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,^[1] 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%.^[2]

Results^[3]
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^[4]

Denbighshire Council results per ward also give the number of registered electors

Alyn Valley (one seat)

Alyn Valley 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Terry Mendies	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mendies stood unsuccessfully in the Trefnant ward in 2017.^[4] Alyn Valley is a new ward, formerly part of the Llanarmon-yn-Ial/Llandegla ward.

Bodelwyddan (one seat)

Bodelwyddan 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Raj Metri	384	57.4
	Conservative	Abigail Mainon	285	42.6
Registered electors			1,653
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan (three seats)

Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan 2022 ^[5]
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			3,759
	Independent win (new seat)
	Plaid Cymru 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.^[6] Lloyd-Williams had been elected as a Labour councillor for Denbigh Upper/Henllan at the 2017 elections.^[4]

Denbigh Lower (two seats)

Denbigh Lower 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mark Young *	992
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Thomas *	886
	Conservative	Gwynn Jones	329
	Conservative	Maxime Boucknooghe	286
Registered electors			3,654
	Independent hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Dyserth (one seat)

Dyserth 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Williams *	534
	Conservative	Alan Pennington	141
Registered electors			2,025
	Independent hold		Swing

Efenechdyd (one seat)

Efenechdyd 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Plaid Cymru	Eryl Williams *	426	79.0
	Conservative	Glen Vernon	113	21.0
Registered electors			1,345
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Ward boundaries remained the same, but the official name of the ward was changed from Efenechtyd to Efenechdyd.

Edeirnion (one seat)

Edeirnion 2022 ^[5]
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			2,785
	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		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Merfyn Parry *	556
	Independent	John McGuire	152
	Conservative	Nicholas Garnett	85
Registered electors			1,791
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern (one seat)

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

Llangollen (two seats)

Llangollen 2022 ^[5]
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			3,355
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch (one seat)

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

Moel Famau (one seat)

Moel Famau 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Huw Williams	588
	Conservative	Pat Astbury	288
Registered electors			1,807
	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.^[7] Huw Williams had been elected as a Conservative councillor for Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal at the 2017 elections.^[4]

Prestatyn Central (two seats)

Prestatyn Central 2022 ^[5]
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			2,871
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prestatyn East (two seats)

Prestatyn East 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Andrea Myatt Tomlin	597
	Labour	Elen Heaton	563
	Conservative	Anthon Sampson *	462
	Conservative	Julian Thompson-Hill *	396
Registered electors			3,207
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Prestatyn Meliden (one seat)

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

Prestatyn North (three seats)

Prestatyn North 2022 ^[5]
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			4,809
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Paul Penlington was elected in 2017 for the Labour Party.^[4]

Prestatyn South West (two seats)

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

Rhuddlan (two seats)

Rhuddlan 2022 ^[5]
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			3,073
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Rhyl East (two seats)

Rhyl East 2022 ^[5]
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			3,656
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rhyl South (two seats)

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

Rhyl South West (two seats)

Rhyl South West 2022 ^[5]
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			3,787
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rhyl Trellewellyn (two seats)

Rhyl Trellewellyn 2022 ^[5]
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			3,087
	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.^[8]

Rhyl Ty Newydd (two seats)

Rhyl Ty Newydd 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Brian Blakeley	682
	Labour	Cheryl Williams	612
	Conservative	Brian Jones	465
	Conservative	Noel Martin	396
Registered electors			3,348
	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.^[2] Blakeley and Williams were also previously councillors for Rhyl South East.^[4]

Rhyl West (two seats)

Rhyl West 2017 ^[5]
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			3,187
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ruthin (three seats)

Ruthin 2022 ^[5]
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			4,437
	Independent hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Asaph East (one seat)

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

St Asaph West (one seat)

St Asaph West 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Scott	222	61.4
	Independent	Peter Morton	139	38.6
Registered electors			1,276
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trefnant (one seat)

Trefnant 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Elson	330	50.9
	Plaid Cymru	Meirick Davies *	318	41.1
Registered electors			1,538
	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Tremeirchion (one seat)

Tremeirchion 2022 ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Chris Evans	272	39.7
	Independent	Mike Pritchard	209	30.5
	Conservative	Ceri Elizabeth Mearns	204	29.8
Registered electors			1,365
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Changes 2022–2027

Jeanette Chamberlain-Jones, elected as a Labour councillor for Rhyl South ward, left the party in Summer 2022.^[9]

Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election, 9 February 2023
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			3,290
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The Rhyl Ty Newydd by-election was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Brian Blakeley.^[10]^[11]

Rhyl South West by-election, 7 December 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James May	236	51
	Independent	David Lee Thomas	153	33
	Conservative	Leslie Peake	71	15
Registered electors			3,725
	Labour hold

By-election triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pete Prendergast.^[12]^[13]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2017: Denbighshire". Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Election results by wards - County Council - Thursday, 5 May 2022". Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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^ Boothroyd, David (5 August 2022). "Labour hold, photographed from a Canberra". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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