# 2022 Denbighshire County Council election

The 2022 election to Denbighshire County Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous elections took place in May 2017 and the next are scheduled to happen in 2027

## Ward changes

Following a ward boundary review by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, the number of Denbighshire County Council wards was reduced from 30 to 29, while the number of councillors increased from 47 to 48. Twenty three wards saw no change, though other wards had their boundaries redrawn and/or their names changed.

## Results

No party gained an overall majority, though the Labour Party became the largest group. The Conservative Party lost nine seats, including that of their Group leader, Julian Thompson-Hill. The council gained its first ever representatives from the Green Party, who won seats in Prestatyn Central and St Asaph East. The overall turnout was 38.6%.
Results :
| Party | Seats | Change |
| Labour Party | 19 | 3 |
| Independents | 12 | 4 |
| Plaid Cymru | 8 | |
| Conservative Party | 6 | 9 |
| Green Party | 2 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | |

## Ward results

* = denotes councillor elected to this ward at the 2017 elections
Denbighshire Council results per ward also give the number of registered electors

### Alyn Valley (one seat)

Alyn Valley 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terry Mendies | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Mendies stood unsuccessfully in the Trefnant ward in 2017. Alyn Valley is a new ward, formerly part of the Llanarmon-yn-Ial/Llandegla ward.

### Bodelwyddan (one seat)

Bodelwyddan 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Raj Metri | 384 | 57.4 |
| | Conservative | Abigail Mainon | 285 | 42.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,653 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan (three seats)

Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Pauline Edwards | 630 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Delyth Jones | 531 | | |
| | Independent | Geraint Lloyd-Williams | 513 | | |
| | Independent | Keith Stevens | 513 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Sian Vaughan Jones | 497 | | |
| | Conservative | Lara Pritchard | 191 | | |
| | Conservative | Gerry Frobisher | 172 | | |
| | Conservative | Ben Stanley | 142 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,759 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
The former wards of Denbigh Central and Denbigh Upper/Henllan were merged, following the local government boundary review, becoming Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan. The ward retained the overall number of three councillors. Lloyd-Williams had been elected as a Labour councillor for Denbigh Upper/Henllan at the 2017 elections.

### Denbigh Lower (two seats)

Denbigh Lower 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Mark Young * | 992 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rhys Thomas * | 886 |
| | Conservative | Gwynn Jones | 329 |
| | Conservative | Maxime Boucknooghe | 286 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,654 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Dyserth (one seat)

Dyserth 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Williams * | 534 |
| | Conservative | Alan Pennington | 141 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,025 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Efenechdyd (one seat)

Efenechdyd 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Plaid Cymru | Eryl Williams * | 426 | 79.0 |
| | Conservative | Glen Vernon | 113 | 21.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,345 | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | |
Ward boundaries remained the same, but the official name of the ward was changed from Efenechtyd to Efenechdyd.

### Edeirnion (two seats)

Edeirnion 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alan Hughes | 821 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Ellis | 719 | | |
| | Labour | Gordon Hughes | 365 | | |
| | Conservative | Judith Hickey | 143 | | |
| | Conservative | Helen Jones | 111 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,785 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
| | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
Formed from the merger of the former Corwen and Llandrillo wards.

### Llandyrnog (one seat)

Llandyrnog 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Merfyn Parry * | 556 |
| | Independent | John McGuire | 152 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Garnett | 85 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,791 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern (one seat)

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Hugh Evans * | 591 |
| | Conservative | Philip Spencer Brelsford | 146 |
| | Green | Alex Collins | 143 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,911 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llangollen (two seats)

Llangollen 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Karen Edwards | 626 |
| | Independent | Paul Keddie | 623 |
| | Green | Sarah Marshall | 543 |
| | Independent | Stuart Davies | 445 |
| | Conservative | Dawn Butters | 130 |
| | Conservative | Roger Jarvis | 106 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,355 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch (one seat)

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Huw Elfed Williams | 497 |
| | Conservative | David Murfitt | 219 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,509 |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Plaid Cymru gain from Independent | Swing |

### Moel Famau (one seat)

Moel Famau 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Huw Williams | 588 | | |
| | Conservative | Pat Astbury | 288 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,807 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
Moel Famau was a new ward, formed by the merger of the former Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal ward and the community of Llanferres. Huw Williams had been elected as a Conservative councillor for Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal at the 2017 elections.

### Prestatyn Central (two seats)

Prestatyn Central 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Green | Jon Harland | 806 |
| | Conservative | Hugh Irving * | 387 |
| | Labour | Bob Murray | 386 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Tina Jones * | 328 |
| | Green | Robert Spalding | 289 |
| | Independent | Rory Fraser | 64 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,871 |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Prestatyn East (two seats)

Prestatyn East 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Andrea Myatt Tomlin | 597 |
| | Labour | Elen Heaton | 563 |
| | Conservative | Anthon Sampson * | 462 |
| | Conservative | Julian Thompson-Hill * | 396 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,207 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |

### Prestatyn Meliden (one seat)

Prestatyn Meliden 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Julie Matthews | 320 | 60.7 |
| | Conservative | Carol Lloyd Evans | 207 | 39.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,556 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Prestatyn North (three seats)

Prestatyn North 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Kelly Clewett | 733 |
| | Labour | Jason McLellan | 696 |
| | Labour | Gill German | 682 |
| | Conservative | Tony Flynn * | 507 |
| | Conservative | Rachel Flynn * | 470 |
| | Conservative | Sharon Frobisher | 405 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Paul Penlington * | 380 |
| | Other | Peter Duffy | 344 |
| | Other | Mike German | 310 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Sonia Penlington | 278 |
| | Other | Helen Marsden-Duffy | 255 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Robert Niven Forrest | 250 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,809 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Paul Penlington was elected in 2017 for the Labour Party.

