Map of the election results by electoral ward, coloured in party colours. Stripes indicate two councillor wards where each councillor is of a different affiliation. Inset: location of Wrexham County Borough in Wales
On 5 May 2022, the election was held in forty-one of the forty-nine wards for 2022 in Wrexham County Borough. The remaining eight had no opposition nominated by 5 April 2022, and the councillors for these wards were re-elected unopposed, with their wards not holding the election. The councillors unopposed were six independents and two conservative councillors.
Independent politicians (including "non-specified" and the "Wrexham Independents") formed the largest group in the council with twenty-three councillors, down from 2017's twenty-six, and were six short of the twenty-nine needed for a majority. The second largest group were Labour with fourteen councillors elected, up from 2017's twelve councillors. The Conservatives had the same amount councillors as in 2017 with nine. Plaid Cymru increased their number of councillors to match the Conservatives also at nine, up from their three councillors in 2017. The Liberal Democrats had their share of councillors split to one councillor, down from two in 2017.
Following the results, the council was again under no overall control. Talks between independent politicians and Labour occurred over the weekend. On 10 May 2022, the two formerly separately organised groups of independents in the council, the independents and the "Wrexham Independents" group, merged into one "mega" 21-member "Independent Group". The Independent Group was initially in talks with Welsh Labour councillors but talks collapsed over mandatory councillor anti-discrimination training. On 11 May 2022, the Independent Group formed another coalition with the Welsh Conservatives for another five-year term with a total of thirty members, a two-member majority.
Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2021 but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2021 Senedd election. The frequency of the elections was also increased from four years to five years to avoid future clashes,[2] meaning (after 2022) the next council election is expected in 2027. The number of councillors is to be increased from fifty-two to fifty-six at the 2022 election, with several ward changes to ensure better electoral parity. There would be forty-nine wards up for election, up from forty-seven in the 2017 election following a recent local boundary review.
An Independent–Welsh Conservativescoalition group was formed following the 2017 local election and were in control of the council since 2017 up to the election.
Local political contextedit
In the 2019 United Kingdom general election, Conservative candidates won the constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South for the first time in their existence. The constituencies were generally considered to be Labour heartlands part of its "red wall",[3] and were won by Labour in the June 2017 election.[4][5]Sarah Atherton was elected for the Conservatives to represent the Wrexham constituency with 15,199 votes, and Simon Baynes for Clwyd South with 16,222 votes.[6] Atherton is the first Female MP to be elected to the Wrexham seat since its creation in 1918, and the first female Conservative MP elected to Westminster representing a Welsh constituency.[4][7][8][9]
Between 2017 and 2021, various community councils had by-elections, leading to three independent, four Welsh Labour, one Plaid Cymru, and five non-aligned candidates elected. An additional independent candidate was elected to RhosllanerchrugogCommunity Council's Pant ward in September 2017 but was replaced by a Welsh Labour candidate in a by-election five months later.[4] Eight elections in this period were uncontested.
On 20 September 2018, an independent candidate for community councillor for Gwersyllt North was elected with 98 votes.[4] The councillor was later replaced in another by-election on 27 February 2020 leading to the Plaid Cymru candidate being elected with 189 votes.
On 18 March 2021, a by-election for the council's Maesydre ward occurred, leading to the Plaid Cymru candidate, Rebecca Martin, being elected with 150 votes, over the Welsh Labour (133 votes) and Welsh Conservative (123 votes) candidates.[4][13]
On 28 October 2021, a by-election in the ward of Gresford East and West was held following the resignation of the incumbent Conservative candidate.[14] The Welsh Conservatives were able to hold onto the ward, with Jeremy Kent being elected for the ward with 351 votes.[4][15][16]
In 2021, the council submitted bids for UK City of Culture 2025 on behalf of the county borough, and a separate bid for awarding the then town of Wrexham the status of a city for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth IIcivic honours.[19] In October 2021, the council's bid for UK City of Culture 2025 made it onto the competition's shortlist of only 8 shortlisted places in the UK, outbidding 12 other places (20 applied in total) and being the only one of the five bids from Wales making it onto the shortlist. In March 2022, Wrexham County Borough's bid for City of Culture made onto the competition's shortlist of only four places.[20][21] Wrexham's city status bid was submitted in December 2021 to local controversy.[22][23] Protests against the city status bid, led by Plaid Cymru, were held outside Wrexham's Guildhall, the council's main building.[24][25] A public consultation into the city status bid revealed that of those surveyed, 61% did not believe Wrexham should be awarded city status at all.[26] Within the council, political groups threatened to walk out over the debate of city status.[27] The council was criticised for ignoring the survey's results by submitting a bid. Wrexham's city status bid is one of 39 bids across the UK and territories, it is the only bid from Wales, following Merthyr Tydfil's withdrawal of their bid. It is hoped that being the only Welsh bid leads to increased chances of Wrexham winning city status if the Queen awards city status to at least one town in the four countries of the United Kingdom. Wrexham has applied for city status three other times, in 2000, 2002 and 2012, with the 2012 bid lost to St Asaph, Denbighshire. Following the election and unrelated to it, on 20 May 2022, it was announced that Wrexham would be awarded city status through letters patent later in 2022.[28] However, on 31 May 2022, it had lost its bid for UK City of Culture to Bradford, but was formally awarded city status on 1 September 2022.[29]
In January 2022, the council considered raising salaries for councillors to encourage more skilled and more diverse candidates for the 2022 election.[30][31][32][33]
The deadline for councillor nominations was 4 April 2022 at 16:00. 146 candidates were nominated, a decline of 9 from 155 in 2017. These nominees include: 48 independents (down 13), 30 Welsh Labour (down 9), 28 Welsh Conservatives (up 8), 24 Plaid Cymru (up 9), 8 Welsh Liberal Democrats (down 5), 4 Wales Green Party (up 2), 3 non-aligned and 1 Reform UK candidate.[35]
Due to a lack of competing candidates for some electoral wards, upon the deadline for councillor nominees, eight councilors were re-elected due to no competition. These uncontested seats represent 14.29% of the total seats in the election, cancelling the election for 14,583 electors.[36] Wards with only the incumbent or one contender standing would not be holding the ward election.[36] The eight wards with no competition, is an increase from the three non-contending wards in the 2017 election.[35]
The eight wards and councillors not facing competition, and are re-elected prior to the election are:[35]
Esclusham (Mark Pritchard; Independent; Council Leader)
Map of the wards, effective from the 2022 election
In July 2021, the Welsh Government accepted the various ward change proposals made by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, with only slight modification, for Wrexham County Borough.[37] The number of councillors will increase by four, from 52 to a total of 56, giving an average of 1,801 electors per councillor.[37] These took effect from May 2022 following the election. The changes gave a better parity of representation. The Welsh Government rejected three recommendations on the names of three wards.[37] Twenty-four wards remained unchanged. Seven wards have two councillors, up from four wards having two councillors in 2017.[37]
Of the other wards, and not mentioning minor boundary changes, the major changes are:[38][39]
Acton ward expanded to include Maesydre as Acton and Maesydre
Bronington ward expanded to include Hanmer as Bronington and Hanmer
Bryn Cefn expanded to include parts of Brynteg ward
Gwenfro ward expanded to include parts of New Broughton and Brynteg wards
Parts of Abenbury wards moved to Whitegate ward, parts of Whitegate ward (near Newton Street) moved to Smithfield ward, and parts of Smithfield ward moved to Wynnstay ward
Split Cefn ward (a two councillor ward) into separate East and West wards (one councillor each), as Cefn East and Cefn West.
