2022 Vale of Glamorgan Council election

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2022 Vale of Glamorgan Council election
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  2017 5 May 20222027 

All 54 (previously 47) seats to Vale of Glamorgan Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Plaid Cymru
Last election14234
Seats before14154
Seats won25138
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 4

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Llantwit First Independent Independent
Last election42
Seats before410
Seats won44
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 2

Vale of Glamorgan Council 2022 Election results map.png
Election results map, showing party colours of councillors and numbers of councillors per ward

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2022 Vale of Glamorgan Council election took place on 5 May 2022 [1] to elect 54 members across 24 wards to Vale of Glamorgan Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous Vale of Glamorgan all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years.

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Background

Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2021, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2021 Senedd election. The frequency of the elections was also increased from four years to five years to avoid future clashes, [2] meaning (after 2022) the next council election is expected in 2027. The number of councillors was increased from 47 to 54 at the 2022 election, with a number of ward changes to ensure better electoral parity. [3]

The council has been in no overall control since the 2012 election. Following the 2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election the Conservatives held 23 out of 47 seats on the Council [4] and formed a minority administration led by John Thomas, [5] who replaced Labour's Neil Moore. [6] After the Conservative local councillor for Rhoose resigned over plans to shut Llancarfan's primary school, the February 2019 by-election returned former Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew R. T. Davies, who also opposed the closure. [7] Davies and three other Conservative councillors then blocked the council's budget for the financial year. [8] Anger over plans for parking also contributed to what a Local Democracy Reporting Service reporter called "serious discontent" between Thomas and other councillors in the party by April 2019. [5]

As a result, local Conservative Party members voted at their 29 April annual meeting to replace Thomas with Vincent Bailey as leader, [9] and Thomas then confirmed his resignation as council leader. On 8 May, all six members of the council's cabinet, including Thomas, joined councillors Michael Morgan and Kathryn McCaffer in leaving the Conservative group on the council to sit as independents in a Vale Independents Group led by Ben Gray. Wales Online described the move as similar to the formation of The Independent Group for Change in UK politics. [10] [11] The newly independent councillors formed a coalition to take over running the council on 20 May 2019 with Llantwit First Independents and Labour, led by Neil Moore again. [12] [6] This administration continued until the 2022 election.

Candidates by party

A total of 168 candidates were standing for the 54 seats on the council (an average of 3.1 candidates per seat). Nine political parties were standing candidates in this election, plus 12 independent candidates.

The Conservatives were standing the full 54 candidates and were the only party to be standing a candidate in every ward. Of the other parties, Labour (43 candidates), Plaid Cymru (33 candidates) and the Green Party (17 candidates) were all standing in 50% or more of wards. The Llantwit First Independents were standing four candidates in the Llantwit Major ward, and there were a further 12 independent candidates (six of whom were elected as Conservative councillors are the previous election). Liberal Democrats were standing two candidates, while Abolish, Propel and Reform UK are standing one candidate each.

PartyNumber of candidatesNumber of wards
Conservative 5424
Labour 4323
Plaid Cymru 3316
Green 1712
Independent 128
Llantwit First Independent 41
Liberal Democrats 22
Abolish 11
Propel 11
Reform UK 11
Total168 / 5424


Overview of results

Vale of Glamorgan Council remained in no overall control following this election. Labour became the largest party at the election with 25 seats - 3 seats short of a majority. This represented an increase of 11 seats on 2017, winning 6 seats from the Conservatives, 1 previously held by an independent, and 4 of the seats which were newly created by boundary changes. [13]

The Conservatives held 13 seats, losing 10 seats they had won in 2017 (6 to Labour, 3 to Plaid and 1 to an independent candidate who had previously been elected as a Conservative). Plaid Cymru increased their share to 8 councillors, holding their 4 seats from 2017, winning 3 seats from the Conservatives and winning 1 seat which was newly created by boundary changes. The Llantwit First Independents retained all four of their councillors and did not contest any other seats. Independent councillor Kevin Mahoney retained his seat in Sully ward, while the other independent candidate in that ward did not stand for re-election and the second seat there was a gain for Labour. Two new independent councillors were elected for seats which were newly created by boundary changes: Samantha Campbell took an additional seat in Rhoose and Ian Perry won the new single-seat ward of St Nicholas & Llancarfan. [13]

