Conwy County Borough Council

Conwy County Borough Council
Full Council elected every five years
Coat of arms or logo Council Logo
Type
Type	County Borough Council of Conwy
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1996
Leadership
Chairman	Peter Lewis MBE, Conwy First Independent Group since 9 May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr Samuel Rowlands, Conservative
Deputy Leader	Cllr Goronwy O. Edwards, Conwy First Independent Group
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Wyn Ellis Jones, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales
Chief executive	Iwan Davies
Structure
Seats	59 councillors
Political groups	Administration   Conservative (14)   Conwy First Independent Group (13)   Independent (6) Opposition   Plaid Cymru (10)   Labour (8)   Liberal Democrats (4)   Allied Independents (4)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
First election	4 May 1995 (full council)
Last election	4 May 2017 (full council)
Next election	5 May 2022 (full council)
Meeting place
Bodlondeb, Conwy
Website
http://www.conwy.gov.uk

Conwy County Borough Council (Template:Lang-cy) is the governing body for Conwy County Borough, one of the unitary authority areas of Wales.

Political makeup

Elections take place every four to five years. The last election was 4 May 2017, and until 3 June 2019, was governed by a Plaid Annibynnol-led Coalition with Conservatives and Independents, relying on Liberal Democrat support. Cllr Samuel Rowlands was elected the new Leader of Conwy on 3 June 2019 after the previous Leader was removed for sacking Cllr Rowlands earlier that month. Rowlands announced a new Coalition led by the Conservatives including Conwy First Independent Group and the Independents on 6 June 2019.

Current composition

Group affiliation		Members
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|	[[Conservative Party (UK)|Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	14
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Conwy First Independent Group	13
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color|	[[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]]	10
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|	[[Labour Party (UK)|Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname]]	8
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Independent	6
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Allied Independents	4
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color|	[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/shortname]]	4
Total		59

Historic results

Year	Conservatives	Plaid Cymru	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Independents
2017	16	10	8	4	21
2012	13	12	10	5	19
2008	22	12	7	4	14
2004	12	10	12	6	19
1999	5	7	19	14	14
1995	8	2	18	18	13

Electoral divisions

The county borough is divided into 38 electoral wards returning 59 councillors. Few communities in Conwy are coterminous with electoral wards. The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':

Ward	Councillors	Communities (and community wards)	Other geographic areas
Abergele Pensarn	1	Abergele (town)* (Pensarn ward)
Betws-y-Coed	1	Betws-y-Coed Capel Curig* Dolwyddelan*
Betws yn Rhos	1	Betws yn Rhos* Llanfair Talhaiarn*
Bryn	1	Llanfairfechan (town)* (Bryn and Lafan wards)
Caerhun	1	Caerhun* Henryd*
Capelulo	1	Penmaenmawr (town)* (Capelulo ward)
Colwyn	2	part of the community of Old Colwyn
Conwy	2	Conwy (town)* (Aberconwy and Castle wards)
Craig-y-Don	2	Llandudno (town)* (Craig-y-Don ward)
Crwst	1	Llanrwst (town)* (Crwst ward)
Deganwy	2	Conwy (town)* (Deganwy ward)
Eglwysbach	1	Eglwysbach* Llanddoged Maenan*
Eirias	2	Part of the Community of Old Colwyn
Gele	3	Abergele (town)* (Gele and St George wards)
Glyn	2	Part of the Community of Colwyn Bay
Gogarth	2	Llandudno (town)* (Gogarth ward)
Gower	1	Llanrwst (Gower ward)
Kinmel Bay	3	Kinmel Bay and Towyn* (Kinmel Bay ward)
Llanddulas	1	Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel*
Llandrillo yn Rhos	4	Rhos-on-Sea
Llangernyw	1	Llangernyw* Pentrefoelas*
Llansanffraid	1	Llansanffraid Glan Conwy*
Llansannan	1	Llansannan* Llannefydd*
Llysfaen	1	Llysfaen*
Marl	2	Conwy (town)* (Marl ward)
Mochdre	1	Mochdre
Mostyn	2	Llandudno (town)* (Mostyn ward)
Pandy	1	Llanfairfechan* (Pandy ward)
Pant-yr-afon/Penmaenan	1	Penmaenmawr* (Pant-yr-afon and Penmaenan wards)
Penrhyn	2	Llandudno (town)* (Penrhyn ward)
Pensarn	1	Conwy (town)* (Pensarn ward)
Pentre Mawr	2	Abergele (town)* (Pentre Mawr ward)
Rhiw	3	Part of the Community of Colwyn Bay
Towyn	1	Kinmel Bay and Towyn* (Towyn ward)
Trefriw	1	Dolgarrog* Llanrhychwyn Trefriw*
Tudno	2	Llandudno (town)* (Tudno ward)
Uwch Conwy	1	Bro Machno* Bro Garmon* Ysbyty Ifan*
Uwchaled	1	Cerrigydrudion* Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr* Llangwm*

External links

• Conwy Council (official site)