2022 Denbighshire County Council election

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2022 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations. Striped wards show mixed representation.

The 2022 election to Denbighshire County Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous elections took place in May 2017 and the next are scheduled to happen in 2027

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Ward changes

Following a ward boundary review by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, the number of Denbighshire County Council wards was reduced from 30 to 29, while the number of councillors increased from 47 to 48. Twenty three wards saw no change, [1] though other wards had their boundaries redrawn and/or their names changed.

Results

No party gained an overall majority, though the Labour Party became the largest group. The Conservative Party lost nine seats, including that of their Group leader, Julian Thompson-Hill. The council gained its first ever representatives from the Green Party, who won seats in Prestatyn Central and St Asaph East. The overall turnout was 38.6%. [2]

Results [3]
PartySeatsChange
Labour Party 19Increase2.svg 3
Independents12Increase2.svg 4
Plaid Cymru 8Steady2.svg
Conservative Party 6Decrease2.svg 9
Green Party 2Increase2.svg 2
Liberal Democrats 1Steady2.svg

Ward results

*= denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2017 elections [4]

Denbighshire Council results per ward also give the number of registered electors

Alyn Valley (one seat)

Alyn Valley 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Mendies unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Mendies stood unsuccessfully in the Trefnant ward in 2017. [4] Alyn Valley is a new ward, formerly part of the Llanarmon-yn-Ial/Llandegla ward.

Bodelwyddan (one seat)

Bodelwyddan 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raj Metri 384 57.4
Conservative Abigail Mainon28542.6
Registered electors 1,653
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan (three seats)

Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pauline Edwards 630
Plaid Cymru Delyth Jones 531
Independent Geraint Lloyd-Williams 513
Independent Keith Stevens513
Plaid Cymru Sian Vaughan Jones497
Conservative Lara Pritchard191
Conservative Gerry Frobisher172
Conservative Ben Stanley142
Registered electors 3,759
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

The former wards of Denbigh Central and Denbigh Upper/Henllan were merged, following the local government boundary review, becoming Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan. The ward retained the overall number of three councillors. [6] Lloyd-Williams had been elected as a Labour councillor for Denbigh Upper/Henllan at the 2017 elections. [4]

Denbigh Lower (two seats)

Denbigh Lower 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Young * 992
Plaid Cymru Rhys Thomas * 886
Conservative Gwynn Jones329
Conservative Maxime Boucknooghe286
Registered electors 3,654
Independent hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Dyserth (one seat)

Dyserth 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Williams * 534
Conservative Alan Pennington141
Registered electors 2,025
Independent hold Swing

Efenechdyd (one seat)

Efenechdyd 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Eryl Williams * 426 79.0
Conservative Glen Vernon11321.0
Registered electors 1,345
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Ward boundaries remained the same, but the official name of the ward was changed from Efenechtyd to Efenechdyd.

Edeirnion (one seat)

Edeirnion 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Alan Hughes 821
Plaid Cymru Gwyneth Ellis 719
Labour Gordon Hughes365
Conservative Judith Hickey143
Conservative Helen Jones111
Registered electors 2,785
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Formed from the merger of the former Corwen and Llandrillo wards.

Llandyrnog (one seat)

Llandyrnog 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Merfyn Parry * 556
Independent John McGuire152
Conservative Nicholas Garnett85
Registered electors 1,791
Independent hold Swing

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern (one seat)

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hugh Evans * 591
Conservative Philip Spencer Brelsford146
Green Alex Collins143
Registered electors 1,911
Independent hold Swing

Llangollen (two seats)

Llangollen 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Karen Edwards 626
Independent Paul Keddie 623
Green Sarah Marshall543
Independent Stuart Davies445
Conservative Dawn Butters130
Conservative Roger Jarvis106
Registered electors 3,355
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent hold Swing

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch (one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Huw Elfed Williams 497
Conservative David Murfitt219
Registered electors 1,509
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Swing

Moel Famau (one seat)

Moel Famau 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Huw Williams 588
Conservative Pat Astbury288
Registered electors 1,807
Independent win (new seat)

Moel Famau was a new ward, formed by the merger of the former Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal ward and the community of Llanferres. [7] Huw Williams had been elected as a Conservative councillor for Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal at the 2017 elections. [4]

Prestatyn Central (two seats)

Prestatyn Central 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jon Harland 806
Conservative Hugh Irving * 387
Labour Bob Murray386
Conservative Elizabeth Tina Jones *328
Green Robert Spalding289
Independent Rory Fraser64
Registered electors 2,871
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Prestatyn East (two seats)

Prestatyn East 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrea Myatt Tomlin 597
Labour Elen Heaton 563
Conservative Anthon Sampson *462
Conservative Julian Thompson-Hill *396
Registered electors 3,207
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Prestatyn Meliden (one seat)