Refer to the dually named Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley ward by only its Welsh name, Dyffryn Ceiriog
The election was held on 5 May 2022, no party gained a majority of seats, making the council under no overall control. Four councillors were added for the 2022 election. Below is a table comparing the seat numbers of the 2022 and 2017 election using notional election results, which uses an estimated version of 2017's results using 2022 boundaries.
Notional resultsedit
Below is an election summary table using notional election results. These are based on an estimated 2017 result using 2022's electoral boundaries, which are then compared to 2022's results. Compared to 2017, there is an increase of four councillors on the council, and various ward boundary changes. Data and calculations are provided by BBC News. Turnout was 36.47%,[40] down from the 40% in 2017.
Wrexham County Borough Council election 2022 notional results[41][42][40]
Following the results, the council was under no overall control, with no single party holding a majority of councillors. Independents were initially in talks with Welsh Labour councillors over the 7–8 May weekend.
On 10 May 2022, the two formerly separately organised groups of independents in the council, the Independents, led by Mark Pritchard, and the "Wrexham Independents" group, led by David A Bithell, merged into one "mega" "the Independent Group".[43] The group contains twenty-one of the twenty-three independent politicians elected, with Mike Davies and Ronnie Prince being the only two independents not join the group. It is led by incumbent council leader and deputy leader, Mark Pritchard and David A Bithell respectively.[44] On the start of more talks between Labour and the Independent Group, Labour Cllr Davies, questioned whether the merger was an attempt to stay in power, and questioned the relationship between Cllr Pritchard and Cllr Bithell over a rumoured falling out prior to the election.[44] However, Cllr Davies added if they are "able to reconcile their differences" and have a "new and ambitious agenda", then Welsh Labour would welcome the merger.[45]
On 11 May 2022, the Independent Group formed another coalition with the Welsh Conservatives for the next five-year term following an agreement between the two.[46] The coalition would have 30 members, a two councillor majority on the 56 seat council.[47] Labour Cllr Davies said that the Independent–Conservatives deal was based on "pure self-interest" "to protect their own positions".[46] Leader of Plaid Cymru in the council, Marc Jones also accused the deal to be more focused in retaining power than representation.[46] Welsh Labour leader in the council, Dana Davies claimed talks between the two failed due to Labour's requirement that any deal involves all councillors undertaking training on addressing anti-Semitism, homophobia, racism and sexism.[48][46] Cllr Davies described this deal to have been a "UK-first" and "ground-breaking" if it were to have been agreed.[48][46] Cllr Davies also said that every member would have to sign up a motion condemning racism and misogyny. Talks with Plaid Cymru were ruled out from the beginning by the independents due to Plaid Cymru's disagreement with Mark Pritchard's leadership.[43][49]
The Independent Group and the Welsh Conservatives following the announcement describe it to be "an exciting time for Wrexham", and Cllr Pritchard and Conservative group leader Hugh Jones said that they are "please to have reached a workable agreement [...] we will continue to build on our success".[46]
Opposition in the council will be Welsh Labour, Plaid Cymru, the two non-aligned independents, and the Liberal Democrats councillor.[50]
Full ward resultsedit
Incumbent councillors are marked with a *. Councillors who served for different (including abolished) wards are marked with **.
^This number includes those part of the "Wrexham Independents Group" which organised themselves separately in the council from the other independents before the election, as well as one "non-specified".[1]
^6 candidates stood uncontested, 're-elected' without opposition, and the election not held in their electoral wards.
^2 candidates stood uncontested, 're-elected' without opposition, and the election not held in their electoral wards.
^Named dually with the English name "Ceiriog Valley" in 2017. Only referred to by its Welsh name "Dyffryn Ceiriog" from 2022.
