The turnout figures for every local authority in Wales' recent council elections have been revealed.
This month's local election on May 5 saw Labour take 66 extra seats across Wales and finish with control of eight of Wales' 22 local authorities. Plaid Cymru saw its share of councillors fall by six, but took control of three new councils, giving it a total of four. The Welsh Conservatives lost over a third of their seats and their majority in the Monmouthshire County Council, with some party members attributing its result to national issues and the handling of Partygate.
The Green Party saw a number of councillors elected for the first time, including in Swansea, Denbighshire, Newport and Neath. You can read the full story of the 2022 Wales council elections here.
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Two areas in west Wales - Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire - were among those with the highest turnout, while Newport, Caerphilly, Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent, all in Gwent, were among the lowest. Here are the turnout results for all 22 local authorities in Wales, including the five highest and five lowest. To get more updates like this straight to your inbox, sign up for our Wales Matters newsletter here.
The five places with the highest:
- Ceredigion 48.6%
- Powys 47%
- Monmouthshire 45%
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Gwynedd 44.25%
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Pembrokeshire 43.03%
The five places with the lowest turnout were:
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Torfaen 31.33%
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Caerphilly 32%
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Blaenau Gwent 32.49%
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Newport 33.2%
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Rhondda Cynon Taf 35.5%
The full list:
- Blaenau Gwent 32.49%
- Bridgend 36.25%
- Caerphilly 32%
- Cardiff 39.1%
- Carmarthenshire 41.76%
- Ceredigion 48.6%
- Conwy 41.07%
- Denbighshire 38.6%
- Flintshire 36%
- Gwynedd 44.25%
- Isle of Anglesey 39.59%
- Merthyr Tydfil 39%
- Monmouthshire 45%
- Neath Port Talbot 39.7%
- Newport 33.2%
- Pembrokeshire 43.03%
- Powys 47%
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 35.5%
- Swansea 36%
- Torfaen 31.33%
- Vale of Glamorgan 42.9%
- Wrexham 37%
