As part of the 2022 local elections in Wales on 5 May 2022, the 33 seats of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council were up for election. The previous full council election took place in May 2017.
Results summary
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
63.6 | 49.9 | 16,980 | +7.1 | |
Independent | 12 | 1 | 8 | ![]() |
36.4 | 44.5 | 15,141 | -9.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 4.3 | 1,480 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.9 | 300 | +0.1 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 122 | +0.2 |
Labour regained a majority control of the council at the 2022 local elections. The former Independent leader of the council, Nigel Daniels, lost his seat.[2]
Ward results
Abertillery & Six Bells
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Chaplin | 867 | 51.0 | ||
Labour | Ross Leadbeater | 835 | 49.1 | ||
Independent | Julie Holt | 737 | 43.4 | ||
Independent | Nigel Daniels | 712 | 41.9 | ||
Independent | Martin Cook | 532 | 31.3 | ||
Independent | Josh Rawcliffe | 303 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,700 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Beaufort
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dean Woods | 906 | 56.3 | ||
Independent | Godfrey Thomas | 845 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | Chris Smith | 842 | 52.4 | ||
Independent | Stewart Healy | 645 | 40.1 | ||
Independent | Greg Paulsen | 543 | 33.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,608 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Blaina
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Winnett | 770 | 68.0 | ||
Independent | John Morgan | 722 | 63.7 | ||
Independent | Des Hillman | 317 | 28.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,133 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Brynmawr
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wayne Hodgins | 1,207 | 80.3 | ||
Labour | Jules Gardner | 600 | 39.9 | ||
Independent | John Hill | 504 | 33.5 | ||
Independent | Lyn Elias | 463 | 30.8 | ||
Independent | David Cook | 397 | 26.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,503 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Cwm
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Humphreys | 544 | 48.4 | ||
Labour | Derrick Bevan | 521 | 46.4 | ||
Labour | Nicola Williams | 442 | 39.4 | ||
Independent | Gareth Davies | 295 | 26.3 | ||
Green | Anne Price | 122 | 10.9 | ||
Conservative | Lucina Field | 89 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,123 | ||||
Independent gain from Plaid Cymru | |||||
Labour hold |
Cwmtillery
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Malcolm Day | 537 | 50.0 | ||
Independent | Joanna Wilkins | 525 | 48.9 | ||
Labour | Liam Anstey | 416 | 38.7 | ||
Labour | Sonia Wright | 400 | 37.2 | ||
Independent | Andrew Boulton | 120 | 11.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,074 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Ebbw Vale North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jen Morgan | 488 | 48.3 | ||
Independent | Dai Davies | 441 | 43.7 | ||
Labour | Gemma Badham | 427 | 42.3 | ||
Independent | Suzanne Jones | 286 | 28.3 | ||
Independent | Bob Summers | 183 | 18.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,010 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Ebbw Vale South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Carl Bainton | 385 | 41.4 | ||
Labour | Suzanne Edmunds | 354 | 38.0 | ||
Independent | Jonathan Millard | 320 | 34.4 | ||
Labour | Adam King | 296 | 31.8 | ||
Independent | Keith Pritchard | 269 | 28.9 | ||
Conservative | Georgia Palfrey | 97 | 10.4 | ||
Turnout | 931 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
A few days after being elected as an Independent, Carl Bainton changed his allegiance to Labour.[3]
Georgetown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Morgan | 765 | 71.3 | ||
Labour | Jacqueline Thomas | 645 | 60.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Andrew Davies | 404 | 37.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,073 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Llanhilleth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Cunningham | 472 | 45.3 | ||
Independent | Lee Parsons | 425 | 40.8 | ||
Labour | Cheryl Hucker | 407 | 39.1 | ||
Independent | Gill Clark | 313 | 30.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Ben Owen-Jones | 207 | 19.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Barrie Page | 119 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,041 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Nantyglo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Baldwin | 639 | 67.5 | ||
Labour | Sonia Behr | 547 | 57.8 | ||
Independent | Keri Rowson | 405 | 42.8 | ||
Turnout | 947 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Rassau & Garnlydan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Wilkshire | 597 | 59.5 | ||
Independent | Gareth Davies | 578 | 57.6 | ||
Independent | Phil Edwards | 394 | 39.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,004 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Sirhowy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tommy Smith | 1,001 | 67.3 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Cross | 904 | 60.8 | ||
Labour | Diane Rowberry | 879 | 59.1 | ||
Independent | Steve Gough | 491 | 33.0 | ||
Independent | Brian Thomas | 436 | 29.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,487 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Tredegar
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Thomas | 691 | 58.5 | ||
Labour | Haydn Trollope | 661 | 56.0 | ||
Labour | Ellen Jones | 608 | 51.5 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Gail Davies | 282 | 23.9 | ||
Independent | Mandy Moore | 267 | 22.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Richard Sheehy | 248 | 21.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Matt Rees | 220 | 18.6 | ||
Conservative | Phillip Trolley | 114 | 9.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,181 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "Council Elections May 2022 Results". Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ Will Hayward (6 May 2022). "Blaenau Gwent local elections 2022: The full results as Labour regains control". Wales Online. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ "Voters 'horrified' as Independent councillor joins Labour days after being voted in". ITV News. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.