2022 Denbighshire County Council election

2022 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations. Striped wards show mixed representation.

The 2022 election to Denbighshire County Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous elections took place in May 2017 and the next are scheduled to happen in 2027

Ward changes

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Following a ward boundary review by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, the number of Denbighshire County Council wards was reduced from 30 to 29, while the number of councillors increased from 47 to 48. Twenty three wards saw no change,[1] though other wards had their boundaries redrawn and/or their names changed.

Results

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No party gained an overall majority, though the Labour Party became the largest group. The Conservative Party lost nine seats, including that of their Group leader, Julian Thompson-Hill. The council gained its first ever representatives from the Green Party, who won seats in Prestatyn Central and St Asaph East. The overall turnout was 38.6%.[2]

Results[3]
Party Seats Change
Labour Party 19 Increase 3
Independents 12 Increase 4
Plaid Cymru 8 Steady
Conservative Party 6 Decrease 9
Green Party 2 Increase 2
Liberal Democrats 1 Steady

Ward results

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* = denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2017 elections[4]

Denbighshire Council results per ward also give the number of registered electors

Alyn Valley (one seat)

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Alyn Valley 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Mendies unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Mendies stood unsuccessfully in the Trefnant ward in 2017.[4] Alyn Valley is a new ward, formerly part of the Llanarmon-yn-Ial/Llandegla ward.

Bodelwyddan (one seat)

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Bodelwyddan 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raj Metri 384 57.4
Conservative Abigail Mainon 285 42.6
Registered electors 1,653
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan (three seats)

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Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Pauline Edwards 630
Plaid Cymru Delyth Jones 531
Independent Geraint Lloyd-Williams 513
Independent Keith Stevens 513
Plaid Cymru Sian Vaughan Jones 497
Conservative Lara Pritchard 191
Conservative Gerry Frobisher 172
Conservative Ben Stanley 142
Registered electors 3,759
Independent win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

The former wards of Denbigh Central and Denbigh Upper/Henllan were merged, following the local government boundary review, becoming Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan. The ward retained the overall number of three councillors.[6] Lloyd-Williams had been elected as a Labour councillor for Denbigh Upper/Henllan at the 2017 elections.[4]

Denbigh Lower (two seats)

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Denbigh Lower 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Young * 992
Plaid Cymru Rhys Thomas * 886
Conservative Gwynn Jones 329
Conservative Maxime Boucknooghe 286
Registered electors 3,654
Independent hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Dyserth (one seat)

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Dyserth 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Williams * 534
Conservative Alan Pennington 141
Registered electors 2,025
Independent hold Swing

Efenechdyd (one seat)

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Efenechdyd 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Eryl Williams * 426 79.0
Conservative Glen Vernon 113 21.0
Registered electors 1,345
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Ward boundaries remained the same, but the official name of the ward was changed from Efenechtyd to Efenechdyd.

Edeirnion (two seats)

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Edeirnion 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Alan Hughes 821
Plaid Cymru Gwyneth Ellis 719
Labour Gordon Hughes 365
Conservative Judith Hickey 143
Conservative Helen Jones 111
Registered electors 2,785
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

Formed from the merger of the former Corwen and Llandrillo wards.

Llandyrnog (one seat)

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Llandyrnog 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Merfyn Parry * 556
Independent John McGuire 152
Conservative Nicholas Garnett 85
Registered electors 1,791
Independent hold Swing

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern (one seat)

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Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hugh Evans * 591
Conservative Philip Spencer Brelsford 146
Green Alex Collins 143
Registered electors 1,911
Independent hold Swing

Llangollen (two seats)

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Llangollen 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Karen Edwards 626
Independent Paul Keddie 623
Green Sarah Marshall 543
Independent Stuart Davies 445
Conservative Dawn Butters 130
Conservative Roger Jarvis 106
Registered electors 3,355
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent hold Swing

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch (one seat)