Vale of Glamorgan Council Election 2022 [13] [note 1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 25110Increase2.svg 1146.333.816,884
  Conservative 13010Decrease2.svg 1024.128.814,380
  Plaid Cymru 840Increase2.svg 414.815.27,591
  Llantwit First Independent 400Steady2.svg7.44.02,008
  Independent 431Increase2.svg 27.49.24,591
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.05.92,936
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.01.6797
  Abolish 000Steady2.svg0.00.9430
  Reform UK 000Steady2.svg0.00.4190
  Propel 000Steady2.svg0.00.144
  1. Votes in this table are the total for the top candidate for each party in each ward. Votes % is calculated as the votes for the party divided by the total votes in this table (49,851).

Candidates and results by ward

*= sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Baruc (3 seats)

In the run-up to the election, the Labour candidate Ziad Alsayed was suspended by the party. In separate tweets he had called Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, a "fascist" and a "Zionist". [14] He had also described Labour leader Keir Starmer as "disgusting". [15]

Baruc
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Nicholas Peter Hodges* 1,122 39.6
Plaid Cymru Steffan Trefor Wiliam* 1,118 39.5
Plaid Cymru Mark Jonathan Hooper 978 34.6
Labour Emily Warren77027.2
Labour Pierre Codron75126.5
Labour Ziad Adel Assayed [1] 65423.1
Conservative Victoria Jaya Chaitanya Roberts62822.2
Conservative Harrison Gould58020.5
Green Aoife Blight55619.6
Conservative Ethan Shaun Harvey54419.2
Green Hugh Stephen Thomas42515.0
Green Lynden Mack36512.9
Turnout 2830
Plaid Cymru hold
Plaid Cymru hold
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Buttrills (2 seats)

Buttrills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Ian James Johnson* 643 42.3
Labour Susan Carol Lloyd-Selby 641 42.2
Labour Philip Robert Johns61540.5
Plaid Cymru Nadine Rachel Marshall57237.7
Conservative Martin Drew23115.2
Conservative Neil Workman21814.4
Green Katrin Munro1187.8
Turnout 1,519
Plaid Cymru hold
Labour hold

Cadoc (4 seats)

Cadoc
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Michael Ball 1,101 38.4
Labour Catherine Iannucci 1,090 38.0
Labour Helen Payne 1,086 37.8
Labour Ewan Goodjohn 1,077 37.5
Conservative Rachel Nugent-Finn*86730.2
Conservative Mandy Ewington76426.6
Conservative Nathan Colin James Powell74025.8
Conservative David Jonathan Green72725.3
Plaid Cymru Gina Darling35112.2
Plaid Cymru Calum Rhys Grant29910.4
Plaid Cymru Paul King2739.5
Green Keira Barker2368.2
Plaid Cymru Byron Bowen Lewis2348.2
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour win (new seat)

Castleland (2 seats)

Castleland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pamela Drake* 524 48.5
Plaid Cymru Millie Collins* 472 43.7
Labour Mark Goodjohn44541.2
Plaid Cymru Barry Ian Shaw43039.8
Conservative Thomas Anthony Browne12311.4
Green Amy Greenfield837.7
Conservative Rose Paine827.6
Turnout
Labour hold
Plaid Cymru hold

Cornerswell (2 seats)

Cornerswell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Buckley 1,120 63.3
Labour Rhiannon Birch* 1,003 56.7
Conservative Chris Sharp43624.6
Conservative Richard Stewart Gow38821.9
Plaid Cymru David Wilton33819.1
Independent Jemma Louise Angove25414.4
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

Court (2 seats)

Court
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bronwen Brooks* 509 51.7
Labour Sandra Perkes* 462 46.9
Plaid Cymru Stuart Paul Burnell33534.0
Plaid Cymru Dennis Alan Clarke32733.2
Conservative Michael Llewellyn Simmonds13513.7
Conservative David James Dutch12712.9
Green Elin Mai Blakemore757.6
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

Cowbridge (3 seats)

Candidates Geoff Cox, Hunter Jarvie and Andrew Carey Parker appear on the ballot with a blank description (having been elected as Conservative councillors in the 2017 election), while Alec Trousdell has the description "Independent/Annibynnol".

Cowbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Edward Alexander Champion 1,104 52.1
Conservative Nicholas James Wood 975 46.0
Conservative Robert Fisher 960 45.3
Labour Paul Eldridge92543.7
Independent Alec Trousdell67932.1
Independent Geoff Cox*61128.9
Independent Hunter Jarvie*46121.8
Independent Andrew Carey Parker*44821.2
Reform UK Mike Hancock1909.0
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Dinas Powys (4 seats)

Dinas Powys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Chris Franks 1,674 52.2
Plaid Cymru Anne Asbrey 1,466 45.7
Conservative Vince Driscoll* 1,370 42.7
Plaid Cymru Marianne Cowpe 1,273 39.7
Conservative Stephen Griffiths*1,24838.9
Plaid Cymru Richard Grigg1,21738.0
Conservative Robert Crowley*1,19737.3
Conservative Andy Robertson*1,15636.1
Labour Andrew Lamb92328.8
Labour Trevor Saunders92128.7
Liberal Democrats Barry Southwell38011.9
Turnout
Plaid Cymru gain from Conservative
Plaid Cymru gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Plaid Cymru gain from Conservative

Dyfan (2 seats)

Dyfan ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emma Jane Goodjohn 774 50.1
Labour Belinda Loveluck-Edwards 740 47.9
Conservative Vincent James Bailey60739.3
Conservative Leighton Owen Rowlands57237.0
Plaid Cymru John Mcallister16310.6
Plaid Cymru Timothy Patrick Johnson1368.8
Green Sharon Catherine Richards966.2
Majority 167
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Gibbonsdown (2 seats)

Gibbonsdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Aviet* 674 68.3
Labour Margaret Rosemary Wilkinson* 600 60.8
Conservative Rhian Cummings19219.5
Conservative Benjamin Lloyd Driscoll16817.0
Plaid Cymru Janet Mary Johnson12212.4
Plaid Cymru David Ian Weston10310.4
Green Paul Granjon717.2
Propel Nicola Suzanne Reekie444.5
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

Illtyd (3 seats)

Illtyd
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naomi Marshallsea 1,342 56.8
Labour Howard Clive Hamilton 1,177 49.8
Conservative Janice Charles* 953 40.3
Conservative Oliver Batt89437.8
Conservative Harry Driscoll81934.6
Plaid Cymru Taif Ball58924.9
Plaid Cymru Julie Ann Mckinney40317.0
Green Rachel Knox39616.7
Plaid Cymru Tim Mckinney28512.1
Green Don Reynolds23610.1
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Llandough (1 seat)

Llandough ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Carroll 720 72.9 −12.8
Labour Jo Byworth-Morgan26827.1−9.2
Majority 45245.7
Turnout 988
Conservative hold Swing

Llandow (1 seat)

Llandow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Ann Cave* 466 55.6 −20.4
Labour Huw Powell25530.4+6.4
Plaid Cymru Andrew Arthur Murphy11714.0N/A
Majority 16719.9−32.0
Turnout 838
Conservative hold Swing

Llantwit Major (4 seats)

Llantwit Major
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Llantwit First Independent Gwyn John* 2,008 62.9
Llantwit First Independent Sally Margaret Hanks* 1,795 56.2
Llantwit First Independent Jayne Margaret Norman* 1,459 45.7
Llantwit First Independent Eddie Williams* 1,443 45.2
Labour Bryan Godsell90228.3
Conservative Bob Gant89027.9
Labour Tracy Hickson82425.8
Labour Lorna Mccourt74223.2
Conservative Gordon Wilkie72522.7
Labour Trevor Neatherway69421.7
Conservative John Arthur Moisan65020.4
Conservative Andy Montgomery63519.9
Green Charlotte Alexandra Richards3029.5
Plaid Cymru David Heald2548.0
Turnout
Llantwit First Independent hold
Llantwit First Independent hold
Llantwit First Independent hold
Llantwit First Independent hold

Peterston-Super-Ely (1 seat)

Michael Morgan was elected as a Conservative councillor in the 2017 election, and held his seat in this election. Morgan's share of the vote dropped by 19.0% on 2017.

