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'''[[Gwynedd Council]]''' in North [[Wales]] is elected, as a whole, every 4 years. In 2014 the [[National Assembly for Wales]] deferred all local elections in Wales to 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Local Authority Elections (Wales) Order 2014 |url= http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/3033/contents/made |date=2014}}</ref> The council is composed of 74 councillors.
 
==Political control==
Since 1999, political control has been held by the following parties:
 
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! colspan=2| Party in control
!Years
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*[[2012 Gwynedd Council election]]
*[[2017 Gwynedd Council election]]
*[[2022 Gwynedd Council election]]
 
==By-election results==
===2012===
{{Election box begin | title=Bryncrug / Llanfihangel by-election 14 June 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/8|title=Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
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===2015===
{{Election box begin | title=Cadnant by-election 2 April 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/9|title=Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Morfa Nefyn 9 July 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/10|title = Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
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{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin | title=Llanaelhaearn by-election 19 November 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/12|title = Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
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|party = Plaid Cymru
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{{Election box begin | title=Dewi by-election 19 November 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/11|title = Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
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{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[Pwllheli South]] by-election 26 November 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/13|title = Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
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===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=Marchog by-election 14 July 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/15|title = Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
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The Marchog by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Chris O'Neal, an Independent, after he'd admitted assaulting a taxi-driver.<ref>{{cite news|author=Hywel Trewyn |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cabbie-choking-councillor-chris-oneal-11344790 |title=Cabbie-choking councillor Chris O'Neal resigns Gwynedd seat |work=Daily Post |place=North Wales |date=17 May 2016 |accessdate=2018-04-15 }}</ref>
 
{{Election box begin | title=Y Felinheli by-election 14 July 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/17|title = Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Siân Gwenllian of Plaid Cymru after her election to the Welsh Assembly as Member for [[Arfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Arfon]].
 
{{Election box begin | title=Waunfawr by-election 21 July 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diogel.cyngor.gwynedd.gov.uk/CanlyniadauEtholiadau/en/Etholiad/18|title = Gwynedd Council - Election Results}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Eurig Wyn of Plaid Cymru.
 
==See also==
* [[List of electoral wards in Gwynedd]]
 
==References==
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