2022 Bridgend County Borough Council election
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The 2022 Bridgend County Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. Fifty one councillors were elected to Bridgend County Borough Council.
Welsh Labour gained the council from no overall control.
Ward boundary changes
[edit]A local government boundary review of electoral wards took place prior to the election, by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. The recommendations were accepted by the Welsh Government in July 2021. For Bridgend County Borough, the number of wards were to be reduced, from 39 to 28. The number of councillors was to drop from 54 to 51. These changes were to take effect from the 2022 council election.[1]
Results
[edit]Labour regained a majority of seats at this election and therefore regained control of the council. The independents also gained seats, while the Conservatives lost 10 of their 11 seats.[2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 27 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
52.9 | 44.7 | 35,134 | +6.1 | |
Independent | 21 | 6 | 3 | ![]() |
41.2 | 35.6 | 28,012 | +6.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
3.9 | 3.5 | 2,714 | -2.0 | |
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
2.0 | 15.2 | 11,929 | -7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.9 | 723 | -2.1 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.1 | 85 | -0.5 |
Ward results
[edit]Aberkenfig
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Ellie Richards | 426 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Mary Webber | 230 | 28.9 | ||
Independent | Sara Thomas | 139 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | 196 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 797 | 41.7 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Blackmill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hywel Williams | 322 | 55.0 | ||
Independent | Andy McKay | 198 | 33.8 | ||
Conservative | Vanessa Latchem-Smith | 65 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 124 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 588 | 31.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brackla East and Coychurch Lower
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eugene Caparros | 492 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | Simon Griffiths | 460 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | Rebekah Fudge | 460 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | Kay Rowlands | 429 | 33.5 | ||
Independent | Cheryl Pickering | 249 | 19.5 | ||
Independent | Philip Pickering | 220 | 17.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Yasmin Zahra | 79 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,280 | 38.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
After several recounts the second and third placed candidates were still tied on 460 votes each. The second place was decided by a blind vote, with the Returning Officer picking one of two envelopes containing the two names. [4]
Brackla East Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Kendall | 223 | 36.4 | ||
Conservative | Tyler Walsh | 186 | 30.3 | ||
Independent | Mark Payn | 177 | 28.9 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Philippa Richards | 27 | 4.4 | ||
Majority | 37 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 617 | 34.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Brackla West Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Spanswick | 410 | 47.1 | ||
Conservative | Keith Hughes | 285 | 32.7 | ||
Independent | Fran Sullivan | 176 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 125 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 879 | 33.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Brackla West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Johanna Llewellyn-Hopkins | 218 | 38.6 | ||
Independent | Lisa Lewis | 181 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Aniel Pucella | 166 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 37 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 573 | 29.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bridgend Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tim Wood | 1,159 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | Stuart Baldwin | 1,112 | 43.2 | ||
Independent | Steven Bletsoe | 1,072 | 41.6 | ||
Independent | Steven Easterbrook | 1,048 | 40.7 | ||
Labour | Cari Evans | 1,043 | 40.5 | ||
Labour | David White | 980 | 38.0 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Dwyer | 324 | 12.6 | ||
Conservative | Alex Hughes-Howells | 310 | 12.0 | ||
Conservative | Marco Pucella | 297 | 11.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,577 | 33.1 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Note: Stuart Baldwin resigned shortly after being elected and a by-election was held on 11 August 2022.
Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Spiller | 1,152 | 43.1 | ||
Independent | Tony Berrow | 1,018 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | Colin Davies | 853 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | Joanne Cook | 837 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | Stephen Sloan | 820 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | Nathan Adams | 498 | 18.6 | ||
Conservative | Samantha Chohan | 459 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cheryl Green | 447 | 16.7 | ||
Conservative | Betty Kettley | 345 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Briony Davies | 276 | 10.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Stephen Lake | 260 | 9.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,671 | 38.8 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Caerau
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Chris Davies | 926 | 53.8 | ||
Labour | Paul Davies | 785 | 45.6 | ||
Labour | Robert Lewis | 598 | 34.7 | ||
Independent | Matthew Rowlands | 299 | 17.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Kyle Duggan | 196 | 11.4 | ||
Conservative | Mike Day | 45 | 2.6 | ||
Conservative | Lee Williams | 41 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,721 | 34.5 | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Cefn Glas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dave Harrison | 618 | 51.8 | ||
Labour | Jon-Paul Blundell | 533 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | Charles Smith | 491 | 41.2 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Bird | 167 | 14.0 | ||
Conservative | Joshua Chohan | 122 | 10.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,192 | 36.3 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Coity Higher
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Amanda Williams | 1,389 | 51.5 | ||
Independent | Martin Williams | 1,152 | 42.7 | ||
Independent | Alan Wathan | 995 | 36.9 | ||
Labour | Jamie Henderson | 981 | 36.3 | ||
Labour | Zoe Blundell | 933 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | Robbie Thomas | 829 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | Claire Lewis | 462 | 17.1 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Ofunwa | 392 | 14.5 | ||
Conservative | Melissa Humphreys | 371 | 13.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,699 | 36.8 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Cornelly
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Granville | 841 | 48.4 | ||
Independent | Jeff Tildesley | 809 | 46.5 | ||
Labour | Elaine Winstanley | 737 | 42.4 | ||
Labour | Anthony Kavanagh | 736 | 42.3 | ||
Independent | Dorian Morgan | 665 | 38.3 | ||
Conservative | David Deere | 242 | 13.9 | ||
Conservative | Craig Morgan | 213 | 12.3 | ||
Conservative | Nick Kempley | 152 | 8.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,738 | 31.6 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Garw Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maxine Lewis | 1,002 | 63.4 | ||
Labour | Heather Griffiths | 983 | 62.2 | ||
Labour | Martyn Jones | 903 | 57.2 | ||
Independent | John Coles | 575 | 36.4 | ||
Conservative | Ben Lewis | 196 | 12.4 | ||
Conservative | William Esmond | 172 | 10.9 | ||
Conservative | Melanie Voisey | 165 | 10.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,580 | 27.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Llangynwyd
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Malcolm James | 453 | 51.1 | ||
Labour | Harry Davies | 374 | 42.2 | ||
Green | Paul John | 60 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 79 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 905 | 39.1 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
Maesteg East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Hughes | 716 | 51.8 | ||
Independent | Phil Jenkins | 561 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | Fadhel Abedalkarim | 560 | 40.5 | ||
Independent | Tom Beedle | 485 | 35.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Kirsty Rice-Duggan | 181 | 13.1 | ||
Conservative | Simon Care | 48 | 3.5 | ||
Conservative | Joshua Nuth | 42 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,383 | 37.1 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Independent hold |
Maesteg West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ross Thomas | 1,732 | 84.6 | ||
Labour | Richard Collins | 713 | 34.8 | ||
Labour | Rose Martin | 434 | 21.2 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Benjamin Southgate | 268 | 13.1 | ||
Conservative | Mary Emment-Lewis | 46 | 2.2 | ||
Conservative | Bobby Lewis | 31 | 1.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,047 | 46.8 | |||
Independent hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Nant-y-moel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Rhys Goode | 419 | 83.1 | ||
Conservative | Shaun Jones | 85 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | 334 | 66.2 | |||
Turnout | 522 | 29.2 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Swing |
Newton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Pratt | 424 | 43.7 | ||
Labour | Elen Jones | 302 | 31.1 | ||
Independent | Mario Jones | 245 | 25.2 | ||
Majority | 122 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 983 | 46.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Nottage
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Norah Clarke | 288 | 26.4 | ||
Conservative | Robert Lee | 268 | 24.6 | ||
Independent | Jamie Strong | 225 | 20.7 | ||
Labour | Jeannie Monks | 217 | 19.9 | ||
Independent | Mark Chegwen | 91 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 20 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,102 | 44.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ogmore Vale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Della Hughes | 440 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | Dhanisha Patel | 345 | 36.7 | ||
