2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
{{Short description|2022 Welsh local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
| country = Wales
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2017
| next_election = 2027 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
| next_year = 2027
| seats_for_election = All 69 seats for Caerphilly County Borough Council
| majority_seats = 35
| election_date = 5 May 2022
| party1 = Welsh Labour
| last_election1 = 50
| seats_after1 = 45
| popular_vote1 = 41,013
| percentage1 = 43.38%
| party2 = Plaid Cymru
| last_election2 = 18
| seats_after2 = 18
| popular_vote2 = 34,235
| percentage2 = 36.21%
| party3 = Independent
| last_election3 = 5
| seats_after3 = 6
| popular_vote3 = 14,656
| percentage3 = 15.5%
| map_image =
| map_size = 275px
| map_caption =
}}
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 including to every local authority in Wales. The election saw the Labour Party maintain their majority on the council with little change between the parties in overall seat numbers.
Background
= Previous election =
{{Main|2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election}}
class="wikitable"
|+Results of the 2017 Caerphilly council election{{Cite web |title=Caerphilly County Borough Council |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cq23pdgvrzmt/caerphilly-county-borough-council |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} !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.{{Cite news |date=3 March 2022 |title=Aged 16 or 17? Register now to be eligible to vote in May's elections |work=Cwmbranlife |url=https://www.cwmbranlife.co.uk/aged-16-or-17-register-now-to-be-eligible-to-vote-in-mays-elections/ |access-date=17 March 2022}} Caerphilly County Borough launched a pilot scheme to increase voter participation, this would include being able to vote on the weekend before 5 May.{{Cite news |last=Craig |first=Ian |date=31 January 2022 |title=Advanced voting pilot being run in Caerphilly County Borough |work=South Wales Argus |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19887250.advanced-voting-pilot-run-caerphilly-county-borough/ |access-date=17 March 2022}} 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. {{Cite web |title=Caerphilly Council Boundary Reforms Confirmed {{!}} LDBCW |url=https://www.ldbc.gov.wales/news/10-21/caerphilly-council-boundary-reforms-confirmed |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=www.ldbc.gov.wales |language=en-GB}}
Election result summary
{{Election summary begin|title = 2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Welsh Labour
|seats = 45
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 65.22
|votes % = 43.38
|votes = 41,013
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|seats = 18
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 26.09
|votes % = 36.21
|votes = 34,235
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 6
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 8.70
|votes % = 15.50
|votes = 14,656
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election summary party|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 0.00
|votes % = 3.38
|votes = 3,195
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 0.00
|votes % = 0.96
|votes = 904
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Wales Green Party
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 0.00
|votes % = 0.23
|votes = 214
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 0.00
|votes % = 0.22
|votes = 210
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 0.00
|votes % = 0.12
|votes = 111
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
= Cwm Aber/ Aber Valley ward =
{{Election box begin|title=Cwm Aber}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=John Eryl Roberts|votes=903|percentage=72.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=John Taylor|votes=901|percentage=72.8|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Charlotte Jane Bishop|votes=773|percentage=62.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour |candidate=Joy Morgan|votes=440|percentage=35.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,238|percentage=26.43|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Aberbargoed & Bargoed =
{{Election box begin|title=Aberbargoed & Bargoed}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Tudor Davies|votes=904|percentage=46.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Dianne Price|votes=810|percentage=42.0|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Dawn Ingram-Jones|votes=803|percentage=41.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru |candidate=Chris Bissex-Foster|votes=743|percentage=38.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru |candidate=Paul Ted Edwards|votes=729|percentage=37.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru |candidate=Ken Houston|votes=676|percentage=35.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Rob Puddefoot|votes=259|percentage=13.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Belinda Gingell|votes=219|percentage=11.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,928|percentage=27.09|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Abercarn =
{{Election box begin|title=Abercarn}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Andy Whitcombe|votes=743|percentage=61.0|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Denver Preece|votes=653|percentage=53.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru |candidate=Jill Jones|votes=484|percentage=39.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru |candidate=Illtud Jones|votes=408|percentage=33.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,219|percentage=29.90|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Argoed =
{{Election box begin|title=Argoed}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate= Walter Henry Edgar Williams|votes=356|percentage=61.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Iestyn James|votes=121|percentage=20.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru |candidate=Shane Parsons|votes=104|percentage=17.9|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=581|percentage=28.75|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Bedwas & Trethomas =
{{Election box begin|title=Bedwas & Trethomas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Lisa Phipps|votes=1197|percentage=69.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Liz Aldworth|votes=1023|percentage=59.8|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Jill Winslade|votes=913|percentage=53.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Chris Bissex-Foster|votes=469|percentage=27.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Paul Ted Edwards|votes=434|percentage=25.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservatives|candidate=Kieran Lloyd|votes=273|percentage=15.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|candidate=Peter Thomas|votes=111|percentage=6.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,712|percentage=33.78|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Blackwood =
{{Election box begin|title=Blackwood}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Kevin Etheridge|votes=1877|percentage=76.2|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Andrew Farina-Childs|votes=1695|percentage=68.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Nigel Stuart Dix|votes=1634|percentage=66.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour |candidate=Dean Jones|votes=738|percentage=30.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour |candidate=Hero Marsden|votes=482|percentage=19.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,462|percentage=37.88|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Independent politician|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Independent politician|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Cefn Fforest & Pengam =
{{Election box begin|title=Cefn Fforest & Pengam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Shane Williams|votes=929|percentage=54.1|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Teresa Heron|votes=886|percentage=51.6|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Marina Chacon-Dawson|votes=856|percentage=49.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Louise Phillips|votes=582|percentage=33.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Gerwyn James|votes=554|percentage=32.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=George Edwards|votes=553|percentage=32.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservatives|candidate=Johnny Parker|votes=238|percentage=13.9|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,716|percentage=30.38|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Crosskeys =
{{Election box begin|title=Crosskeys}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Julian Simmonds|votes=415|percentage=51.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru |candidate=Chris Cook|votes=334|percentage=41.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats |candidate=Tony Potts|votes=57|percentage=7.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=806|percentage=32.2|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Crumlin =
{{Election box begin|title=Crumlin}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Carl Thomas|votes=929|percentage=64.6|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Kristian Woodland|votes=652|percentage=45.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Mike Davies|votes=562|percentage=39.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Claire Morgan|votes=470|percentage=32.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats|candidate=Mary Elizabeth Lloyd|votes=104|percentage=7.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats|candidate=Steve Lloyd|votes=83|percentage=5.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,438|percentage=33.09|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Darren Valley =
{{Election box begin|title=Darren Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Robert Edward Chapman|votes=512|percentage=89.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Gavin Hughes|votes=60|percentage=10.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=572|percentage=30.19|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Gilfach =
{{Election box begin|title=Gilfach}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Carol Julia Andrews|votes=343|percentage=72.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Elaine Meredith|votes=129|percentage=27.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=472|percentage=31.07|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Hengoed =
{{Election box begin|title=Hengoed}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Donna Cushing|votes=608|percentage=53.2|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Teresa Parry|votes=576|percentage=50.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Rowlands Tracey|votes=502|percentage=43.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Rhiannon Stone|votes=494|percentage=43.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,143|percentage=27.89|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Llanbradach =
{{Election box begin|title=Llanbradach}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Colin Mann|votes=775|percentage=66.3|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Gary Enright|votes=643|percentage=55.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Adam Birkinshaw-Bird|votes=394|percentage=33.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Rhydian Dafydd Birkinshaw-Bird|votes=365|percentage=31.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,169|percentage=36.59|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Machen and Rudry =
{{Election box begin|title=Machen and Rudry}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Amanda McConnell|votes=714|percentage=55.2|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Chris Morgan|votes=670|percentage=51.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats|candidate=Steve Aicheler|votes=417|percentage=32.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Ellis Michael Smith|votes=283|percentage=21.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats|candidate=Gareth Colin Bryant|votes=243|percentage=18.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,293|percentage=34.15|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Maesycwmmer =
{{Election box begin|title=Maesycwmmer}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour and Co-operative|candidate=Jo Rao|votes=337|percentage=59.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Garin Rhys Davies|votes=226|percentage=40.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=563|percentage=29.58|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Labour and Co-operative|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Morgan Jones =
{{Election box begin|title=Morgan Jones}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Jamie Pritchard|votes=1092|percentage=50.1|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Shayne Cook|votes=1002|percentage=46.0|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Anne Broughton-Pettit|votes=916|percentage=42.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Mike Prew|votes=816|percentage=37.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=John Martin Downes|votes=636|percentage=29.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Mark Andrew Robotham|votes=625|percentage=28.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=John Child|votes=242|percentage=11.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Judith Elizabeth Child|votes=229|percentage=10.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Wales Green Party|candidate=Alexis Celnik|votes=214|percentage=9.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,178|percentage=37.91|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Moriah and Pontlottyn =
{{Election box begin|title=Moriah and Pontlottyn}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Mansel Powell|votes=907|percentage=71.4|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=David Harse|votes=781|percentage=61.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Rhodri Morgan|votes=305|percentage=24.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Alyn Davies|votes=259|percentage=20.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,270|percentage=31.74|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Nelson =
{{Election box begin|title=Nelson}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Sean Morgan|votes=627|percentage=43.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Brenda Miles|votes=518|percentage=36.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Rod Powell|votes=383|percentage=26.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Brett Jenkins|votes=365|percentage=25.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Eifion Dafydd|votes=296|percentage=20.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Aled John|votes=286|percentage=20.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Naomi Ruth Miles|votes=82|percentage=5.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,427|percentage=39.55|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= New Tredegar =
{{Election box begin|title=New Tredegar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Eluned Stenner|votes=675|percentage=71.5|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Mark Anthony Evans|votes=617|percentage=65.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Tracey Gifford|votes=299|percentage=31.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Faebian Vann|votes=154|percentage=16.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=944|percentage=28.68|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Newbridge =
