2022 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council election

An election to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

Independents lost the council to no overall control.

Results

Results
Party	Seats	Change
Independents	15	2
Labour Party	15	2

Ward Results

Bedlinog & Trelewis

Bedlinog & Trelewis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Malcolm Colbran	581
	Independent	Michelle Symonds	408
	Labour	Vanessa Matthews	362
	Labour	Jeffrey Beard	343
	Independent	Richard Searl	136
	Conservative	Edward Dawson	57
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Cyfarthfa

Cyfarthfa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geraint Thomas	1,031
	Independent	Michelle Jones	836
	Independent	Claire Jones	701
	Labour	David Chaplin	696
	Labour	Kathryn Amaro	654
	Labour	Andrew Cremin	477
	Plaid Cymru	Lisbeth McLean	394
	Conservative	Sarah Phillips	180
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Dowlais & Pant

Dowlais & Pant

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Declan Sammon	1,120
	Independent	Paula Layton	851
	Independent	David Hughes	803
	Labour	Richard Owen	485
	Labour	Sara Beard	480
	Labour	Simon Williams	470
	Independent	Jane Plowright	226
	Plaid Cymru	James Cushen	147
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Gurnos

Gurnos

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeremy Davies	519
	Independent	Lee Davies	514
	Labour	Bill Smith	359
	Independent	Pauline Griffiths	306
	Independent	Tony Williams	283
	Labour	Sue Patman	281
	Labour	Gav Galleozzie	269
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Merthyr Vale

Merthyr Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Roberts	892
	Labour	Scott Thomas	716
	Independent	Lynne Colston	276
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Jones	701
	Labour	Louise Minett Vokes	685
	Independent	Jason Launchbury	479
	Independent	Janet Morgan	398
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Penydarren

Penydarren

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Isaac	650
	Labour	Kevin Gibbs	523
	Labour	Jamie Scriven	508
	Independent	Chris Davies	454
	Independent	Peter Thomas	272
	Independent	Julian Amos	194
	Plaid Cymru	Shaun Sullivan	190
	Independent	Simon Ryan	143
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Plymouth

Plymouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Lewis	1,138
	Labour	Brent Carter	1,061
	Labour	Anna Williams-Price	879
	Independent	Lucie John	364
	Independent	Natasha Evans	349
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Town

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dai Jones	995
	Independent	John Thomas	943
	Independent	Andrew Barry	873
	Independent	Julia Jenkins	826
	Independent	Kevin O'Neill	807
	Labour	Kelly McCarthy	716
	Labour	Rose Maycock	707
	Labour	Martin Eaglestone	659
	Plaid Cymru	Shaun O'Malley	368
	Plaid Cymru	Vivian Pugh	320
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Gwynne	312
	Plaid Cymru	Leighton Evans	306
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Treharris

Treharris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Richards	1,635
	Labour	Ian Thomas	966
	Labour	Ernie Galsworthy	963
	Plaid Cymru	Francis Whitefoot	555
	Independent	Craig Andrews	527
	Independent	Jason Hughes	488
	Green	Tim Clayton	174
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Vaynor

Vaynor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lisa Mytton	655
	Independent	Clive Tovey	532
	Independent	Stephen Jones	386
	Labour	Roy Bish	372
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)