Llanelli Town Council (

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- ''Cyngor Tref Llanelli'') is the

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that governs the majority of wards in

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town. The Council is run by a group or groups who command the support of the majority of the elected representatives. The current leader is

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's David Darkin. The council also appoints an annual ceremonial Mayor who presides over meetings of the Council who is known as the ''Mayor of Llanelli''. Llanelli Town Council governs the area of Llanelli covered by five council wards which elect twenty-two Town Councillors. The five wards with the number of councillors in parenthesis are; Bigyn (6),

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(2), Glanymor (5), Lliedi (5) and

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(4). The motto, seen in the

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says "Cyfoeth Cymdeithas: Cymuned", which translates as "A society's wealth is its community".

Current composition

The current mayor is Cllr. Phil Warlow

Election history

2022 Election

2017 Election

Four Labour town councillors defected on 6 March 2019 following claims of bullying. They subsequently sat as independents. In September 2019 former Labour councillor Chris Griffiths joined the Conservatives, doubling their numbers on the council.

2012 Election

2008 Election

2004 Election

1999 Election

List of Town Mayors

Past Mayors of Llanelli 1974/75 T. V. Davies (Inaugural Town Mayor) 1975/76 V. D. Thomas 1976/77 Joie Davies 1977/78 W. Raymond H. Thomas 1978/79 D. John Harries 1979/80 Leslie R. Hickman 1980/81 Ken Davies 1981/82 Eileen Clarke 1982/83 Michael Gimblett 1983/84 Cliff Charles 1984/85 Margaret Prothero 1985/86 W. Raymond H. Thomas 1986/87 D. John Harries 1987/88 Leslie R. Hickman 1988/89 Ken Davies 1989/90 Cliff Charles 1990/91 Margaret Prothero 1991/92 Elinor G. Lloyd 1992/93 Jan Neil 1993/94 Steffan Chrinowsky 1994/95 Carl Lucas 1995/96 Margaret Evans 1996/97 Eric Smith 1997/98 Jan Williams 1998/99 Pam Edmunds 1999/00 Gren Darby 2000/01 Connie Richards 2001/02 Kenneth Rees 2002/03 Edward Skinner May-Dec 2003 Hywel Phillips Jan-June 2004 Edward Skinner 2004/05 Eryl Morgan 2005/06 Nigel Bevan 2006/07 Michael Francis 2007/08 Ray Neil 2008/09 Hubert Hitchman 2009/10 John Jenkins 2010/11 Dyfrig Thomas 2011/12 Linda Stedman 2012/13 Winston Lemon 2013/14 Michael Burns 2014/15 Roger Price 2015/16 Shahana Najmi, J.P. 2016/17 William “Bill” Thomas 2017/18 Jeff Edmunds 2018/19 David Darkin 2019/20 John E. Jones 2020-21 Chris Griffiths - the town council's first ever Conservative mayor 2021-22 Michael Cranham J.P.

References

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External links

Llanelli Town Council
Llanelli Community councils of Wales