.
The Independents lost three seats in comparison with their position immediately prior to the election, but remained the largest group. The Conservative group gained four seats.[1] A coalition of the Independent group, the Wrexham Independents group and the Conservatives agreed to run the council for the next 5 years to 2022.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 26 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 50.0 | 41.2 | 16,014 | +14.6 | |
Labour | 12 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 23.0 | 24.8 | 9,650 | -15.5 | |
Conservative | 9 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 6,730 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3.8 | 8.9 | 3,457 | -3.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 2,689 | 0.0 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 232 | +0.4 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 97 | 0.0 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | 0 | -0.3 |
* = denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2012 elections[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geoff Lowe * | 364 | 45.2 | ||
Labour | Nick Stott | 230 | 28.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Shaun Davies | 132 | 16.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gemma Williams | 80 | 9.9 | ||
Majority | 134 | ||||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,307 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Councillor Lowe was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Debbie Wallice | 507 | 46.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jim Kelly * | 276 | 25.2 | ||
Labour | Nathan Brookfield | 195 | 17.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Darren Picken | 117 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 231 | ||||
Turnout | 55.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,964 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rodney Skelland * | 710 | 66.9 | ||
Independent | Stephen Harvey | 190 | 17.9 | ||
Labour | Kath Goodchild | 135 | 12.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Adams | 27 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | 520 | ||||
Turnout | 41.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,554 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Rogers * | 547 | 50.1 | ||
Labour | Zoe Clarke | 447 | 41.0 | ||
Independent | Adam Davies | 97 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 100 | ||||
Turnout | 35.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,067 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beverley Parry-Jones | 215 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | William Wainwright | 129 | 24.4 | ||
Independent | Rob Jones | 83 | 15.7 | ||
Independent | Barbara Roxburgh * | 71 | 13.4 | ||
Independent | Andrew Humphreys | 31 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 100 | ||||
Turnout | 35.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,521 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Barbara Roxburgh was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Phil Wynn * | 387 | 45.4 | ||
Labour | Martin Morris | 269 | 31.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Sarah Roberts | 196 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 126 | ||||
Turnout | 33.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,585 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ronnie Prince * | 451 | 73.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Bryan Pritchard | 99 | 16.2 | ||
Labour | Brian Halley | 63 | 10.3 | ||
Majority | 352 | ||||
Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,635 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sonia Benbow-Jones | 579 | 50.1 | ||
Labour | Derek Wright * | 577 | 49.9 | ||
Labour | Liz Parry | 572 | |||
Majority | 5 | ||||
Turnout | 30.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,771 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Trevor Bates | 615 | 60.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Anne Morris | 198 | 19.3 | ||
Conservative | John Jenkins | 110 | 10.7 | ||
Independent | Barbara Roberts | 102 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 417 | ||||
Turnout | 60.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,701 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hemmings | 336 | 50.8 | ||
Independent | Jackie Allen | 326 | 49.2 | ||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Turnout | 36.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,811 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terry Evans * | 518 | 74.3 | ||
Labour | John Rostron | 179 | 25.7 | ||
Majority | 339 | ||||
Turnout | 61.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,151 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Krista Childs * | 603 | 43.0 | ||
Independent | Michael Dixon | 426 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | Adrian Williams | 380 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Kelly | 373 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 46 | ||||
Turnout | 31.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,532 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Roberts | 228 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | Alex Jones | 138 | 19.8 | ||
Labour | Matthew Healy | 134 | 19.2 | ||
Independent | Bob Dutton * | 109 | 15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Jones | 89 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Turnout | 46.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,516 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mark Pritchard * | 796 | 79.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Katie Courtney | 104 | 10.4 | ||
Labour | Richard Caldecott | 101 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 692 | ||||
Turnout | 47.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,108 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andy Williams * | 943 | 94.9 | ||
Labour | Wendy O'Grady | 51 | 5.1 | ||
Majority | 842 | ||||
Turnout | 60.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,651 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Councillor Williams was elected for the Labour Party in May 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Atkinson | 917 | 73.0 | ||
Labour | Irene Lewis | 204 | 16.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Beryl Blackmore | 125 | 9.9 | ||
UKIP | Jeanette Bassford-Barton | 11 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 713 | ||||
Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,288 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Marc Jones | 260 | 42.3 | ||
Independent | Stephen Wilson * | 185 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | Ray Floyd | 170 | 27.6 | ||
Majority | 75 | ||||
Turnout | 31.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,975 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Wilson was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election in 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Nigel Williams | 170 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Philip Williams | 89 | 22.4 | ||
Labour | Daniel Commins | 86 | 21.7 | ||
Independent | Damian Conde | 52 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 81 | ||||
Turnout | 32.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,244 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Griffiths * | 826 | 64.5 | ||
Independent | Tina Mannering | 531 | |||
Independent | Bernie McCann * | 508 | |||
Labour | Michael Mackenzie | 454 | 35.5 | ||
Majority | 23 | ||||
Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,672 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Griffiths and McCann was elected for the Labour Party at the previous election, in 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Barrie Warburton | 282 | 39.8 | ||
Labour | Ben Whitehouse | 195 | 27.5 | ||
Conservative | Julian Wright | 142 | 20.1 | ||
Independent | Fred Roberts | 89 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 87 | ||||
Turnout | 34.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,048 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gwenfair Jones | 428 | 54.7 | ||
Labour | David Edwards | 225 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Melissa Smillie | 130 | 16.6 | ||
Majority | 203 | ||||
