2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

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2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election
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  2017 5 May 2022 2027  

All 30 seats to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Ind
Lab
LeaderLisa MyttonDarren Roberts
Party Independent Labour
Leader's seat Vaynor Merthyr Vale
Seats before1713
Seats won1515
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote17,28119,642
Percentage43.27%49.18%

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election 2022 map.jpg
Map of the election results by electoral ward, coloured in party colours. Stripes indicate wards where two or more councillors is of a different affiliation.

The 2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect the 30 members to the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in Wales, as a part of both the 2022 Welsh local elections, and the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. The electoral ward divisions had been altered, and the number of councillors elected had dropped from 33 to 30. The Independents lost their majority of the council, and tied with Labour at 15 seats each.

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Results

Results [1]
PartySeatsChange
Independents 15Decrease2.svg 2
Labour Party 15Increase2.svg 2

Ward Results

Bedlinog & Trelewis

Bedlinog & Trelewis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Malcolm Colbran 581 59.2
Independent Michelle Symonds 408 41.5
Labour Vanessa Matthews36236.9
Labour Jeffrey Beard34334.9
Independent Richard Searl13613.8
Conservative Edward Dawson575.8
Turnout 982
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Cyfarthfa

Cyfarthfa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Geraint Thomas 1,031 55.9
Independent Michelle Jones 836 45.3
Independent Claire Jones 701 38.0
Labour David Chaplin69637.7
Labour Kathryn Amaro65435.4
Labour Andrew Cremin47725.8
Plaid Cymru Lisbeth McLean39421.3
Conservative Sarah Phillips1809.8
Turnout 1,846
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Dowlais & Pant

Dowlais & Pant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Declan Sammon 1,120 68.3
Independent Paula Layton 851 51.9
Independent David Hughes 803 49.0
Labour Richard Owen48529.6
Labour Sara Beard48029.3
Labour Simon Williams47028.7
Independent Jane Plowright22613.8
Plaid Cymru James Cushen1479.0
Turnout 1,640
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Gurnos

Gurnos
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jeremy Davies 519 55.2
Independent Lee Davies 514 54.7
Labour Bill Smith 359 38.2
Independent Pauline Griffiths30632.6
Independent Tony Williams28330.1
Labour Sue Patman28129.9
Labour Gav Galleozzie26928.6
Turnout 940
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darren Roberts 892 86.4
Labour Scott Thomas 716 69.3
Independent Lynne Colston27626.7
Turnout 1,033
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Jones 701 58.5
Labour Louise Minett Vokes 685 57.2
Independent Jason Launchbury47940.0
Independent Janet Morgan39833.2
Turnout 1,198
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penydarren

Penydarren
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Isaac 650 58.1
Labour Kevin Gibbs 523 46.7
Labour Jamie Scriven 508 45.4
Independent Chris Davies45440.6
Independent Peter Thomas27224.3
Independent Julian Amos19417.3
Plaid Cymru Shaun Sullivan19017.0
Independent Simon Ryan14312.8
Turnout 1,119
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Plymouth

Plymouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Lewis 1,138 80.8
Labour Brent Carter 1,061 75.4
Labour Anna Williams-Price 879 62.4
Independent Lucie John36425.9
Independent Natasha Evans34924.8
Turnout 1,408
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Town

Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dai Jones 995 46.9
Independent John Thomas 943 44.5
Independent Andrew Barry 873 41.2
Independent Julia Jenkins 826 39.0
Independent Kevin O'Neill80738.1
Labour Kelly McCarthy71633.8
Labour Rose Maycock70733.3
Labour Martin Eaglestone65931.1
Plaid Cymru Shaun O'Malley36817.4
Plaid Cymru Vivian Pugh32015.1
Plaid Cymru Ian Gwynne31214.7
Plaid Cymru Leighton Evans30614.4
Turnout 2,120
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Treharris

Treharris
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Richards 1,635 80.9
Labour Ian Thomas 966 47.8
Labour Ernie Galsworthy 963 47.6
Plaid Cymru Francis Whitefoot55527.5
Independent Craig Andrews52726.1
Independent Jason Hughes48824.1
Green Tim Clayton1748.6
Turnout 2,021
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor

Vaynor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lisa Mytton 655 61.1
Independent Clive Tovey 532 49.6
Independent Stephen Jones38636.0
Labour Roy Bish37234.7
Turnout 1,072
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

References

  1. "Merthyr Tydfil result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-05-31.