Peterston-Super-Ely ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Morgan 486 59.1 +59.1
Conservative Gary John Allman17821.7−56.4
Labour Eleri Cubbage15819.2−2.7
Majority 30837.5
Turnout 822
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Plymouth (2 seats)

Ben Gray and Kathryn McCaffer were elected as a Conservative councillor in the 2017 election.

Plymouth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhys Thomas 882 41.2
Conservative Anthony Monroe Ernest 864 40.4
Labour Richard Cox80337.5
Independent Kathryn Mccaffer49022.9
Independent Ben Gray44720.9
Liberal Democrats Alex Wilson41719.5
Plaid Cymru Adrian Roper37517.5
Majority 79
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rhoose (3 seats)

Rhoose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gillian Bruce 915 52.2
Independent Samantha Campbell 895 51.1
Conservative William Hennessy 837 47.7
Conservative Kyle Bulley83347.5
Labour Mark Lloyd-Selby69739.8
Plaid Cymru Shirley Ann Hodges50528.8
Abolish Stuart James Field43024.5
Green Jane Allely1478.4
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Independent win (new seat)

St Athan (2 seats)

St Athan's seats increased from one in 2017 to two at this election.

St Athan ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen James Haines 484 53.0
Labour Julie Lynch-Wilson 474 51.9
Independent John William Thomas46851.2
Conservative Chloe Louise Marie Hunt40244.0
Majority 10
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

St Augustines (3 seats)

Green candidate Anthony Slaughter was the leader of the Wales Green Party during this election.

St Augustine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruba Sivagnanam* 1,178 49.7
Labour Elliot Penn 1,146 48.3
Labour Neil Christopher Thomas* 1,024 43.2
Conservative Jeff Tree63826.9
Conservative Robin Jonathan Smith62026.1
Conservative Rod Thomas59825.2
Green Anthony David Slaughter 48120.3
Plaid Cymru Sian Rees35114.8
Green Christine Glossop33214.0
Plaid Cymru Rhodri Davies32313.6
Green Thomas Geoffrey Blenkinsop25310.7
Plaid Cymru Matthew Hutchinson1697.1
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour win (new seat)

St Brides Major (2 seats)

St Brides Major
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carys Stallard 764 46.3
Labour Jo Protheroe 735 44.5
Conservative Paul Silcox64338.9
Conservative Robert Tate60636.7
Green Emma Hayhurst37522.7
Plaid Cymru Tim Ruscoe18010.9
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour win (new seat)

St Nicholas & Llancarfan (1 seat)

St Nicholas & Llancarfan ward was newly created for this election; Gordon Kemp was a sitting councillor for Rhoose ward prior to this election. Ian Perry previously unsuccessfully stood as a Plaid Cymru candidate in Wenvoe ward in 2017.

St Nicholas & Llancarfan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ian Anthony Neil Perry 460 53.5 N/A
Conservative Gordon Christopher Kemp*40046.5N/A
Majority 607.0N/A
Turnout 860
Independent win (new seat)

Stanwell (2 seats)

Stanwell ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lis Burnett 1,068 76.1
Labour Mark Wilson 1,033 73.7
Conservative Steve Morgan35925.6
Conservative Anthony John Sawyer34524.6
Majority 709
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sully (2 seats)

Sully ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kevin Mahoney 1,113 79.1
Labour Wendy Gilligan 593 42.1
Conservative Matthew Stuart Hall55739.6
Conservative Kel Alderman55239.2
Majority 520
Turnout
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Wenvoe (1 seat)

Wenvoe ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Edward Godfrey 602 58.8 +1.1
Labour Charlotte Louise Davies42141.2+26.5
Majority 18117.7−25.1
Turnout 1023
Conservative hold Swing -13.8

See also

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