2022 Flintshire County Council election

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   Leader Ian Roberts Party Labour Independent Seats before 34 27 Seats after 31 30   Third party Fourth party   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 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.

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[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.

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

Argoed and New Brighton ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary June McGuill	845	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mared Brooks Eastwood	843	46.9
	Labour	Graham John Sherwood	577	32.1
	Plaid Cymru	Jack William Morris	344	19.1
	Independent	Chesleigh Kearbey	341	19.0
	Green	Paul Andrew Jewell	242	13.5
Turnout			1,798
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bagillt ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Davies	653	69.0
	Labour	Kevin Rush	491	51.8
	Green	David Binns	104	11.0
Turnout			947
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Broughton North East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Billy Mullin	292	63.6
	Independent	Arthur Barrie Gregory	101	22.0
	Conservative	Raphaelle Soffe	66	14.4
Turnout			459
	Labour win (new seat)

Broughton South ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chrissy Gee	566	50.3
	Labour	Ryan James McKeown	514	45.6
	Labour	Mike Lowe	401	35.6
	Independent	Penny Brett-Roberts	239	21.2
	Conservative	Duncan Clubbe	201	17.9
Turnout			1,126
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brynford and Halkyn ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Jones	659	53.5
	Conservative	Jean Sophia Davies	500	40.6
	Independent	Colin Legg	499	40.5
	Conservative	Ray Faulder-Jones	316	25.6
Turnout			1,232
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Buckley: Bistre East ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Brent Jones	815	64.8
	Independent	Arnold Woolley	627	49.8
	Labour	Adie Drury	376	29.9
	Labour	Vivienne Elizabeth Blondek	305	24.2
Turnout			1,258
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Buckley: Bistre West ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carolyn Mary Preece	526	52.9
	Labour	Dan Rose	507	51.0
	Independent	David John Ellis	492	49.4
Turnout			995
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Buckley: Mountain ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Carol Ann Ellis	505	71.3
	Labour	Kenneth Harry Preece	203	28.7
Turnout			708
	Independent win (new seat)

Buckley: Pentrobin ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Dennis Hutchinson (Dennis Hutchinson)	956	62.0
	Independent	Mike Peers	930	60.3
	Labour	Emma Louise Preece	475	30.8
	Labour	Dan Preece	446	28.9
Turnout			1,542
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Caergwrle ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Healey	275	76.8
	Independent	Suzanne Foy	83	23.2
Turnout			358
	Labour win (new seat)

Caerwys ward

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

Cilcain ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew John Parkhurst	534	61.3
	Independent	Owen Thomas	226	25.9
	Labour	Aled Hanson	111	12.7
Turnout			871
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Connah's Quay Central ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bernie Attridge	780	66.0
	Independent	Debbie Owen	626	53.0
	Labour	Ryan O'Gorman	403	34.1
	Labour	Tracey Sutton Postlethwaite	308	26.1
Turnout			1,181
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Connah's Quay South ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bill Crease	524	49.5
	Independent	Antony Stephen Wren	453	42.8
	Labour	Alexander Ian Dunbar (Ian Dunbar)	450	42.5
	Labour	Ian Robertson Smith	346	32.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven David Tattum	115	10.9
Turnout			1,058
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Connah's Quay: Golftyn ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Hughes	695	61.2
	Independent	David Richardson (Franko Richardson)	607	53.4
	Labour	Paul Andrew Shotton	371	32.7
	Labour	Beverley Futia	333	29.3
	Reform UK	Dave Vernon	52	4.6
Turnout			1,136
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Connah's Quay: Wepre ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roz Mansell	250	46.3
	Labour	Martin Gerard White	233	43.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marie Goble	35	6.5
	Green	Katie O'Connor	22	4.1
Turnout			540
	Independent win (new seat)

Flint: Castle ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Roberts	314	68.7
	Independent	Steve Jones	121	26.5
	Green	Kathryn Price	22	4.8
Turnout			457
	Labour win (new seat)

Flint: Coleshill and Trelawny ward (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Cunningham	1,062	54.1
	Labour	Vicky Perfect	1,042	53.1
	Labour	Michelle Perfect	950	48.4
	Independent	Karl Jones	631	32.1
	Independent	Carol Ann Griffiths	560	28.5
	Conservative	Nefyn Roberts	477	24.3
Turnout			1,963
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Flint: Oakenholt ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mel Buckley	337	55.7
	Independent	Rita Johnson	268	44.3
Turnout			605
	Labour win (new seat)

Greenfield ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rosetta Dolphin	418	61.9
	Conservative	Matt Sprake	135	20.0
	Labour	Mike Jones	122	18.1
Turnout			675
	Independent win (new seat)

