Carmarthenshire County Council

Carmarthenshire County Council (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, providing a range of services under the control of elected county councillors that include education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The council is one of twenty-two unitary authorities that came into existence on 1 April 1996 under the provisions of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.

It is the second body of this name: the previous Carmarthenshire County Council was formed on 1 April 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888 and was abolished on 31 March 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972.

Carmarthenshire Sir Gaerfyrddin
Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water		 Ranked 3rd
2,395 km²
? %
County Town Carmarthen
Largest Town Llanelli
ISO 3166-2 GB-CMN
ONS code 00NU
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2010 est.)
- Density
 		 Ranked 4th
180,700
Ranked 18th
75 / km²
Ethnicity 99.4% White
Welsh language
- Any skills		 Ranked 3rd
63.6%
Politics

Carmarthenshire County Council
http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/
Control NOC (Independent-led coalition)
MPs
AMs
MEPs Wales

It has adopted the Cabinet system of running the county with currently the 30 independent and 11 Labour councillors being in the administration with the 30 Plaid Cymru councillors being the official opposition. All the scrutiny committee chairs are held by either Independent or Labour councillors. The Leader of the Council is Cllr. Meryl Gravelle, and the Chief Executive is Mark James. The council is based in County Hall in Carmarthen, the former Carmarthen Prison. The council administers areas of the former county of Dyfed that were formerly done by Carmarthen District, Dinefwr Borough and Llanelli Borough councils and functions from Dyfed County Council were also transferred to the new body.

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Political makeup

Elections take place every four years. The last election was held on 5 May 2008

Current composition

Group affiliation[1] Members
  Independent
 30
Plaid Cymru 29
Labour 11
  People First
 2
Liberal Democrat 1
  Unaffiliated
 1
 Total
 74

Historic results

Year Plaid Cymru Labour Liberal Democrats Others
2008 31 12 1 30
2004 16 25 0 33
1999 16 27 0 31

Electoral divisions

The county is divided into 58 electoral wards returning 74 councillors. Most of these wards are coterminous with communities. Most communities in Carmarthenshire have a community council. For each ward, councillors are elected to sit on Carmarthenshire County Council. The following table lists council wards, community councils and associated geographical areas. Communities with their own community council are marked with a *.

