2022 Newport City Council election

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2022 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

Elections to Newport City Council were held on 5 May 2022 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2022 United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election took place in May 2017, though there had also been a number of by-elections in the city in the intervening period.

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Background

The Labour Party had controlled Newport since 2012 and the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and independents were hoping to make some inroads at this election. [1]

Following an electoral boundary review, the overall number of electoral wards increased from 20 to 21, with the total number of councillors increasing by one, from 50 to 51. The former Rogerstone ward was split into three [1] while the Tredegar Park and Marshfield ward were merged. The Langstone, Llanwern and Lliswerry wards were substantially reconfigured.

Results summary

2022 Newport City Council election [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 35Increase2.svg 468.649.144,892+13.0
  Conservative 7Decrease2.svg 513.728.325,928-3.7
  Independent 4Increase2.svg 37.87.46,769+4.4
  Newport Ind. 3Decrease2.svg 15.94.64,198-5.6
  Liberal Democrats 1Decrease2.svg 12.08.07,314-1.4
  Green 1Increase2.svg 12.01.81,621-0.1
  Plaid Cymru 0Steady2.svg0.00.5485-3.6
  Propel 0Steady2.svg0.00.3281N/A

Ward results

An asterix indicates the candidate is a sitting councillor for the ward standing for re-election. [4]

Allt-yr-yn

Allt-yr-yn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Drewett 1,366 47.7
Conservative Matthew Evans * 1,324 46.2
Conservative David Fouweather * 1,253 43.7
Conservative Charles Ferris *1,21642.4
Labour Joshua Worrad1,13039.4
Labour Ibrahim Hayat1,12339.2
Green Christian Schmidt34812.1
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clark33411.7
Liberal Democrats Karl Mudd1916.7
Liberal Democrats Roisin Stallard1645.7
Liberal Democrats Rabeya Sharmin1475.1
Turnout 43.0
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Alway

Alway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debbie Harvey * 996 73.6
Labour Tim Harvey 897 66.3
Labour Alex Pimm 884 65.3
Conservative Kerry Ballard45333.5
Conservative Paul Mainwaring40529.9
Liberal Democrats Harry Petty25518.8
Liberal Democrats Shihan Uddin19814.6
Turnout 26.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Beechwood

Beechwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deb Davies * 1,113 69.4
Labour Matthew Pimm 1,030 64.2
Labour Mark Spencer * 1,006 62.7
Liberal Democrats Holly Townsend41826.1
Liberal Democrats Jeff Evans36322.6
Conservative Mary Shwartz33721.0
Conservative Saeed Zafar28617.8
Liberal Democrats Harun Rashid26016.2
Turnout 31.8
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bettws

Bettws
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Newport Ind. Kevin Whitehead * 673 52.5
Newport Ind. Janet Cleverly * 633 49.4
Newport Ind. Jason Jordan * 594 46.4
Labour Neil Griffiths52841.2
Labour Orhan Aksoy48738.0
Labour Coral Houtman46035.9
Conservative Carolyn Foster16412.8
Conservative Paula Fouweather15712.3
Conservative Denise Hall14811.6
Turnout 24.6
Newport Ind. hold
Newport Ind. hold
Newport Ind. hold

Bishton and Langstone

Bishton and Langstone
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Routley 1,052 59.7
Conservative Ray Mogford 1,042 59.1
Labour Julie Hando58032.9
Labour Andrew Bettridge53030.1
Liberal Democrats Sian Townsend19411.0
Liberal Democrats Md Ahmed1257.1
Turnout 33.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Routley and Mogford had been the sitting councillors for the former Langstone ward, which had the Bishton community added at this election.

Caerleon

Caerleon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jason Hughes * 1,334 53.7
Labour Claire Baker-Westhead 1,271 51.2
Labour Steve Cocks 1,200 48.3
Conservative Joan Watkins *1,14145.9
Conservative Huw Davies1,05142.3
Conservative Harry Weeks1,03441.6
Liberal Democrats Paul L'Allier2289.2
Liberal Democrats Belayet Khan1927.7
Turnout 41.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Gaer

Gaer
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Marshall * 1,199 63.8
Labour Bev Perkins 1,145 60.9
Labour Dimitri Batrouni 1,106 58.9
Conservative Nicholas Clark70937.7
Conservative Lloyd Walsh64634.4
Conservative Jay Shwartz58731.2
Liberal Democrats Anamul Hossain24613.1
Turnout 31.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Graig

Graig
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Williams * 657 43.6
Labour John Harris 654 43.4
Labour Kath Hopkins65143.2
Conservative David Williams63942.4
Liberal Democrats Nathan Tarr41527.5
Turnout 40.3
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Llanwern

Llanwern
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn Kellaway * 658 63.8
Labour Abul Chowdhury31330.4
Liberal Democrats Colleen Kennard-Smith605.8
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Lliswerry

Lliswerry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Allan Morris * 1,723
Independent Andrew Sterry 1,623
Independent Mark Howells 1,616
Independent James Peterson 1,564
Labour Roger Jeavons *902
Labour John Richards *864
Labour Shah Alom848
Labour Ruqia Hayat833
Conservative Luke Thompson284
Turnout
Independent hold
Independent gain from Labour
Independent gain from Labour
Independent gain from Labour

The community of Nash was transferred from Liswerry to the Llanwern ward at this election.

