2022 Welsh local elections

2022 Welsh local elections

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All 1,231 seats to 22 Welsh councils
First party Second party Third party   Ind Leader Mark Drakeford None Adam Price Party Labour Independent Plaid Cymru Last election 468 seats, 30.4% 309 seats, 22.5% 208 seats, 16.5% Seats won 526 307 202 Seat change 66 2 6 Popular vote 323,075 206,703 160,284 Percentage 34% 21.76% 16.9% Swing 3.6% 0.74% 0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   GRN Leader Andrew RT Davies Jane Dodds Anthony Slaughter Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green Last election 184 seats, 18.8% 63 seats, 6.8% 1 seat, 1.3% Seats won 111 69 8 Seat change 86 10 7 Popular vote 145,115 66,180 21,585 Percentage 15.3% 6.97% 2.27% Swing 3.52% 0.17% 0.97%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control (left), and the largest party by ward (right) Key:   Labour   Independent   Plaid Cymru   Conservative   No Overall Control

The 2022 Welsh local elections took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities in Wales. They were held alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. The previous elections were held in 2017.

The Welsh Conservatives lost over a third of their seats and their majority on Monmouthshire County Council.^[1] Plaid Cymru won outright control of four councils, which was the highest number in the party's history, however their overall number of councillors elected decreased.