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Ed Barnes & Ruth Mosalski & Will Hayward & Alex Seabrook

Cardiff local election results 2022: Labour leader describes party victory as 'historic' as it grows seat number

Labour has retained control of Cardiff council in what the leader has hailed a "historic" victory. In 2017, Labour had 40 seats, it now has 55 seats having taken some from all rival parties.

Conservatives and Liberal Democrat groups both lost seats to Labour, with the Tory leader blaming the national picture and saying MPs needed to decide about whether to keep the prime minister. The Conservatives had 20 seats and lost nine in this election. The Lib Dems have 10 seats, the Plaid and Green Common Ground Alliance resulted in them getting two seats, both in Pentyrch and St Fagans. Propel kept one seat.

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