Welsh election results 2022: Plaid Cymru takes Anglesey and Gwynedd

Plaid have been in control in Gwynedd since the reorganisation of councils in the 1990s

Plaid Cymru has taken two councils in north-west Wales, securing a majority on Anglesey and retaining Gwynedd.

The party won 21 seats Anglesey, giving it control of a council that has been run as a Plaid-independent coalition since 2017.

It also won 44 of the 69 seats on Gwynedd council, which Plaid has governed since 1996.

Elsewhere, Conwy remained under no overall control, with independents winning 22 seats.

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In some councils where no party wins more than half the seats - known as "no overall control" - there may be talks lasting several weeks to decide who runs the authority.