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The 2022 Wrexham County Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect 56 members to Wrexham County Borough Council the principal council of Wrexham County Borough Wales On the same day elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections The previous Wrexham County Borough all council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years with the next scheduled for 2027 2022 Wrexham County Borough Council election 2017 5 May 2022 2027 All 56 4 previously 52 seats to Wrexham County Borough Council29 seats needed for a majorityTurnout36 47 First party Second party Third party Leader Mark Pritchard Dana Davies Hugh JonesParty Independent Labour ConservativeLeader s seat Esclusham Ruabon RossettSeats before 26 i 12 9Seats won 23 ii 14 9 iii Seat change 3 2 0 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Marc JonesParty Plaid Cymru Liberal DemocratsLeader s seat GrosvenorSeats before 3 2Seats won 9 1Seat change 6 1Map of the election results by electoral ward coloured in party colours Stripes indicate two councillor wards where each councillor is of a different affiliation Inset location of Wrexham County Borough in WalesCouncil control before electionNo overall controlIndependent Welsh Conservatives coalition Council control after election No overall controlIndependent Group Welsh Conservatives coalitionLocation of Wrexham County Borough in WalesCouncil composition after the 2022 election On 5 May 2022 the election was held in forty one of the forty nine wards for 2022 in Wrexham County Borough The remaining eight had no opposition nominated by 5 April 2022 and the councillors for these wards were re elected unopposed with their wards not holding the election The councillors unopposed were six independents and two conservative councillors Independent politicians including non specified and the Wrexham Independents formed the largest group in the council with twenty three councillors down from 2017 s twenty six and were six short of the twenty nine needed for a majority The second largest group were Labour with fourteen councillors elected up from 2017 s twelve councillors The Conservatives had the same amount councillors as in 2017 with nine Plaid Cymru increased their number of councillors to match the Conservatives also at nine up from their three councillors in 2017 The Liberal Democrats had their share of councillors split to one councillor down from two in 2017 Following the results the council was again under no overall control Talks between independent politicians and Labour occurred over the weekend On 10 May 2022 the two formerly separately organised groups of independents in the council the independents and the Wrexham Independents group merged into one mega 21 member Independent Group The Independent Group was initially in talks with Welsh Labour councillors but talks collapsed over mandatory councillor anti discrimination training On 11 May 2022 the Independent Group formed another coalition with the Welsh Conservatives for another five year term with a total of thirty members a two member majority Contents 1 Background 1 1 Local political context 1 2 Council context 1 3 Changes since 2017 1 4 Nominations 2 Ward changes 3 Overview of results 3 1 Notional results 3 2 Summarised ward results 4 Aftermath 5 Full ward results 5 1 Acrefair North one seat 5 2 Acton and Maesydre two seats 5 3 Bangor Is y Coed one seat 5 4 Borras Park one seat 5 5 Bronington and Hanmer one seat 5 6 Brymbo two seats 5 7 Bryn Cefn one seat 5 8 Brynyffynnon one seat 5 9 Cartrefle one seat 5 10 Cefn East one seat 5 11 Cefn West one seat 5 12 Chirk North one seat 5 13 Chirk South one seat 5 14 Coedpoeth two seats 5 15 Dyffryn Ceiriog one seat 5 16 Erddig one seat 5 17 Esclusham one seat 5 18 Garden Village one seat 5 19 Gresford East and West one seat 5 20 Grosvenor one seat 5 21 Gwenfro one seat 5 22 Gwersyllt East one seat 5 23 Gwersyllt North one seat 5 24 Gwersyllt South one seat 5 25 Gwersyllt West one seat 5 26 Hermitage one seat 5 27 Holt one seat 5 28 Little Acton one seat 5 29 Llangollen Rural one seat 5 30 Llay two seats 5 31 Marchwiel one seat 5 32 Marford and Hoseley one seat 5 33 Minera one seat 5 34 New Broughton one seat 5 35 Offa one seat 5 36 Overton and Maelor South one seat 5 37 Pant and Johnstown two seats 5 38 Penycae one seat 5 39 Penycae and Ruabon South one seat 5 40 Ponciau one seat 5 41 Queensway one seat 5 42 Rhos one seat 5 43 Rhosnesni two seats 5 44 Rossett two seats 5 45 Ruabon one seat 5 46 Smithfield one seat 5 47 Stansty one seat 5 48 Whitegate one seat 5 49 Wynnstay one seat 6 See also 7 Notes 8 ReferencesBackground editCouncil elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2021 but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2021 Senedd election The frequency of the elections was also increased from four years to five years to avoid future clashes 2 meaning after 2022 the next council election is expected in 2027 The number of councillors is to be increased from fifty two to fifty six at the 2022 election with several ward changes to ensure better electoral parity There would be forty nine wards up for election up from forty seven in the 2017 election following a recent local boundary review An Independent Welsh Conservatives coalition group was formed following the 2017 local election and were in control of the council since 2017 up to the election Local political context edit In the 2019 United Kingdom general election Conservative candidates won the constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South for the first time in their existence The constituencies were generally considered to be Labour heartlands part of its red wall 3 and were won by Labour in the June 2017 election 4 5 Sarah Atherton was elected for the Conservatives to represent the Wrexham constituency with 15 199 votes and Simon Baynes for Clwyd South with 16 222 votes 6 Atherton is the first Female MP to be elected to the Wrexham seat since its creation in 1918 and the first female Conservative MP elected to Westminster representing a Welsh constituency 4 7 8 9 On 31 January 2020 the UK left the EU with the county borough in the 2016 referendum voting 59 in favour of Leave 4 In the 2021 Senedd election Welsh Labour incumbents for the Senedd constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South covering the county borough were re elected 4 despite media predictions and polling stating that one or both constituencies should follow the 2019 UK general election