Candidates standing in Torfaen in 2022 council election

The election on May 5 will see 40 county borough councillors elected from 18 electoral wards across the borough.

It follows recent changes in ward boundaries which resulted in the number of councillors being reduced from 44 and the number of wards from 24.

Fourteen of the wards will be represented by more than one councillor, with six electing two members and eight electing three members.

Nomination papers had to be submitted to Torfaen council no later than 4pm on Tuesday, April 5.

Here is the list of candidates standing in each ward published by Torfaen council.

Abersychan

Number of seats: three

• Lynda Clarkson – Labour
• Giles Davies – Labour
• Andrew Thomas Millard – Conservative
• Bob Rogers – Labour
• Chris Tew – Independent
• Wayne John Tomlinson – Independent

Blaenavon

Number of seats: three

• Liam James Cowles – Labour
• Lewis Lyndon Evans – Labour
• Nick Horler – Independent
• John Hunt – Labour
• Janet Jones – Independent
• Alanna Mabli Elizabeth Senior – Conservative

Coed Eva

Number of seats: one

• Steven John Clarke – Independent
• Fiona Claire Cross – Labour
• Nathan John Edmunds – Conservative

Croesyceiliog

Number of seats: two

• Amy Elizabeth Bubela – Conservative
• Richard Giles Clark – Labour
• Joanne Gauden – Labour
• Roger Morgan – Conservative

Fairwater

Number of seats: two

• Andrew Richard Leaves – Conservative
• Rose Seabourne – Labour
• Jayne Watkins – Labour

Greenmeadow

Number of seats: one

• Jason O’Connell – Independent
• Mandy Owen – Labour

Llanfrechfa and Ponthir

Number of seats: one

• Huw Bevan – Conservative
• Karl Gauden – Labour

Llantarnam

Number of seats: three

• Anthony Bird – Labour
• David Bolton – Labour
• Philip Davies – Green Party
• Leighton Gerald Johnston – Labour
• Nick Jones – Independent
• Alan Slade – Independent
• David Thomas – Independent
• Matthew Woolfall Jones – Plaid Cymru

Llanyrafon

Number of seats: one

• Cory David Micheal Scriven – Conservative
• David Hartwell Williams – Labour

New Inn

Number of seats: three

• Nick Byrne – Labour
• Jon James – Labour
• Keith James – Conservative
• Nicholas Jones – Conservative
• Rosemary Matthews – Labour
• Richard Fraser Overton – Conservative

Panteg

Number of seats: three

• Anthony John Hunt – Labour
• Adrian Robert Lang – Conservative
• Jonathon Rhys Martin – Conservative
• Norma Parrish – Labour
• Stephen John Senior – Conservative
• Nathan Yeowell – Labour

Pontnewydd

Number of seats: three

• Stuart Ashley – Labour
• Maxine Brankley – Independent
• Duncan Campbell – Independent
• David Daniels – Labour
• Damian Edmunds – Independent
• Sue Morgan – Labour
• Ryan Martyn Richards – Liberal Democrats

Pontnewynydd and Snatchwood

Number of seats: two

• Alfie Best – Labour
• Russell Burgess – Independent
• Michael Clarke – Conservative
• Gwyn Jenkins – Independent
• Nicholas Simons – Labour

Pontypool Fawr

Number of seats: three

• Lyndon Gwyn Bishop – Conservative
• Gaynor Elizabeth James – Labour
• Mark Anthony Jones – Independent
• Caroline Price – Labour
• Paul James Stephens – Labour

St Dials

Number of seats: two

• Catherine Bonera – Independent
• Elizabeth Haynes – Independent
• Fay Jones – Labour
• Kebba Manneh – Labour
• Paul Edgar Thomas – Conservative

Trevethin and Penygarn

Number of seats: two

• Jon Horlor – Labour
• Sue Malson – Labour
• Andrew Richard White – Conservative

Two Locks

Number of seats: three

• Alexander David Boyce – Conservative
• Jane Elizabeth Brown – Conservative
• Ron Burnett – Independent
• Mark Timothy Davies – Liberal Democrats
• Kathy Evans – Labour
• Kevin Fortey – Independent
• Peter Jones – Labour
• Brendan Roberts – Liberal Democrats
• Rebecca Elizabeth Senior – Conservative
• Vicky Stamper – Freedom Alliance
• Colette Thomas – Labour

Upper Cwmbran

Number of seats: two

• Steven Evans – Labour
• Robert David Kemp – Independent
• Sian Rhiannon Legge – Independent
• Lucy Williams – Labour