Marl (Conwy Electoral Ward)
According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 3,879.
County council elections
The ward elects two county councillors to Conwy County Borough Council and, at the May 2017 election, one seat was won by the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the other by the Welsh Labour Party. The Labour councillor, Mike Priestly, had previously represented the ward since 2004 as a Liberal Democrat. He had defected to the Labour Party in 2014 and, being a former trade union official, described it as "coming back to my roots". Local chiropodist Sue Shotter had won her seat from the Conservatives at a by-election in January 2011 and held it ever since.
2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Priestley * | 953 | 32.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Shotter * | 667 | 23.0 | ||
Labour | Bill Chapman | 510 | 17.6 | ||
Conservative | Helen Roberts | 417 | 14.4 | ||
Conservative | Eva Leonie Roberts | 358 | 12.3 | ||
Turnout | 2905 | 44.5 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Priestley * | 909 | 39.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Shotter * | 683 | 29.7 | ||
Labour | Bill Chapman | 324 | 14.1 | ||
Conservative | Beverley Anne James | 225 | 9.8 | ||
Conservative | Karen Marie Jones | 157 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 2298 | 41.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
* = sitting councillor prior to the election
2011 by-election
A by-election took place on Thursday 20 January 2011, after Conservative councillor Linda Hurr had stood down on health grounds.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Shotter | 389 | |||
Conservative | Julie Fallon | 270 | |||
Labour | Michael Pritchard | 216 | |||
Independent | Jason Landy | 87 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Town Council elections
For the purposes of elections to Conwy Town Council, Marl ward elects or co-opts a total of four town councillors.