results and be won by Welsh Conservative candidates with a tight margin 4 10 11 12 For the 2021 Police and Crime Commissioner election Andy Dunbobbin of the Labour and Co operative party received the most votes 98 034 in the county borough 4 Between 2017 and 2021 various community councils had by elections leading to three independent four Welsh Labour one Plaid Cymru and five non aligned candidates elected An additional independent candidate was elected to Rhosllanerchrugog Community Council s Pant ward in September 2017 but was replaced by a Welsh Labour candidate in a by election five months later 4 Eight elections in this period were uncontested On 20 September 2018 an independent candidate for community councillor for Gwersyllt North was elected with 98 votes 4 The councillor was later replaced in another by election on 27 February 2020 leading to the Plaid Cymru candidate being elected with 189 votes On 18 March 2021 a by election for the council s Maesydre ward occurred leading to the Plaid Cymru candidate Rebecca Martin being elected with 150 votes over the Welsh Labour 133 votes and Welsh Conservative 123 votes candidates 4 13 On 28 October 2021 a by election in the ward of Gresford East and West was held following the resignation of the incumbent Conservative candidate 14 The Welsh Conservatives were able to hold onto the ward with Jeremy Kent being elected for the ward with 351 votes 4 15 16 On 17 December 2021 in the neighbouring English constituency of North Shropshire the Liberal Democrat candidate overturned a 23 000 2019 Conservative majority following the former MP Owen Paterson s scandal 17 18 Council context edit In 2021 the council submitted bids for UK City of Culture 2025 on behalf of the county borough and a separate bid for awarding the then town of Wrexham the status of a city for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II civic honours 19 In October 2021 the council s bid for UK City of Culture 2025 made it onto the competition s shortlist of only 8 shortlisted places in the UK outbidding 12 other places 20 applied in total and being the only one of the five bids from Wales making it onto the shortlist In March 2022 Wrexham County Borough s bid for City of Culture made onto the competition s shortlist of only four places 20 21 Wrexham s city status bid was submitted in December 2021 to local controversy 22 23 Protests against the city status bid led by Plaid Cymru were held outside Wrexham s Guildhall the council s main building 24 25 A public consultation into the city status bid revealed that of those surveyed 61 did not believe Wrexham should be awarded city status at all 26 Within the council political groups threatened to walk out over the debate of city status 27 The council was criticised for ignoring the survey s results by submitting a bid Wrexham s city status bid is one of 39 bids across the UK and territories it is the only bid from Wales following Merthyr Tydfil s withdrawal of their bid It is hoped that being the only Welsh bid leads to increased chances of Wrexham winning city status if the Queen awards city status to at least one town in the four countries of the United Kingdom Wrexham has applied for city status three other times in 2000 2002 and 2012 with the 2012 bid lost to St Asaph Denbighshire Following the election and unrelated to it on 20 May 2022 it was announced that Wrexham would be awarded city status through letters patent later in 2022 28 However on 31 May 2022 it had lost its bid for UK City of Culture to Bradford but was formally awarded city status on 1 September 2022 29 In January 2022 the council considered raising salaries for councillors to encourage more skilled and more diverse candidates for the 2022 election 30 31 32 33 Changes since 2017 edit Results of Maesydre by election 18 March 2021 4 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Rebecca Ann Martin 150 30 7Welsh Labour Thomas Stanford 133 27 2Welsh Conservatives Catherine Brown 123 25 2Welsh Liberal Democrats Peter Roger Davies 47 9 6Independent Clive Graham Ray 36 7 4Total 489Results of Gresford East and West by election 28 October 2021 34 Party Candidate Votes Welsh Conservatives Jeremy Kent 351 43Welsh Liberal Democrats Beryl Blackmore 165 20Plaid Cymru Aimi Waters 163 20Welsh Labour Aled Canter 132 16Reform UK Charles William Henry Dodman 6 1Green Party Alan Butterworth 5 1Total 822Nominations edit The deadline for councillor nominations was 4 April 2022 at 16 00 146 candidates were nominated a decline of 9 from 155 in 2017 These nominees include 48 independents down 13 30 Welsh Labour down 9 28 Welsh Conservatives up 8 24 Plaid Cymru up 9 8 Welsh Liberal Democrats down 5 4 Wales Green Party up 2 3 non aligned and 1 Reform UK candidate 35 Due to a lack of competing candidates for some electoral wards upon the deadline for councillor nominees eight councilors were re elected due to no competition These uncontested seats represent 14 29 of the total seats in the election cancelling the election for 14 583 electors 36 Wards with only the incumbent or one contender standing would not be holding the ward election 36 The eight wards with no competition is an increase from the three non contending wards in the 2017 election 35 The eight wards and councillors not facing competition and are re elected prior to the election are 35 Esclusham Mark Pritchard Independent Council Leader Garden Village Andy Williams Independent Stansty David Bithell Independent Borras Park Debbie Wallice Welsh Conservatives Chirk South Terry Evans Independent Cartrefle Ronnie Prince Independent Mayor of Wrexham Dyffryn Ceiriog Trevor Bates Independent Holt Michael Morris Welsh Conservatives Ward changes editSee also List of electoral wards in Wrexham County Borough nbsp Map of the wards effective from the 2022 electionIn July 2021 the Welsh Government accepted the various ward change proposals made by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales with only slight modification for Wrexham County Borough 37 The number of councillors will increase by four from 52 to a total of 56 giving an average of 1 801 electors per councillor 37 These took effect from May 2022 following the election The changes gave a better parity of representation The Welsh Government rejected three recommendations on the names of three wards 37 Twenty four wards remained unchanged Seven wards have two councillors up from four wards having two councillors in 2017 37 Of the other wards and not mentioning minor boundary changes the major changes are 38 39 New wards