2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election information
Welsh local election
2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election
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5 May 2022
2027 →
All 75 (previously 74) seats to Carmarthenshire County Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Ind
Leader
Emlyn Dole
Rob James
Jane Tremlett
Party
Plaid Cymru
Labour
Independent
Leader's seat
Llannon
Lliedi
Laugharne
Last election
36 seats
22 seats
16 seats
Seats before
37
17
13
Seats won
38
23
8
Seat change
1
6
5
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Ind
Con
Ind
Leader
Jeff Edmunds
Shahana Najmi
N/A
Party
New Independent
Conservative
Independent (Unaffiliated)
Leader's seat
Bigyn
Lliedi
Seats before
4
1
1
Seats won
3
0
3
Seat change
1
1
2
Council control before election
Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition
Council control after election
Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition
The 2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022[1] to elect 75 members to Carmarthenshire Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.
Plaid Cymru won a majority of seats for the first time, whilst losing their leader, Emlyn Dole. [2] Welsh Labour regained some ground in Carmarthenshire by winning seats in the Amman Valley and Llanelli constituency from Plaid Cymru. New Independent lost one seat overall and their leader, Jeff Edmunds and the Conservatives' only Councillor, Shahana Najmi, also lost her seat.
Despite winning a majority of seats, Plaid Cymru formed a coalition with eight Independent Councillors.
^"Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021". legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021.
^"Leader of Carmarthenshire Council Emlyn Dole loses his seat". Wales Online. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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