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Caerphilly · polled Thursday 6 August
Plaid Cymru defending

Plaid Cymru won both seats when the ward last voted, in May 2022, with 54 per cent of the vote. Earlier contests were led by Plaid Cymru in 2017 and 2012. 5 candidates are standing.

Result
Plaid Cymru hold
Party Share
Plaid Cymru49.9%
Reform UK36.4%
Labour10.1%
Conservative2.1%
Liberal Democrats1.6%

How this ward has voted
ResultLabourPlaid CymruIndependents and others
May 202246%54%-
May 201722%64%14%
May 201246%54%-

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. The independents-and-others share includes UKIP (14% in May 2017).

On the ballot
The council

Caerphilly is a Welsh council: it runs every local service. Current control: Labour.

Current composition of 69 seats
Labour 42Green 1Plaid Cymru 19Independents and others 7

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.

Ward profile
Degree-educated27%
Owner-occupied68%
Social renting21%
In Westminster

The ward is part of the Caerphilly constituency. Labour MP Chris Evans won it at the 2024 general election with 38 per cent of the vote.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.