Acrefair North from Plas Madoc ward and Cefn community Bangor Is y Coed and Rhos Acton ward expanded to include Maesydre as Acton and Maesydre Bronington ward expanded to include Hanmer as Bronington and Hanmer Bryn Cefn expanded to include parts of Brynteg ward Gwenfro ward expanded to include parts of New Broughton and Brynteg wards Parts of Abenbury wards moved to Whitegate ward parts of Whitegate ward near Newton Street moved to Smithfield ward and parts of Smithfield ward moved to Wynnstay ward Split Cefn ward a two councillor ward into separate East and West wards one councillor each as Cefn East and Cefn West Refer to the dually named Dyffryn Ceiriog Ceiriog Valley ward by only its Welsh name Dyffryn Ceiriog Parts of Offa ward transferred to Erddig ward Parts of Brynyffynnon ward transferred to Offa ward Split Gwersyllt East and South a two councillor ward into separate East and South wards one councillor each as Gwersyllt East and Gwersyllt South Abolish Johnstown ward Plas Madoc ward and Maesydre ward Overton ward expanded to include Maelor South as Overton and Maelor South Pant ward merged with Johnstown ward as Pant and Johnstown with two councillors Various minor boundary changes Shrink the Ponciau ward removing one of its two councillors Wards of Acton and Maesydre merged ward Brymbo Pant and Johnstown merged ward Rhosnesni and Rossett become two councillor wards Introduction of Welsh language names used alongside English language names for some wards No changes performed on the following wards 38 Borras Park Cartrefle Dyffryn Ceiriog aside name change Chirk North Chirk South Coedpoeth Esclusham Garden Village Gresford East and West Grosvenor Gwersyllt North Gwersyllt West Hermitage Little Acton Llangollen Rural Llay Marchwiel Marford and Hoseley Minera Penycae Penycae and Ruabon South Queensway Ruabon StanstyOverview of results editThe election was held on 5 May 2022 no party gained a majority of seats making the council under no overall control Four councillors were added for the 2022 election Below is a table comparing the seat numbers of the 2022 and 2017 election using notional election results which uses an estimated version of 2017 s results using 2022 boundaries Notional results edit Below is an election summary table using notional election results These are based on an estimated 2017 result using 2022 s electoral boundaries which are then compared to 2022 s results Compared to 2017 there is an increase of four councillors on the council and various ward boundary changes Data and calculations are provided by BBC News Turnout was 36 47 40 down from the 40 in 2017 Wrexham County Borough Council election 2022 notional results 41 42 40 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Independent 23 nbsp nbsp 5 5 41 38 2 14 349 nbsp 3 Labour 14 nbsp 3 nbsp 3 25 23 6 8 770 nbsp 1 2 Conservative 9 nbsp nbsp 3 3 16 1 15 2 5 650 nbsp 2 1 Plaid Cymru 9 nbsp 6 nbsp 6 16 1 14 7 5 454 nbsp 7 8 Liberal Democrats 1 nbsp nbsp 1 1 1 8 5 1 1 881 nbsp 3 8 Non aligned politician 0 nbsp nbsp nbsp 0 2 6 950 Green 0 nbsp nbsp nbsp 0 0 6 236 nbsp Reform UK 0 nbsp nbsp nbsp 0 lt 0 1 12 nbsp lt 0 1 Election statistics 40 2022 Total 2017 Change from 2017or WardRegistered electors 87 291Ballots issued 31 840Votes cast incl two cllr ward ballots 37 304Candidates elected 146 155 nbsp 9Ward with highest turnout 50 Llangollen RuralOverall turnout 36 47 40 nbsp 3 53 Ward with most votes 3034 Pant and Johnstown two cllrs Ward with least votes 373 Queensway one cllr Ward with most spoilt ballots 25 HermitageCandidate with most votes 1 168 Rob Walsh Llay Winning candidate with least votes 184 Paul Williams Smithfield Candidate with least votes 7 Stephen James Rooney Penycae candidate Winning candidates total 21 800Losing candidates total 15 500Summarised ward results edit 2022 election changes Electoral ward 2017 result Notes 2022 result ChangeAcrefair North did not exist Labour new seatActon Independent abolishedActon and Maesydre did not exist Plaid Cymru new seatLabour new seatBangor Is y Coed did not exist Conservative new seatBorras Park Conservative Conservative holdBronington Conservative abolishedBronington and Hanmer did not exist Conservative new seatBrymbo Conservative Conservative defected to Independent Independent holddid not exist Labour new seatBryn Cefn Conservative Conservative holdBrynyffynnon Independent Independent holdCartrefle Independent Independent holdCefn Independent abolishedLabour abolishedCefn East did not exist Labour new seatCefn West did not exist Labour new seatChirk North Labour Labour holdChirk South Independent Independent holdCoedpoeth Labour Labour holdIndependent Labour gainDyffryn Ceiriog iv Independent Independent holdErddig Conservative Conservative holdEsclusham Independent Independent holdGarden Village Independent Independent holdGresford East and West Conservative Conservative hold 28 October 2021 by election Conservative holdGrosvenor Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru holdGwenfro Independent Independent holdGwersyllt East did not exist Independent new seatGwersyllt East and South Independent abolishedIndependentGwersyllt North Independent Plaid Cymru gainGwersyllt South did not exist Plaid Cymru new seatGwersyllt West Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru holdHermitage Labour Labour holdHolt Conservative Conservative holdJohnstown Independent abolishedLittle Acton Independent Independent holdLlangollen Rural Independent Independent holdLlay Liberal Democrats Incumbent defected from Liberal Democrats to Independents Independent holdLabour Labour holdMaesydre Labour Plaid Cymru gain from Labour 18 March 2021 by election abolishedMarchwiel Independent Independent holdMarford and Hoseley Conservative Liberal Democrats gainMinera Independent Labour gainNew Broughton Independent Independent holdOffa Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru gainOverton Independent abolishedOverton and Maelor South did not exist Independent new seatPant Independent abolishedPant and Johnstown did not exist Independent new seatIndependent new seatPenycae Independent Independent holdPenycae and Ruabon South Independent Independent holdPlas Madoc Labour abolishedPonciau Independent Independent holdLabour abolishedQueensway Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru holdRhos did not exist Independent new seatRhosnesni Independent Independent holddid not exist Plaid Cymru new seatRossett Conservative Conservative holddid not exist Conservative new seatRuabon Labour Labour holdSmithfield Labour