Election Name: | 2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council election |
Country: | Wales |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2017 Isle of Anglesey County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2017 |
Seats For Election: | All 35 seats to Isle of Anglesey County Council |
Majority Seats: | 18 |
Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
Party1: | Plaid Cymru |
Last Election1: | 14 |
Seats Before1: | 16 |
Seats1: | 21 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 21,775 |
Percentage1: | 40.7% |
Swing1: | -0.3% |
Party2: | Independent (politician) |
Last Election2: | 13 |
Seats Before2: | 16 |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 15,756 |
Percentage2: | 29.5% |
Swing2: | -7.2% |
Party3: | Welsh Labour |
Last Election3: | 2 |
Seats Before3: | 2 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 2,897 |
Percentage3: | 5.4% |
Swing3: | -9.3% |
Map Size: | 400px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | No overall control |
Before Party: | Plaid Cymru/Independent |
After Election: | Majority administration |
After Party: | Plaid Cymru |
The 2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect all 35 members of Isle of Anglesey County Council. It was held on the same day as all other councils in Wales, as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.
The election saw the number of councillors elected to Isle of Anglesey County Council increase, from 30 to 35, as part of boundary changes to the council carried out by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales.[1]
Plaid Cymru gained the council from no overall control, leading to the first administration formed of only political parties since the council's creation in 1996.[2]
The percentage shown for each candidate in multi-member wards is a percentage of the vote against the turnout of the election, as due to the nature of multi member wards, electors each have a number of votes equal to the number of seats available, however each elector does not have to use all their available votes.[3]