2022 Newport City Council election

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.

2022 election results map, showing numbers of councillors per ward and their party affiliations

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]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35 Increase 4 68.6 49.1 44,892 +13.0
  Conservative 7 Decrease 5 13.7 28.3 25,928 -3.7
  Independent 4 Increase 3 7.8 7.4 6,769 +4.4
  Newport Ind. 3 Decrease 1 5.9 4.6 4,198 -5.6
  Liberal Democrats 1 Decrease 1 2.0 8.0 7,314 -1.4
  Green 1 Increase 1 2.0 1.8 1,621 -0.1
  Plaid Cymru 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 485 -3.6
  Propel 0 Steady 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 Thian 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
  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.
  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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