### Prestatyn South West (two seats)

Prestatyn South West 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Gareth Sandilands | 691 |
| | Labour | Carol Holliday | 657 |
| | Conservative | Gary Brockbanks | 423 |
| | Conservative | Eddy Oko-Jaja | 317 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,895 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Rhuddlan (two seats)

Rhuddlan 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ann Davies * | 586 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Arwel Roberts * | 512 |
| | Labour | Val Simmons | 385 |
| | Conservative | Ivor Beech | 329 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Bleddyn Rhys | 209 |
| | Independent | Dave Farrall | 164 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,073 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |

### Rhyl East (two seats)

Rhyl East 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Barry Mellor * | 591 |
| | Conservative | Justine Evans | 497 |
| | Conservative | Tony Thomas * | 492 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline McAlpine | 472 |
| | Independent | Michael Joseph Jones | 184 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,656 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Rhyl South (two seats)

Rhyl South 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones * | 661 |
| | Labour | Ellie Chard * | 605 |
| | Conservative | David Thomas | 395 |
| | Conservative | Gloria Lambert | 394 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,914 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Rhyl South West (two seats)

Rhyl South West 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Diane King | 529 |
| | Labour | Peter Prendergast * | 492 |
| | Conservative | Matt Bamber | 246 |
| | Conservative | Lee Bowen | 241 |
| | Independent | James Alexander Ball | 122 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,787 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Rhyl Trellewellyn (two seats)

Rhyl Trellewellyn 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Win Mullen-James | 453 | 47.8 | |
| | Labour | Michelle Walker | 445 | | |
| | Independent | Rich Kendrick | 333 | | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Woodfine | 199 | 29.8 | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Clark Peake | 192 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Hughes-Jones | 142 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,087 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
The former ward of Rhyl South East was divided, following the local government boundary review, into Rhyl Trellewellyn and Rhyl Ty Newydd, with an overall increase of councillors from three to four. The two wards match the boundaries of the Trellewellyn and Ty Newydd wards to Rhyl Town Council.

### Rhyl Ty Newydd (two seats)

Rhyl Ty Newydd 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Blakeley | 682 | | |
| | Labour | Cheryl Williams | 612 | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Jones | 465 | | |
| | Conservative | Noel Martin | 396 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,348 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Jones had previously been a councillor for the former Rhyl South East ward and had also been a cabinet member in the Conservative administration. Blakeley and Williams were also previously councillors for Rhyl South East.

### Rhyl West (two seats)

Rhyl West 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Joan Butterfield * | 420 |
| | Labour | Alan James * | 389 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Lambert | 104 |
| | Conservative | Jason Humphreys | 98 |
| | Independent | Trevor Tyrie | 76 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,187 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Ruthin (three seats)

Ruthin 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Huw Hilditch-Roberts * | 1,488 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Emrys Wynne * | 1,396 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bobby Feeley * | 999 |
| | Independent | Gavin Harris | 931 |
| | Green | Ted Stacey | 282 |
| | Conservative | Rachel Ryland | 207 |
| | Conservative | Curtis Wheaver | 112 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Furnival | 108 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,437 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### St Asaph East (one seat)

St Asaph East 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Martyn James Hogg | 310 | 53.4 |
| | Conservative | Linda Nelson | 270 | 46.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,546 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### St Asaph West (one seat)

St Asaph West 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Scott | 222 | 61.4 |
| | Independent | Peter Morton | 139 | 38.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,276 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Trefnant (one seat)

Trefnant 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Elson | 330 | 50.9 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Meirick Davies * | 318 | 41.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,538 | |
| | Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru | Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | |

### Tremeirchion (one seat)

Tremeirchion 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Chris Evans | 272 | 39.7 |
| | Independent | Mike Pritchard | 209 | 30.5 |
| | Conservative | Ceri Elizabeth Mearns | 204 | 29.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,365 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |

## Changes 2022–2027
### Affiliation changes

* Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones, elected as a Labour councillor for Rhyl South ward, left the party in Summer 2022.

### By-elections

Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election, 9 February 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Jones | 337 | 40 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Lynda McAlpine | 326 | 39 |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Hughes-Jones | 101 | 12 |
| | Independent | Simon Rowlands | 72 | 9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Richard Kirwan | 5 | 1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,290 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
The Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Brian Blakeley.
Rhyl South West by-election, 7 December 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James May | 236 | 51 | |
| | Independent | David Lee Thomas | 153 | 33 | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Peake | 71 | 15 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,725 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
By-election triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pete Prendergast.
Rhyl Trellewelyn: 26 September 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Will Price | 188 | 50.8 | +33.1 |
| | Labour | Mike Blackwell | 127 | 34.3 | –5.9 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Bleddyn Rhys | 36 | 9.7 | –2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Morris | 19 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 16.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 370 | 11.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,213 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 19.5 | |
By-election triggered by the death of Labour councillor Win Mullen-James.
Prestatyn North by-election, 24 October 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anton Sampson | 295 | 26 |
| | Independent | Tony Flynn | 221 | 19 |
| | Reform UK | Gerry Frobisher | 218 | 19 |
| | Labour | Neil Gibson | 212 | 19 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Paul Penlington | 169 | 15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Richard Kirwan | 23 | 2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,762 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
By-election triggered by the resignation of Labour councillor Gill German.