Independent | Jeffrey Lake | 63 | 6.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Christine Moore | 46 | 4.9 | ||
Conservative | Jessica Martin | 37 | 3.9 | ||
Green | Laura Phillips | 9 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 95 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 943 | 39.6 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Oldcastle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Williams | 741 | 48.7 | ||
Independent | Freya Bletsoe | 634 | 41.7 | ||
Labour | Angela Morelli | 574 | 37.7 | ||
Labour | Martin Smidman | 486 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Voisey | 277 | 18.2 | ||
Conservative | Paul Chohan | 235 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,521 | 39.3 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Pencoed and Penprysg
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alex Williams | 2,139 | 68.4 | ||
Labour | Melanie Evans | 1,108 | 35.5 | ||
Labour | Richard Williams | 949 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | Barry Doughty | 850 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | John Butcher | 706 | 22.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Leanne Lewis | 638 | 20.4 | ||
Conservative | Ian Williams | 499 | 16.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,125 | 39.7 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Pen-y-fai
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Heidi Bennett | 434 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | Corey Edwards | 183 | 21.3 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Iolo Caudy | 140 | 16.3 | ||
Independent | Neil Hoskins | 88 | 10.2 | ||
Green | Justine Jenkins | 16 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 251 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 871 | 47.6 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Porthcawl East Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neelo Farr | 586 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Graham Walter | 552 | 38.0 | ||
Independent | Steve Maitland Thomas | 454 | 31.2 | ||
Independent | Brian Jones | 401 | 27.6 | ||
Conservative | Byron Davies | 258 | 17.8 | ||
Conservative | Carolyn Perren | 226 | 15.6 | ||
Independent | Julia Jones | 172 | 11.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,453 | 33.7 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Porthcawl West Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sean Aspey | 451 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Chloe Rees | 200 | 23.8 | ||
Conservative | Richard Hughes | 118 | 14.0 | ||
Independent | Lorrie Desmond-Williams | 73 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 251 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 845 | 37.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Huw David | 1,452 | 72.5 | ||
Labour | Mike Kearn | 1,308 | 65.3 | ||
Labour | Jane Gebbie | 1,181 | 59.0 | ||
Independent | Rhys Watkins | 445 | 22.2 | ||
Conservative | Louise Barham | 367 | 18.3 | ||
Conservative | Ryan Lewis | 230 | 11.5 | ||
Independent | David Unwin | 202 | 10.1 | ||
Conservative | Charlotte Harries | 200 | 10.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,003 | 30.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Rest Bay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Smith | 530 | 54.0 | ||
Conservative | Jeff Perren | 452 | 46.0 | ||
Majority | 78 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 993 | 44.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
St. Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tim Thomas | 1,356 | 53.1 | ||
Labour | Paula Ford | 1,100 | 43.1 | ||
Independent | Mark John | 1,007 | 39.4 | ||
Labour | Mark Galvin | 974 | 38.1 | ||
Independent | Leanne Teahan-Dyer | 972 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | Gary Thomas | 948 | 37.1 | ||
Conservative | Michael Crackett | 215 | 8.4 | ||
Conservative | Linda Edger | 215 | 8.4 | ||
Conservative | Carley Winter | 203 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,554 | 33.3 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
By-elections 2022-2027
[edit]Bridgend Central
[edit]Held on 11 August 2022 following the resignation of Stuart Baldwin (Labour)[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Steven Easterbrook | 716 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | Ceri Evans | 590 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Dwyer | 150 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Paul John | 40 | 2.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ben Curran | 34 | 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,530 | ||||
Majority | 126 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | {{{swing}}} |
Aberkenfig
[edit]Held on 7th March 2024 following the resignation of Ellie Richards (Plaid Cymru).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gary Haines | 291 | 55.2 | ||
Independent | Luke Richards | 236 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 55 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 527 | 27.0 | |||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | {{{swing}}} |
References
[edit]- ^ Hannah Neary (16 July 2021). "Number of electoral wards in Bridgend county borough to fall resulting in loss of three councillors". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Bridgend local elections 2022: Conservatives collapse as Labour regain control of Bridgend". Wales Online. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Bridgend result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Bridgend local elections 2022: Councillor left feeling 'sick' after Bridgend ward is decided by blind vote". Wales Online. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL, Bridgend Central, 11 August 2022" (PDF). Bridgend CBC. Retrieved 24 November 2022.