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Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Huw Elfed Williams 497
Conservative David Murfitt 219
Registered electors 1,509
Plaid Cymru gain from Independent Swing

Moel Famau (one seat)

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Moel Famau 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Huw Williams 588
Conservative Pat Astbury 288
Registered electors 1,807
Independent win (new seat)

Moel Famau was a new ward, formed by the merger of the former Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal ward and the community of Llanferres.[7] Huw Williams had been elected as a Conservative councillor for Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal at the 2017 elections.[4]

Prestatyn Central (two seats)

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Prestatyn Central 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jon Harland 806
Conservative Hugh Irving * 387
Labour Bob Murray 386
Conservative Elizabeth Tina Jones * 328
Green Robert Spalding 289
Independent Rory Fraser 64
Registered electors 2,871
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Prestatyn East (two seats)

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Prestatyn East 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrea Myatt Tomlin 597
Labour Elen Heaton 563
Conservative Anthon Sampson * 462
Conservative Julian Thompson-Hill * 396
Registered electors 3,207
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Prestatyn Meliden (one seat)

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Prestatyn Meliden 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Matthews 320 60.7
Conservative Carol Lloyd Evans 207 39.3
Registered electors 1,556
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Prestatyn North (three seats)

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Prestatyn North 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kelly Clewett 733
Labour Jason McLellan 696
Labour Gill German 682
Conservative Tony Flynn * 507
Conservative Rachel Flynn * 470
Conservative Sharon Frobisher 405
Plaid Cymru Paul Penlington * 380
Other Peter Duffy 344
Other Mike German 310
Plaid Cymru Sonia Penlington 278
Other Helen Marsden-Duffy 255
Plaid Cymru Robert Niven Forrest 250
Registered electors 4,809
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Paul Penlington was elected in 2017 for the Labour Party.[4]

Prestatyn South West (two seats)

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Prestatyn South West 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gareth Sandilands 691
Labour Carol Holliday 657
Conservative Gary Brockbanks 423
Conservative Eddy Oko-Jaja 317
Registered electors 2,895
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhuddlan (two seats)

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Rhuddlan 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Davies * 586
Plaid Cymru Arwel Roberts * 512
Labour Val Simmons 385
Conservative Ivor Beech 329
Plaid Cymru Bleddyn Rhys 209
Independent Dave Farrall 164
Registered electors 3,073
Conservative hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Rhyl East (two seats)

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Rhyl East 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Mellor * 591
Conservative Justine Evans 497
Conservative Tony Thomas * 492
Labour Jacqueline McAlpine 472
Independent Michael Joseph Jones 184
Registered electors 3,656
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rhyl South (two seats)

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Rhyl South 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones * 661
Labour Ellie Chard * 605
Conservative David Thomas 395
Conservative Gloria Lambert 394
Registered electors 2,914
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhyl South West (two seats)

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Rhyl South West 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diane King 529
Labour Peter Prendergast * 492
Conservative Matt Bamber 246
Conservative Lee Bowen 241
Independent James Alexander Ball 122
Registered electors 3,787
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rhyl Trellewellyn (two seats)

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Rhyl Trellewellyn 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Win Mullen-James 453 47.8
Labour Michelle Walker 445
Independent Rich Kendrick 333
Conservative Matthew Woodfine 199 29.8
Conservative Leslie Clark Peake 192
Plaid Cymru John Hughes-Jones 142
Registered electors 3,087
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

The former ward of Rhyl South East was divided, following the local government boundary review, into Rhyl Trellewellyn and Rhyl Ty Newydd, with an overall increase of councillors from three to four. The two wards match the boundaries of the Trellewellyn and Ty Newydd wards to Rhyl Town Council.[8]

Rhyl Ty Newydd (two seats)

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Rhyl Ty Newydd 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Blakeley 682
Labour Cheryl Williams 612
Conservative Brian Jones 465
Conservative Noel Martin 396
Registered electors 3,348
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Jones had previously been a councillor for the former Rhyl South East ward and had also been a cabinet member in the Conservative administration.[2] Blakeley and Williams were also previously councillors for Rhyl South East.[4]

