2022 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

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The 2022 election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 5 May 2022 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2017 election. Three candidates (from the sixty seats available) were elected unopposed.

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Ward results

Nominations closed on 4 April 2022. [1]

The following results were announced following the elections. [2] In the case of wards electing more than one councillor the percentage figures reflect the number of ballot papers issued rather than the total number of votes.

Aberavon (two seats)

Aberavon 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephanie Lynch* 707 24
Plaid Cymru Andrew Dacey 678 23
Plaid Cymru Nigel Hunt*63721
Labour Dean Thomas60820
Independent Ceri P. Golding2458
Conservative Ieuan Bounds1204
Turnout 1,65539-1.0
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Caroline Lewis 373 50
Labour Ricky Price26336
Plaid Cymru Lee Bromham-Nichols10414
Majority110
Turnout 74341-3.6
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Nia Jenkins 459 54
Labour Christopher Jones*39846
Majority61
Turnout 87141-1.9
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Baglan (three seats)

Baglan 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Richards* 1,390 31
Labour Carol Clement-Williams* 1,079 24
Labour Susanne Renkes* 910 20
Independent John Davies78117
Conservative Liz Hill O'Shea3868
Turnout 2,01537+0.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Blaengwrach and Glynneath West (one seat)

Blaengwrach and Glynneath West 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hayley Davies 498 59
Plaid Cymru Carol Edwards*31137
TUSC Rhys Davies354
Majority187
Turnout 85837
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Chris James was elected as a Labour candidate in 2017.

Briton Ferry East 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Chris James* 351 45
Labour Gareth Rice34944
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Gwilym Barnett8711
Majority2
Turnout 79635+0.7
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kirsty Morris 323 50
Labour Sarah Davies25739
Plaid Cymru Delyth Barnett7211
Majority66
Turnout 65531
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlotte Galsworthy* 1,620 36
Labour Rhidian Mizen* 1,156 26
Labour Dave Whitelock* 940 21
Independent Myra Mizen75217
Turnout 2,11039-2.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Wyndham Fryer Griffiths* 528 57
Labour Kate Elkins28431
Conservative Andrea Moignard11512
Majority244
Turnout 92851+2.9
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Chris Williams* 992 38
Plaid Cymru Jo Hale 930 36
Labour Jim Harle68926
Turnout 1,64638-2.3
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Phil Rogers 388 52
Labour Sarah Mitchell23731
Plaid Cymru Alex Broom9813
Conservative Barry Arnold304
Majority151
Turnout 75554+5.6
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Cimla and Pelenna (two seats)

Cimla and Pelenna 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jeremy Hurley 1,100 35
Independent Tim Bowen 845 27
Labour John Warman*83627
Labour Al Musaeid36212
Turnout 1,73242+7.0
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Coedffranc Central 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Nathan Goldup-John 552 25
Labour Angharad Aubrey* 516 24
Labour Annette Wingrave47822
Green Bethany Payne39518
Independent David Richards1346
Liberal Democrats Frank Little1085
Turnout 1,20333-2.6
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Harvey* 455 62
Independent Nicola Evans27638
Majority179
Turnout 73640-2.6
Labour hold Swing

Coedffranc West (two seats)

Coedffranc West 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Ceri Clarke* 803 47
Liberal Democrats Cen Phillips 548 32
Labour Kris Langford24214
Conservative Matthew Williams1076
Turnout 96432-4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters (two seats)

Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steve Hunt* 1,316 37
Independent Sian Harris* 1,195 33
Labour Dean Cawsey89625
Green Lowri Bennett1825
Turnout 2,04250
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera (two seats)

Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Alun Llewelyn* 763 40
Labour Cathy James 583 31
Plaid Cymru Hugh Jones*56029
Turnout 1,21738
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Cymmer and Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Cymmer and Glyncorrwg 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jeff Jones 412 45
Independent Nicola-Jayne Davies*28431
Independent Joshua Slater21924
Majority128
Turnout 91752+0.6
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Dyffryn (two seats)

Dyffryn 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Martyn Peters* 862 39
Independent James Henton 427 20
Independent Keith Davies36217
Labour Keith Finn28913
Independent Joe Baugh24611
Turnout 1,21341
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Glynneath Central and East (one seat)

Glynneath Central and East 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Simon Anthony Knoyle* 547 59
Plaid Cymru John Blower20923
Independent David Richards17118
Majority338
Turnout 93850
Independent hold Swing

Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'r Graig 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Rosalyn Davies* 387 67
Labour Will Lord16228
Green Ruth Battye275
Majority225
Turnout 58136-8.0
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Gwaun Cae Gurwen and Lower Brynaman (two seats)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen and Lower Brynaman 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sonia Helen Reynolds*
Labour Sarah Thomas
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing unopposed
Labour hold Swing unopposed

Gwynfi and Croeserw (one seat)

Scott Jones was elected as a Labour candidate in 2017.