Turnout | 35.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,205 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Rogers * | 447 | 68.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Jamie Hack | 207 | 31.7 | ||
Majority | 240 | ||||
Turnout | 32.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,048 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Morris * | 601 | 63.1 | ||
Labour | Jim Duffy | 351 | 36.9 | ||
Majority | 250 | ||||
Turnout | 37.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,533 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Bithell * | 827 | 76.1 | ||
Labour | Ethan Jones | 260 | 23.9 | ||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,466 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Baldwin * | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rondo Roberts | 326 | 45.4 | ||
Independent | Timothy Hodkinson | 229 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | Gareth Baines | 148 | 20.6 | ||
UKIP | Jeanie Barton | 15 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 97 | ||||
Turnout | 45.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,579 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rob Walsh | 1,111 | 51.8 | ||
Labour | Bryan Apsley | 553 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Edwards | 465 | |||
Independent | Terry Boland * | 228 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Fontes | 122 | 5.7 | ||
Independent | Gary Hall | 104 | |||
Conservative | Hannah Jones | 94 | |||
UKIP | Nathan Hughes | 71 | 3.3 | ||
Independent | Victoria Jones | 24 | |||
Majority | 88 | ||||
Turnout | 45.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,564 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Terry Boland was elected for the Labour Party at the previous ward election, in May 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Jones | 249 | 44.1 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | Victoria Clements | 137 | 24.3 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aimi Waters | 119 | 21.1 | −22.7 | |
Independent | Phil Lloyd | 59 | 10.5 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 112 | ||||
Turnout | 37.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,500 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Pritchard * | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Gilmartin | 548 | 59.7 | +31.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Blackmore | 193 | 21.0 | −36.3 | |
Labour | John Henry | 128 | 13.9 | −0.1 | |
Independent | James Hobbley | 38 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Charles Dodman | 11 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 355 | ||||
Turnout | 50.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,817 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Kelly * | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alan Edwards | 544 | 72.4 | ||
Green | Duncan Rees | 207 | 27.6 | ||
Majority | 337 | ||||
Turnout | 26.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,850 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alun Jenkins | 267 | 45.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Phil Phillips | 164 | 27.7 | ||
Conservative | Merril Wolfson | 54 | 9.1 | ||
Independent | Steven Vale | 43 | 7.3 | ||
Independent | Joanna Kinch | 40 | 6.7 | ||
Green | Alan Butterworth | 25 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 103 | ||||
Turnout | 35.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,695 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John McCusker | 613 | 52.8 | ||
Conservative | Lloyd Kenyon * | 373 | 32.1 | ||
Independent | Richard Hobson | 113 | 9.7 | ||
Independent | Richard Hobson | 62 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 240 | ||||
Turnout | 44.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,636 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Maddocks | 228 | 33.8 | ||
Independent | Martin Jones | 221 | 32.7 | ||
Labour | Stella Matthews | 194 | 28.7 | ||
Independent | Paula Williams | 32 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,543 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Phillips * | 616 | 88.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Aled Powell | 84 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 532 | ||||
Turnout | 45.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,565 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joan Lowe * | 451 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | Callum Edwards | 335 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 116 | ||||
Turnout | 41.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,932 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Blackwell * | 184 | 56.4 | ||
Independent | Amanda Bradley | 115 | 35.3 | ||
Independent | Alan Ennis | 27 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 69 | ||||
Turnout | 26.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,237 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Pemberton * | 970 | 43.8 | ||
Labour | Kevin Hughes * | 649 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aled Roberts | 597 | 26.9 | ||
Majority | 52 | ||||
Turnout | 41.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,506 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Carrie Harper | 225 | 53.7 | ||
Labour | Colin Powell * | 179 | 42.7 | ||
Independent | Jorge Szabo | 15 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 46 | ||||
Turnout | 27.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,546 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mike Davies | 369 | 31.4 | ||
Labour | Anne Evans * | 290 | 24.6 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Atherton | 285 | 21.2 | ||
Independent | Peter Jones | 233 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 79 | ||||
Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,870 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Jones | 946 | 82.5 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Kelly | 200 | 17.5 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 746 | ||||
Turnout | 44.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,615 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dana Davies | 242 | 27.8 | ||
Independent | Charles Devlin | 225 | 25.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Pol Wong | 212 | 24.3 | ||
Independent | Sharon Mazzarella | 193 | 22.1 | ||
Majority | 17 | ||||
Turnout | 40.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,154 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrienne Jeorrett | 135 | 28.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Williams | 125 | 26.1 | ||
Independent | Jayne Johnson | 120 | 25.1 | ||
Independent | Richard Bennett | 74 | 15.4 | ||
Independent | David Foulds | 25 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Turnout | 27.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,756 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Bithell | 877 | 92.6 | ||
Labour | Steve Gittins | 60 | 6.3 | ||
Conservative | Luke Caldecott | 10 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 817 | ||||
Turnout | 55.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,719 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Cameron | 377 | 73.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Iolanda Viegas | 138 | 26.8 | ||
Majority | 239 | ||||
Turnout | 28.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,831 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm King | 234 | 67.8 | ||
Independent | James Stevens | 111 | 32.2 | ||
Majority | 123 | ||||
Turnout | 25.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,349 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
On 28 November 2018 Councillor Paul Rogers left the Conservative Group to become non-aligned.[7] He then went on to join the Independent group on 15 May 2019.[8] On 7 November 2019, Councillor Ronnie Prince also joined the main Independent group having been non-aligned since the last election.[9] Independent councillor for Gwersyllt North, Barrie Warburton, resigned his seat on 16 January 2020,[10] and was subsequently replaced by Plaid Cymru's Phil Rees who won the by-election on Thursday 27 February.[11] On 29 September 2020 Paul Jones, Labour Councillor for Maesydre, resigned his seat for personal reasons,[12] he was replaced by Plaid Cymru's Becca Martin in a by-election on 18 March 2021.[13]