Independents and others won the ward's last contest in February 2023 with 42 per cent. Earlier contests were led by independents and others in 2022 and led by Labour in 2017. 6 candidates stood.
Every ward and councillor, who runs the council, and each by-election since May.
Torfaen council page →| Party | Share |
|---|---|
| Reform UK | 42.7% |
| Labour | 30.6% |
| Plaid Cymru | 16.1% |
| Conservative | 4.9% |
| Green | 4.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1.5% |
| Result | Conservative | Labour | Green | Plaid Cymru | Independents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2023 | 7% | 35% | 6% | 9% | 42% |
| May 2022 | - | 31% | 5% | 8% | 56% |
| May 2017 | 28% | 49% | - | - | 24% |
Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.
Torfaen is a Welsh council: it runs every local service. Current control: Labour.
Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.
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Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.
Sir Fynwy Torfaen Senedd seat, May 2026: Reform UK 31%, Plaid Cymru 24%, Conservative 17%.
The ward is part of the Torfaen constituency. Labour MP Nick Thomas-Symonds won it at the 2024 general election with 43 per cent of the vote.