Bridgend Central

The ward elects three councillors to Bridgend County Borough Council.

[1] Two of the three seats were won by Independents and the third by Labour's Stuart Baldwin.

Independent Steve Bletsoe was already a Bridgend Town councillor and pledged to use his position to tackle the communal waste problem in the town.

[4] Only a few days after the election, Stuart Baldwin announced he was stepping away from politics and would not be taking up his seat.

[5] Baldwin cited the increasinging toxicity of local politics and said he'd been attacked online, followed home after meetings and physically confronted for his views and his sexuality.