2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election

The 2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2022. It was part of a broader round of local elections held on the same day across Great Britain included to every local authority in Wales. The election saw the Labour Party maintain their majority in the council with little change between the parties in overall seat numbers.

Background

Previous election

Results of the 2017 Caerphilly council election^[1]
Party	Seats	Change
Labour	50	0
Plaid Cymru	18	-2
Independent	5	-2

Process

The Local Government and Elections Wales Act 2021 made changes to the election system enabling 16 year olds to vote.^[2] Caerphilly County Borough launched a pilot scheme to increase voter participation, this will include being able to vote on the weekend before 5 May.^[3] A boundary review reduced the number of seats in the council from 73 to 69. Boundaries and member numbers were changed in all but six wards, Crosskeys, Hengoed, Llanbradach, St Cattwg, Ynysddu and Ystrad Mynach. ^[4]

Election results

2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	45	65.22	43.38	41,013
Plaid Cymru	18	26.09	36.21	34,235
Independent	6	8.70	15.50	14,656
Conservative	0	0.00	3.38	3,195
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00	0.96	904
Green	0	0.00	0.23	214
SDP	0	0.00	0.22	210
TUSC	0	0.00	0.12	111

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Ward results

The results for each ward were:^[6]

Cwm Aber/ Aber Valley ward

Cwm Aber
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	John Eryl Roberts	903	29.93
	Plaid Cymru	John Taylor	901	29.86
	Plaid Cymru	Charlotte Jane Bishop	773	25.62
	Labour	Joy Morgan	440	14.58
Turnout				26.43
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Aberbargoed & Bargoed

Aberbargoed & Bargoed
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tudor Davies	904	17.58
	Labour	Dianne Price	810	15.75
	Labour	Dawn Ingram-Jones	803	15.61
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Bissex-Foster	743	14.45
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Ted Edwards	729	14.17
	Plaid Cymru	Ken Houston	676	13.14
	Independent	Rob Puddefoot	259	5.04
	Independent	Belinda Gingell	219	4.25
Turnout				27.09
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Abercarn

Abercarn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andy Whitcombe	743	17.58
	Labour	Denver Preece	653	15.75
	Plaid Cymru	Jill Jones	484	14.45
	Plaid Cymru	Illtud Jones	408	14.17
Turnout				29.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Argoed

Argoed
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Henry Edgar Williams	356	61.27
	Independent	Iestyn James	121	20.83
	Plaid Cymru	Shane Parsons	104	17.9
Turnout				28.75
	Labour win (new seat)

Bedwas & Trethomas

Bedwas & Trethomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lisa Phipps	1,197	27.08
	Labour	Liz Aldworth	1,023	23.14
	Labour	Jill Winslade	913	20.66
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Bissex-Foster	469	10.61
	Plaid Cymru	Paul Ted Edwards	434	9.82
	Conservative	Kieran Lloyd	273	6.18
	TUSC	Peter Thomas	111	2.51
Turnout				33.78
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blackwood

Blackwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kevin Etheridge	1,877	29.16
	Independent	Andrew Farina-Childs	1,695	26.33
	Independent	Nigel Stuart Dix	1,634	25.39
	Labour	Dean Jones	738	11.47
	Labour	Hero Marsden	482	7.49
Turnout				37.88
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Cefn Fforest & Pengam

Cefn Fforest & Pengam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shane Williams	929	20.2
	Labour	Teresa Heron	886	19.26
	Labour	Marina Chacon-Dawson	856
	Independent	Louise Phillips	582	12.65
	Independent	Gerwyn James	554	12.04
	Independent	George Edwards	553	12.02
	Conservative	Johnny Parker	238	5.17
Turnout				30.38
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Crosskeys

Crosskeys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Simmonds	415
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Cook	334
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Potts	57
Turnout				32.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Crumlin

Crumlin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carl Thomas	929
	Labour	Kristian Woodland	652
	Plaid Cymru	Mike Davies	562
	Plaid Cymru	Claire Morgan	470
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Elizabeth Lloyd	104
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Lloyd	83
Turnout				33.09
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Darren Valley

Darren Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Edward Chapman	512
	Independent	Gavin Hughes	60
Turnout				30.19
	Labour win (new seat)

Gilfach

Gilfach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carol Julia Andrews	343
	Plaid Cymru	Elaine Meredith	129
Turnout				31.07
	Labour win (new seat)

Hengoed

Hengoed
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Donna Cushing	608
	Plaid Cymru	Teresa Parry	576
	Labour	Rowlands Tracey	502
	Labour	Rhiannon Stone	494
Turnout				27.89
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Llanbradach

Llanbradach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Mann	775
	Plaid Cymru	Gary Enright	643
	Labour	Adam Birkinshaw-Bird	394
	Labour	Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw-Bird	365
Turnout				36.59
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Machen and Rudry

Machen and Rudry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Amanda McConnell	714
	Labour	Chris Morgan	670
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Aicheler	417
	Conservative	Ellis Michael Smith	283
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Colin Bryant	243
Turnout				34.15
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Maesycwmmer

Maesycwmmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Jo Rao	337
	Plaid Cymru	Garin Rhys Davies	226
Turnout				29.58
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Morgan Jones

