Bridgend County Borough Council: election 2027

Every seat on Bridgend County Borough Council is up for election on Thursday 6 May 2027.

Who runs each council

Who runs it: Labour, without a majority
Leader: John Spanswick, Labour

Labour holds 25 of 51 seats, one short of a majority. Some sources still describe a Labour majority.

Source

Seats now and in 2022

Now, 51 seats

Labour 25
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative 1
Independents and local groups 24

2022 election, 51 seats

Labour 27
Plaid Cymru 2
Conservative 1
Independents and local groups 21

Source

By-elections since 2022

Date	Ward	Held before by	Won by	Result
1 May 2025	Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr	Labour	Reform UK	Changed hands
8 Mar 2024	Aberkenfig	Plaid Cymru	Labour	Changed hands
24 Aug 2022	Bridgend Central	Labour	Independent or other	Changed hands

From Open Council Data's lists, which it says may be incomplete. "Independent or other" covers independents and small parties, so a seat staying "independent or other" may still have changed hands.

Wards and councillors now

The councillors who represent each ward today. Each name links to their record: attendance, committees, declarations, questions and motions.

Aberkenfig
- Gary HainesLabour
Blackmill
- Hywel WilliamsLabour
Brackla East Central
- William KendallLabour
Brackla East and Coychurch Lower
- Eugene CaparrosLabour
- Simon GriffithsLabour
Brackla West
- Johanna Llewellyn-HopkinsLabour
Brackla West Central
- John SpanswickLabour
Bridgend Central
- Steven BletsoeIndependent
- Steven EasterbrookIndependent
- Timothy WoodIndependent
Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr
- Anthony BerrowIndependent
- Colin DaviesLabour
- Ian SpillerIndependent
Caerau
- Chris DaviesLlynfi Independents
- Paul DaviesLabour
Cefn-Glas
- David HarrisonIndependent
- Jon-Paul BlundellLabour
Coity Higher
- Alan WathanIndependent
- Amanda WilliamsIndependent
- Martin WilliamsIndependent
Cornelly
- Elaine WinstanleyLabour
- Jefferson Tildesley MBEIndependent
- Richard GranvilleLabour
Garw Valley
- Heather GriffithsLabour
- Martyn JonesLabour
- Maxine LewisLabour
Llangynwyd
- Malcolm JamesPlaid Cymru
Maesteg East
- Martin HughesLabour
- Philip JenkinsLlynfi Independents
Maesteg West
- Richard CollinsLabour
- Ross Penhale-ThomasLlynfi Independents
Nant-y-moel
- Rhys GoodeLabour
Newton
- Jonathan Edward PrattConservative
Nottage
- Norah ClarkeIndependent
Ogmore Vale
- Della HughesIndependent
Oldcastle
- Freya BletsoeIndependent
- Ian WilliamsIndependent
Pen-y-fai
- Heidi BennettLabour
Pencoed and Penprysg
- Alex Ulberini-WilliamsIndependent
- Melanie Jayne EvansLabour
- Richard WilliamsLabour
Porthcawl East Central
- Graham WalterIndependent
- Neelo FarrLabour
Porthcawl West Central
- Sean AspeyIndependent
Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr
- Huw DavidLabour
- Jane GebbieLabour
- Owain ClatworthyRestore Britain
Rest Bay
- Rob SmithIndependent
St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre
- Mark JohnIndependent
- Paula FordLabour
- Tim ThomasIndependent