UPDATE: Vale of Glamorgan Local Elections 2022 – latest news
We will be bringing you updates throughout the day of the Vale of Glamorgan Election count.
The count will take place at the Memo Arts Centre in Barry.
Verification of results will begin at approximately 12:00. Counting county ballot papers will start at around 13:00 and the declaration of results will be at 14:30.
A total of 54 councillors will be elected across 24 wards in this election.
Timeline
09:00 – Memo Arts Centre will open to candidates, agents, and the media.
11:26 - Verification stage expected to continue until midday.
13:14: Overall turnout is 42.89% | Eligible voters: 103,856 | Voters: 44,557
13:53: George Carroll, leader of the Vale Conservative Group, keeps seat in Llandough ward (720).
George Carroll, Conservative (720)
Jo Byworth-Morgan, Labour (268)
15:04: Labour's Lis Burnett and Mark Wilson maintain Stanwell ward seats.
Lis Burnett, Labour (1,068)
Mark Wilson, Labour (1,033)
Steve Morgan, Conservative (359)
Anthony John Sawyer, Conservative (345)
15:30: Lis Burnett is "thrilled" with the election result and comments on more diversity in Welsh Labour.
15:48: St Athan results are out - John Thomas (Independent) misses out on re-election.
Stephen James Haines, Conservative (484)
Julie Lynch-Wilson, Welsh Labour (474)
John William Thomas, Independent (468)
Chloe Louise Marie Hunt, Conservative (402)
16:08: Wards announced so far.
16:20: Plymouth ward results announced - Rhys Thomas (Conservative) and Anthony Monroe Ernest (Conservative) have been elected.
Rhys Thomas, Conservative (882)
Anthony Monroe Ernest, Conservative (864)
Richard Cox, Labour (803)
Kathryn McCaffer, Independent (490)
Alex Wilson, Liberal Democrats (470)
Ben Gray, Independent (447)
Adrian Roper, Plaid Cymru (375)
16:35: Kevin Mahoney (Independent) wins by almost twice the amount of votes as other candidates in Sully ward.
Kevin Mahoney, Independent (1,113)
Wendy Gilligan, Welsh Labour (593)
Matthew Stuart Hall, Welsh Conservative Party (557)
Kel Alderman, Welsh Conservative Party (552)
17:12: Michael Morgan (Independent) wins for Peterston-super-Ely (486)
18:07: Labour comes out strong again in Cornerswell ward Penarth with Ian Buckley (1,120) and Rhiannon Birch (1,003) elected.
18:21: Ian Anthony Perry (Independent) has been elected for St Nicholas and Llancarfan ward as its first councillor.
Ian Anthony Perry, Independent (460)
Gordon Christopher Kemp, Conservatives (400)
18:46: Llandow ward results are in: Conservative member Christine Cave maintains her seat. She received 869 votes in 2017 but just 466 in 2022.
Christine Ann Cave, Conservative (466)
Huw Powell, Labour (256)
Andrew Arthur Murphy, Plaid Cymru (117)
19:29: Plaid Cymru shines in Baruc ward.
Nicholas Peter Hodges, Plaid Cymru (1,122)
Steffan Trefor Wiliam, Plaid Cymru (1,118)
Mark Jonathan Hooper, Plaid Cymru (978)
20:23: St Augustine's ward in Penarth keeps two Labour seats and an additional one seat from boundary change.
Ruba Sivagnanam, Labour (1,178)
Elliot Penn, Labour (1,146)
Neil Christopher Thomas, Labour (1,024)
20:55: Three new councillors elected in Cowbridge with Conservative hold.
Charles Edward Alexander Champion, Conservative (1,104)
Nicholas James Wood, Conservative (975)
Robert Fisher, Conservative (960)
Paul Eldridge, Labour (925)
Alex Trousdell, Independent (679)
Geoff Cox, Independent (611)
Hunter Jarvie, Independent (461)
Andrew Carey Parker, Independent (448)
Mike Hancock, Reform UK (190)
21:21: Four seats retained by Llantwit First Independents.
22:05: Four seats left to announce for Dinas Powys - called for a recount.
23:01: Chris Franks, Anne Asbrey and Marianne Cowpe have been elected for Plaid Cymru and Vince Driscoll has won for the Conservatives in the Dinas Powys Ward.
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