Lliedi (electoral ward)

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

The ward is in the far north of Llanelli, bounded to the west by Old Road and to the south by James Street. The River Lliedi runs through the middle of the ward. ^[1] The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 5,457. ^[2]

Representation

Lliedi was an electoral ward to Dyfed County Council, electing a Labour Party councillor at the 1989 election and a Liberal Democrat councillor at the 1993 elections. ^[3]

Since 1995 Lliedi has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council, electing two county councillors. ^[4]

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

Shahana Najmi was elected as one of the Labour county councillors at the 2017 elections, but left the Labour Party in 2019 to sit as an Independent councillor. In October 2021 she joined the Conservative Party, therefore represented Lliedi as a Tory. ^[6]

Rob James, one of the Labour county councillors elected in 2017, became leader of the county council's Labour Group. ^[7]

Elections

2025 by-election

Following the death of previous councillor Anthony Leyshon, Michelle May Beer won the seat in a by-election on 29 May 2025 with a majority of 256 votes. She was the first ever elected representative of Reform UK on Carmarthenshire County Council and the second elected representative in Wales. ^[8]

By-election 29 May 2025 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Michelle Beer	568	42.6	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Bragoli	312	23.4	−34.9
	Independent	Sharon Burdess	116	8.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Taylor Reynolds	107	8.0	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Williams	93	7.0	−8.7
	Independent	Alison Leyshon	86	6.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Burree	41	3.1	N/A
	Gwlad	Wayne Erasmus	9	0.7	N/A
Turnout			1,335	33.4
Majority			256	19.2
	Reform UK gain from Labour (UK)

2022

Shahana Najmi, who had first been elected in the ward for Labour in 2012 (and again in 2017) had left the Labour Party in 2019 then joined the Conservative Party in 2021. She had also been leader of Llanelli Town Council. ^[10]

Carmarthenshire County Council, 5 May 2022 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob James*	838	61.4
	Labour	Anthony Leyshon	652	47.8
	Independent	Sharon Burdess	374	27.4
	Independent	Heather Peters	373	27.3
	Conservative	Shahana Najmi*	226	16.6
Majority
Turnout			1,365	34.46
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

* denotes sitting councillor in the ward before the election

References

1. "Election maps". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 18 July 2022.
2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lliedi Ward (as of 2011) (W05000498)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 18 July 2022.
3. "Dyfed County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
4. "Carmarthenshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
5. "Community Councillor Results - Llanelli (Lliedi ward)". Carmarthenshire County Council. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
6. "Llanelli MP reacts to former Labour councillor 'jumping ship' to join Conservatives". InYourArea. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
7. "Carmarthenshire Council election interview: Labour leader on his background and desire to show that politicians aren't all the same". Wales Online . 21 April 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
8. Mansfield, Mark (30 May 2025). "Reform wins council by-election in Llanelli". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
9. "Lliedi Ward - Declaration of Result of Poll - Date of Election 29/05/2025" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
10. Lewis, Ian (21 October 2021). "Leader of Llanelli Town Council joins Conservative Party". InYourArea. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
11. "Local Elections 2022". Carmarthenshire County Council. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

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