2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election

2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election

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All 75 (previously 74) seats to Carmarthenshire County Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Ind Leader Emlyn Dole Rob James Jane Tremlett Party Plaid Cymru Labour Independent Leader's seat Llannon (lost) Lliedi Laugharne Last election 36 seats 22 seats 16 seats Seats before 37 17 13 Seats won 38 23 8 Seat change 1 6 5   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ind Con Ind Leader Jeff Edmunds Shahana Najmi N/A Party New Independent Conservative Independent (Unaffiliated) Leader's seat Bigyn Lliedi (lost) Seats before 4 1 1 Seats won 3 0 3 Seat change 1 1 2
Council control before election Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition Council control after election Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition

The 2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 ^[1] to elect 75 members to Carmarthenshire Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

Plaid Cymru won a majority of seats for the first time, whilst losing their leader, Emlyn Dole. ^[2] Welsh Labour regained some ground in Carmarthenshire by winning seats in the Amman Valley and Llanelli constituency from Plaid Cymru. New Independent lost one seat overall and their leader, Jeff Edmunds and the Conservatives' only councillor, Shahana Najmi, also lost her seat.

Despite winning a majority of seats, Plaid Cymru formed a coalition with eight independent councillors.

Background

Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2021, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2021 Senedd election. The frequency of the elections was also increased from 4 years to five years to avoid future clashes, meaning (after 2022) the next council election is expected in 2027.

The number of councillors were increased by 1 after the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales recommended the change in a report in August 2019. ^[3] Although there was an increase from 74 to 75 seats in the council, the number of wards were decreased to 51 from 58. ^[4]

The Plaid Cymru group in conjunction with Independent group had been in control of the council since May 2015. ^[5] Labour claimed to be confident of success, though had suffered a number of resignations from the party since the last election. Many former Labour members were standing in this election as New Independents. ^[6]

Boundary changes

In July 2021 Welsh Government accepted a number of ward change proposals by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, with slight modifications on Welsh language names for some wards. These are to take effect from the 2022 council election. ^[7] The changes gave a better parity of representation. Thirty-four wards remained unchanged. ^[4] Of the other wards: ^[8]

• Carmarthen Town North ward merges with Carmarthen Town South ward and is renamed "Carmarthen Town North and South", with total decrease in councillors from 4 to 3.
• Ammanford ward merges with Pontamman ward with a 2 councillor seat, and renamed "Ammanford".
• Tycroes community of Llanedi Ward merges with Llanedi community of Hendy Ward with 1 councillor, and renamed "Tycroes".
• Hendy community of Hendy ward becomes a ward of its self with 1 councillor.
• Bynea ward would have an increase from 1 to 2 councillors.
• Dafen ward merges with Felinfoel ward with a 2 councillor seat, and renamed "Dafen and Felinfoel".
• Bigyn ward would have an increase from 2 to 3 councillors.
• Tyisha ward merges with a part of Elli Ward (known as 'Lakefield' – Polling district TYI-B) with 2 councillors, and named "Tyisha".
• Elli ward loses area 'Lakefield' (Polling district TYI-B) and remains with 1 councillor.
• Kidwelly ward merges with St. Ishmael town of St. Ishmael ward with a 2 councillor seat, and renamed "Kidwelly and St. Ishmael".
• Llangyndeyrn ward merges with Llandyfaelog community of St. Ishmael ward with a 2 councillor seat, and renamed "Llangyndeyrn".
• Llansteffan ward merges with St. Clears ward with a 2 councillor seat, and renamed "St. Clears with Llansteffan".
• Trelech ward merges with Newchurch and Merthyr community of Cynwyl Elfed ward, remains with a 1 councillor seat, and named "Trelech".
• Cynwyl Elfed ward loses Newchurch and Merthyr community, remains with a 1 councillor seat, and named "Cynwyl Elfed".
• Cenarth ward merges with Llangeler ward with a 2 councillor seat, and renamed "Cenarth and Llangeler".
• Cilycwm ward merges with Cynwyl Gaeo and Llanycrwys communities of Cynwyl Gaeo ward, with 1 councillor seat, and named "Cilycwm".
• Manordeilo and Salem ward merges with Llansawel community of Cynwyl Gaeo ward, with 1 councillor seat, and named "Manordeilo and Salem".

