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All 69 seats for Caerphilly County Borough Council 35 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2022. It was part of a broader round of local elections held on the same day across Great Britain included to every local authority in Wales. The election saw the Labour Party maintain their majority in the council with little change between the parties in overall seat numbers.
Party | Seats | Change |
---|---|---|
Labour | 50 | 0 |
Plaid Cymru | 18 | –2 |
Independent | 5 | –2 |
The Local Government and Elections Wales Act 2021 made changes to the election system enabling 16 year olds to vote. [2] Caerphilly County Borough launched a pilot scheme to increase voter participation, this will include being able to vote on the weekend before 5 May. [3] A boundary review reduced the number of seats in the council from 73 to 69. Boundaries and member numbers were changed in all but six wards, Crosskeys, Hengoed, Llanbradach, St Cattwg, Ynysddu and Ystrad Mynach. [4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 45 | 65.22 | 43.38 | 41,013 | |||||
Plaid Cymru | 18 | 26.09 | 36.21 | 34,235 | |||||
Independent | 6 | 8.70 | 15.50 | 14,656 | |||||
Conservative | 0 | 0.00 | 3.38 | 3,195 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.00 | 0.96 | 904 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 214 | |||||
SDP | 0 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 210 | |||||
TUSC | 0 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 111 |
The results for each ward were: [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Eryl Roberts | 903 | 29.93 | ||
Plaid Cymru | John Taylor | 901 | 29.86 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Charlotte Jane Bishop | 773 | 25.62 | ||
Labour | Joy Morgan | 440 | 14.58 | ||
Turnout | 26.43 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tudor Davies | 904 | 17.58 | ||
Labour | Dianne Price | 810 | 15.75 | ||
Labour | Dawn Ingram-Jones | 803 | 15.61 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Chris Bissex-Foster | 743 | 14.45 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Ted Edwards | 729 | 14.17 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Ken Houston | 676 | 13.14 | ||
Independent | Rob Puddefoot | 259 | 5.04 | ||
Independent | Belinda Gingell | 219 | 4.25 | ||
Turnout | 27.09 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Whitcombe | 743 | 17.58 | ||
Labour | Denver Preece | 653 | 15.75 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Jill Jones | 484 | 14.45 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Illtud Jones | 408 | 14.17 | ||
Turnout | 29.9 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Henry Edgar Williams | 356 | 61.27 | ||
Independent | Iestyn James | 121 | 20.83 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Shane Parsons | 104 | 17.9 | ||
Turnout | 28.75 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Phipps | 1,197 | 27.08 | ||
Labour | Liz Aldworth | 1,023 | 23.14 | ||
Labour | Jill Winslade | 913 | 20.66 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Chris Bissex-Foster | 469 | 10.61 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Ted Edwards | 434 | 9.82 | ||
Conservative | Kieran Lloyd | 273 | 6.18 | ||
TUSC | Peter Thomas | 111 | 2.51 | ||
Turnout | 33.78 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kevin Etheridge | 1,877 | 29.16 | ||
Independent | Andrew Farina-Childs | 1,695 | 26.33 | ||
Independent | Nigel Stuart Dix | 1,634 | 25.39 | ||
Labour | Dean Jones | 738 | 11.47 | ||
Labour | Hero Marsden | 482 | 7.49 | ||
Turnout | 37.88 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shane Williams | 929 | 20.2 | ||
Labour | Teresa Heron | 886 | 19.26 | ||
Labour | Marina Chacon-Dawson | 856 | |||
Independent | Louise Phillips | 582 | 12.65 | ||
Independent | Gerwyn James | 554 | 12.04 | ||
Independent | George Edwards | 553 | 12.02 | ||
Conservative | Johnny Parker | 238 | 5.17 | ||
Turnout | 30.38 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julian Simmonds | 415 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Chris Cook | 334 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Potts | 57 | |||
Turnout | 32.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Thomas | 929 | |||
Labour | Kristian Woodland | 652 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Mike Davies | 562 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Claire Morgan | 470 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Elizabeth Lloyd | 104 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Lloyd | 83 | |||
Turnout | 33.09 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Chapman | 512 | |||
Independent | Gavin Hughes | 60 | |||
Turnout | 30.19 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carol Julia Andrews | 343 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Elaine Meredith | 129 | |||
Turnout | 31.07 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Donna Cushing | 608 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Teresa Parry | 576 | |||
Labour | Rowlands Tracey | 502 | |||
Labour | Rhiannon Stone | 494 | |||
Turnout | 27.89 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Colin Mann | 775 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gary Enright | 643 | |||
Labour | Adam Birkinshaw-Bird | 394 | |||
Labour | Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw-Bird | 365 | |||