Plaid Cymru gainStansty Independent Independent holdWhitegate Labour Labour holdWynnstay Labour Labour holdAftermath editFollowing the results the council was under no overall control with no single party holding a majority of councillors Independents were initially in talks with Welsh Labour councillors over the 7 8 May weekend On 10 May 2022 the two formerly separately organised groups of independents in the council the Independents led by Mark Pritchard and the Wrexham Independents group led by David A Bithell merged into one mega the Independent Group 43 The group contains twenty one of the twenty three independent politicians elected with Mike Davies and Ronnie Prince being the only two independents not join the group It is led by incumbent council leader and deputy leader Mark Pritchard and David A Bithell respectively 44 On the start of more talks between Labour and the Independent Group Labour Cllr Davies questioned whether the merger was an attempt to stay in power and questioned the relationship between Cllr Pritchard and Cllr Bithell over a rumoured falling out prior to the election 44 However Cllr Davies added if they are able to reconcile their differences and have a new and ambitious agenda then Welsh Labour would welcome the merger 45 On 11 May 2022 the Independent Group formed another coalition with the Welsh Conservatives for the next five year term following an agreement between the two 46 The coalition would have 30 members a two councillor majority on the 56 seat council 47 Labour Cllr Davies said that the Independent Conservatives deal was based on pure self interest to protect their own positions 46 Leader of Plaid Cymru in the council Marc Jones also accused the deal to be more focused in retaining power than representation 46 Welsh Labour leader in the council Dana Davies claimed talks between the two failed due to Labour s requirement that any deal involves all councillors undertaking training on addressing anti Semitism homophobia racism and sexism 48 46 Cllr Davies described this deal to have been a UK first and ground breaking if it were to have been agreed 48 46 Cllr Davies also said that every member would have to sign up a motion condemning racism and misogyny Talks with Plaid Cymru were ruled out from the beginning by the independents due to Plaid Cymru s disagreement with Mark Pritchard s leadership 43 49 The Independent Group and the Welsh Conservatives following the announcement describe it to be an exciting time for Wrexham and Cllr Pritchard and Conservative group leader Hugh Jones said that they are please to have reached a workable agreement we will continue to build on our success 46 Opposition in the council will be Welsh Labour Plaid Cymru the two non aligned independents and the Liberal Democrats councillor 50 Full ward results editIncumbent councillors are marked with a Councillors who served for different including abolished wards are marked with Acrefair North one seat edit Acrefair North 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Paul Blackwell 217 55Independent Amanda Bradley 180 45Majority 37 9 3Turnout 27Rejected ballots 4 1Total ballots 401Total valid votes 397 99Registered electors 1500Labour win new seat Acton and Maesydre two seats edit Acton and Maesydre 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Becca Martin 667 30Labour Corin Jarvis 460 21Plaid Cymru Bobbi Cockcroft 418 19Independent Tim Ryan 395 18Conservative Anna Justyna Buckley 222 10Green Peter David Sanham 59 3Majority 207Majority 42Turnout 37Rejected ballots 6Total ballots 1379Total valid votes 2221Registered electors 3737Plaid Cymru win new boundaries Labour win new seat Bangor Is y Coed one seat edit Bangor Is y Coed 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert Ian Williams 365 53Liberal Democrats Tim Sly 254 37Green Graham Bannister Kelly 65 10Majority 111 16 2Turnout 42Rejected ballots 3 0 4Total ballots 687Total valid votes 684Registered electors 1624Conservative win new seat Borras Park one seat edit Borras Park 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Debbie Wallice unopposed n a n aRegistered electors 1964Conservative hold Swing unopposedBronington and Hanmer one seat edit Bronington and Hanmer 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jeremy Alexander Newton 363 52Independent Ben Martin 335 48Majority 28 4Turnout 47Rejected ballots 4 0 57Total ballots 702Total valid votes 698Registered electors 1480Conservative hold SwingConservative win new boundaries Brymbo two seats edit Brymbo 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Paul Rogers v 682 43Labour Gary Brown 512 32Independent Gavin Elgan Hughes 403 25Majority 170 10 6Majority 109 6 8Turnout 34Rejected ballots 4 0 37Total ballots 1076Total valid votes 1597Registered electors 3156Independent hold SwingLabour win new seat Bryn Cefn one seat edit Bryn Cefn 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Beverley Parry Jones 373 51Labour Jackie Owen 260 35Plaid Cymru James Holland 101 14Majority 113 15 4Turnout 38Rejected ballots 4Total ballots 738Total valid votes 734Registered electors 1943Conservative hold SwingConservative win new boundaries Brynyffynnon one seat edit Brynyffynnon 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Phil Wynn 280 44Labour Barbara Lloyd 214 34Plaid Cymru Peter Derrick 143 22Majority 66 10 4Turnout 28Rejected ballots 4 0 6Total ballots 641Total valid votes 637 99 4Registered electors 2265Independent hold SwingCartrefle one seat edit Cartrefle 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Independent Ronnie Prince unopposed n aRegistered electors 1636Independent hold Swing unopposedCefn East one seat edit Cefn East 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Derek William Wright 235 51Independent David Taylor 164 36Independent David Metcalfe 38 8Independent George Wood 22 5Majority 71 15 5Turnout 28Rejected ballots 5 1 1Total ballots 464Total valid votes 459 98 9Registered electors 1661Labour win new seat Cefn West one seat edit Cefn West 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Stella Matthews 269 42Independent Sonia Tyger Benbow Jones 263 41Independent Victoria Matthews 114 18Majority 6 0 9Turnout 38Rejected ballots 2 0 3Total ballots 648Total valid votes 646 99 7Registered electors 1715Labour win new seat Chirk North one seat edit Chirk North 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Frank Hemmings 434 60Independent Gareth Baines 290 40Majority 144 19 9Turnout 39Rejected ballots 5 0 7Total ballots 729Total valid votes 724 99 3Registered electors 