Denbighshire County Council

Denbighshire County Council is the governing body for the principal area of Denbighshire (not historic Denbighshire), one of the administrative subdivisions of Wales.

The council consists of a multi-party cabinet led by Councillor Hugh Evans, Independent Member for Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd/Gwyddelwern. The current Cabinet includes the highest number of women Councillors - 4 out of 9 posts - in Denbighshire's history.

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Political makeup

Elections take place every four years. The last election was 1 May 2008.[2]

Current composition

Group affiliation[1] Members
Conservative 18
  Independent
 11
Plaid Cymru 8
Labour 5
  Independent First
 3
  Unaffiliated
 2
 Total
 47

One Liberal Democrat councillor sits as part of the Independent grouping. Two councillors elected as Labour do not sit with any group.

Historic results

Year Conservatives Plaid Cymru Labour Liberal Democrats Independents
2009 18 8 7 1 13

Electoral divisions

The county borough is divided into 30 electoral wards returning 47 councillors. Few communities in Denbighshire are coterminous with electoral wards. The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':

Ward Communities (Parishes) Other geographic areas
Bodelwyddan Bodelwyddan (town)*
Corwen Corwen (town)*
Denbigh Central Denbigh (town)* (Central ward)
Denbigh Lower Denbigh (town)* (Lower ward)
Denbigh Upper/Henllan
Dyserth Dyserth*
Efenechtyd
Llanarmon-yn-Ial/Llandegla
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal
Llandrillo
Llandyrnog
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd/Gwyddelwern
Llangollen
Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch
  • Cyffylliog*
  • Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch*
  • Nantglyn*
Prestatyn Meliden Prestatyn (town)* (Meliden ward)
Prestatyn Central Prestatyn (town)* (Central ward)
Prestatyn East Prestatyn (town)* (East ward)
Prestatyn North Prestatyn (town)* (North ward)
Prestatyn South West Prestatyn (town)* (South West ward)
Rhuddlan Rhuddlan (town)*
Rhyl East Rhyl (town)* (East ward)
Rhyl South Rhyl (town)* (South ward)
Rhyl South East Rhyl (town)* (South East ward)
Rhyl South West Rhyl (town)* (South West ward)
Rhyl West Rhyl (town)* (West ward)
Ruthin Ruthin (town)*
St. Asaph East St. Asaph (town)* (East ward)
St. Asaph West St. Asaph (town)* (West ward)
Trefnant
  • Cefn Meiriadog*
  • Trefnant*
Tremeirchion

Results of the Council election, 2004

Prestatyn North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Alliance of Wales Michael German 784 15.71
Democratic Alliance of Wales Isobel German 757 15.17
Democratic Alliance of Wales David Cooper 597 11.97
Labour Jonathan Harland 528 10.58
Labour Andrea Pickering 513 10.28
Conservative Allan Pennington 470 9.42
Labour John Pickering 462 9.26
Conservative Graham Wright 454 9.1
Conservative Gavon Arya-Manesh 424 8.5
Turnout 4,989
Prestatyn Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent (politician) Neville Hugh-Jones 462 20.66
Independent (politician) Peter Duffy 443 19.81
Conservative June Cahill 363 16.23
Independent (politician) David Morris 353 15.78
Conservative Alexander Soane 244 10.91
Labour Amanda Wiggan 222 9.9
Labour Alan Marsden 149 6.6
Turnout 2,236

References

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