Rhyl West (two seats)

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Rhyl West 2017 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Butterfield * 420
Labour Alan James * 389
Conservative Matthew Lambert 104
Conservative Jason Humphreys 98
Independent Trevor Tyrie 76
Registered electors 3,187
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ruthin (three seats)

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Ruthin 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Huw Hilditch-Roberts * 1,488
Plaid Cymru Emrys Wynne * 1,396
Liberal Democrats Bobby Feeley * 999
Independent Gavin Harris 931
Green Ted Stacey 282
Conservative Rachel Ryland 207
Conservative Curtis Wheaver 112
Conservative Joseph Furnival 108
Registered electors 4,437
Independent hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Asaph East (one seat)

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St Asaph East 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martyn James Hogg 310 53.4
Conservative Linda Nelson 270 46.6
Registered electors 1,546
Green gain from Conservative Swing

St Asaph West (one seat)

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St Asaph West 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Scott 222 61.4
Independent Peter Morton 139 38.6
Registered electors 1,276
Conservative hold Swing

Trefnant (one seat)

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Trefnant 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Elson 330 50.9
Plaid Cymru Meirick Davies * 318 41.1
Registered electors 1,538
Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Tremeirchion (one seat)

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Tremeirchion 2022 [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Evans 272 39.7
Independent Mike Pritchard 209 30.5
Conservative Ceri Elizabeth Mearns 204 29.8
Registered electors 1,365
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Changes 2022–2027

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Affiliation changes

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  • Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones, elected as a Labour councillor for Rhyl South ward, left the party in Summer 2022.[9]

By-elections

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Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election, 9 February 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Jones 337 40
Labour Jacqueline Lynda McAlpine 326 39
Plaid Cymru John Hughes-Jones 101 12
Independent Simon Rowlands 72 9
Liberal Democrats Keith Richard Kirwan 5 1
Registered electors 3,290
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Brian Blakeley.[10][11]

Rhyl South West by-election, 7 December 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James May 236 51
Independent David Lee Thomas 153 33
Conservative Leslie Peake 71 15
Registered electors 3,725
Labour hold

By-election triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pete Prendergast.[12][13]

Rhyl Trellewelyn: 26 September 2024[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Will Price 188 50.8 +33.1
Labour Mike Blackwell 127 34.3 –5.9
Plaid Cymru Bleddyn Rhys 36 9.7 –2.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Morris 19 5.1 N/A
Majority 61 16.5 N/A
Turnout 370 11.5
Registered electors 3,213
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase19.5

By-election triggered by the death of Labour councillor Win Mullen-James.

Prestatyn North by-election, 24 October 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anton Sampson 295 26
Independent Tony Flynn 221 19
Reform UK Gerry Frobisher 218 19
Labour Neil Gibson 212 19
Plaid Cymru Paul Penlington 169 15
Liberal Democrats Keith Richard Kirwan 23 2
Registered electors 4,762
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

By-election triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Gill German.

References

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  1. ^ "Denbighshire Council Boundary Reforms Confirmed". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Richard Evans (6 May 2022). "Local Election 2022: Denbighshire Council voting and results in full". North Wales Live. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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  6. ^ "Review of the Electoral Arrangements of the County of Denbighshire - Final Recommendations Report" (PDF). Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. June 2019. pp. 17–19. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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  9. ^ Boothroyd, David (5 August 2022). "Labour hold, photographed from a Canberra". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ^ Kendrick, Suzanne (28 October 2022). "Tributes paid to Rhyl councillor who 'championed good projects' and 'always tried his best'". Rhyl Journal. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Election results for Rhyl Ty Newydd". Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  12. ^ Kendrick, Suzanne (26 September 2023). "Denbighshire community mourns the sudden loss of councillor". Rhyl Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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