Gwynfi and Croeserw 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Scott Jones*
Majority
Turnout
Independent gain from Labour Swing unopposed

Margam and Taibach (three seats)

Margam and Taibach 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Jones* 1,166 19
Labour Laura Williams 1,077 17
Labour Dennis Keogh 982 16
Plaid Cymru Colin Deere87314
Plaid Cymru Stephen Bevan86814
Plaid Cymru Wayne White5349
Independent John Bamsey5328
Conservative Anthony Hill O'Shea2364
Turnout 2,40139
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Jones was the former councillor for the Margam ward, which was merged with Tai-bach in 2022. Keogh was formerly the councillor for Port Talbot

Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Dan Thomas 482 16
Labour Sheila Penry* 463 15
Independent Wayne Carpenter 452 15
Labour Sandra Miller*42714
Plaid Cymru Thomas Cooze41814
Labour John Miller*41814
Plaid Cymru Breandan Mac Cathail37112
Turnout 1,25127
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Neath North (two seats)

Neath North 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Lockyer* 518 30
Independent Andy Lodwig 474 28
Labour Sian James40223
Green Jan Dowden32119
Turnout 1,10436
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Carl Jordan 557 22
Labour Peter Rees* 520 21
Plaid Cymru Megan Poppy Lloyd42717
Labour Rose Widlake40216
Independent Adam McGrath31613
Plaid Cymru Jonnie Fishlock25410
Turnout 1,36636
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Anthony Richards* 783 27
Plaid Cymru Charles Davies 781 27
Labour Meirion Davies73225
Labour Jill Lord65022
Turnout 1,59938
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Port Talbot (two seats)

Due to the death of a candidate, the Port Talbot ward election was postponed until 23 June 2022.

Port Talbot 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saifur Rahaman* 914 31
Labour Sharon Freeguard* 898 31
Plaid Cymru Nigel Hunt36713
Independent John Davies2468
Plaid Cymru Melissa Stanford-Roberts2448
Independent Kimberly Isherwood1716
Green Bethany Payne462
Green Jan Dowden251
Turnout 2,91133
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Resolven and Tonna (two seats)

Resolven and Tonna 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leanne Jones* 914 25
Independent Dean Lewis 842 23
Independent Matty Young73720
Labour Neil Francis70219
Plaid Cymru Andrew Clarke2878
Plaid Cymru Paul Sambrook2386
Turnout 2,00144
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Marcia Spooner 486 55
Labour Noel Thomas40345
Majority83
Turnout 90943
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Pursey* 1,331 28
Labour Edward Latham* 1,057 22
Labour Matthew Crowley* 1,006 21
Plaid Cymru Cassius Walker-Hunt58312
Plaid Cymru Deborah Bamsey55612
Green Kevin Sprules2605
Turnout 1,86436
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sandfields West (three seats)

Sandfields West 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Suzanne Paddison* 837 24
Labour Oliver Davies* 815 24
Labour Robert Wood* 741 22
Plaid Cymru Andrew Bennison60217
Plaid Cymru Ethan Wheatley44613
Turnout 1,42228
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Rebeca Phillips* 445 69
Labour Glenn Thomas19631
Majority249
Turnout 64746
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Aftermath

The Independent Group and Plaid Cymru agreed a deal to take control of the council, ending 26 years of Labour dominance. [3]

By-Elections 2022-2027

Briton Ferry East by-election 2024

A by-election was held in Briton Ferry East on 15 February 2024 following the resignation of Independent councillor, Chris James.

Briton Ferry East by-election 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Rice 287 52%
Independent Kris Pemberton23443%
Green Stephanie Woodhouse275%

Rhos by-election 2024

A by-election was held in Rhos on 15 February 2024 following the death of Plaid Cymru councillor, Marcia Spooner.

Rhos by-election 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bob Woolford 494 52%
Plaid Cymru Matty Vincent24226%
Labour Noel Davies13714%
Liberal Democrats Susan Helen Jay606%
Green Kathy Oakwood152%

Neath East by-election 2024

A by-election was held in Neath East on 28 March 2024 following the death of Labour councillor, Shelia Penry.

Neath East by-election 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lauren Heard 409 44%
Independent Keith Finn24726%
Plaid Cymru Megan Poppy Lloyd15717%
Green Sylwia Harris12113%

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References

  1. "Notices for County Borough Council elections". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. "Election results by electoral wards - County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. "Independent and Plaid coalition takes control of Neath Port Talbot Council". Swansea Bay News. 23 May 2022.