Electoral wards in the town of Llandudno, North Wales

Penrhyn is the name of one of the

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

s in

Llandudno Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2011 UK census, the community – which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigsi ...

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 is the easternmost of the five town wards and primarily covers the large village of

Penrhyn Bay Penrhyn Bay ( cy, Bae Penrhyn "headland bay") is a small town on the northern coast of Wales, in Conwy county borough, within the parish or community of Llandudno, and part of the ''ecclesiastical'' parish of Llanrhos. It is a prosperous village, ...

. The Llandudno ward of

Craig-y-Don Craig-y-Don is a suburb of Llandudno, a coastal seaside resort in Conwy county borough, north Wales. It is also an electoral ward to Conwy County Borough Council and Llandudno Town Council. It is also part of the parish of Llanrhos. History L ...

lies to the west, with

Llandrillo yn Rhos Llandrillo yn Rhos is the name of an electoral ward in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Its boundaries are coterminous with those of the community of Rhos-on-Sea ( cy, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos), on the North Wales coast, with the Mochdre and Rhiw wards t ...

to the east. According to the

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the population of the ward was 4,883.

Town ward

Penrhyn is an

to Llandudno Town Council, electing four of the twenty councillors.

County ward

Penrhyn was a ward to Gwynedd County Council, in the Borough of Aberconwy, between 1989 and 1996. Since 1995 the ward has elected two county councillors 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 1994 ...

. At the 1995 and 1999 elections the ward elected a

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and a

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councillor, though subsequently elected Independent candidates.

References

{{reflist Llandudno Wards of Conwy County Borough Former electoral wards of Gwynedd