Malpas

Malpas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Mudd * 978 48.8
Labour James Clarke * 933 46.5
Labour David Mayer * 867 43.2
Conservative Michael Brunnock74537.1
Conservative Stephen Manley69234.5
Conservative Jonathan Hollins56128.0
Newport Ind. Michael Cox52626.2
Newport Ind. Rachel Reaney48224.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Lockyer1477.3
Liberal Democrats Kobir Ahmed874.3
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Pillgwenlly

Pillgwenlly
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saeed Adan 840 55.4
Labour Debbie Jenkins 759 50.1
Newport Ind. Marc Ravenscroft34722.9
Newport Ind. Wan Taylor29819.7
Liberal Democrats Shamimul Islam27017.8
Plaid Cymru Khalilur Rahman15110.0
Conservative Brinley Cox1338.8
Conservative Judith Davies1298.5
Liberal Democrats Mihai Munteanu1036.8
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ringland

Ringland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emma Corten 901 69.7
Labour Laura Lacey * 884 68.4
Labour Malcolm Linton * 809 62.6
Conservative Tina Evans37428.9
Conservative Nicola Hobbs34826.9
Conservative Georgina Webb31924.7
Independent Raymond Lord24318.8
Turnout 24.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rogerstone East

Rogerstone East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bev Davies 503 62.6
Conservative Toby Jones24330.3
Liberal Democrats Shopon Chowdhury577.1
Majority
Turnout 33.6
Labour win (new seat)

Rogerstone North

Rogerstone North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Chris Reeks 667 54.9
Labour Jonathan Gibbons54845.1
Majority
Turnout 51.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Rogerstone West

Rogerstone West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Yvonne Forsey 1,133 68.3
Labour John Reynolds 916 55.2
Conservative Andrew Hill53232.0
Conservative Graham Berry53031.9
Liberal Democrats Liz Newton20912.6
Turnout 31.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Forsey had been one of the sitting councillors in the former Rogerstone ward.

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Cockeram * 503 44.3
Green Lauren James 475 41.9
Labour Nicky Vignoli40135.3
Green Tanya Sinnett35831.5
Conservative Judy Gilligan20518.1
Conservative Khushbir Bhullar16714.7
Newport Ind. Rhys Richards16114.2
Turnout 31.9
Labour hold
Green gain from Labour

James became Newport's first ever Green Party councillor. [3]

St Julian's

St Julian's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Bright 1,004 48.8
Labour Phil Hourahine * 963 46.8
Liberal Democrats Carmel Townsend * 898 43.7
Labour Asum Mahmood84441.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Hamilton72635.3
Liberal Democrats Oliver Townsend71834.9
Conservative Michael Enea41820.3
Conservative Marie Jermyn33816.4
Conservative Muhammad Tariq26212.7
Turnout 34.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Stow Hill

Stow Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Thomas * 879 67.9
Labour Miqdad Al-Nuaimi * 804 62.1
Conservative Saleh Baqi36628.3
Newport Ind. Nick Baneswell30523.6
Conservative Ben Jones23418.1
Turnout 31.2
Labour hold
Labour hold

Tredegar Park and Marshfield

Tredegar Park and Marshfield
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Thian Howells 1,148 54.4
Labour Allan Screen 993 47.1
Labour Trevor Watkins 917 43.5
Conservative Sarah Nurse85540.5
Conservative Wayne Cresswell84640.1
Conservative Brian Miles84640.1
Green Catherine Linstrum44020.9
Propel Celia Jones1567.4
Propel Shane Williams1255.9
Turnout 28.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Watkins had been the sitting councillor for the former Tredegar Park ward.

Victoria

Victoria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gavin Horton * 982 54.4
Labour Farzina Hussain * 933 51.7
Conservative Bilal Meah44924.9
Conservative Faisal Rahman42623.6
Liberal Democrats John Miller35019.4
Liberal Democrats Nurul Islam29316.2
Newport Ind. Annette Farmer1799.9
Turnout 34.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

Horton and Hussain had won seats in this ward at two separate by-elections in 2021.

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  2. ↑ "Newport City Council Elections May 2022". Newport City Council. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 Ryan O'Neill (6 May 2022). "Newport local elections 2022: The full result as Tories lose seats, Labour gains and voters stay home". Wales Online. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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