2022 Torfaen County Borough Council election

A 2022 election to Torfaen County Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

Welsh Labour held the council with a majority, gaining two more seats.

Results

Results [1]
Party	Seats	Change
Labour Party	30	2
Independents	10	2
Conservative Party	0	4

Ward Results

Abersychan

Abersychan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Tew	1,027
	Labour	Giles Davies	935
	Labour	Lynda Clarkson	772
	Independent	Wayne Tomlinson	481
	Labour	Bob Rogers	380
	Conservative	Andrew Millard	259
Turnout				32
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blaenavon

Blaenavon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janet Jones	843
	Independent	Nick Horler	818
	Labour	Liam Cowles	726
	Labour	Lewis Evans	606
	Labour	John Hunt	443
	Conservative	Alanna Senior	235
Turnout				32
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Coed Eva

Coed Eva

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Cross	435	69.7
	Conservative	Nathan Edmunds	117	18.8
	Independent	Steven Clarke	72	11.5
Turnout			624	32
	Labour win (new seat)

Croesyceiliog

Croesyceiliog

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Clark	950
	Labour	Joanne Gauden	948
	Conservative	Amy Bubela	421
	Conservative	Roger Morgan	380
Turnout				34
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Fairwater

Fairwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Seabourne	697
	Labour	Jayne Watkins	660
	Conservative	Andrew Leaves	329
Turnout				27
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Greenmeadow

Greenmeadow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy Owen	427	62.5
	Independent	Jason O'Connell	256	37.5
Turnout			683	33
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanfrechfa & Ponthir

Llanfrechfa & Ponthir

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karl Gauden	389	50.6
	Conservative	Huw Bevan	380	49.4
Turnout			769	43
	Labour win (new seat)

Llantarnam

Llantarnam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Thomas	1,081
	Independent	Alan Slade	996
	Independent	Nick Jones	950
	Labour	David Bolton	667
	Labour	Anthony Bird	550
	Labour	Leighton Johnstone	481
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Woolfall Jones	432
	Green	Philip Davies	268
Turnout				37
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Llanyravon

Llanyravon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Williams	469	66.6
	Conservative	Cory Scriven	235	33.4
Turnout			704	36
	Labour win (new seat)

New Inn

New Inn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Byrne	906
	Labour	Rosemary Matthews	859
	Labour	Jon James	848
	Conservative	David James	780
	Conservative	Richard Overton	677
	Conservative	Nicholas Jones	644
Turnout				35
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Panteg

Panteg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	1,480
	Labour	Norma Parrish	1,253
	Labour	Nathan Yeowell	1,230
	Conservative	Stephen Senior	501
	Conservative	Jonathon Martin	415
	Conservative	Adrian Lang	403
Turnout				33
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontnewydd

Pontnewydd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Daniels	984
	Labour	Sue Morgan	949
	Labour	Stuart Ashley	863
	Independent	Duncan Campbell	507
	Independent	Maxine Brankley	481
	Independent	Damian Edmunds	472
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Richards	163
Turnout				33
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontnewynydd & Snatchwood

Pontnewynydd & Snatchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfie Best	412
	Labour	Nicholas Simons	389
	Independent	Gwyn Jenkins	347
	Independent	Russell Burgess	282
	Conservative	Michael Clarke	138
Turnout				30
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pontypool Fawr

Pontypool Fawr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Jones	940
	Labour	Caroline Price	838
	Labour	Gaynor James	812
	Labour	Paul Stephens	639
	Conservative	Lyndon Bishop	355
Turnout				30
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Dials

St Dials

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Haynes	630
	Independent	Catherine Bonera	530
	Labour	Fay Jones	437
	Labour	Kebba Manneh	349
	Conservative	Paul Thomas	102
Turnout				31
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Trevethin & Penygarn

Trevethin & Penygarn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Malson	676
	Labour	Jon Horler	574
	Conservative	Andrew White	215
Turnout				23
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Two Locks

Two Locks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colette Thomas	781
	Labour	Peter Jones	695
	Independent	Ron Burnett	597
	Labour	Kathy Evans	562
	Independent	Kevin Fortey	362
	Conservative	Jane Brown	241
	Conservative	Alexander Boyce	215
	Conservative	Rebecca Senior	189
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Davies	165
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Roberts	127
	Freedom Alliance	Vicky Stamper	47
Turnout				23
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Evans	571
	Labour	Lucy Williams	455
	Independent	Sian Legge	387
	Independent	Robert Kemp	373
Turnout				22
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Changes 2022-2026

By-elections

Trevethin & Penygarn

Trevethin & Penygarn by-election: 13 February 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Stuart Keyte	457	47.0	N/A
	Labour	Toniann Phillips	259	26.6	–49.3
	Independent	Catherine Howells	117	12.0	N/A
	Independent	Louise Shepphard	114	11.7	N/A
	Green	Tony Clark	25	2.6	N/A
Majority			198	20.4	N/A
Turnout			972	24.7	+1.7
	Reform UK gain from Labour

References

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