Wrexham County Borough Council is the governing body for Wrexham (county borough), one of the administrative subdivisions of Wales.
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The council is mostly made up of non-partisans who have the largest grouping of councillors represented followed by the national political parties with the Liberal Democrats in second, Labour in 3rd then the Conservatives in 4th and lastly Plaid Cymru who are the smallest grouping. The council is currently under No Overall Control and is governed by an all-party coalition led by the Liberal Democrats.
Elections take place every four years. The last election was 1 May 2008.[1]
| Group affiliation[2] | Members |
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| Liberal Democrats |
12 | |
| Labour | 11 | |
| Wrexham Independents |
6 | |
| West Wrexham Independents |
5 | |
| Conservative | 5 | |
| Independent |
4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | |
| Independent Alliance |
2 | |
| Unaffiliated |
3 | |
| Total |
52 | |
| Year | Independents | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Conservatives | Plaid Cymru |
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| 2008 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
The county borough is divided into 47 electoral divisions returning 52 councillors. There are 35 communities in the county borough, some of which have their own elected council.
| Ward | Communities | Other geographic areas |
| Acton | Acton* (Acton Central and Acton Park wards) | |
| Borras Park | Acton* (Borras Park ward) | |
| Bronington |
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| Brymbo | Brymbo* (Brymbo and Vron wards) | |
| Brynyffynnon | Offa* (Brynyffynnon ward) | |
| Bryn Cefn | Broughton* (Bryn Cefn ward) | |
| Cartrefle | Caia Park* (Cartrefle ward) | |
| Cefn | Cefn* (Acrefair and Penybryn; Cefn and Rhosymedre; and Cefn Bychan wards) | |
| Chirk North | Chirk* (North ward) | |
| Chirk South | Chirk* (South ward) | |
| Coedpoeth | Coedpoeth* | |
| Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley | ||
| Erddig | Offa* (Erddig ward) | |
| Esclusham | Esclusham* {Bersham and Rhostyllen wards} | |
| Garden Village | Rhosddu* (Garden Village ward) | |
| Gresford East and West | Gresford* (East and West wards) | |
| Grosvenor | Rhosddu* (Grosvenor ward) | |
| Gwenfro | Broughton* (Gwenfro ward) | |
| Gwersyllt East and South | Gwersyllt* (East and South wards) | |
| Gwersyllt North | Gwersyllt* (North ward) | |
| Gwersyllt West | Gwersyllt* (West ward) | |
| Hermitage | Offa* (Hermitage ward) | |
| Holt | ||
| Johnstown | Rhosllanerchrugog (Johnstown ward) | |
| Little Acton | Acton* (Little Acton ward) | |
| Llangollen Rural | Llangollen Rural* | |
| Llay | Llay* | |
| Maesydre | Acton* (Maesydre ward) | |
| Marchwiel | ||
| Marford and Hoseley | Gresford* (Marford and Hoseley ward) | |
| Minera |
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| New Broughton | Broughton* (Brynteg and New Broughton wards) | |
| Offa | Offa* (Offa ward) | |
| Overton |
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| Pant | Rhosllanerchrugog* (Pant ward) | |
| Penycae | Penycae* (Eitha ward) | |
| Penycae and Ruabon South |
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| Plas Madoc | Cefn* (Plas Madoc ward) | |
| Ponciau |
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| Queensway | Caia Park* (Queensway ward) | |
| Rhosnesni | Acton* (Rhosnesni ward) | |
| Rossett | Rossett* | |
| Ruabon | Ruabon* (North ward) | |
| Smithfield | Caia Park* (Smithfield ward) | |
| Stansty | Rhosddu* (Stansty ward) | |
| Whitegate | Caia Park* (Whitegate ward) | |
| Wynnstay | Caia Park* (Wynnstay ward) |
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