2022 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election - Wikipedia
- ️Thu Jun 09 2022
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As part of the 2022 local elections in Wales on 5 May 2022, the 33 seats of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council were up for election. The previous full council election took place in May 2017.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 21 | 8 | 0 |  8
|
63.6 | 49.9 | 16,980 | +7.1 | |
| Independent | 12 | 1 | 8 |  16
|
36.4 | 44.5 | 15,141 | -9.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
0.0 | 4.3 | 1,480 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 |  0
|
0.0 | 0.9 | 300 | +0.1 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
0.0 | 0.4 | 122 | +0.2 |
Labour regained a majority control of the council at the 2022 local elections. The former Independent leader of the council, Nigel Daniels, lost his seat.[2]
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A few days after being elected as an Independent, Carl Bainton changed his allegiance to Labour.[3]
- ^ "Council Elections May 2022 Results". Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ Will Hayward (6 May 2022). "Blaenau Gwent local elections 2022: The full results as Labour regains control". Wales Online. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ "Voters 'horrified' as Independent councillor joins Labour days after being voted in". ITV News. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.