Overview of results

Plaid Cymru won 38 out of 75 seats to gain a majority on the council for the first time, despite the defeat of their leader, Emlyn Dole.

Ward results

(* denotes sitting councillor before election).

Abergwili (1 Seat)

Abergwili 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil Lewis	730	70.7	+11
	Conservative	Havard Hughes	303	29.3	+29
Majority			427	41.3	+22
Turnout			1,033	52.22
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	5.5

Ammanford (2 Seats)

Ammanford 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Evans	853	46.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Deian Harris*	800	43.6	N/A
	Labour	Anthony Jones	757	41.2	N/A
	Labour	Calum Higgins	715	38.9	N/A
	Conservative	Huw Roberts	183	10.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,836	42.75
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Evans was formerly councillor for the Pontamman ward.

Betws (1 Seat)

Betws 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Betsan Wyn Jones*	494	68.9	+18
	Labour	Paul Allchurch	223	31.1	–8
Majority			271	38	+26
Turnout			717	40.30
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	14

Bigyn (3 Seats)

Michael Cranham was sitting Mayor of Llanelli and Independent town councillor.

Two Labour candidates tied for the third seat with Philip Thomas Warlow beating David Darkin to the third seat on the toss of a coin.^{[ citation needed ]}

Sitting Councillors, Jeff Edmunds and Eryl Morgan, who were elected in 2017 as Labour Councillors but subsequently left Labour and formed their own political party.^{[ citation needed ]}

Bigyn 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael David Cranham	758	50.3
	Labour	Janet Williams	621	41.2
	Labour	Philip Thomas Warlow	597	39.6
	Labour	David Darkin	596	39.5
	Independent	Jeff Edmunds*	494	32.8
	Independent	Eryl Morgan*	411	27.3
	Plaid Cymru	Kathryn Jane Driscoll	338	22.4
Majority
Turnout			1,507	31.23
	Independent gain from Independent
	Labour gain from Independent
	Labour win (new seat)

Burry Port (2 Seats)

Burry Port 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John James*	948	63.8
	Labour	Shelly Godfrey-Coles	767	51.6
	Independent	Mike Theodoulou	471	31.7
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Evans	301	20.3
Majority
Turnout			1,485	43.43
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bynea (2 Seats)

Bynea 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deryk Cundy*	596	50.0
	Labour	Michelle Donoghue	470	39.4
	Independent	Simon Ford	429	36.0
	Independent	Shelley Williams	404	33.9
	Plaid Cymru	Laura Kemp	272	22.8
Majority
Turnout			1,193	33.60
	Labour hold
	Labour win (new seat)

Carmarthen Town North and South (3 Seats)

Carmarthen Town North and South 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Hughes Griffiths*	1,188	46.8
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Howell John*	1,178	46.4
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Lenny*	1,073	42.3
	Labour	Nia Maynard	1,067	42.0
	Labour	Mike Maynard	1,063	41.9
	Labour	Amanda Aldridge	971	38.2
	Green	Bar Rowlands	256	10.1
Majority
Turnout			2,539	37.08
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Carmarthen Town West (2 Seat)

Carmarthen Town West 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Emlyn Schiavone*	968	68.3
	Plaid Cymru	Russell Sparks	733	51.7
	Labour	Edi Diong	398	28.1
	Independent	Dai Evans	285	20.1
Majority
Turnout			1,417	36.42
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Cenarth and Llangeler (2 Seats)

Cenarth and Llangeler 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hazel Evans*	1,449	74.3
	Plaid Cymru	Ken Howell*	1,277	65.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Gibbons	418	21.4
Majority
Turnout			1,950	42.51
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Cilycwm (1 Seat)

Cilycwm 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Thomas Arwel Joseph Davies*	706	64.6
	Conservative	Steven Holmes	250	22.9
	Independent	Jacqui Thompson	137	12.5
Majority
Turnout			1,093	50.66
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Cwarter Bach (1 Seat)

Cwarter Bach 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	John Glynog Davies*	455	45.0	–11
	Labour	Tom Addey	437	43.2	+4
	Independent	Tony Strutt	67	6.6	+7
	Conservative	Lee Stabbins	53	5.2	+5
Majority			18	2	–210
Turnout			1,012	45.7
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing	–7.5

Cynwyl Elfed (1 Seat)

