Flintshire County Council

Flintshire Council

Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Flintshire Council ; Cyngor Sir y Fflint
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1996
Preceded by	Clwyd County Council; Delyn Borough Council; Alyn and Deeside District Council
Leadership
Chairman of the Council	Cllr Marion Bateman, Independent ; since 2019/20
Leader of the Council	Cllr Ian Roberts, Labour
Deputy Leader	Cllr Carolyn Thomas, Labour
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Mike Peers, Independent Alliance
Chief Executive	Colin Everett
Structure
Seats	70 councillors
Political groups	Administration (34) Labour (34) Other parties (36) Independent Alliance (13) Conservative (6) Liberal Democrat (6) Flintshire Independents (4) New Independents (4) Independent (3)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
First election
Last election	4 May 2017
Next election
Website
	www.flintshire.gov.uk

Flintshire County Council is the unitary local authority for the present-day Welsh administrative county of Flintshire (not to be confused with the historic Flintshire), one of the administrative subdivisions of Wales. It is based at County Hall in Mold, Flintshire.^[1]

Elections take place every four years. The last election was on 4 May 2017.

Current composition[]

Group affiliation^[2]		Members
	Labour	34
	Independent	25
	Conservative	6
	Liberal Democrats	5
	Others	0
	Plaid Cymru	0
Total		70

Historic results[]

Year	Independents	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservatives	Plaid Cymru	Green
2017^[2]	25	34	5	6	0	0
2012	23	31	7	8	1	0
	26	22	11	9	1	0
	19	35	10	4	0	0
	18	42	7	1	2	1
^[3]	16	47	5	3	1	0

By the May 2017 elections the Labour Group held 34 seats on the council and held the same number after the election results came in, though they had gained seats in some wards (for example Llanfynydd) and lost in others (e.g. Bagillt East).^[4] Fourteen (13 Lab & 1 Ind) of the seventy seats were elected unopposed.^[5]

Following the elections in 2012 the council was governed by a coalition between Labour and a group of some of the Independents. Labour was the largest political group within the council with 34 members, followed by the Independent Alliance (14), Conservatives (6), Independents (6), the Liberal Democrats (5), and the New Independents (5).

Electoral divisions[]

Electoral divisions of Flintshire

The county borough is divided into 57 electoral wards returning 70 councillors. Few communities in Flintshire are coterminous with electoral wards. The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated by *:

Ward	Communities	Other geographic areas
Argoed	Argoed* (East and South wards)
Aston	Hawarden* (Aston ward)
	Bagillt* (East and Merllyn wards)
	Bagillt* (Central and West wards)
	Broughton and Bretton* (East and North wards)
	Broughton and Bretton* (South ward)
Brynford	Brynford* Halkyn* (Pentre Halkyn ward)
	Buckley (town)* (Bistre East ward)
	Buckley (town)* (Bistre West ward)
	Buckley (town)* (Mountain ward)
	Buckley (town)* (Pentrobin ward)
Caergwrle	Hope* (Caergwrle ward)
Caerwys	Caerwys (town)* Ysceifiog*
Cilcain	Cilcain* Nannerch*
	Connah's Quay (town)* (Central ward)
	Connah's Quay (town)* (Golftyn ward)
	Connah's Quay (town)* (South ward)
	Connah's Quay (town)* (Wepre ward)
Ewloe	Hawarden* (Ewloe ward)
Ffynnongroyw	Llanasa* (Ffynnongroyw ward)
	Flint (town)* (Castle ward)
	Flint (town)* (Coleshill ward)
Flint Oakenholt	Flint (town)* (Oakenholt ward)
	Flint (town)* (Trelawny ward)
Greenfield	Holywell (town)* (Greenfield ward)
Gronant	Llanasa* (Gronant ward)
Gwernaffield	Gwernaffield*
Gwernymynydd	Gwernymynydd* Nercwys*
Halkyn	Halkyn* (Halkyn, Rhesycae and Rhosesmor wards)
Hawarden	Hawarden* (Hawarden ward)
Higher Kinnerton	Higher Kinnerton*
	Holywell (town)* (Central ward)
	Holywell (town)* (East ward)
	Holywell (town)* (West ward)
Hope	Hope* (Hope ward)
Leeswood	Leeswood*
Llanfynydd	Llanfynydd*
Mancot	Hawarden* (Mancot ward)
	Mold (town)* (Broncoed ward)
	Mold (town)* (East ward)
	Mold (town)* (South ward)
	Mold (town)* (West ward)
Mostyn	Mostyn*
New Brighton	Argoed* (New Brighton and West wards)
Northop	Northop*
Northop Hall	Northop Hall*
Penyffordd	Penyffordd*
Queensferry	Queensferry*
	Saltney* (Mold Junction ward)
	Saltney* (Stonebridge ward)
Sealand	Sealand*
	Shotton (town)* (East ward)
	Shotton (town)* (Higher ward)
	Shotton (town)* (West ward)
Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor	Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor* Llanasa* (Axton ward)
Treuddyn	Treuddyn*
Whitford	Whitford*

References[]

^ "Mold's modernist masterpiece Shire Hall marks 50 years of civic service". Leader Live. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Flintshire County Council - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
^ "Flintshire". The Elections Centre.
^ Rory Sheehan (5 May 2017). "Local Elections 2017: Labour keep tight grip on Flintshire County Council". The Leader. Flintshire. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ Local Elections Archive Project - 2017 - Flintshire

External links[]

Flintshire County Council

[1] "Mold's modernist masterpiece Shire Hall marks 50 years of civic service". Leader Live. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

[autogenerated1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Flintshire County Council - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

[3] "Flintshire". The Elections Centre.

[4] Rory Sheehan (5 May 2017). "Local Elections 2017: Labour keep tight grip on Flintshire County Council". The Leader. Flintshire. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[5] Local Elections Archive Project - 2017 - Flintshire

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Principal settlements	Afonwen Bagillt Buckley Caerwys Connah's Quay Ewloe Flint Holywell Mold Queensferry Saltney Shotton
Towns and villages	Abermorddu Alltami Aston Park Bretton Broughton Bryn-y-Baal Brynford Cadole Caergwrle Calcoed Carmel Cefn-y-Bedd Cilcain Coed Talon Cymau Deeside Drury Ffrith Flint Mountain Ffynnongroew Greenfield Gronant Gwaenysgor Gwernaffield Gwernymynydd Halkyn Hawarden Holway Higher Kinnerton Hope Leeswood Llanfynydd Llanasa Mancot Mostyn Mynydd Isa Nannerch Nercwys Northop Northop Hall Oakenholt Pantasaph Pantymwyn Pentre Halkyn Penyffordd (Buckley) Pen-y-Ffordd (Holywell) Penymynydd Pontblyddyn Rhosesmor Rhes-y-Cae Rhydymwyn Sandycroft Sealand Soughton/Sychdyn Saltney Ferry Talacre Trelawnyd Trelogan Treuddyn Whitford Ysceifiog
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