Llandrillo yn Rhos (electoral ward)

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Location of the Llandrillo-yn-Rhos ward within Conwy County Borough Conwy County Borough UK electoral wards - Llandrillo-yn-Rhos locator.png
Location of the Llandrillo-yn-Rhos ward within Conwy County Borough

Llandrillo yn Rhos is an electoral ward in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Its boundaries are coterminous with those of the community of Rhos-on-Sea (Welsh : Llandrillo-yn-Rhos), on the North Wales coast, with the Mochdre and Rhiw wards to the south, Penrhyn ward to the west and Liverpool Bay to the northeast. [1]

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According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 7,593. [2]

County elections

The ward elects four county councillors to Conwy County Borough Council and, at the May 2017 election, all four seats were won by the Welsh Conservative Party. [3] Newly elected councillor, James Lusted, was a well-known local actor and television presenter who has dwarfism. He pledged to campaign for people with disabilities. [4] At 43 inches tall he became the Conservative Party's shortest elected politician. [5]

2017 Conwy County Borough Council election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Parry * 1,374 18.1
Conservative James Daniel Lusted 1,265 16.6
Conservative David Maelgwyn Roberts * 1,257 16.5
Conservative Donald Milne * 1,074 14.1
Independent Hannah Fleet88911.7
Labour Chris Brockley77510.2
Independent Gemma Leigh Campbell6678.8
UKIP David Philip Griffiths2993.9
Turnout 760042.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

*= sitting councillor prior to the election

Town council ward

Rhos-on-sea elects town councillors to the Bay of Colwyn Town Council, but the community ward is called Rhos. [7]

References

  1. Election maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llandrillo yn Rhos 2011 Census Ward (1237327491)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. "Local Election Results (County): Conwy and Denbighshire". North Wales Pioneer. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. David Powell (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Conwy sees no party win overall control". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. Kara O'Neill (5 May 2017). "New Tory councillor James Lusted is Conservative party's shortest politician - at just 3ft 7ins tall". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. "Election results for Llandrillo-yn-Rhos: Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. The Bay of Colwyn Town Council, The Bay of Colwyn Town Council. Retrieved 6 March 2018.