Marl (Conwy electoral ward)

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Location of the pre-2022 Marl ward within Conwy County Borough Conwy County Borough UK electoral wards - Marl locator.png
Location of the pre-2022 Marl ward within Conwy County Borough

Marl is one of the electoral wards in the community of Conwy, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It elects councillors to Conwy Town Council and, until 2022, also elected representatives to Conwy County Borough Council.

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Description

The Marl ward covers part of the town of Llandudno Junction to the east of the River Conwy. The wards of Deganwy and Pensarn border Marl, also to the east of the river. Conwy ward lies on the opposite side of the river, including the walled town of Conwy. To the north of Marl is the Llandudno ward of Penrhyn. [1]

The county borough ward elected two councillors to Conwy County Borough Council. [2]

According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the Marl ward was 3,879. [3]

Following a ward boundary review, the county borough ward of Marl was merged with the neighbouring Pensarn (the most under-represented ward in the county borough) to create a new ward of Glyn y Marl. The new ward would elect three councillors to Conwy County Borough Council, from May 2022. [2]

County council elections

The ward elected two county councillors to Conwy County Borough Council and, at the May 2017 election, one seat was won by the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the other by the Welsh Labour Party. [4] The Labour councillor, Mike Priestly, had previously represented the ward since 2004 as a Liberal Democrat. [5] He had defected to the Labour Party in 2014 and, being a former trade union official, described it as "coming back to my roots". [6] Local chiropodist Sue Shotter had won her seat from the Conservatives at a by-election in January 2011 and held it ever since. [7]

2017

2017 Conwy County Borough Council election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Priestley * 953 32.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Shotter * 667 23.0
Labour Bill Chapman51017.6
Conservative Helen Roberts41714.4
Conservative Eva Leonie Roberts35812.3
Turnout 290544.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2012

2012 Conwy County Borough Council election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Priestley * 909 39.6
Liberal Democrats Sue Shotter * 683 29.7
Labour Bill Chapman32414.1
Conservative Beverley Anne James2259.8
Conservative Karen Marie Jones1576.8
Turnout 229841.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

*= sitting councillor prior to the election

2011 by-election

A by-election took place on Thursday 20 January 2011, after Conservative councillor Linda Hurr had stood down on health grounds. [7]

2011 Marl ward by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Shotter 389
Conservative Julie Fallon270
Labour Michael Pritchard216
Independent Jason Landy87
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Town Council elections

For the purposes of elections to Conwy Town Council, Marl ward elects or co-opts a total of four town councillors. [10]

See also

References

  1. Election maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Review of the Electoral Arrangements of the County Borough of Conwy - Final Recommendations Report". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Marl 2011 Census Ward (1237328207)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. "Local Election Results (County): Conwy and Denbighshire". North Wales Pioneer. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. "Conwy County Borough Council Election Results 1995–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. David Powell (4 July 2014). "Conwy: Liberal Democrat councillor Mike Priestley defects to Labour". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 Mari Jones (27 January 2011). "Marl Ward's new councillor Sue Shotter talks of her plans for Llandudno Junction". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  8. "Election results for Marl: Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  9. "Election results for Marl: Local Elections May 2012 - Thursday, 3 May 2012". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  10. "Councillors". Cyngor Tref Conwy Town Council. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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