Ward Community Council Councillors
Returned		 Former district
council		 Population (2001 census)
1 Abergwili Abergwili*, Llanllawddog* 1 Carmarthen 2,271
2 Ammanford Ammanford Town* (Iscennen and Pantyffynnon wards) 1 Dinefwr 2,664
3 Betws Betws* 1 Dinefwr 1,834
4 Bigyn Llanelli Town* (Bigyn ward) 2 Llanelli 6,347
5 Burry Port Cefn Sidan (community) (Burry Port ward) 2 Llanelli 4,209
6 Bynea Llanelli Rural* (Bynea ward) 1 Llanelli 3,091
7 Carmarthen Town North Carmarthen Town* (Carmarthen Town North ward) 2 Carmarthen 5,291
8 Carmarthen Town South Carmarthen Town* (Carmarthen Town South ward) 2 Carmarthen 3,526
9 Carmarthen Town West Carmarthen Town* (Carmarthen Town West ward) 2 Carmarthen 4,313
10 Cenarth Cenarth*, Newcastle Emlyn* 1 Carmarthen 1,995
11 Cilycwm Cil-y-cwm*, Llansadwrn* and Llanwrda* 1 Dinefwr,
Carmarthen		 1,446
12 Cynwyl Elfed Cynwyl Elfed*, Bronwydd*, Llanpumsaint*, and Newchurch and Merthyr* 1 Carmarthen 2,743
13 Cynwyl Gaeo Cynwyl Gaeo*, Llansawel* and Llanycrwys* 1 Dinefwr 1,554
14 Dafen Llanelli Rural* (Dafen ward) 1 Llanelli 3,433
15 Elli Llanelli Town* (Elli ward) 1 Llanelli 3,156
16 Felinfoel Llanelli Rural* (Felinfoel ward) 1 Llanelli 1,948
17 Garnant Cwmamman* (Pistillwyd and Twyn wards) 1 Dinefwr 1,965
18 Glanamman Cwmamman* (Grenig and Tircoed wards) 1 Dinefwr 2,261
19 Glanymor Llanelli Town* (Glanymor ward) 2 Llanelli 4,888
20 Glyn Llanelli Rural* (Glyn ward) 1 Llanelli 2,032
21 Gorslas Gorslas* 2 Dinefwr 3,742
22 Hendy Llanelli* (Hendy ward) 1 Llanelli 3,039
23 Hengoed Llanelli Rural* (Hengoed ward) 2 Llanelli 3,829
24 Kidwelly Kidwelly Town* 1 Llanelli 3,829
25 Laugharne Township Laugharne Town*, Eglwyscummin, Llanddowror* and Pendine* 1 Carmarthen 2,924
26 Llanboidy Llanboidy*, Cilymaenllwyd* and Llangynin* Carmarthen 1,982
27 Llanddarog Llanddarog* and Llanarthney Carmarthen 1,833
28 Llandeilo Llandeilo Town* and Dyffryn Cennen* 1 Dinefwr 1,937
29 Llandovery Llandovery Town* and Llanfair-ar-y-bryn* Dinefwr 2,870
30 Llandybie Llandybie* (Llandybie and Heolddu wards) 2 Dinefwr 3,738
31 Llanegwad Llanegwad*, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn* and Llanfynydd* 1 Dinefwr,
Carmarthen		 2,424
32 Llanfihangel Aberbythych Llanfihangel Aberbythych* and Llangathen* 1 Dinefwr 1,716
33 Llanfihangel-ar-Arth Llanfihangel-ar-Arth* and Llanllwni* Carmarthen 2,727
34 Llangadog Llangadog*, Llanddeusant* and Myddfai* 1 Dinefwr 1,951
35 Llangeler Llangeler* 1 Carmarthen 3,222
36 Llangennech Llangennech* 2 Llanelli 4,510
37 Llangunnor Llangunnor* 1 Carmarthen 2,282
38 Llangyndeyrn Llangyndeyrn* 1 Carmarthen 2,953
39 Llannon Llannon* 2 Llanelli 4,999
40 Llansteffan Llansteffan*, Llangain* and Llangynog* 1 Carmarthen 2,209
41 Llanybydder Llanybydder* and Pencarreg* 1 Carmarthen 2,543
42 Lliedi Llanelli Town* (Lliedi ward) 2 Llanelli 5,036
43 Llwynhendy Llanelli Rural* (Pemberton ward) 2 Llanelli 4,276
44 Manordeilo and Salem Manordeilo and Salem*, and Talley* 1 Dinefwr 2,121
45 Pembrey Cefn Sidan (community)* (Pembrey ward) 2 Llanelli 3,374
46 Pen-y-groes Llandybie (Penygroes ward) 1 Dinefwr 2,429
47 Pontamman Ammanford* (Myddynfych and Wernddu wards) 1 Dinefwr 2,629
48 Pontyberem Pontyberem* 1 Llanelli 2,829
49 Quarter Bach Quarter Bach* 1 Dinefwr 2,933
50 Saron Llandybie* (Saron Ward) 2 Dinefwr 2,467
51 St Clears St Clears Town* 1 Carmarthen 2,820
52 St. Ishmael Llandyfaelog* and St. Ishmael* 1 Carmarthen 2,529
53 Swiss Valley Llanelli Rural* (Swiss Valley ward) 1 Llanelli 2,434
54 Trelech Abernant*, Llanwinio*, Meidrim* and Trelech* 1 Carmarthen 2,092
55 Trimsaran Trimsaran* 1 Llanelli 2,533
56 Tycroes Llanedi* (Tycroes ward) 1 Llanelli 2,156
57 Tyisha Llanelli* (Tyisha ward) 2 Llanelli 3,995
58 Whitland Whitland Town* and Henllanfallteg 1 Carmarthen 2,066

References

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