Trelech (electoral ward)

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Trelech is the name of an electoral ward for Carmarthenshire County Council in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is represented by one county councillor.

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Description

As well as the community of Trelech, the ward also covers the neighbouring communities of Abernant, Llanwinio, Meidrim and Newchurch and Merthyr. It includes the villages and settlements of Abernant, Blaenwaun, Cwmbach, Drefach, Felin-pandy, Gellywen, Llanwinio, Merthyr, Pen-y-bont, Talog and Trelech. [1] The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,072. [2]

A 2019 boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales recommended the Newchurch and Merthyr community be added to the Trelech ward. Newchurch and Merthyr had previously been part of the neighbouring Cynwyl Elfed ward. The change was to take effect from the May 2022 local elections. [3]

Representation

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

Elections

No elections took place in 1995, 1999 or 2004 because only one candidate stood for the ward, William David (Dai) Thomas, standing as an Independent. [4] [5]

2014 by-election

Thomas stood down as county councillor in late 2014, shortly after his 90th birthday. He had been a councillor for the area for 50 years and was known as Dai Trelech. [6] A by-election was called, which was won by Plaid Cymru with a 33.6% increase in the party's vote share. [7]

Trelech by-election, 11 December 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Jean Lewis 598 68.3
Independent Hugh Phillips18120.7
Liberal Democrats Selwyn John Runnett9611.0

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References

  1. ↑ "Election maps". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Trelech Ward (as of 2011) (W05000510)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Review of the Electoral Arrangements of the County of Carmarthenshire – Final Recommendations Report" (PDF). Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. October 2019. pp. 39–41. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Carmarthenshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - Trelech Ward - Carmarthenshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Election fever in Trelech". Y Cneifiwr. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Chris Mead (12 December 2014). "Plaid Cymru sees a surge in council by-election as nationalists prosper across the UK". Wales Online . Retrieved 23 July 2022.

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