Gwernaffield and Gwernymynydd ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Coggins Cogan	589	41.0
	Conservative	Adele Joy Davies-Cooke	490	34.1
	Labour	Huw Claydon	439	30.6
	Conservative	Kathy Cracknell	299	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Klara Lethbridge	298	20.8
	Independent	Saffron Deri Hulson	249	17.3
	Green	Christopher Harris	183	12.7
Turnout			1,436
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hawarden: Aston ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Louise Brockley	784	57.0
	Independent	Helen Brown	767	55.8
	Independent	George Hardcastle	559	40.7
Turnout			1,375
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Hawarden: Ewloe ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dave Mackie	859	52.3
	Labour	Linda Thomas	527	32.1
	Conservative	Lesley Evans	475	28.9
	Independent	Janet Anne Axworthy	448	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Goble	246	15.0
Turnout			1,644
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hawarden: Mancot ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Swash	881	61.2
	Independent	Ant Turton	855	59.4
	Independent	Ralph Small	479	33.3
	Independent	George Chawner	168	11.7
Turnout			1,439
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Higher Kinnerton ward

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

Holywell Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ted Palmer	224	50.1
	Independent	Daniel Thomas	223	49.9
Turnout			447
	Labour win (new seat)

Holywell East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Hodge	252	45.2
	Labour	Joe Johnson	198	35.5
	Conservative	Emma Ward	59	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Murray	49	8.8
Turnout			558
	Independent win (new seat)

Holywell West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Anthony Johnson	324	55.7
	Independent	Lynda Ann Carter	258	44.3
Turnout			582
	Labour win (new seat)

Hope ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gladys Healey	496	75.2
	Independent	John Edward Dickin	164	24.8
Turnout			660
	Labour win (new seat)

Leeswood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Hughes	425	60.6
	Independent	Joseph Caruana	174	24.8
	Independent	Shaun Owen	102	14.6
Turnout			701
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanasa and Trelawnyd ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glyn Spencer Banks	698	42.1
	Labour	Gina Maddison	589	35.5
	Independent	Tom Beal	531	32.0
	Conservative	Timothy James Garner Roberts	527	31.8
	Green	Rachel Bolger	292	17.6
Turnout			1,659
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanfynydd ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Hughes	450	65.5
	Independent	Tim Holt	237	34.5
Turnout			687
	Labour win (new seat)

Mold East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Bithell	544	72.0
	Independent	Paul Beacher	212	28.0
Turnout			756
	Labour win (new seat)

Mold South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Collett	447	40.5
	Independent	Haydn Wynne Jones	385	34.8
	Plaid Cymru	Bob Gaffey	124	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Edward David Goble	108	9.8
	Green	David Anthony Blainey	41	3.7
Turnout			1,105
	Labour win (new seat)

Mold West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Susan Claydon	276	44.9
	Independent	Brian Lloyd	207	33.7
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Edwards	76	12.4
	Independent	Geoffrey Matthias	56	9.1
Turnout			615
	Labour win (new seat)

Mold: Broncoed ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Teresa Carberry	345	39.7
	Independent	Haydn Bateman	308	35.4
	Independent	Gareth Derek Williams	143	16.5
	Conservative	Tim Maunders	73	8.4
Turnout			869
	Labour win (new seat)

Mostyn ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pam Banks	268	49.3
	Independent	Patrick Glynn Heesom	125	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Alison Prydderch	53	9.7
	Conservative	Les Waymont	52	9.6
	Green	Lee Lavery	46	8.5
Turnout			544
	Independent win (new seat)

Northop ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marion Bateman	779	38.5
	Independent	Linda Thew	736	36.4
	Labour	Ben Goldsborough	617	30.5
	Independent	Paul Ian Ashley	417	20.6
	Independent	Tony Sharps	395	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Uzma Sikander	330	16.3
Turnout			2,021
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Pen-y-ffordd ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roy Alan Wakelam	785	56.5
	Labour	Alasdair Ibbotson	764	55.0
	Independent	David Williams	626	45.0
	Labour	David Walker	362	26.0
Turnout			1,390
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Queensferry and Sealand ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Margaret Jones	518	47.2
	Independent	Dale Selvester	466	42.4
	Independent	Lesley Povey	396	36.1
	Labour	David Edward Wisinger	396	36.1
	Conservative	Roger Francis Cracknell	135	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lionel Prouve	58	5.3
Turnout			1,098
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Saltney Ferry ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Richard Lloyd (Richard Lloyd)	590	58.2
	Independent	Jason Shallcross	407	40.1
	Labour	Shelly Streeter	359	35.4
	Independent	Eileen Veronica Gay (Veronica Gay)	319	31.5
	Conservative	Kinza Sutton	106	10.5
Turnout			1,014
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Shotton East and Shotton Higher ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Evans	413	51.3
	Labour	Ron Davies	396	49.2
	Independent	Michael John Evans	359	44.6
	Independent	Kelly Joanne Evans-Brown	275	34.2
Turnout			805
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shotton West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Bibby	496	76.5
	Independent	Steve Biffo Griffiths	152	23.5
Turnout			648
	Labour win (new seat)

Treuddyn ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Allan Marshall	277	51.1
	Labour	Eva Bech	247	45.6
	Independent	Jonny Sheppard	18	3.3
Turnout			542
	Independent win (new seat)

Whitford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Dolphin	635	78.3
	Labour	Helen Papworth	176	21.7
Turnout			811
	Independent win (new seat)