Trelech is the name of an

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 ...

for

Carmarthenshire County Council Carmarthenshire County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The counc ...

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...

, Wales. It is represented by one county councillor.

Description

As well as the

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

Trelech Trelech (Welsh: ''Tre-lech'') is a village in the parish of Tre-lech a'r Betws, Carmarthenshire, in south-west Wales. It is also the name of the community. Trelech is located some 10 miles north-west of Carmarthen and 6.5 miles south of Newcastle ...

, the ward also covers the neighbouring communities of Abernant,

Llanwinio Llanwinio is a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, north of the hamlet of Gellywen. The population recorded at the 2011 census was 448. The 2011 census showed 46.0% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 62.3% in 2001. In 1844 Sam ...

Meidrim Meidrim is a community some west of Carmarthen and north of St Clears in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Meidrim (formerly also spelled 'Mydrim') and its twin village of Drefach are situated either side of the Afon Dewi Fawr at the point where this sma ...

and Newchurch and Merthyr. It includes the villages and settlements of Abernant,

Blaenwaun Blaenwaun is a small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, north of Whitland. It is one of the five villages of Llanwinio parish, in the diocese of St. David's. It lies above sea level, making it one of the highest villages in the West Wales penin ...

, Cwmbach, Drefach, Felin-pandy, Gellywen, Llanwinio, Merthyr, Pen-y-bont, Talog and Trelech. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,072. A 2019 boundary review by the

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recommended the Newchurch and Merthyr community be added to the Trelech ward. Newchurch and Merthyr had previously been part of the neighbouring

Cynwyl Elfed Cynwyl Elfed (; sometimes Conwyl and formerly anglicised as Conwil Elvet or Conwil in Elvet) is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community includes the villages of Cynwyl Elfed, Blaenycoed and Cwmduad. It is s ...

ward. The change was to take effect from the May 2022 local elections.

Representation

Trelech has been an electoral ward to

since 1995, represented by one county councillor.

Elections

No elections took place in 1995, 1999 or 2004 because only one candidate stood for the ward, William David (Dai) Thomas, standing as an

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2014 by-election

Thomas stood down as county councillor in late 2014, shortly after his 90th birthday. He had been a councillor for the area for 50 years and was known as Dai Trelech. A by-election was called, which was won 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 ...

with a 33.6% increase in the party's vote share.

References

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