2022 Newport City Council election

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.

Background

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.

Results summary

2022 Newport City Council election^[2]^[3]
	Seats	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

Ward results

An asterix indicates the candidate is a sitting councillor for the ward standing for re-election.^[4]

Allt-yr-yn

Allt-yr-yn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pat Drewett	1,366	47.7
	Conservative	Matthew Evans *	1,324	46.2
	Conservative	David Fouweather *	1,253	43.7
	Conservative	Charles Ferris *	1,216	42.4
	Labour	Joshua Worrad	1,130	39.4
	Labour	Ibrahim Hayat	1,123	39.2
	Green	Christian Schmidt	348	12.1
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	334	11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Mudd	191	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roisin Stallard	164	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rabeya Sharmin	147	5.1
Turnout				43.0
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Alway

Alway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Debbie Harvey *	996	73.6
	Labour	Tim Harvey	897	66.3
	Labour	Alex Pimm	884	65.3
	Conservative	Kerry Ballard	453	33.5
	Conservative	Paul Mainwaring	405	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Petty	255	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shihan Uddin	198	14.6
Turnout				26.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Beechwood

Beechwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Deb Davies *	1,113	69.4
	Labour	Matthew Pimm	1,030	64.2
	Labour	Mark Spencer *	1,006	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Townsend	418	26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Evans	363	22.6
	Conservative	Mary Shwartz	337	21.0
	Conservative	Saeed Zafar	286	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Harun Rashid	260	16.2
Turnout				31.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bettws

Bettws
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Newport Ind.	Kevin Whitehead *	673	52.5
	Newport Ind.	Janet Cleverly *	633	49.4
	Newport Ind.	Jason Jordan *	594	46.4
	Labour	Neil Griffiths	528	41.2
	Labour	Orhan Aksoy	487	38.0
	Labour	Coral Houtman	460	35.9
	Conservative	Carolyn Foster	164	12.8
	Conservative	Paula Fouweather	157	12.3
	Conservative	Denise Hall	148	11.6
Turnout				24.6
	Newport Ind. hold
	Newport Ind. hold
	Newport Ind. hold

Bishton and Langstone

Bishton and Langstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Routley	1,052	59.7
	Conservative	Ray Mogford	1,042	59.1
	Labour	Julie Hando	580	32.9
	Labour	Andrew Bettridge	530	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Townsend	194	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Md Ahmed	125	7.1
Turnout				33.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Routley and Mogford had been the sitting councillors for the former Langstone ward, which had the Bishton community added at this election.

Caerleon

Caerleon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jason Hughes *	1,334	53.7
	Labour	Claire Baker-Westhead	1,271	51.2
	Labour	Steve Cocks	1,200	48.3
	Conservative	Joan Watkins *	1,141	45.9
	Conservative	Huw Davies	1,051	42.3
	Conservative	Harry Weeks	1,034	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul L'Allier	228	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Belayet Khan	192	7.7
Turnout				41.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Gaer

Gaer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Marshall *	1,199	63.8
	Labour	Bev Perkins	1,145	60.9
	Labour	Dimitri Batrouni	1,106	58.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Clark	709	37.7
	Conservative	Lloyd Walsh	646	34.4
	Conservative	Jay Shwartz	587	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anamul Hossain	246	13.1
Turnout				31.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Graig

Graig
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jones	657	43.6
	Labour	John Harris	654	43.4
	Labour	Kath Hopkins	651	43.2
	Conservative	David Williams*	639	42.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Tarr	415	27.5
Turnout				40.3
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Llanwern

Llanwern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martyn Kellaway *	658	63.8
	Labour	Abul Chowdhury	313	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colleen Kennard-Smith	60	5.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lliswerry

Lliswerry
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Allan Morris *	1,723
	Independent	Andrew Sterry	1,623
	Independent	Mark Howells	1,616
	Independent	James Peterson	1,564
	Labour	Roger Jeavons *	902
	Labour	John Richards *	864
	Labour	Shah Alom	848
	Labour	Ruqia Hayat	833
	Conservative	Luke Thompson	284
Turnout
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour

The community of Nash was transferred from Liswerry to the Llanwern ward at this election.