1858Labour hold SwingChirk South one seat edit Chirk South 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Independent Terry Evans unopposed n a n aRegistered electors 1552Independent hold Swing unopposedCoedpoeth two seats edit Coedpoeth 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Krista Childs 730 34Labour Anthony Wedlake 507 24Independent Ben Brown 362 17Liberal Democrats Graham Kelly 205 10Conservative Gareth Leslie Owens 174 8Independent Michael Dixon 173 8Majority 223 10 4Majority 145 6 7Turnout 34Rejected ballots 4 0 3Total ballots 1191Total valid votes 2151Registered electors 3509Labour hold SwingLabour gain from Independent SwingDyffryn Ceiriog one seat edit Dyffryn Ceiriog Ceiriog Valley 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Independent Trevor Raymond Bates unopposed n a n aRegistered electors 1679Independent hold Swing unopposedErddig one seat edit Erddig 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Paul Anthony Roberts 322 39Labour John Ramm 174 21Independent Alex Jones 164 20Liberal Democrats David Richard Jones 90 11Plaid Cymru Iolanda Banu Viegas 82 10Majority 148 17 8Turnout 47Rejected ballots 0 0Total ballots 832Total valid votes 832 100Registered electors 1764Conservative hold SwingEsclusham one seat edit Esclusham 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Independent Mark Pritchard unopposed n a n aRegistered electors 2154Independent hold Swing unopposedGarden Village one seat edit Garden Village 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Independent Andy Williams unopposed n a n aRegistered electors 1644Independent hold Swing unopposedGresford East and West one seat edit Gresford East and West 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jeremy Kent vi 700 67Plaid Cymru Aimi Waters 351 33Majority 343 32 6Turnout 43Rejected ballots 11 1Total ballots 1062Total valid votes 1051 99Registered electors 2445Conservative hold SwingGrosvenor one seat edit Grosvenor 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Marc Jones 382 63Labour Ray Floyd 157 26Conservative Patricia Sikora Maciejewska 64 11Majority 225 37 3Turnout 30Rejected ballots 3 0 5Total ballots 606Total valid votes 603 99 5Registered electors 1990Plaid Cymru hold SwingGwenfro one seat edit Gwenfro 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Nigel Williams 374 77Plaid Cymru Katie Brisco 72 15Non aligned politician Andrew Humphreys 42 9Majority 302 61 9Turnout 27Rejected ballots 1 0 2Total ballots 489Total valid votes 488 99 8Registered electors 1809Independent hold SwingIndependent win new boundaries Gwersyllt East one seat edit Gwersyllt East 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Tina Mannering 437 52Independent David John Griffiths 400 48Majority 37 4 4Turnout 44Rejected ballots 11 1 3Total ballots 848Total valid votes 837 98 7Registered electors 1943Independent win new seat David Griffiths and Tina Mannering were the two incumbent councillors for the former Gwersyllt East and South ward and elected in 2012 for such ward Gwersyllt North one seat edit Gwersyllt North 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Emma Holland 411 81Conservative Luke Steven Howells 99 19Majority 312 61 2Turnout 26Rejected ballots 10 2Total ballots 520Total valid votes 510 98Registered electors 2023Plaid Cymru gain from Independent SwingGwersyllt South one seat edit Gwersyllt South 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Peter Howell 228 42Independent Bernie Mccann 177 33Labour Colin Powell 133 25Majority 51 9 5Turnout 31Rejected ballots 7 1 3Total ballots 545Total valid votes 538 98 7Registered electors 1777Plaid Cymru win new seat Gwersyllt West one seat edit Gwersyllt West 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Annette Davies 250 35Independent Barrie Warburton 203 29Labour Aled Canter 189 27Conservative Wendy O Grady 66 9Majority 47 6 6Turnout 30Rejected ballots 3 0 4Total ballots 711Total valid votes 708 99 6Registered electors 2362Plaid Cymru hold SwingHermitage one seat edit Hermitage 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Graham Rogers 485 88Conservative Lauren Louise McKenry 65 12Majority 420 76 4Turnout 33Rejected ballots 25 4 3Total ballots 575Total valid votes 550 95 7Registered electors 1741Labour hold SwingHolt one seat edit Holt 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael Morris unopposed n a n aRegistered electors 2219Conservative hold Swing unopposedLittle Acton one seat edit Little Acton 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Bill Baldwin 234 29Labour Christina Bate 227 28Conservative Martin Bennett 208 26Plaid Cymru Andrew Moss 132 16Reform UK Charles Dodman 12 1Majority 7 0 9Turnout 45Rejected ballots 10 1 2Total ballots 823Total valid votes 813 98 8Registered electors 1829Independent hold SwingLlangollen Rural one seat edit Llangollen Rural 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Rondo Roberts 650 81Plaid Cymru Rachel Allen 152 19Majority 498 62 1Turnout 50Rejected ballots 3 0 4Total ballots 805Total valid votes 802 99 6Registered electors 1625Independent hold SwingLlay two seats edit Llay 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Rob Walsh vii 1 168 54Labour Bryan Apsley 775 36Conservative Lyndon Bruce Vickery 231 11Majority 393 18Majority 544 25Turnout 37Rejected ballots 1Total ballots 1401Total valid votes 2174Registered electors 3800Independent gain from Liberal Democrats SwingLabour hold SwingMarchwiel one seat edit Marchwiel 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent John Pritchard 390 58Plaid Cymru Vicky Woodhouse 153 23Conservative William Robert Martin 129 19Majority 237 35 3Turnout 37Rejected ballots 3 0 4Total ballots 675Total valid votes 672 99 6Registered electors 1847Independent hold SwingMarford and Hoseley one seat edit Marford and Hoseley 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Beryl Blackmore 481 56Conservative James Robert Hobbley 373 44Majority 108 12 6Turnout 47Rejected ballots 7 0 8Total ballots 861Total valid votes 854 99 2Registered electors 1837Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative SwingMinera one seat edit Minera 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jerry Wellens 304 37Independent Ricki McNeil 293 36Plaid Cymru Melys Elisabeth 123 15Independent Jeanie Barton 97 12Majority 11 1 3Turnout 43Rejected ballots 7 0 8Total ballots 824Total valid votes 817 99 2Registered electors 1921Labour gain from Independent SwingNew Broughton one seat edit New Broughton 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Claire