2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

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An election to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

Contents

Independents lost the council to no overall control.

Results

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

Ward Results

Bedlinog & Trelewis

Bedlinog & Trelewis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Malcolm Colbran 581
Independent Michelle Symonds 408
Labour Vanessa Matthews362
Labour Jeffrey Beard343
Independent Richard Searl136
Conservative Edward Dawson57
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Cyfarthfa

Cyfarthfa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Geraint Thomas 1,031
Independent Michelle Jones 836
Independent Claire Jones 701
Labour David Chaplin696
Labour Kathryn Amaro654
Labour Andrew Cremin477
Plaid Cymru Lisbeth McLean394
Conservative Sarah Phillips180
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Dowlais & Pant

Dowlais & Pant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Declan Sammon 1,120
Independent Paula Layton 851
Independent David Hughes 803
Labour Richard Owen485
Labour Sara Beard480
Labour Simon Williams470
Independent Jane Plowright226
Plaid Cymru James Cushen147
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Gurnos

Gurnos
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jeremy Davies 519
Independent Lee Davies 514
Labour Bill Smith 359
Independent Pauline Griffiths306
Independent Tony Williams283
Labour Sue Patman281
Labour Gav Galleozzie269
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Darren Roberts 892
Labour Scott Thomas 716
Independent Lynne Colston276
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Jones 701
Labour Louise Minett Vokes 685
Independent Jason Launchbury479
Independent Janet Morgan398
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Penydarren

Penydarren
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Isaac 650
Labour Kevin Gibbs 523
Labour Jamie Scriven 508
Independent Chris Davies454
Independent Peter Thomas272
Independent Julian Amos194
Plaid Cymru Shaun Sullivan190
Independent Simon Ryan143
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Plymouth

Plymouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Lewis 1,138
Labour Brent Carter 1,061
Labour Anna Williams-Price 879
Independent Lucie John364
Independent Natasha Evans349
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Town

Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dai Jones 995
Independent John Thomas 943
Independent Andrew Barry 873
Independent Julia Jenkins 826
Independent Kevin O'Neill807
Labour Kelly McCarthy716
Labour Rose Maycock707
Labour Martin Eaglestone659
Plaid Cymru Shaun O'Malley368
Plaid Cymru Vivian Pugh320
Plaid Cymru Ian Gwynne312
Plaid Cymru Leighton Evans306
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Treharris

Treharris
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Richards 1,635
Labour Ian Thomas 966
Labour Ernie Galsworthy 963
Plaid Cymru Francis Whitefoot555
Independent Craig Andrews527
Independent Jason Hughes488
Green Tim Clayton174
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor

Vaynor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lisa Mytton 655
Independent Clive Tovey 532
Independent Stephen Jones386
Labour Roy Bish372
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

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References

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