2022 Flintshire County Council election

2022 Flintshire County Council election
All 67 seats on Flintshire County Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; Ian Roberts; Labour; No overall control	Leader after election ; Ian Roberts; Labour; No overall control

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.

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

Overview

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

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

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

Argoed and New Brighton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Buckley: Pentrobin

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

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

Caerwys

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

Cilcain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greenfield

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

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

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

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

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

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

Holywell Central

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

Holywell East

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

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

Hope

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

Leeswood

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

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

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

Mold East

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

Mold South

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Treuddyn

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

Whitford

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

References

^ "Your councillors by political grouping". Flintshire County Council. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ Boothroyd, David (11 March 2022). "More independent than you in Herefordshire". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ Boothroyd, David (8 April 2022). "Green on the Cobb". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament. The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 2021 as made, from legislation.gov.uk.
^ Pennar, Sion (18 May 2022). "Welsh local elections: Labour regain Flintshire council". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Flintshire result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
^ 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.
^ "Election results by wards". Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[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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