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2022 Flintshire County Council election

The 2022 Flintshire County Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect all 67 councillors on Flintshire County Council in Wales, as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

2022 Flintshire County Council election
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All 67 seats on Flintshire County Council
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Ian Roberts
Party Labour Independent
Seats before 34 27
Seats after 31 30
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Hilary McGuill Clive Carver
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 4 5
Seats after 4 2
Leader before election

Ian Roberts
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Ian Roberts
Labour
No overall control

The council remained under no overall control, being run by Labour as a minority administration.

Overview

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Prior to the election, Labour held 34 of the 70 seats and ran the council with the support of some of the independent councillors. Of the 27 independent councillors prior to the election, 16 sat together as the "Independent Alliance" led by Mike Peers, 3 formed the "New Independents" led by Patrick Heesom, and 3 formed the "Independent Group" led by Tony Sharps. Independent councillor Andy Hughes sat with the Liberal Democrats, and the other four independent councillors were not aligned to any group.[1][2][3]

New ward boundaries took effect for this election, reducing the number of seats from 70 to 67.[4]

The election saw the council remain under no overall control, but with Labour remaining the largest party, taking 31 of the 67 seats. Labour managed to form a minority administration after the election with informal support from the Liberal Democrats.[5]

Results

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Results[6]
Party Seats Change
Labour Party 31   2
Independents 30   8
Liberal Democrats 4   1
Conservative Party 2   5

Seat change compared to notional standing of parties prior to the election, as reduction in number of seats precludes direct comparison.

Ward results

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The results for each ward were:[7][8]

Argoed and New Brighton

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Argoed and New Brighton ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary June McGuill 845
Liberal Democrats Mared Brooks Eastwood 843
Labour Graham John Sherwood 577
Plaid Cymru Jack William Morris 344
Independent Chesleigh Kearbey 341
Green Paul Andrew Jewell 242
Turnout
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bagillt

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Bagillt ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rob Davies 653
Labour Kevin Rush 491
Green David Binns 104
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Broughton North East

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Broughton North East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Mullin 292
Independent Arthur Barrie Gregory 101
Conservative Raphaelle Soffe 66
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Broughton South

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Broughton South ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chrissy Gee 566
Labour Ryan James McKeown 514
Labour Mike Lowe 401
Independent Penny Brett-Roberts 239
Conservative Duncan Clubbe 201
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brynford and Halkyn

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Brynford and Halkyn ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Jones 659
Conservative Jean Sophia Davies 500
Independent Colin Legg 499
Conservative Ray Faulder-Jones 316
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Buckley: Bistre East

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Buckley: Bistre East ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Brent Jones 815
Independent Arnold Woolley 627
Labour Adie Drury 376
Labour Vivienne Elizabeth Blondek 305
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Buckley: Bistre West

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Buckley: Bistre West ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carolyn Mary Preece 526
Labour Dan Rose 507
Independent David John Ellis 492
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Buckley: Mountain

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Buckley: Mountain ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carol Ann Ellis 505
Labour Kenneth Harry Preece 203
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

Buckley: Pentrobin

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Buckley: Pentrobin ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Dennis Hutchinson
(Dennis Hutchinson) 		956
Independent Mike Peers 930
Labour Emma Louise Preece 475
Labour Dan Preece 446
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Caergwrle

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Caergwrle ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Healey 275
Independent Suzanne Foy 83
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Caerwys

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Caerwys ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steve Copple uncontested
Independent win (new seat)

Cilcain

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Cilcain ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Parkhurst 534
Independent Owen Thomas 226
Labour Aled Hanson 111
Turnout
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Connah's Quay Central

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Connah's Quay Central ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bernie Attridge 780
Independent Debbie Owen 626
Labour Ryan O'Gorman 403
Labour Tracey Sutton Postlethwaite 308
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Connah's Quay South

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Connah's Quay South ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bill Crease 524
Independent Antony Stephen Wren 453
Labour Alexander Ian Dunbar
(Ian Dunbar) 		450
Labour Ian Robertson Smith 346
Liberal Democrats Steven David Tattum 115
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Connah's Quay: Golftyn

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Connah's Quay: Golftyn ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Hughes 695
Independent David Richardson
(Franko Richardson) 		607
Labour Paul Andrew Shotton 371
Labour Beverley Futia 333
Reform UK Dave Vernon 52
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Connah's Quay: Wepre

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Connah's Quay: Wepre ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Roz Mansell 250
Labour Martin Gerard White 233
Liberal Democrats Marie Goble 35
Green Katie O'Connor 22
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

Flint: Castle

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Flint: Castle ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Roberts 314
Independent Steve Jones 121
Green Kathryn Price 22
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Flint: Coleshill and Trelawny

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Flint: Coleshill and Trelawny ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Cunningham 1,062
Labour Vicky Perfect 1,042
Labour Michelle Perfect 950
Independent Karl Jones 631
Independent Carol Ann Griffiths 560
Conservative Nefyn Roberts 477
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Flint: Oakenholt

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Flint: Oakenholt ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mel Buckley 337
Independent Rita Johnson 268
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Greenfield

