Pwllheli South ( cy, De Pwllheli) is one of the
electoral wards in the town of
Pwllheli, on the coast of the
Llŷn Peninsula
The Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn or , ) extends into the Irish Sea from North West Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey. It is part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and historic region and local authority area of Gwynedd. Mu ...
in
Gwynedd, Wales. It elects representatives to the town and county councils.
Description
The ward covers the south of the town along the coast including Pwllheli Golf Club in the west, the areas of West End and South Beach south of the Afon Rhyd-hir, to Morfa'r Garreg, the
Pwllheli Lifeboat Station and nearby caravan park on the
spit of land south of the mouth of the
Afon Erch. It is bordered to the north by the
Pwllheli North ward, which includes Pwllheli town centre.
The ward population, according to the
2011 Census, was 1,886.
Town Council
The South ward (''Ward y De'') of Pwllheli elects eight of the fifteen town councillors to Pwllheli Town Council.
County Council
Pwllheli South has been an
electoral ward to
Gwynedd Council
Cyngor Gwynedd ( en, Gwynedd Council) is the governing body for the county of Gwynedd, one of the principal areas of Wales. The council administrates internally using the Welsh language.
History
The county of Gwynedd was created in 1974 under ...
since 1995, electing one county councillor. It was represented by
Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
Plaid wa ...
's Alan Williams from 1995, but won by Bob Wright for
Llais Gwynedd
(, Voice of Gwynedd) is a small regionalist political party based in Gwynedd in North Wales. The party formed following the Plaid Cymru executive's proposal to more than halve the number of primary schools in Gwynedd by closing rural schools. M ...
at the May 2008 elections.
Councillor Wright died whilst on a
lifeboat
Lifeboat may refer to:
Rescue vessels
* Lifeboat (shipboard), a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape
* Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues
* Airborne lifeboat, an air-dropped boat used to save downed airmen
...
mission to rescue a stranded
yacht
A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasu ...
, on 20 September 2015. He had received an
MBE Mbe may refer to:
* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
* ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language
Molal ...
in June 2008 for his service with the
RNLI. The resulting by-election on 26 November 2015 was won by Bob Wright's cousin, Hefin Underwood, who did not represent a party or group.
Underwood held off the challenge from Plaid Cymru at the May 2017 elections, with a majority of 388.
See also
*
List of electoral wards in Gwynedd
This list of electoral wards in Gwynedd includes council wards which elect (or have elected) councillors to the local authorities in the county of Gwynedd, Wales.
Gwynedd was created with the merger of Anglesey with Caernarfonshire and Merione ...
*
Gwynedd Council elections
References
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Pwllheli
Gwynedd electoral wards