Lovett 246 39Labour Ben Connor 140 22Plaid Cymru Natasha Borton 115 18Independent Gerald Davies 83 13Liberal Democrats Luke Meyers 39 6Majority 106 17Turnout 32Rejected ballots 8 1 3Total ballots 631Total valid votes 623 98 7Registered electors 1996Independent hold SwingOffa one seat edit Offa 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Katie Wilkinson 212 30Liberal Democrats Alun Jenkins 206 30Labour Andrew Ranger 174 25Conservative Steven Vale 80 11Green Alan Butterworth 26 4Majority 6 0 9Turnout 33Rejected ballots 6 0 9Total ballots 704Total valid votes 698 99 1Registered electors 2106Plaid Cymru gain from Liberal Democrats SwingOverton and Maelor South one seat edit Overton and Maelor South 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent John Bernard McCusker 557 58Independent Paul Ashton 316 33Green Virginia Carter 86 9Majority 241 25 1Turnout 43Rejected ballots 1 0 1Total ballots 960Total valid votes 959 99 9Registered electors 2236Independent win new boundaries Pant and Johnstown two seats edit Pant and Johnstown 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Steve Joe Jones 902 30Independent David A Bithell 780 26Non aligned politician David Maddocks 765 25Labour Ethan Jones 459 15Independent Geoff Foy 128 4Majority 122 4Majority 15 0 5Turnout 44Rejected ballots 1Total ballots 1814Total valid votes 3034Registered electors 4136Independent win new seat Independent win new seat Penycae one seat edit Penycae 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent John Conrad Phillips 579 92Labour Matt Birnie 40 6Conservative Stephen James Rooney 7 1Majority 539 86 1Turnout 41Rejected ballots 2 0 3Total ballots 628Total valid votes 626 99 7Registered electors 1548Independent hold SwingPenycae and Ruabon South one seat edit Penycae and Ruabon South 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Alison Tynan 303 38Plaid Cymru Chris Jones 250 31Labour Jim Roberts 248 31Majority 53 6 6Turnout 39Rejected ballots 2 0 2Total ballots 803Total valid votes 801 99 8Registered electors 2063Independent hold SwingPonciau one seat edit Ponciau 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Paul Pemberton 478 66Labour Kevin Hughes 247 34Majority 231 32Turnout 39Rejected ballots 0 0Total ballots 725Total valid votes 725 100Registered electors 1878Independent hold SwingPonciau was reduced from a two seat ward to a one seat ward for the 2022 election Both incumbents stood for re election Queensway one seat edit Queensway 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Carrie Harper 279 75Labour Sion Edwards 82 22Conservative Joseph Wojcik Jones 12 3Majority 197 53Turnout 26Rejected ballots 2 0 5Total ballots 375Total valid votes 373 99 5Registered electors 1417Plaid Cymru hold SwingRhos one seat edit Rhos 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Fred Roberts 231 38Labour Will Peters 189 31Independent Paul Williams 150 25Conservative Andrew Patrick Roberts 40 7Majority 42 6 9Turnout 35Rejected ballots 7 1 1Total ballots 617Total valid votes 610 98 9Registered electors 1752Independent win new seat Rhosnesni two seats edit Rhosnesni 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Independent Mike Davies 883 48Plaid Cymru Andy Gallanders 468 26Conservative Catherine Brown 307 17Liberal Democrats Roger Davies 171 9Majority 415 22 7Majority 161 8 8Turnout 38Rejected ballots 4 0 4Total ballots 1121Total valid votes 1829Registered electors 2934Independent hold SwingPlaid Cymru win new seat Rossett two seats edit Rossett 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hugh Jones 693 40Conservative Ross Edward Shepherd 596 35Liberal Democrats Glenda Kelly 435 25Majority 97 5 6Majority 161 9 3Turnout 42Rejected ballots 11 1Total ballots 1110Total valid votes 1724Registered electors 2650Conservative hold SwingConservative win new seat Rossett gained an additional councillor seat for 2022 Ruabon one seat edit Ruabon 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Dana Davies 249 32Independent Charles Devlin 245 32Non aligned politician Sharon Mazzarella 143 18Plaid Cymru Rebecca Wide 85 11Conservative Peter James Molloy 52 7Majority 4 0 5Turnout 36Rejected ballots 2 0 3Total ballots 776Total valid votes 774 99 7Registered electors 2170Labour hold SwingSmithfield one seat edit Smithfield 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Plaid Cymru Paul Williams 184 41Labour Patricia Maura Williams 153 34Independent Richard Bennett 70 16Conservative Geoffrey Charles Sutton 38 9Majority 31 7Turnout 25Rejected ballots 7 1 5Total ballots 452Total valid votes 445 98 5Registered electors 1820Plaid Cymru gain from Labour SwingStansty one seat edit Stansty 2022 51 52 40 38 Party Candidate Votes Independent David Bithell unopposed n a n aRegistered electors 1735Independent hold Swing unopposedWhitegate one seat edit Whitegate 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Brian Paterson Cameron 312 61Plaid Cymru Kath Grives 144 28Conservative Brian Wright 54 11Majority 168 32 9Turnout 28Rejected ballots 5 1Total ballots 515Total valid votes 510 99Registered electors 1848Labour hold SwingWynnstay one seat edit Wynnstay 2022 51 52 40 Party Candidate Votes Labour Malcolm Christopher King 195 52Independent Colin Ridgway 110 29Plaid Cymru Cameron Hughes 56 15Conservative Merril Anna Maria Wolfson 15 4Majority 85 22 6Turnout 24Rejected ballots 0 0Total ballots 376Total valid votes 376 100Registered electors 1576Labour hold SwingSee also editWrexham County Borough Council electionsNotes edit This number includes those part of the Wrexham Independents Group which organised themselves separately in the council from the other independents before the election as well as one non specified 1 6 candidates stood uncontested re elected without opposition and the election not held in their electoral wards 2 candidates stood uncontested re elected without opposition and the election not held in their electoral wards Named dually with the English name Ceiriog Valley in 2017 Only referred to by its Welsh name Dyffryn Ceiriog from 2022 Stood for the Welsh Conservatives in 2017 Elected in a by election since 2017 Stood for the Liberal Democrats in 2017References edit Election results by party 4 May 2017 moderngov wrexham gov uk 4 May 2017 Retrieved 6 May 2022 Mosalski Ruth 24 September 2019 The date of the next council elections in Wales has moved Wales Online Retrieved 30 November 2021 The Tories are well ahead in Wrexham part of Labour s Red Wall The Economist 5 December 2019 ISSN 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