Conwy County Borough UK electoral wards - Marl locator

Marl is the name of one of the electoral wards in the

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Conwy Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on ...

Conwy County Borough Conwy County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a county borough in Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south, and Denbighshire to the east. Other settlements in the county borough include Abergele, Betws-y-Coed, Colwyn Bay, Conwy ...

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. It elects representatives to

Conwy County Borough Council Conwy County Borough Council ( cy, Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is the local authority for Conwy County Borough, one of the principal areas of Wales. History Conwy County Borough was created in 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 199 ...

and

Conwy Town Council Conwy Town Council is an elected community council serving the community of Conwy in Conwy County Borough, North Wales. As well as the old walled town of Conwy it represents the neighbouring towns of Deganwy and Llandudno Junction. Background Co ...

. The Marl ward covers part of the town of

Llandudno Junction Llandudno Junction ( cy, Cyffordd Llandudno), once known as Tremarl, is a village in the county borough of Conwy, Wales. It is part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin, and it is located south of Llandudno. It adjoins Deganwy and is to the ...

to the east of the

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and is one of four county wards included within the boundaries of the community. The wards of Deganwy and Pensarn border Marl, also to the east of the river.

ward lies on the opposite side of the river, including the walled town of

. To the north of Marl is the Llandudno ward of Penrhyn. According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 3,879.

County council elections

The ward elects two county councillors to

and, at the May 2017 election, one seat was won by the

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and the other by the

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. The Labour councillor, Mike Priestly, had previously represented the ward since 2004 as a Liberal Democrat. He had defected to the Labour Party in 2014 and, being a former

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official, described it as "coming back to my roots". Local

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Sue Shotter had won her seat from the Conservatives at a by-election in January 2011 and held it ever since.

2017

2012

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

2011 by-election

A by-election took place on Thursday 20 January 2011, after Conservative councillor Linda Hurr had stood down on health grounds.

Town Council elections

For the purposes of elections to

, Marl ward elects or co-opts a total of four town councillors.

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