Election Name: | 2013 Isle of Anglesey County Council election |
Country: | Wales |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2008 Isle of Anglesey County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2008 |
Next Election: | 2017 |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 30 seats to Isle of Anglesey County Council |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Election Date: | 2 May 2013 |
Party1: | Independent (politician) |
Seats Before1: | 16 |
Seats1: | 14 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Party2: | Plaid Cymru |
Seats Before2: | 6 |
Seats2: | 12 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Party3: | Welsh Labour |
Seats Before3: | 4 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | No overall control |
After Election: | No overall control |
An election to the Isle of Anglesey County Council[1] was held as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections and took place on 2 May 2013. Anglesey was the only Welsh authority voting in 2013, the election having been postponed from 2012 by the Welsh Government, in order to allow an electoral review to take place.[2] The next full council election took place on 4 May 2017.
See main article: Isle of Anglesey electoral boundary changes 2012. Under The Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2012, thirty seats (a reduction from the previous 40) were created, from eleven (previously 40) electoral divisions, by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales.[3]
Turnout for the election was 50.5% of eligible voters.[4] Independent councillors won more seats than any other group, but Plaid Cymru made strong gains, saying they would find it difficult to work with the independent group and hoped to form an alliance with Labour. The island's Returning Officer described democracy on the island as being "invigorated".