Morgan Jones
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jamie Pritchard	1,092
	Labour	Shayne Cook	1,002
	Labour	Anne Broughton-Pettit	916
	Plaid Cymru	Mike Prew	816
	Plaid Cymru	John Martin Downes	636
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Andrew Robotham	625
	Conservative	John Child	242
	Conservative	Judith Elizabeth Child	229
	Green	Alexis Celnik	214
Turnout				37.91
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Moriah and Pontlottyn

Moriah and Pontlottyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mansel Powell	907
	Labour	David Harse	781
	Plaid Cymru	Rhodri Morgan	305
	Plaid Cymru	Alyn Davies	259
Turnout				31.74
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sean Morgan	627
	Labour	Brenda Miles	518
	Independent	Rod Powell	383
	Independent	Brett Jenkins	365
	Plaid Cymru	Eifion Dafydd	296
	Plaid Cymru	Aled John	286
	Conservative	Naomi Ruth Miles	82
Turnout				39.55
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

New Tredegar

New Tredegar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eluned Stenner	675
	Labour	Mark Anthony Evans	617
	Independent	Tracey Gifford	299
	Independent	Faebian Vann	154
Turnout				28.68
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Newbridge

Newbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adrian Hussey	745
	Labour	Gary Johnston	733
	Labour	Leeroy Jeremiah	729
	Plaid Cymru	Lyn Ackerman	687
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Mills	468
	Plaid Cymru	Wayne Morrisey	415
	Conservative	Christine Edwards	193
	Conservative	Kyle Butcher	182
Turnout				31.16
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penmaen

Penmaen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Saralis	831
	Labour	Jim Sadler	775
	Plaid Cymru	Andrew Short	458
	Plaid Cymru	Kevin Jones	454
Turnout				31.48
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penyrheol

Penyrheol
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	1,975
	Plaid Cymru	Jon Scriven	1,660
	Plaid Cymru	Steven John Skivens	1,626
	Plaid Cymru	Greg Ead	1,458
	Labour	Phil Rosser	1159
	Conservative	Brandon Philip Gorman	532
Turnout				31.48
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Pontllanfraith

Pontllanfraith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Adams	1,045
	Labour	Pat Cook	926
	Labour	Colin John Gordon	815
	Independent	Laura Jane Richards	782
	Independent	Roy Williams	565
	Independent	James Freeman Wells	515
	Conservative	Cathrine Clark	373
	SDP	Jacob Pearce	210
Turnout				30.99
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Risca East

Risca East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nigel George	698
	Labour	Arianna Leonard	631
	Labour	Philippa Leonard	626
	Plaid Cymru	Brandon Ham	404
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Thomas	401
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Farrel	301
Turnout				25.89
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Risca West

Risca West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bob Owen	983
	Labour	Ceri Wright	629
	Independent	Rob Derraven	585
Turnout				34.28
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St. Cattwg

St. Cattwg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Haydn Pritchard	902
	Labour	Ann Gair	848
	Plaid Cymru	Judith Ann Pritchard	843
	Labour	Carmen Marie Bezzina	822
	Labour	John Tully Toner	784
	Plaid Cymru	Catrin Sara Moss	752
Turnout				32.81
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

St. Martins

St. Martins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Elsbury	1,581
	Plaid Cymru	James Emanuel Fussel	1,522
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen Kent	1,421
	Labour	Cath Lewis	1165
	Conservative	Robert Stanley Lea	568
Turnout				41.33
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Twyn Carno

Twyn Carno
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carl Cuss	652
	Independent	Peter Bailie	159
Turnout				35.75
	Labour win (new seat)

Van

Van
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Forehead	536
	Labour	Elaine Forehead	490
	Plaid Cymru	Lynne Hughes	443
	Plaid Cymru	Jeff Grenfell	408
Turnout				30.27
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ynysddu

Ynysddu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jan Jones	1,162
	Independent	Janine Reed	1,150
	Labour	Philippa Marsden	213
	Labour	Phoebe Marsden	182
Turnout				45.78
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ystrad Mynach

Ystrad Mynach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Martyn James	972
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Angel	914
	Labour	Mathew Cook	640
Turnout				37.32
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

^ "Caerphilly County Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Aged 16 or 17? Register now to be eligible to vote in May's elections". Cwmbranlife. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ Craig, Ian (31 January 2022). "Advanced voting pilot being run in Caerphilly County Borough". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Caerphilly Council Boundary Reforms Confirmed | LDBCW". www.ldbc.gov.wales. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "Caerphilly result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Caerphilly County Borough Council Elections 2022". Caerphilly County Borough Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[1] "Caerphilly County Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[2] "Aged 16 or 17? Register now to be eligible to vote in May's elections". Cwmbranlife. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[3] Craig, Ian (31 January 2022). "Advanced voting pilot being run in Caerphilly County Borough". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[4] "Caerphilly Council Boundary Reforms Confirmed | LDBCW". www.ldbc.gov.wales. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[5] "Caerphilly result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[6] "Caerphilly County Borough Council Elections 2022". Caerphilly County Borough Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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