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Greenfield ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rosetta Dolphin 418
Conservative Matt Sprake 135
Labour Mike Jones 122
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

Gwernaffield and Gwernymynydd

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Gwernaffield and Gwernymynydd ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Coggins Cogan 589
Conservative Adele Joy Davies-Cooke 490
Labour Huw Claydon 439
Conservative Kathy Cracknell 299
Liberal Democrats Klara Lethbridge 298
Independent Saffron Deri Hulson 249
Green Christopher Harris 183
Turnout
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hawarden: Aston

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Hawarden: Aston ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Louise Brockley 784
Independent Helen Brown 767
Independent George Hardcastle 559
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Hawarden: Ewloe

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Hawarden: Ewloe ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dave Mackie 859
Labour Linda Thomas 527
Conservative Lesley Evans 475
Independent Janet Anne Axworthy 448
Liberal Democrats Christopher Goble 246
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hawarden: Mancot

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Hawarden: Mancot ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sam Swash 881
Independent Ant Turton 855
Independent Ralph Small 479
Independent George Chawner 168
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Higher Kinnerton

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Higher Kinnerton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mike Allport uncontested
Independent win (new seat)

Holywell Central

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Holywell Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ted Palmer 224
Independent Daniel Thomas 223
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Holywell East

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Holywell East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Hodge 252
Labour Joe Johnson 198
Conservative Emma Ward 59
Liberal Democrats Theresa Murray 49
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

Holywell West

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Holywell West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Anthony Johnson 324
Independent Lynda Ann Carter 258
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Hope

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Hope ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gladys Healey 496
Independent John Edward Dickin 164
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Leeswood

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Leeswood ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Hughes 425
Independent Joseph Caruana 174
Independent Shaun Owen 102
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Llanasa and Trelawnyd

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Llanasa and Trelawnyd ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Glyn Spencer Banks 698
Labour Gina Maddison 589
Independent Tom Beal 531
Conservative Timothy James Garner Roberts 527
Green Rachel Bolger 292
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Llanfyndd

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Llanfynydd ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Hughes 450
Independent Tim Holt 237
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Mold East

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Mold East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Bithell 544
Independent Paul Beacher 212
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Mold South

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Mold South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoff Collett 447
Independent Haydn Wynne Jones 385
Plaid Cymru Bob Gaffey 124
Liberal Democrats Edward David Goble 108
Green David Anthony Blainey 41
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Mold West

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Mold West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tina Susan Claydon 276
Independent Brian Lloyd 207
Liberal Democrats Joanne Edwards 76
Independent Geoffrey Matthias 56
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Mold: Broncoed

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Mold: Broncoed ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Teresa Carberry 345
Independent Haydn Bateman 308
Independent Gareth Derek Williams 143
Conservative Tim Maunders 73
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Mostyn

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Mostyn ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Pam Banks 268
Independent Patrick Glynn Heesom 125
Liberal Democrats Heather Alison Prydderch 53
Conservative Les Waymont 52
Green Lee Lavery 46
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

Northop

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Northop ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marion Bateman 779
Independent Linda Thew 736
Labour Ben Goldsborough 617
Independent Paul Ian Ashley 417
Independent Tony Sharps 395
Liberal Democrats Uzma Sikander 330
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Pen-y-ffordd

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Pen-y-ffordd ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Roy Alan Wakelam 785
Labour Alasdair Ibbotson 764
Independent David Williams 626
Labour David Walker 362
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Queensferry and Sealand

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Queensferry and Sealand ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Margaret Jones 518
Independent Dale Selvester 466
Independent Lesley Povey 396
Labour David Edward Wisinger 396
Conservative Roger Francis Cracknell 135
Liberal Democrats Lionel Prouve 58
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Saltney Ferry

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Saltney Ferry ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Richard Lloyd
(Richard Lloyd) 		590
Independent Jason Shallcross 407
Labour Shelly Streeter 359
Independent Eileen Veronica Gay
(Veronica Gay) 		319
Conservative Kinza Sutton 106
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Shotton East and Shotton Higher

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Shotton East and Shotton Higher ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Evans 413
Labour Ron Davies 396
Independent Michael John Evans 359
Independent Kelly Joanne Evans-Brown 275
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Shotton West

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Shotton West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Bibby 496
Independent Steve Biffo Griffiths 152
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

Treuddyn

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Treuddyn ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Allan Marshall 277
Labour Eva Bech 247
Independent Jonny Sheppard 18
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

Whitford

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Whitford ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Dolphin 635
Labour Helen Papworth 176
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Your councillors by political grouping". Flintshire County Council. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David (11 March 2022). "More independent than you in Herefordshire". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ Boothroyd, David (8 April 2022). "Green on the Cobb". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament. The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 2021 as made, from legislation.gov.uk.
  5. ^ Pennar, Sion (18 May 2022). "Welsh local elections: Labour regain Flintshire council". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Flintshire result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  7. ^ Lewis, Thomas; Mosalski, Ruth; Hayward, Will (7 May 2022). "Flintshire local elections 2022: Labour fall short of overall majority as independents soar". Wales Online. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Election results by wards". Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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