2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election

2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election

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All 75 (previously 74) seats to Carmarthenshire County Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Ind Leader Emlyn Dole Rob James Jane Tremlett Party Plaid Cymru Labour Independent Leader's seat Llannon Lliedi Laugharne Last election 36 seats 22 seats 16 seats Seats before 37 17 13 Seats won 38 23 8 Seat change 1 6 5   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Ind Con Ind Leader Jeff Edmunds Shahana Najmi N/A Party New Independent Conservative Independent (Unaffiliated) Leader's seat Bigyn Lliedi Seats before 4 1 1 Seats won 3 0 3 Seat change 1 1 2
Council control before election Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition Council control after election Plaid Cymru and Independent coalition

The 2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2022^[1] to elect 75 members to Carmarthenshire 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.

Plaid Cymru won a majority of seats for the first time, whilst losing their leader, Emlyn Dole. ^[2] Welsh Labour regained some ground in Carmarthenshire by winning seats in the Amman Valley and Llanelli constituency from Plaid Cymru. New Independent lost one seat overall and their leader, Jeff Edmunds and the Conservatives' only councillor, Shahana Najmi, also lost her seat.

Despite winning a majority of seats, Plaid Cymru formed a coalition with eight independent councillors.