Isle of Anglesey County Council
The Isle of Anglesey County Council (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn) is the governing body for the county of Anglesey, one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. The council consists of 40 councillors, representing 40 electoral wards.
Political makeup
Unlike most other councils in Wales, Anglesey's councillors do not divide along political-party lines. Following the 2008 elections, only Plaid Cymru and Labour have maintained a group on the Council. Some Councillors elected on party political tickets or believed to have party political allegiances do not form, or join, party groups. The remaining councillors, both party-political and independent, form a number of factions based as much on personalities as policy. Since the 2008 elections, the largest of these factions was the Original Independents (Welsh: Annibynol Gwreiddiol), with 22 councillors.
Elections take place every four years. The last election was 1 May 2008.[2]
Current composition
| Group affiliation[1] | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | Original Independent |
17 |
| style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| | [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] | 8 |
| Labour | 5 | |
| style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | Anglesey Forward |
3 |
| style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | Menai |
3 |
| Unaffiliated |
4 | |
| Total |
40 | |
The Original Independent grouping contains two councillors elected as Liberal Democrats and one as a Conservative.
Historic results
Electoral divisions
The county is divided into 40 electoral wards returning 40 councillors. There are 40 communities (parishes) in the area, some of which have their own elected council. Few communities are coterminous with council wards. In Anglesey, they mostly overlap. The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':
| Ward | Communities (Parishes) | Other geographic areas |
| Aberffraw |
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| Amlwch Port | Amlwch Town* (Port and Town wards) | |
| Amlwch Rural | Amlwch Town* (Rural ward) | |
| Beaumaris | Beaumaris Town* | |
| Bodffordd |
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| Bodorgan |
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| Braint | Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll* (Braint ward) | |
| Bryngwran |
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| Brynteg | Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf* (Benllech and Brynteg wards) | |
| Cadnant | Menai Bridge (Cadnant ward) | |
| Cefni | Llangefni (Cefni ward) | |
| Cwm Cadnant | Cwm Cadnant | |
| Cyngar | Llangefni (Cyngar ward) | |
| Gwyngyll | Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll* (Gwyngyll ward) | |
| Holyhead Town | Holyhead town* (Town ward) | |
| Kingsland | Holyhead* (Kingsland ward) | |
| Llanbadrig | Llanbadrig* | |
| Llanbedrgoch | Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf* (Benllech 'A' and Llanbedrgoch wards) | |
| Llanddyfnan |
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| Llaneilian |
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| Llanfaethlu |
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| Llanfair-yn-Neubwll |
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| Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog |
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| Llangoed | Llangoed and Penmon* | |
| Llanidan |
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| Llannerch-y-medd |
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| London Road | Holyhead town* (London Road ward) | |
| Maeshyfryd | Holyhead town* (Maeshyfryd ward) | |
| Mechell |
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| Moelfre | Moelfre* | |
| Morawelon | Holyhead town* (Morawelon ward) | |
| Parc a'r Mynydd | Holyhead town* (Parc a'r Mynydd ward) | |
| Pentraeth |
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| Porthyfelin | Holyhead town* (Porthyfelin ward) | |
| Rhosneigr | Llanfaelog* (Rhosneigr ward) | |
| Rhosyr | Rhosyr* | |
| Trearddur |
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| Tudur | Llangefni Town* (Tudur ward) | |
| Tysilio | Menai Bridge (Tysilio ward) | |
| Valley | Valley* |
Chair and vice-chair of the council
Within the council's administrative area and having regard to the royal prerogative, the chair of the county council is the "first citizen". Councillor Aled Morris Jones of Llaneilian is the Chair of the council for 2008 - 2009. The vice chair for 2008 - 2009 is Councillor O Glyn Jones.
References
External links
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