{{Election box begin|title=Newbridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Adrian Hussey|votes=745|percentage=49.2|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Gary Johnston|votes=733|percentage=48.4|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Leeroy Jeremiah|votes=729|percentage=48.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Lyn Ackerman|votes=687|percentage=45.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Rhys Mills|votes=468|percentage=30.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Wayne Morrisey|votes=415|percentage=27.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Christine Edwards|votes=193|percentage=12.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Kyle Butcher|votes=182|percentage=12.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,514|percentage=31.16|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Penmaen =
{{Election box begin|title=Penmaen}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Roy Saralis|votes=831|percentage=60.3|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Jim Sadler|votes=775|percentage=56.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Andrew Short|votes=458|percentage=33.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Kevin Jones|votes=454|percentage=33.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,377|percentage=31.48|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Penyrheol =
{{Election box begin|title=Penyrheol}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle|votes=1975|percentage=66.0|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Jon Scriven|votes=1,660|percentage=55.5|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Steven John Skivens|votes=1,626|percentage=54.3|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Greg Ead|votes=1,458|percentage=48.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Phil Rosser|votes=1,159|percentage=38.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Brandon Philip Gorman|votes=532|percentage=17.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,993|percentage=31.48|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Pontllanfraith =
{{Election box begin|title=Pontllanfraith}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Mike Adams|votes=1045|percentage=52.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Pat Cook|votes=926|percentage=46.8|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Colin John Gordon|votes=815|percentage=41.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Laura Jane Richards|votes=782|percentage=39.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Roy Williams|votes=565|percentage=28.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=James Freeman Wells|votes=515|percentage=26.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Cathrine Clark|votes=373|percentage=18.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Jacob Pearce|votes=210|percentage=10.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,977|percentage=30.99|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Risca East =
{{Election box begin|title=Risca East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Nigel George|votes=698|percentage=59.3|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Arianna Leonard|votes=631|percentage=53.6|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Philippa Leonard|votes=626|percentage=53.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Brandon Ham|votes=404|percentage=34.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Alan Thomas|votes=401|percentage=34.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Matthew Farrel|votes=301|percentage=25.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,178|percentage=25.89|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Risca West =
{{Election box begin|title=Risca West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Bob Owen|votes=983|percentage=71.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Ceri Wright|votes=629|percentage=46.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Rob Derraven|votes=585|percentage=42.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,367|percentage=34.28|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Independent politician|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= St. Cattwg =
{{Election box begin|title=St. Cattwg}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Haydn Pritchard|votes=902|percentage=49.6|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Ann Gair|votes=848|percentage=46.6|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Judith Ann Pritchard|votes=843|percentage=46.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Carmen Marie Bezzina|votes=822|percentage=45.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=John Tully Toner|votes=784|percentage=43.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Catrin Sara Moss|votes=752|percentage=41.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,820|percentage=32.81|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Plaid Cymru|loser=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Plaid Cymru|loser=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= St. Martins =
{{Election box begin|title=St. Martins}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Colin Elsbury|votes=1581|percentage=57.1|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=James Emanuel Fussel|votes=1522|percentage=54.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Stephen Kent|votes=1421|percentage=51.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Cath Lewis|votes=1,165|percentage=42.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Conservative Party|candidate=Robert Stanley Lea|votes=568|percentage=20.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,770|percentage=41.33|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Twyn Carno =
{{Election box begin|title=Twyn Carno}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Carl Cuss|votes=652|percentage=80.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Peter Bailie|votes=159|percentage=19.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=811|percentage=35.75|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Van =
{{Election box begin|title=Van}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Christine Forehead|votes=536|percentage=53.4|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Elaine Forehead|votes=490|percentage=48.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Lynne Hughes|votes=443|percentage=44.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Jeff Grenfell|votes=408|percentage=40.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,004|percentage=30.27|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Ynysddu =
{{Election box begin|title=Ynysddu}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Jan Jones|votes=1162|percentage=83.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Janine Reed|votes=1150|percentage=83.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Philippa Marsden|votes=213|percentage=15.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Phoebe Marsden|votes=182|percentage=13.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,385|percentage=45.78|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Independent politician|loser=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Independent politician|loser=Welsh Labour|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Ystrad Mynach =
{{Election box begin|title=Ystrad Mynach}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Martyn James|votes=972|percentage=63.9|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Alan Angel|votes=914|percentage=60.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Mathew Cook|votes=640|percentage=42.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,521|percentage=37.32|change=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Plaid Cymru|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{2022 United Kingdom local elections}}
{{Gwent elections}}