2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council election

2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council election

←  2017 5 May 2022
All 35 seats to Isle of Anglesey County Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Plaid Cymru Independent Labour Last election 14 13 2 Seats before 16 16 2 Seats won 21 10 3 Seat change 5 6 1 Popular vote 21,775 15,756 2,897 Percentage 40.7% 29.5% 5.4% Swing -0.3% -7.2% -9.3%
Map of the election result by ward
Council control before election No overall control Plaid Cymru/Independent Council control after election Majority administration Plaid Cymru

The 2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect all 35 members of Isle of Anglesey County Council. It was held on the same day as all other councils in Wales, as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

The election saw the number of councillors elected to Isle of Anglesey County Council increase, from 30 to 35, as part of boundary changes to the council carried out by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales.

Plaid Cymru gained the council from no overall control, leading to the first administration formed of only political parties since the council's creation in 1996.

Background

At the previous election in 2017, no party won an overall majority. Plaid Cymru won 14 seats and fell just two shy of winning a majority. Independent candidates won 14 seats and the three remaining seats were won by Labour and the Liberal Democrats. ^[1] As a result, the council was governed by a Plaid-independent coalition. ^[2]

Boundary reviews were carried out by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales in advance of the election. As a result, the number of electoral divisions was increased from 11 to 14 and the number of councillors was increased from 30 to 35. ^[3]

Election summary

Isle of Anglesey County Council election result 2022 [4]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Plaid Cymru	24	21	N/A	N/A	5	60.0	40.7	21,775	-0.3
	Independent	26	10	N/A	N/A	6	28.6	29.5	15,756	-7.2
	Conservative	35	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	19.3	10,300	+15.1
	Labour	6	3	N/A	N/A	1	8.6	5.4	2,897	-9.3
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	N/A	N/A	0	2.9	2.7	1,442	-0.5
	Green	4	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	2.0	1,083	New
	Reform UK	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.2	108	New
	Propel	2	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.1	63	New
	Heritage	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	0.1	48	New

Ward results

The percentage shown for each candidate in multi-member wards is a percentage of the vote against the turnout of the election, as due to the nature of multi member wards, electors each have a number of votes equal to the number of seats available, however each elector does not have to use all their available votes. ^[5]

Aethwy

Aethwy (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfed Wyn Jones	1,491	59.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Robin Wyn Williams	1,489	59.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Mummery	1,329	55.7	N/A
	Labour	Michael Marchbanks	696	27.6	N/A
	Conservative	Steven Green	372	14.9	N/A
	Green	Laurence Carver	359	14.4	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Edwards	338	13.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Salisbury	310	12.4	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,505	46.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Bodowyr

Bodowyr (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Alwen Pennant Watkin	536	40.5	N/A
	Independent	Dafydd Roberts	511	38.6	N/A
	Independent	Eric Jones	467	35.2	N/A
	Labour	Einion Williams	390	29.4	N/A
	Conservative	Angela Smith	126	9.5	N/A
	Green	Andy Beaumont	117	8.8	N/A
	Conservative	Adam William Môn Bakewell	110	8.3	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,326	46.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Bro Aberffraw

Bro Aberffraw (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Arfon Wyn	714	44.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	John Ifan Jones	662	41.5	N/A
	Independent	Peter Rogers	650	40.7	N/A
	Independent	Bryan Owen	529	33.1	N/A
	Conservative	Ray Robertshaw	162	10.2	N/A
	Conservative	Dillon Hughes	157	9.8	N/A
	Independent	Daniel Ap Eifion Jones	80	5.0	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,606	51.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Bro'r Llynnoedd

Bro'r Llynnoedd (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gwilym Jones	830	53.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Ken Taylor	670	43.0	N/A
	Independent	Glyn Jones	480	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	Celfyn Furlong	431	27.7	N/A
	Conservative	Dafydd Williams	298	19.1	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,564	39.6	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Canolbarth Môn

Canolbarth Môn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Non Dafydd	1,118	58.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Dylan Rees	1,054	55.1	N/A
	Independent	Paul Ellis	927	48.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Sonia Williams	849	44.5	N/A
	Independent	Llinos Roberts	545	28.5	N/A
	Independent	Robat Idris	506	26.5	N/A
	Conservative	Maureen Davies	124	6.5	N/A
	Conservative	Stuart Walton	103	5.4	N/A
	Conservative	Nicholas Grenfell-Marten	86	4.5	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,911	46.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Cefni

