2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

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2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

 2017
5 May 2022
2027 

All 30 seats to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Independent
Labour
Leader Lisa Mytton Darren Roberts
Party Independent Labour
Leader's seat Vaynor Merthyr Vale
Seats before 17 13
Seats won 15 15
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 17,281 19,642
Percentage 43.27% 49.18%

Map of the election results by electoral ward, coloured in party colours. Stripes indicate wards where two or more councillors is of a different affiliation.

The 2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect the 30 members to the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council in Wales, as a part of both the 2022 Welsh local elections, and the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. The electoral ward divisions had been altered, and the number of councillors elected had dropped from 33 to 30. The Independents lost their majority of the council, and tied with Labour at 15 seats each.

Results[1]
Party Seats Change
Independents 15 Decrease 2
Labour Party 15 Increase 2

Ward results

By-elections between 2022 and 2027

References

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