Malpas

Malpas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Mudd *	978	48.8
	Labour	James Clarke *	933	46.5
	Labour	David Mayer *	867	43.2
	Conservative	Michael Brunnock	745	37.1
	Conservative	Stephen Manley	692	34.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Hollins	561	28.0
	Newport Ind.	Michael Cox	526	26.2
	Newport Ind.	Rachel Reaney	482	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Lockyer	147	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kobir Ahmed	87	4.3
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pillgwenlly

Pillgwenlly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Saeed Adan	840	55.4
	Labour	Debbie Jenkins	759	50.1
	Newport Ind.	Marc Ravenscroft	347	22.9
	Newport Ind.	Wan Taylor	298	19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Shamimul Islam	270	17.8
	Plaid Cymru	Khalilur Rahman	151	10.0
	Conservative	Brinley Cox	133	8.8
	Conservative	Judith Davies	129	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mihai Munteanu	103	6.8
Turnout
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ringland

Ringland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Emma Corten	901	69.7
	Labour	Laura Lacey *	884	68.4
	Labour	Malcolm Linton *	809	62.6
	Conservative	Tina Evans	374	28.9
	Conservative	Nicola Hobbs	348	26.9
	Conservative	Georgina Webb	319	24.7
	Independent	Raymond Lord	243	18.8
Turnout				24.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Rogerstone East

Rogerstone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bev Davies	503	62.6
	Conservative	Toby Jones	243	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Shopon Chowdhury	57	7.1
Majority
Turnout				33.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Rogerstone North

Rogerstone North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Reeks	667	54.9
	Labour	Jonathan Gibbons	548	45.1
Majority
Turnout				51.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rogerstone West

Rogerstone West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Yvonne Forsey	1,133	68.3
	Labour	John Reynolds	916	55.2
	Conservative	Andrew Hill	532	32.0
	Conservative	Graham Berry	530	31.9
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Newton	209	12.6
Turnout				31.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Forsey had been one of the sitting councillors in the former Rogerstone ward.

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury *(2 seats)*
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Cockeram *	503	44.3
	Green	Lauren James	475	41.9
	Labour	Nicky Vignoli	401	35.3
	Green	Tanya Sinnett	358	31.5
	Conservative	Judy Gilligan	205	18.1
	Conservative	Khushbir Bhullar	167	14.7
	Newport Ind.	Rhys Richards	161	14.2
Turnout				31.9
	Labour hold
	Green gain from Labour

James became Newport's first ever Green Party councillor.^[3]

St Julian's

St Julian's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Bright	1,004	48.8
	Labour	Phil Hourahine *	963	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Townsend *	898	43.7
	Labour	Asum Mahmood	844	41.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hamilton	726	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Townsend	718	34.9
	Conservative	Michael Enea	418	20.3
	Conservative	Marie Jermyn	338	16.4
	Conservative	Muhammad Tariq	262	12.7
Turnout				34.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stow Hill

Stow Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kate Thomas *	879	67.9
	Labour	Miqdad Al-Nuaimi *	804	62.1
	Conservative	Saleh Baqi	366	28.3
	Newport Ind.	Nick Baneswell	305	23.6
	Conservative	Ben Jones	234	18.1
Turnout				31.2
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Tredegar Park and Marshfield

Tredegar Park and Marshfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rhian Howells	1,148	54.4
	Labour	Allan Screen	993	47.1
	Labour	Trevor Watkins	917	43.5
	Conservative	Sarah Nurse	855	40.5
	Conservative	Wayne Cresswell	846	40.1
	Conservative	Brian Miles	846	40.1
	Green	Catherine Linstrum	440	20.9
	Propel	Celia Jones	156	7.4
	Propel	Shane Williams	125	5.9
Turnout				28.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Watkins had been the sitting councillor for the former Tredegar Park ward.

Victoria

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gavin Horton *	982	54.4
	Labour	Farzina Hussain *	933	51.7
	Conservative	Bilal Meah	449	24.9
	Conservative	Faisal Rahman	426	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Miller	350	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nurul Islam	293	16.2
	Newport Ind.	Annette Farmer	179	9.9
Turnout				34.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Horton and Hussain had won seats in this ward at two separate by-elections in 2021.

References

^ ^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.

[WO_key_seats-1] 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.

[2] "Newport City Council Elections May 2022". Newport City Council. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[WO_2022_results-3] 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.

[4] Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Newport". Retrieved 2022-08-21.

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