Cynwyl Elfed 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Bryan Davies	712	73.8
	Conservative	Malcom Berry	253	26.2
Majority
Turnout			965	49.49
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Dafen and Felinfoel (2 Seats)

Dafen and Felinfoel 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Evans*	881	61.7
	Labour	Nysia Evans	643	45.0
	Independent	Tegwen Devichand	320	22.4
	Independent	Hugh Richards	289	20.2
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Cameron Williams	224	15.7
	Conservative	Norma Gregory	120	8.4
	Gwlad	Clem Thomas	73	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Mark Griffiths	51	3.6
Majority
Turnout			1,429	36.00
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Elli (1 Seat)

Elli 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Paul Jenkins*	333	48.1	+7
	Labour	Nick Pearce	185	26.7	+1
	Plaid Cymru	Robert William Snaith	72	10.4	–3
	Conservative	Christopher Griffiths	54	7.8	–12
	Independent	Jane Jones	49	7.1	+7
Majority
Turnout			693	42.03
	Independent hold		Swing

Garnant (1 Seat)

Garnant 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Madge*	490	70.3
	Plaid Cymru	Ffion Lewis	207	29.7
Majority
Turnout			697	43.29
	Labour hold		Swing

Glanamman (1 Seat)

Glanamman 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emyr Rees	423	56.2
	Plaid Cymru	David Jenkins*	330	43.8
Majority
Turnout			753	41.25
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Glanymor (2 Seats)

Sean Rees had stood in Glanymor in 2017 as a Plaid Cymru candidate and missed out on being elected by a single vote. In 2022, standing as an independent candidate, he topped the poll with a 407 vote majority over the second-placed candidate.

That second seat was won by incumbent councillor, Louvain Roberts, who was elected as a Labour councillor in 2017 but left the Labour Party in 2019. At this election she stood as an Independent, retaining her seat.

Glanymor 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sean Lucas Rees	1,055	64.6
	Independent	Louvain Roberts*	648	39.7
	Labour	Lillith Fenris	363	22.2
	Labour	Julian Hunt	344	21.1
	Independent	Amanda Carter	270	16.5
	Plaid Cymru	Jordan Phillip Griffiths	164	10.0
Majority
Turnout			1,632	35.63
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Glyn (1 Seat)

Glyn 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alex Evans	511	63.6
	Independent	Cath Saunders	196	24.4
	Conservative	Jordan Spencer Randall	69	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Edward Burree	28	3.5
Majority
Turnout			804	46.85
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Gorslas (2 Seats)

Gorslas 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Darren Price*	1,216	75.2
	Plaid Cymru	Aled Vaughan Owen*	1,157	71.6
	Labour	Darren James	456	28.2
Turnout			1,617	40.19
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Hendy (1 Seat)

Hendy 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Thomas*	437	51.8
	Labour	Ian Wooldridge	336	39.8
	Gwlad	Wayne Erasmus	71	8.4
Majority
Turnout			844	33.95
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Hengoed (2 Seats)

Hengoed 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Skinner	480	35.3
	Labour	Martyn Palfreman	435	32.0
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Phillips*	395	29.1
	Independent	Ray Duncan Jones	322	23.7
	Plaid Cymru	Martin Davies	314	23.1
	Independent	Colin Jones	198	14.6
	Gwlad	Siân Mair Caiach	150	11.0
	Independent	Lee Fox	146	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher David William Passmore	80	5.9
Majority
Turnout			1,358	39.44
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Kidwelly and St. Ishmael (2 Seats)

Kidwelly and St Ishmael 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Crish Davies	1,033	55.4
	Labour	Lewis Davies	952	51.1
	Plaid Cymru	Jeanette Gilasbey*	775	41.6
	Plaid Cymru	June James	483	25.9
	Green	Rob Davies	201	10.8
Majority
Turnout			1,863	45.25
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gilasbey had been the councillor for the former Kidwelly ward.

