We are live at the count for the May 2022 Torfaen local government and community council elections
Please come back and refresh this page throughout the day as results will be added as they are announced.
Polling stations closed last night at 10pm and election staff returned to Pontypool Active Living Centre this morning to start counting the votes.
Torfaen County Borough Council Election results
Forty county borough councillors are being elected from 18 electoral wards across the borough. It follows recent changes in ward boundaries which resulted in the number of councillors being reduced from 44 and the number of wards from 24. Fourteen of the wards will be represented by more than one councillor, with six electing two members and eight electing three members.
The wards are in alphabetical order on the page ready for results to be added.
Abersychan
Number of seats: three
Lynda Clarkson – Labour- 772
Giles Davies – Labour- 935
Andrew Thomas Millard – Conservative- 235
Bob Rogers – Labour- 380
Chris Tew – Independent- 1,027
Wayne John Tomlinson – Independent- 481
Turnout: 32%
Blaenavon
Number of seats: three
Liam James Cowles – Labour- 726
Lewis Lyndon Evans – Labour- 606
Nick Horler – Independent- 818
John Hunt – Labour- 443
Janet Jones – Independent- 843
Alanna Mabli Elizabeth Senior – Conservative- 235
Turnout- 32%
Coed Eva
Number of seats: one
Steven John Clarke – Independent- 72
Fiona Claire Cross – Labour- 435
Nathan John Edmunds – Conservative- 117
Turnout: 32%
Croesyceiliog
Number of seats: two
Amy Elizabeth Bubela – Conservative- 421
Richard Giles Clark – Labour- 950
Joanne Gauden – Labour- 948
Roger Morgan – Conservative- 380
Turnout: %
Fairwater
Number of seats: two
Andrew Richard Leaves – Conservative- 329
Rose Seabourne – Labour- 697
Jayne Watkins – Labour- 660
Turnout: 27%
Greenmeadow
Number of seats: one
Jason O’Connell – Independent- 256
Mandy Owen – Labour- 427
Turnout: 33%
Llanfrechfa and Ponthir
Number of seats: one
Huw Bevan – Conservative- 380
Karl Gauden – Labour- 389
Turnout- 43%
Llantarnam
Number of seats: three
Anthony Bird – Labour- 550
David Bolton – Labour- 667
Philip Davies – Green Party- 268
Leighton Gerald Johnston – Labour- 481
Nick Jones – Independent- 950
Alan Slade – Independent- 996
David Thomas – Independent- 1,081
Matthew Woolfall Jones – Plaid Cymru- 432
Turnout- 37%
Llanyrafon West
Number of seats: one
Cory David Micheal Scriven – Conservative- 235
David Hartwell Williams – Labour- 469
Turnout: 36%
New Inn
Number of seats: three
Nick Byrne – Labour- 906
Jon James – Labour- 848
Keith James – Conservative- 780
Nicholas Jones – Conservative- 644
Rosemary Matthews – Labour- 859
Richard Fraser Overton – Conservative- 677
Turnout: 35%
Panteg
Number of seats: three
Anthony John Hunt – Labour- 1,480
Adrian Robert Lang – Conservative- 403
Jonathon Rhys Martin – Conservative- 415
Norma Parrish – Labour- 1,253
Stephen John Senior – Conservative- 501
Nathan Yeowell – Labour- 1,230
Turnout- 33%
Pontnewydd
Number of seats: three
Stuart Ashley – Labour- 863
Maxine Brankley – Independent- 481
Duncan Campbell – Independent- 507
David Daniels – Labour- 984
Damian Edmunds – Independent- 472
Sue Morgan – Labour- 949
Ryan Martyn Richards – Liberal Democrats- 163
Turnout: 29%
Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood
Number of seats: two
Alfie Best – Labour- 412
Russell Burgess – Independent- 282
Michael Clarke – Conservative- 138
Gwyn Jenkins – Independent- 347
Nicholas Simons – Labour- 389
Turnout: 30%
Pontypool Fawr
Number of seats: three
Lyndon Gwyn Bishop – Conservative- 355
Gaynor Elizabeth James – Labour- 812
Mark Anthony Jones – Independent- 940
Caroline Price – Labour- 838
Paul James Stephens – Labour- 639
Turnout- 30%
St Dials
Number of seats: two
Catherine Bonera – Independent- 530
Elizabeth Haynes – Independent- 630
Fay Jones – Labour- 437
Kebba Manneh – Labour- 349
Paul Edgar Thomas – Conservative- 102
Turnout: 31%
Trevethin and Penygarn
Number of seats: two
Jon Horlor – Labour- 574
Sue Malson – Labour- 676
Andrew Richard White – Conservative- 215
Turnout: 23%
Two Locks and Henllys
Number of seats: three
Alexander David Boyce – Conservative- 215
Jane Elizabeth Brown – Conservative- 241
Ron Burnett – Independent- 597
Mark Timothy Davies – Liberal Democrats- 165
Kathy Evans – Labour- 562
Kevin Fortey – Independent- 362
Peter Jones – Labour- 695
Brendan Roberts – Liberal Democrats- 127
Rebecca Elizabeth Senior – Conservative- 189
Vicky Stamper – Freedom Alliance- 47
Colette Thomas – Labour- 781
Turnout- 32%
Upper Cwmbran
Number of seats: two
Steven Evans – Labour- 571
Robert David Kemp – Independent- 373
Sian Rhiannon Legge – Independent- 387
Lucy Williams – Labour- 555
Turnout- 22%
Community Council Election results
Ten candidates contested four seats in Torfaen community council elections: 68 seats in 34 wards won uncontested. The four seats that went to the ballot are:
Cwmbran Community Council
Upper Cwmbran Thornhill
Number of seats: One
Paul Hughes- Independent- 67
Sian Legge- Independent- 80
Leanne Lloyd-Tolmans- Labour- 163
Turnout: 17%
Coed Eva
Number of seats: One
Rhiannon Bennett- Labour- 353
Cory Scriven- Conservatives- 125
Andrew Simmonds- Independent- 123
Turnout: 32%
Pontypool Community Council
Sebastopol West
Number of seats: One
Ben Rapier- Labour- 241
Stephen Senior- Conservatives- 89
Turnout: 28%
Grifithstown East
Number of seats: One
Anne Gunter- Labour- 367
Adrian Lang- Conservatives- 100
Turnout: 31%