The 2022 Gwynedd Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect 69 members from 65 wards to Gwynedd 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 previous Gwynedd all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years.
The election saw the amount of councillors elected to Gwynedd Council reduced, from 75 to 69, as part of boundary changes to the council carried out by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 councillors were elected unopposed, an increase from the 2017 Gwynedd Council election which saw 21 councillors elected unopposed, despite the reduction in the total number of seats.
Election results Plaid Cymru held control of the council, increasing their number of councillors to 44. 23 independent councillors were elected (including sitting Llais Gwynedd councillors who used a blank description on the ballot paper) – a collective loss of nine seats. Labour and the Liberal Democrats returned one seat each.
Ward results
Aberdyfi
Abererch
Abermaw
Abersoch gyda Llanengan
Arllechwedd
Arthrog a Llangelynnin
Bethel a'r Felinheli
Bontnewydd
Bowydd and Rhiw
Brithdir and Llanfachreth / Y Ganllwyd / Llanelltyd
Bro Dysynni
Cadnant (Caernarfon)
Canol Bangor
Canol Bethesda
Canol Tref Caernarfon
Clynnog
Corris a Mawddwy
Criccieth
Cwm y Glo
De Dolgellau
De Pwllheli
Deiniolen
Dewi (Bangor)
Diffwys and Maenofferen
Dolbenmaen
Dwyrain Bangor
Dwyrain Porthmadog
Dyffryn Ardudwy
Efailnewydd a Buan
Gerlan
Glaslyn
Glyder (Bangor)
Gogledd Dolgellau
Gogledd Pwllheli
Gorllewin Porthmadog
Gorllewin Tywyn
Harlech a Llanbedr
Hendre
Llanbedrog gyda Mynytho
Llanberis
Llandderfel
Llanllyfni
Llanrug
Llanuwchllyn
Llanwnda
Llanystumdwy
Menai (Caernarfon)
Morfa Nefyn a Thudweiliog
Morfa Tywyn
Nefyn
Peblig (Caernarfon)
Pen draw Llŷn
Pen-y-groes
Penisarwaun
Penrhyndeudraeth
Rachub
Teigl
Trawsfynydd
Tregarth a Mynydd Llandygai
Tryfan
Waunfawr
Y Bala
Y Faenol
Y Groeslon
Yr Eifl
By-elections
Llanuwchllyn
Criccieth
Llanberis
Abermaw
Bethel a'r Felinheli
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