Peblig is an electoral ward in the town of

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, Gwynedd, Wales, electing councillors to the town council and

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Description

The Peblig ward covers an area east of Caernarfon town centre, sandwiched by two A roads - to the north by the A4086 (Llanberis Road) and to the south by the A4085. The meandering

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and the boundary of the Cibyn Industrial Estate form the eastern border. The ward includes the town's

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, Ysgol y Hendre, is at the centre of the ward. The ward population, according to the 2011 Census, was 2,321.

Town ward

Peblig is a ward to

Caernarfon Town Council Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is t ...

electing five of the seventeen town councillors. In February 2019 Peblig town councillor, Kenny Richards known as Kenny Khan, claimed he was facing "discrimination" by being denied a seat on the Ysgol y Hendre Board of Governors. Despite a previous spell in gaol he was described as a "community champion" who ran affordable food outlets locally and in 2017 had been voted unanimously by the town council to be their representative on the Board.

County ward

Peblig became an electoral ward to (the pre-1996) Gwynedd County Council in 1989, electing an

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councillor in 1989 and 1993. Peblig has been an electoral ward to

since 1995, electing one county councillor. Cllr W. Tudor Owen represented the ward from 1995, firstly as an Independent but winning the 1999 elections for

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. He had previously represented the ward on Arfon Borough Council. He was elected as vice chair of the county council in May 2011. In the May 2012 county council election Cllr Owen retained the seat, beating the

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candidate by 45 votes. At the May 2017 county election Owen lost by only 3 votes to Independent candidate, Jason Parry. * = sitting councillor prior to the election

References

{{reflist Caernarfon Gwynedd electoral wards 1989 establishments in Wales

Description

Town ward

County ward

See also

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