Prestatyn Meliden 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Matthews 320 60.7
Conservative Carol Lloyd Evans20739.3
Registered electors 1,556
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Prestatyn North (three seats)

Prestatyn North 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kelly Clewett 733
Labour Jason McLellan 696
Labour Gill German 682
Conservative Tony Flynn *507
Conservative Rachel Flynn *470
Conservative Sharon Frobisher405
Plaid Cymru Paul Penlington *380
OtherPeter Duffy344
OtherMike German310
Plaid Cymru Sonia Penlington278
OtherHelen Marsden-Duffy255
Plaid Cymru Robert Niven Forrest250
Registered electors 4,809
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Paul Penlington was elected in 2017 for the Labour Party. [4]

Prestatyn South West (two seats)

Prestatyn South West 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Sandilands 691
Labour Carol Holliday 657
Conservative Gary Brockbanks423
Conservative Eddy Oko-Jaja317
Registered electors 2,895
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhuddlan (two seats)

Rhuddlan 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Davies * 586
Plaid Cymru Arwel Roberts * 512
Labour Val Simmons385
Conservative Ivor Beech329
Plaid Cymru Bleddyn Rhys209
Independent Dave Farrall164
Registered electors 3,073
Conservative hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Rhyl East (two seats)

Rhyl East 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Mellor * 591
Conservative Justine Evans 497
Conservative Tony Thomas *492
Labour Jacqueline McAlpine472
Independent Michael Joseph Jones184
Registered electors 3,656
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rhyl South (two seats)

Rhyl South 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones * 661
Labour Ellie Chard * 605
Conservative David Thomas395
Conservative Gloria Lambert394
Registered electors 2,914
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhyl South West (two seats)

Rhyl South West 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane King 529
Labour Peter Prendergast * 492
Conservative Matt Bamber246
Conservative Lee Bowen241
Independent James Alexander Ball122
Registered electors 3,787
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhyl Trellewellyn (two seats)

Rhyl Trellewellyn 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Win Mullen-James 453 47.8
Labour Michelle Walker 445
Independent Rich Kendrick333
Conservative Matthew Woodfine19929.8
Conservative Leslie Clark Peake192
Plaid Cymru John Hughes-Jones142
Registered electors 3,087
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

The former ward of Rhyl South East was divided, following the local government boundary review, into Rhyl Trellewellyn and Rhyl Ty Newydd, with an overall increase of councillors from three to four. The two wards match the boundaries of the Trellewellyn and Ty Newydd wards to Rhyl Town Council. [8]

Rhyl Ty Newydd (two seats)

Rhyl Ty Newydd 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Blakeley 682
Labour Cheryl Williams 612
Conservative Brian Jones465
Conservative Noel Martin396
Registered electors 3,348
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Jones had previously been a councillor for the former Rhyl South East ward and had also been a cabinet member in the Conservative administration. [2] Blakeley and Williams were also previously councillors for Rhyl South East. [4]

Rhyl West (two seats)

Rhyl West 2017 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Butterfield * 420
Labour Alan James * 389
Conservative Matthew Lambert104
Conservative Jason Humphreys98
Independent Trevor Tyrie76
Registered electors 3,187
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ruthin (three seats)

Ruthin 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Huw Hilditch-Roberts * 1,488
Plaid Cymru Emrys Wynne * 1,396
Liberal Democrats Bobby Feeley * 999
Independent Gavin Harris931
Green Ted Stacey282
Conservative Rachel Ryland207
Conservative Curtis Wheaver112
Conservative Joseph Furnival108
Registered electors 4,437
Independent hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Asaph East (one seat)

St Asaph East 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martyn James Hogg 310 53.4
Conservative Linda Nelson27046.6
Registered electors 1,546
Green gain from Conservative Swing

St Asaph West (one seat)

St Asaph West 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Scott 222 61.4
Independent Peter Morton13938.6
Registered electors 1,276
Conservative hold Swing

Trefnant (one seat)

Trefnant 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Elson 330 50.9
Plaid Cymru Meirick Davies *31841.1
Registered electors 1,538
Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Tremeirchion (one seat)

Tremeirchion 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Chris Evans 272 39.7
Independent Mike Pritchard20930.5
Conservative Ceri Elizabeth Mearns20429.8
Registered electors 1,365
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Changes 2022–2027

Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones, elected as a Labour councillor for Rhyl South ward, left the party in Summer 2022. [9]

Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election, 9 February 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Jones 337 40
Labour Jacqueline Lynda McAlpine32639
Plaid Cymru John Hughes-Jones10112
Independent Simon Rowlands729
Liberal Democrats Keith Richard Kirwan51
Registered electors 3,290
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Brian Blakeley. [10] [11]

Rhyl South West by-election, 7 December 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James May 236 51
Independent David Lee Thomas15333
Conservative Leslie Peake7115
Registered electors 3,725
Labour hold

By-election triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pete Prendergast. [12] [13]

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