Laugharne Township (1 Seat)

Laugharne Township 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jane Tremlett*	Unopposed
	Independent hold

Llanboidy (1 Seat)

Llanboidy 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dorian Phillips*	783	85.4
	Conservative	Valerie Jones	134	14.6
Majority
Turnout			917	52.69
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanddarog (1 Seat)

Llanddarog 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Davies*	739	84.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Elizabeth Collins	138	15.7
Majority
Turnout			877	51.49
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llandeilo (1 Seat)

Llandeilo 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Gwynne Thomas*	827	62.7
	Plaid Cymru	Christoph Florian Fischer	493	37.3
Majority
Turnout			1,320	54.55
	Independent hold

Llandovery (1 Seat)

Llandovery 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Handel Davies*	770	86.3
	Conservative	Samuel Barnett	122	13.7
Majority
Turnout			892	44.65
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llandybie (2 Seat)

Llandybie 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony (Whitey) Davies*	869	58.1
	Plaid Cymru	Dai Nicholas*	789	52.7
	Labour	Helen Bjork	622	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Susan Wilkins	129	8.6
Majority
Turnout			1,496	44.05
	Independent hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanegwad (1 Seat)

Llanegwad 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Mansel Charles*	751	64.5
	Independent	Meirion Jones	244	21.0
	Conservative	Mike Beech	169	14.5
Majority
Turnout			1,164	56.29
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (1 Seat)

Llanfihangel Aberbythych 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Hefin Jones	426	65.0
	Conservative	Tara-Jane Louise Sutcliffe	128	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Mary French	62	9.5
	Propel	Trisha Breckman	39	6.0
Majority
Turnout			655	43.14
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth (1 Seat)

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Linda Evans*	950	87.2
	Conservative	Sandra Morgan	140	12.8
Majority
Turnout			1,090	49.18
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangadog (1 Seat)

Llangadog 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Andrew Davies	446	51.4
	Independent	Hywel Morgan	422	48.6
Majority
Turnout			868	52.79
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangennech (2 Seats)

Llangennech 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Jones*	981	63.3
	Labour	Jacqueline Seward	686	44.3
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Morlais Williams	590	38.1
	Plaid Cymru	Iwan Griffiths	587	37.9
Majority
Turnout			1,549	37.85
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Llangunnor (1 Seat)

Llangunnor 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Elwyn Williams*	478	46.4
	Conservative	Charlie Evans	348	33.8
	Independent	Lee Williams	205	19.9
Majority
Turnout			1,031	48.74
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llangyndeyrn (2 Seats)

Llangydeyrn 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Tyssul Evans*	1,064	56.5
	Plaid Cymru	Meinir James	944	50.1
	Independent	Gary David Price	690	36.6
	Labour	Shane Morrison	549	29.1
Majority
Turnout			1,884	44.00
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llannon (2 Seats)

Llannon 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dot Jones*	594	39.6
	Plaid Cymru	Llinos Mai Davies	568	37.8
	Plaid Cymru	Emlyn Dole*	561	37.4
	Labour	Rhys Jones	445	29.6
	Independent	Kim (Cross Hands) Thomas	409	27.2
	Gwlad	Iwan Evans	79	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Paul Beckett	75	5.0
Majority
Turnout			1,501	35.69
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanybydder (1 Seat)

Llanybydder 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Denise Owen	602	75.1
	Labour	Wynne Jones	200	24.9
Majority
Turnout			802	37.51
	Plaid Cymru gain from Independent		Swing

Lliedi (2 Seats)

Rob James, leader of the Labour Group on Carmarthenshire County Council, was re-elected.

The other incumbent Councillor, Shahana Najmi, had originally been elected in 2012 as a Labour Councillor, was one of several Labour Councillors in Llanelli to leave the Labour Party in 2019. Initially sitting as an Independent Councillor, Najmi joined the Conservative Party in 2021 ^[10] but was not re-elected as a Conservative in Lliedi in 2022.

Lliedi 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob James*	838	61.4
	Labour	Anthony Leyshon	652	47.8
	Independent	Sharon Burdess	374	27.4
	Independent	Heather Peters	373	27.3
	Conservative	Shahana Najmi*	226	16.6
Majority
Turnout			1,365	34.46
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llwynhendy (2 Seats)

Llwynhendy 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sharen Davies*	581	54.3
	Independent	Jason Peter Hart	560	52.3
	Labour	Fozia Akhtar*	477	44.6
	Labour	Gary Jones	341	31.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Freeman	57	5.3
Majority
Turnout			1,070	33.75
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Manordeilo and Salem (1 Seat)

Manordeilo and Salem 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fiona Walters	640	59.0
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Nakielny	444	41.0
Majority
Turnout			1,084	49.12
	Independent hold

Pembrey (2 Seats)