Turnout | 36.59 | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amanda McConnell | 714 | |||
Labour | Chris Morgan | 670 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Aicheler | 417 | |||
Conservative | Ellis Michael Smith | 283 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Colin Bryant | 243 | |||
Turnout | 34.15 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Jo Rao | 337 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Garin Rhys Davies | 226 | |||
Turnout | 29.58 | ||||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jamie Pritchard | 1,092 | |||
Labour | Shayne Cook | 1,002 | |||
Labour | Anne Broughton-Pettit | 916 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Mike Prew | 816 | |||
Plaid Cymru | John Martin Downes | 636 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Mark Andrew Robotham | 625 | |||
Conservative | John Child | 242 | |||
Conservative | Judith Elizabeth Child | 229 | |||
Green | Alexis Celnik | 214 | |||
Turnout | 37.91 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mansel Powell | 907 | |||
Labour | David Harse | 781 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Morgan | 305 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alyn Davies | 259 | |||
Turnout | 31.74 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Morgan | 627 | |||
Labour | Brenda Miles | 518 | |||
Independent | Rod Powell | 383 | |||
Independent | Brett Jenkins | 365 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Eifion Dafydd | 296 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Aled John | 286 | |||
Conservative | Naomi Ruth Miles | 82 | |||
Turnout | 39.55 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eluned Stenner | 675 | |||
Labour | Mark Anthony Evans | 617 | |||
Independent | Tracey Gifford | 299 | |||
Independent | Faebian Vann | 154 | |||
Turnout | 28.68 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Hussey | 745 | |||
Labour | Gary Johnston | 733 | |||
Labour | Leeroy Jeremiah | 729 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Lyn Ackerman | 687 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rhys Mills | 468 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Wayne Morrisey | 415 | |||
Conservative | Christine Edwards | 193 | |||
Conservative | Kyle Butcher | 182 | |||
Turnout | 31.16 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Saralis | 831 | |||
Labour | Jim Sadler | 775 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Andrew Short | 458 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Kevin Jones | 454 | |||
Turnout | 31.48 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle | 1,975 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jon Scriven | 1,660 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Steven John Skivens | 1,626 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Greg Ead | 1,458 | |||
Labour | Phil Rosser | 1159 | |||
Conservative | Brandon Philip Gorman | 532 | |||
Turnout | 31.48 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Adams | 1,045 | |||
Labour | Pat Cook | 926 | |||
Labour | Colin John Gordon | 815 | |||
Independent | Laura Jane Richards | 782 | |||
Independent | Roy Williams | 565 | |||
Independent | James Freeman Wells | 515 | |||
Conservative | Cathrine Clark | 373 | |||
SDP | Jacob Pearce | 210 | |||
Turnout | 30.99 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel George | 698 | |||
Labour | Arianna Leonard | 631 | |||
Labour | Philippa Leonard | 626 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Brandon Ham | 404 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alan Thomas | 401 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Matthew Farrel | 301 | |||
Turnout | 25.89 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bob Owen | 983 | |||
Labour | Ceri Wright | 629 | |||
Independent | Rob Derraven | 585 | |||
Turnout | 34.28 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Haydn Pritchard | 902 | |||
Labour | Ann Gair | 848 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Judith Ann Pritchard | 843 | |||
Labour | Carmen Marie Bezzina | 822 | |||
Labour | John Tully Toner | 784 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Catrin Sara Moss | 752 | |||
Turnout | 32.81 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Colin Elsbury | 1,581 | |||
Plaid Cymru | James Emanuel Fussel | 1,522 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Stephen Kent | 1,421 | |||
Labour | Cath Lewis | 1165 | |||
Conservative | Robert Stanley Lea | 568 | |||
Turnout | 41.33 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carl Cuss | 652 | |||
Independent | Peter Bailie | 159 | |||
Turnout | 35.75 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Forehead | 536 | |||
Labour | Elaine Forehead | 490 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Lynne Hughes | 443 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jeff Grenfell | 408 | |||
Turnout | 30.27 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jan Jones | 1,162 | |||
Independent | Janine Reed | 1,150 | |||
Labour | Philippa Marsden | 213 | |||
Labour | Phoebe Marsden | 182 | |||
Turnout | 45.78 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Martyn James | 972 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Alan Angel | 914 | |||
Labour | Mathew Cook | 640 | |||
Turnout | 37.32 | ||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | |||||
Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
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