Link to >>> Council Election Results May 2016 - April 2017
Denbighshire, Rhyl West - Labour hold
* Plaid Cymru candidate in 2012
Swing Labour to Conservative ~5¼% since 2012 but ~6½% Conservative to Labour since 2008
Council now 18 Labour, 13 Independent, 8 Plaid Cymru, 7 Conservative, 1 Liberal Democrat
Rhyl West - Denbighshire - Ian Armstrong (Labour) resigned. He was a councillor since 2008.
2012: Lab 378/361, Ind 142, PC 125, Con 106/99
2008: Lab 276/236, Ind 195/188, Con 175/163, LD 130
2004: Lab 404/339, Ind 277/252
Les Harker (Welsh Conservative Party Candidate)
Alan James (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)
Keith Kirwan (Welsh Liberal Democrats)
Norman Shone (Independent)
Mark Webster (Independent)
| Party | 2016 votes | 2016 share | since 2012 "top" | since 2012 "average" | since 2008 "top" | since 2008 "average" |
| Labour |
199
|
48%
|
-2.4%
|
-2.0%
|
+12.4%
|
+13.7%
|
Conservative
|
93
|
22.4%
|
+8.3%
|
+8.5%
|
-0.1%
|
-0.2%
|
Independent Shone *
|
55
|
13.3%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
Independent Webster
|
42
|
10.1%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
-15.0%
|
-15.5%
|
Liberal Democrat
|
26
|
6.3%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
-10.5%
|
-11.1%
|
Previous Independents
|
-18.9%
|
-19.2%
| ||||
Plaid Cymru
|
-16.6%
|
-16.9%
| ||||
Total votes
|
415
|
55%
|
56%
|
53%
|
56%
|
* Plaid Cymru candidate in 2012
Swing Labour to Conservative ~5¼% since 2012 but ~6½% Conservative to Labour since 2008
Council now 18 Labour, 13 Independent, 8 Plaid Cymru, 7 Conservative, 1 Liberal Democrat
Rhyl West - Denbighshire - Ian Armstrong (Labour) resigned. He was a councillor since 2008.
2012: Lab 378/361, Ind 142, PC 125, Con 106/99
2008: Lab 276/236, Ind 195/188, Con 175/163, LD 130
2004: Lab 404/339, Ind 277/252
Les Harker (Welsh Conservative Party Candidate)
Alan James (Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru)
Keith Kirwan (Welsh Liberal Democrats)
Norman Shone (Independent)
Mark Webster (Independent)
