Elli (electoral ward)

Elli is an electoral ward for Llanelli Town Council and Carmarthenshire County Council in Llanelli, Wales.

The ward covers a residential area in the north of Llanelli, bounded to the south by Parc y Dref, to the east by Old Road and to the west by Llanelli Rural. ^[1] The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,203. ^[2]

Representation

Elli was an electoral ward to Dyfed County Council, represented by a Labour Party councillor from the 1989 election followed by a Liberal Democrat councillor from 1993. ^[3]

Since 1995 Elli has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council, represented by one county councillor. ^[4]

Elli is also one of the community wards to Llanelli Town Council, electing two town councillors. ^[5]

Future Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Wales, Robert Buckland, began his political career when he won the Elli county seat by only 3 votes in 1993. It was said he was the first Conservative to be elected in Llanelli in living memory. ^[6]

Conservative councillor John Jenkins won the Elli ward at the 2004 Carmarthenshire County Council election. In February 2006 he was selected as the Conservative candidate for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire in the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, but stood down after 24 hours because of homophobic remarks made in 2003. ^[7] He was re-elected as Elli councillor in 2008 as an Independent. He was elected again in 2012, but later that year was reported to the Ombudsman for inappropriate comments on Twitter. ^[8]

Elections

2024 by-election

Independent councillor Steve Williams was voted into the Llanelli Town Council and Carmarthenshire County Council post in the Elli Ward on 6 March 2024. The by-election was held following the resignation of the previous councillor, John Jenkins. ^[9] Williams is an ex Police Officer and was involved in the public protest against a Home Office decision to take over the local Stradey Park Hotel as an asylum centre. ^[10]

Steve Williams (Independent) – 211 votes (36.43%)

Richard Williams (Welsh Conservative Party) – 151 votes (26.28%)

Nick Pearce (Welsh Labour) – 145 votes (25.18%)

Steve Beckett (Plaid Cymru) – 48 votes (8.37%)

Hettie Sheehan (UKIP) – 27 votes (4.70%)

Sharon Burdess (Independent) – 23 votes (3.98%)

Justin Griffiths (Welsh Liberal Democrats) – 16 votes (2.77%)

Wayne Erasmus (Gwlad – The Welsh Independence Party) – 2 votes (0.35%)

References

1. "Election maps". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 19 July 2022.
2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Elli Ward (as of 2011) (W05000471)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 19 July 2022.
3. "Dyfed County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
4. "Carmarthenshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
5. "Community Councillor Results - Llanelli (Elli ward)". Carmarthenshire County Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
6. Ruth Mosalski (7 July 2022). "The life, career and family of Robert Buckland, the new Welsh secretary". Wales Online . Retrieved 19 July 2022.
7. Marc Shoffman (17 February 2006). "Conservative Party leader David Cameron forced a Welsh Assembly candidate to stand down just 24 hours after he had been selected, over rows about "homophobic" remarks". Pink News . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
8. "Local councillor reported to Ombudsman over his 'prostitute' tweet". Wales Online. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
9. "Stephen Williams elected in the Elli ward by-election". Carmarthenshire County Council. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
10. "Former Policeman and Stradey Campaigner Wins Elli Ward By-election". Carmarthenshire News Online. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

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