Dinas Powys (electoral ward)

At the May 2017 County Council elections all four seats were won by the Conservative Party.^[2] One of the losing councillors was Plaid Cymru's Chris Franks, who had represented the ward since 2001 and had been leader of the Plaid Cymru group on the County Council.

2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Crowley	1425
	Conservative	Vince Driscoll	1420
	Conservative	Steve Griffiths	1385
	Conservative	Andy Robertson	1303
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks *	1270
	Plaid Cymru	Val Hartrey *	1100
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Hatton *	909
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Grigg	806
	Labour	Jill Davies	565
	Independent	Christopher John Williams *	507
	Independent	John Maitland-Evans	438
	Labour	Trevor George Robert Saunders	431
	Labour	Anthony Lewis	413
	Labour	John Boddy	366
	Independent	Thomas Maitland-Evans	365
	Green	Hilary May	323

Prior to May 2017 the ward was known as "The People’s Republic of Plaid", having been represented by three Plaid Cymru councillors and one Independent^[4] (Christopher Williams had been elected initially for Plaid Cymru but changed to Independent in 2014).^[5]

2012 Vale of Glamorgan Council election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Franks	1515
	Plaid Cymru	Valerie Hartrey *	1418
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Hatton *	1265
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Williams *	1223
	Conservative	Vince Driscoll	1122
	Conservative	Robert Foxwell	1035
	Conservative	Nigel Streeter	1007
	Conservative	Andrew Robertson	970
	Labour	Jill Davies	602
	Labour	Terry Davies	537
	Labour	Wendy Gilligan	522
	Labour	John Williams	499

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

Plaid Cymru had held all four county council seats since 1995.^[7]