2022 Cardiff Council election

2022 Cardiff Council election

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All 79 (previously 75) seats to Cardiff Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Huw Thomas Adrian Robson Rhys Taylor Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Splott Rhiwbina Gabalfa Last election 40 20 11 Seats before 39 21 11 Seats won 55 11 10 Seat change 15 9 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Neil McEvoy Party Common Ground Propel Leader's seat Fairwater Last election New party New party Seats before 4 3 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1
Map showing the results of the 2022 Cardiff Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2022 Cardiff Council election took place on 5 May 2022^[1] to elect 79 members to Cardiff Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

The 2022 election had been postponed from 2021, and was contested under new ward boundaries, which also increased the number of seats from 75 to 79.^[2] The next election will take place in 2027, following an increase in the council term from four years to five years.

At the election, Labour maintained its overall control of the council, increasing its number of seats from 40 at the last election to 55. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats lost ten seats and one seat respectively, to a total of 11 and 10, while Common Ground, an electoral pact between Plaid Cymru and Wales Green Party, won two seats. Propel won one seat.