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Caerphilly, Risca East Council by election result 6th October 2016

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Caerphilly, Risca East - Labour hold

Party   2016 votes      2016 share     since 2013 B  since 2012 "top"since 2012 "average"since 2008 "top"since 2008 "average"
Labour
400
58.9%
+14.5%
+1.6%
+2.9%
+17.4%
+18.0%
Plaid Cymru
120
17.7%
+7.7%
-1.1%
+0.4%
-12.5%
-12.1%
UKIP
117
17.2%
 from nowhere 
from nowhere
from nowhere
from nowhere
from nowhere
Liberal Democrat
42
6.2%
from nowhere
from nowhere
from nowhere
from nowhere
from nowhere
Independent 1


-25.1%
-24.0%
-26.7%
-28.4%
-29.3%
Independent 2


-17.5%




Conservative


-3.0%




Total votes
679

57%
41%
45%
37%
39%

Swing not particularly meaningful apart from possibly Plaid Cymru to labour ~15% since 2008

Council now 48 Labour, 20 Plaid Cymru, 5 Independent

Risca East - Caerphilly - Rhianon Passmore (Labour Co-op) resigned due to her election as the Assembly Member for Islwyn. She was a councillor since 2004 and served in the Council Cabinet. She was also a candidate for the Welsh Assembly in 2003, for Ceredigion, but lost (with 13% of the vote). In the past, she worked as a teacher and a lecturer.

May 2013 by: Lab 529, Ind 299/209, PC 119, Con 36
2012: Lab 953/789/769, Ind 399, PC 312/275/186
2008: Lab 755/708/703, PC 548/502, Ind 516
2004: Lab 905/819/815, PC 578, LD 454

Matthew Farrell (Plaid Cymru / The Party of Wales)
Matthew Kidner (Welsh Liberal Democrats / Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru)
Arianna Passmore (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)
Joe Smyth (UK Independence Party (UKIP))