2022 Newport City Council election - Wikipedia
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2022 Elections to Newport City Council were held on 5 May 2022 along with elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales, community council elections in Wales and 2022 United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election took place in May 2017, though there had also been a number of by-elections in the city in the intervening period.
The Labour Party had controlled Newport since 2012 and the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and independents were hoping to make some inroads at this election.[1]
Following an electoral boundary review, the overall number of electoral wards increased from 20 to 21, with the total number of councillors increasing by one, from 50 to 51. The former Rogerstone ward was split into three[1] while the Tredegar Park and Marshfield ward were merged. The Langstone, Llanwern and Lliswerry wards were substantially reconfigured.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 35 |  4
|
68.6 | 49.1 | 44,892 | +13.0 | |||
| Conservative | 7 |  5
|
13.7 | 28.3 | 25,928 | -3.7 | |||
| Independent | 4 | 3
|
7.8 | 7.4 | 6,769 | +4.4 | |||
| Newport Ind. | 3 | 1
|
5.9 | 4.6 | 4,198 | -5.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1
|
2.0 | 8.0 | 7,314 | -1.4 | |||
| Green | 1 | 1
|
2.0 | 1.8 | 1,621 | -0.1 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 0 |  0
|
0.0 | 0.5 | 485 | -3.6 | |||
| Propel | 0 | 0
|
0.0 | 0.3 | 281 | New |
An asterix indicates the candidate is a sitting councillor for the ward standing for re-election.[4]
Bishton and Langstone
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Routley and Mogford had been the sitting councillors for the former Langstone ward, which had the Bishton community added at this election.
The community of Nash was transferred from Liswerry to the Llanwern ward at this election.
Forsey had been one of the sitting councillors in the former Rogerstone ward.
James became Newport's first ever Green Party councillor.[3]
Tredegar Park and Marshfield
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Watkins had been the sitting councillor for the former Tredegar Park ward.
Horton and Hussain had won seats in this ward at two separate by-elections in 2021.
- ^ a b Ryan O'Neill (22 April 2022). "The key battlegrounds where the Newport council election could be won and lost". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Newport City Council Elections May 2022". Newport City Council. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b Ryan O'Neill (6 May 2022). "Newport local elections 2022: The full result as Tories lose seats, Labour gains and voters stay home". Wales Online. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Newport". Retrieved 2022-08-21.