An election to

Monmouthshire County Council Monmouthshire County Council (or simply Monmouthshire Council) ( cy, Cyngor Sir Fynwy) is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area – one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The current unitary authority was created in 1996 an ...

took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 Welsh local elections. 43 councillors were to be elected from both single-member and dual-member electoral divisions by

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for a five-year term of office. The elections were preceded by the 2012 elections and followed by the 2022 elections.Wales local council elections 2017: All you need to know
BBC News, 3 April 2017

Results

Following the election, the

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regained control of the council, with 25 seats (an increase of six).

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finished on 10 seats (down from 11) while five Independents and three Liberal Democrats also won seats. The Liberal Democrat deputy council leader lost his seat in the Larkfield ward after 13 years as a councillor. In the

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ward there were three recounts before Labour candidate, Tudor Thomas, was declared winner over the sitting Conservative councillor by three votes.

References

2017 Welsh local elections

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