Pembrey 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugh Shepardson*	854	62.0
	Labour	Michael Thomas	630	45.8
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Freeman	453	32.9
Majority
Turnout			1,377	39.87
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Penygroes (1 Seat)

Penygroes 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas*	453	45.9
	Labour	Rachel Williams	260	26.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julian William Tandy	188	19.0
	Breakthrough Party	Ewan Phillip Chappell	87	8.8
Majority
Turnout			988	41.14
	Plaid Cymru hold

Pontyberem (1 Seat)

Pontyberem 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Liam Bowen*	739	71.3
	Labour	Michael Jones	297	28.7
Majority
Turnout			1,036	46.48
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Saron (2 Seats)

Saron 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Karen Davies*	668	51.2
	Labour	Peter Cooper	660	50.6
	Plaid Cymru	Darran Jones	516	39.6
	Independent	Nigel Evans	225	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Caryl Evelyn Tandy	130	10.0
Majority
Turnout			1,304	38.00
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

St. Clears and Llansteffan (2 Seats)

St Clears and Llansteffan 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Carys Jones*	1,151	53.9
	Independent	Philip Hughes*	1,110	52.0
	Independent	Edmund Davies	677	31.7
	Independent	Ran Foster-Mason	565	26.5
Majority
Turnout			2,135	50.59
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Swiss Valley (1 Seat)

Swiss Valley 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Giles Morgan*	687	75.5	+24
	Conservative	Sarah Griffiths	131	14.4	+4
	Independent	Darren Harries	92	10.1	+10
Majority			556	62	+38
Turnout			910	43.27
	Independent hold

Trelech (1 Seat)

Trelech 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Jean Lewis*	1,055	84.6
	Conservative	Lee Wiseman	192	15.4
Majority
Turnout			1,247	53.23
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Trimsaran (1 Seat)

Trimsaran 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Kim Broom*	483	64.7
	Labour	Barry Kirby	264	35.3
Majority
Turnout			747	38.58
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Tycroes (1 Seat)

Tycroes 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Higgins*	772	71.0
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Rhys Jones	315	29.0
Majority
Turnout			1,087	49.71
	Labour hold

Tyisha (2 Seat)

Tyisha 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suzy Curry*	606	53.5
	Plaid Cymru	Terry Davies	548	48.4
	Labour	Andre McPherson*	426	37.6
	Independent	Andrew Stephens	338	29.8
Majority
Turnout			1,133	31.57
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Whitland (1 Seat)

Whitland 2022 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sue Allen*	544	68.0
	Independent	Barry Alan Chapman	256	32.0
Majority
Turnout			800	42.34
	Independent hold

By-Elections 2022–2027

Elli by-election 2024

A by-election was held in Elli on 6 March 2024 following the resignation of Independent councillor John Jenkins. The seat was won by Independent candidate Stephen Williams. ^[11]

Elli by-election 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Williams	211	35.9	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Williams	151	23.5	+15.7
	Labour	Nicholas Pearce	145	22.6	−4.1
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen Beckett	48	7.5	−2.9
	UKIP	Hettie Sheehan	27	4.2	New
	Independent	Sharon Burdess	23	3.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Griffiths	16	2.5	New
	Gwlad	Wayne Erasmus	2	0.3	New
Majority			60	12.4
Turnout			623	36.43
	Independent hold		Swing

Lliedi by-election

Lliedi by-election May 29th 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Michelle Beer	568	42.6	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Bragoli	312	23.4	−34.9
	Independent	Sharon Burdess	116	8.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Taylor Reynolds	107	8.0	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Williams	93	7.0	−8.7
	Independent	Alison Leyshon	86	6.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Burree	41	3.1	N/A
	Gwlad	Wayne Erasmus	9	0.7	N/A
Turnout			1,332	38.2
Majority			256	19.2
	Reform UK gain from Labour (UK)

Llangennech by-election

Llangennech by-election August 7th 2025 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Carmelo Colasanto	694	43.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Talog Jones	489	30.4	−7.17
	Labour	Jordan Sargent	380	23.6	−38.8
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Griffiths	26	1.6	N/A
	Conservative	Edward Evans	14	0.9	N/A
	Gwlad	Wayne Erasmus	6	0.4	N/A
Turnout			1,609	39.4
Majority			205
	Reform UK gain from Labour (UK)

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