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2008 Carmarthenshire County Council Election
The fourth election to Carmarthenshire County Council was held on 1 May 2008. These results were removed from the council website in 2015. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. While the Independent councillors again had the largest number of seats, Plaid Cymru gained considerable ground, notably in the Llanelli and Ammanford areas. The Independents formed a coalition with Labour. Full results of the election were published in the local press. Overview Results Abergwili (one seat) Ammanford (one seat) Betws (one seat) Bigyn two seats) Burry Port (two seats) Bynea (one seat) Carmarthen Town North (two seats) Carmarthen Town South (two seats) Carmarthen Town West (two seats) Cenarth (one seat) Cilycwm (one seat) Cynwyl Elfed (one seat) Cynwyl Gaeo (one seat) Dafen (one seat) Elli (one seat) John Paul Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmarthenshire County Council
Carmarthenshire County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including 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 took over local government functions previously provided by the three district councils of Carmarthen, Dinefwr, and Llanelli, as well as the county-level services in the area from Dyfed County Council, all of which councils were abolished at the same time. The council is based at County Hall in Carmarthen. History 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, taking over the local government functions of the Quarter Sessions. The first election to the original council was held in January 1889 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |