2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council election

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.
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.

Background

At the previous election in 2017, no party won an overall majority. Plaid Cymru won 14 seats and fell just two shy of winning a majority. Independent candidates won 14 seats and the three remaining seats were won by Labour and the Liberal Democrats. As a result, the council was governed by a Plaid-independent coalition.
Boundary reviews were carried out by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales in advance of the election. As a result, the number of electoral divisions was increased from 11 to 14 and the number of councillors was increased from 30 to 35.

Ward results

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.

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Aftermath

Plaid Cymru won control of the council after winning 21 of the 35 seats. Independent candidates took 10 seats, Labour won three and the Liberal Deomcrats won one seat. Anglesey was one of four council won by Plaid Cymru across Wales. It was the first time since the council's creation in 1996 that a political party had taken control of the council.