Cefni (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint ap Ifan Bebb	698	55.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Nicola Roberts	676	53.8	N/A
	Independent	Lois Roberts	375	29.9	N/A
	Independent	Sioned McGuigan	341	27.1	N/A
	Conservative	Maureen Davies	124	6.5	N/A
	Conservative	Stuart Walton	103	5.4	N/A
	Propel	Peter Davey	32	2.5	N/A
	Propel	Clare Davey	31	2.5	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,256	50.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Crigyll

Crigyll (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Douglas Massie Fowlie	786	54.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Neville Evans	657	45.6	N/A
	Independent	Stephanie Roberts	475	33.0	N/A
	Independent	Richard Dew	431	29.9	N/A
	Conservative	Carron White	105	7.3	N/A
	Conservative	Felicity Elphick	79	5.5	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,442	53.4	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Lligwy

Lligwy (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ieuan Williams	1,256	55.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Euryn Morris	1,031	45.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Margaret Murley Roberts	1,001	44.6	N/A
	Conservative	Kevin Mawdesley	691	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	Barbara Price	663	29.5	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Flower	591	26.3	N/A
	Reform UK	Sam Wood	108	4.8	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,255	45.5	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Parc a'r Mynydd

Parc a'r Mynydd (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Llwelyn Jones	504	51.2	N/A
	Labour	Glyn Haynes	488	49.6	N/A
	Independent	Adrienne Edwards	292	29.7	N/A
	Conservative	Abi Jenkins	169	17.2	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Rayner	135	13.7	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			988	35.1	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Seiriol

Seiriol (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Carwyn Jones	1,516	71.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Gary Pritchard	1,319	62.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Roberts	1,307	61.5	N/A
	Green	Sarah Kendal	465	21.9	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Brown	429	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	Hugo Croft	364	17.1	N/A
	Conservative	Philip Roper	353	16.6	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,134	45.0	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Talybolion

Talybolion (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Llinos Medi	1,025	56.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Llio Angharad Owen	711	39.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Jackie Lewis	626	34.5	N/A
	Independent	Kenneth Hughes	597	32.9	N/A
	Independent	Catrin Thomas	480	26.5	N/A
	Conservative	Rhian Boylan	365	20.1	N/A
	Conservative	Tania Cullen	321	17.7	N/A
	Conservative	Stayce Weeder	259	14.3	N/A
	Independent	Rhys Parry	247	13.6	N/A
	Green	Paul Cross	142	7.8	N/A
	Heritage	Rob Gordon	48	2.6	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,812	43.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Tref Cybi

Tref Cybi (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeff Evans	368	40.9	N/A
	Labour	Pip O'Neill	327	36.3	N/A
	Labour	Hywel Williams	300	33.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Bailey	246	27.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Howard Browes	212	23.6	N/A
	Conservative	Graham Smith	104	11.6	N/A
	Conservative	Jason Weeder	85	9.5	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			903	29.9	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Twrcelyn

Twrcelyn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Owen	1,494	65.6	N/A
	Independent	Liz Wood	1,477	64.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Aled Morris Jones	1,442	63.4	N/A
	Conservative	John Gill	471	20.7	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Fitton	460	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	Leah Marie Fitton	378	16.6	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,289	39.7	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ynys Gybi

Ynys Gybi (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Lloyd Hughes	838	46.6	N/A
	Independent	Dafydd Rhys Thomas	769	42.8	N/A
	Labour	Keith Roberts	696	38.8	N/A
	Conservative	Bethan Davies	623	34.7	N/A
	Conservative	Kathryn Owen	465	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Alexandre Lovell-Smith	346	19.3	N/A
	Independent	Anwen Denise McCann	339	18.9	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			1,799	39.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Aftermath

Plaid Cymru won control of the council after winning 21 of the 35 seats. Independent candidates took 10 seats, Labour won three and the Liberal Deomcrats won one seat. Angelsey was one of four council won by Plaid Cymru across Wales. It was the first time since the council's creation in 1996 that a political party had taken control of the council. ^[2]

References

1. Gareth Wyn-Williams (5 May 2017). "Local election results: No party wins overall control in Anglesey Council". North Wales Live. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
2. "Welsh election results 2022: Plaid Cymru takes Anglesey and Gwynedd". BBC News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
3. "Anglesey boundary changes confirmed by Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
4. "Anglesey result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
5. "2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council Election results". Isle of Anglesey County Council. Retrieved 29 July 2022.