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This list of electoral wards in Powys includes council wards, which elect councillors to
Powys County Council Powys County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Powys) is the local authority for Powys, one of the administrative areas of Wales. The County Hall is in Llandrindod Wells. History The county of Powys was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Govern ...
and community wards, which elect councillors to
community council A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain. In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...
s. Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 68 (73 until 2022) elected councillors representing 60 (73 until 2022) council wards. Although it is a
unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
, the highway functions of the council, along with the allocation of small grants, are delegated to the three Shire Committees. Local elections take place every five years. Some of the electoral wards are coterminous with communities (civil parishes) of the same name. There are 112 communities in the principal area. Nearly all communities have a local community council.


2022 ward changes

In 2021 a large number of proposals by the
Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales ( cy, Comisiwn Ffiniau a Democratiaeth Leol Cymru) is a Welsh Government sponsored body, responsible for defining borders for local elections and government in Wales. The name of the commission ...
, to reduce the number of wards in Powys from 73 to 60, with the number of councillors dropping from 73 to 68. As a result of ward mergers, some of the new wards would become multi-member. Twenty six ward boundaries would be unaffected: Builth, Caersws,
Churchstoke Churchstoke or Church Stoke ( cy, Yr Ystog) is a village, community and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Located in the southeast of the Vale of Montgomery, it is overlooked by Todleth Hill, Roundton Hill and Corndon Hill. The ...
, Cwm-twrch, Dolforwyn, Glantwymyn, Gwernyfed, Hay, Llandrindod North, Llandrinio, Llandysilio,Llanfyllin, Llanrhaeadr-ymMochnant/Llansilin, Llansantffraid,
Machynlleth Machynlleth () is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a pop ...
, Maescar/Llywel, Newtown East, Newtown Llanllwchaiarn North, Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West, Old Radnor, Rhayader,Rhiwcynon, Talgarth, Talybont-on-Usk, Tawe-Uchaf, Ynyscedwyn. Eight multi-member wards were created, electing two councillors each.


Post-2022 wards

The following table lists the post-2022 county/community wards, the numbers of councillors elected and the communities they cover.


Montgomeryshire (North Powys)

Montgomeryshire has 29 wards electing 31 county councillors.


Radnorshire (Mid Powys)

Radnorshire area has 12 wards electing 14 county councillors.


Brecknockshire (South Powys)

Brecknockshire area has 19 wards electing 23 county councillors. * = Communities which elect a
community council A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain. In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...

c = Ward coterminous with community of the same name


Pre-2022 wards

The following table lists the pre-2022 county/community wards, the numbers of councillors elected and the communities they cover. Brecknockshire had 24 councillors, Radnorshire had 15 and Montgomeryshire had 34.


Montgomeryshire (North Powys)


Radnorshire (Mid Powys)


Brecknockshire (South Powys)

* = Communities which elect a
community council A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain. In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...

c = Ward coterminous with community of the same name


See also

* List of electoral wards in Wales * List of places in Powys (categorised)


References


Sources


Election Maps
Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
Town and Community Councils
Powys County Council. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
Your Councillors by Ward
Powys County Council. Retrieved 21 January 2018. {{Powys wards, state=collapsed
Powys Powys (; ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. Geog ...