Wrexham County Borough Council
Wrexham Council Cyngor Wrecsam | |
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Type | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 April 1996 |
Preceded by | Clwyd County Council |
Leadership | |
Mayor of Wrexham | Cllr Ronnie Prince, Independent since 25 May 2021 |
Leader of the Council | Cllr Mark Pritchard, Independent since 24 September 2014 |
Deputy Leader of the Council | Cllr David A Bithell, Wrexham Independent Group |
Leader of the Opposition | Cllr Dana Davies, Welsh Labour |
Chief Executive | Ian Bancroft since 1 September 2018 |
Structure | |
Seats | 52 councillors |
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Political groups |
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Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 4 May 2017 |
Next election | 5 May 2022 |
Meeting place | |
Guildhall, Wrexham | |
Website | |
www |
Wrexham County Borough Council (Welsh: Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is the governing body for Wrexham County Borough, a local government principal area in North Wales.
Governance and political composition[]
Elections take place every five years. The Labour Party held power on the council after the 2012 election, but lost it after splitting because of an internal row. Several Labour councillors became independent, allowing the Independent group to take control in alliance with the Conservatives.[1]
The last election was on 4 May 2017, when the Independents retained their dominance. A coalition of the Independent group, the Wrexham Independents group and the Conservatives agreed to run the council for the next 5 years.[2] On 28 November 2018 Councillor Paul Rogers left the Conservative Group to become non-aligned.[3] He then went on to join the Independent group on 15 May 2019.[4] On 7 November 2019, Councillor Ronnie Prince also joined the main Independent group having been non-aligned since the last election.[5] Independent councillor for Gwersyllt North, Barrie Warburton, resigned his seat on 16 January 2020,[6] and was subsequently replaced by Plaid Cymru's Phil Rees who won the by-election on Thursday 27 February.[7] On 29 September 2020 Paul Jones, Labour Councillor for Maesydre, resigned his seat for personal reasons,[8] he was replaced by Plaid Cymru's Becca Martin in a by-election on 18 March 2021.[9]
Current composition[]
Group affiliation | Members | |
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Liberal Democrats |
2 | |
Labour | 11 | |
Conservative | 8 | |
Plaid Cymru | 5 | |
Independent |
26 | |
Total |
52 |
Historical results[]
Ind | Lib Dem | Lab | Con | Plaid | |
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2017 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
2012 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 1 |
20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | |
20* | 11 | 18 | 5 | 4 | |
15* | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | |
[10] | 11* | 4 | 33 | 3 | 0 |
- 1995 result includes three candidates elected as Independent Labour.
- 1999 result includes five candidates elected as Independent Labour.
- 2004 result includes one candidate elected to represent Forward Wales.
Electoral divisions[]
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The county borough is divided into 47 electoral divisions returning 52 councillors. There are 35 communities in the county borough, some of which have their own elected council.
Ward | Communities | Councillors |
Acton | Acton (Acton Central and Acton Park wards) | Geoff Lowe |
Borras Park | Acton (Borras Park ward) | Debbie Wallice |
Bronington |
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Rodney Skelland |
Brymbo | Brymbo (Brymbo and Vron wards) | Paul Rogers |
Offa (Brynyffynnon ward) | Phil Wynn | |
Bryn Cefn | Broughton (Bryn Cefn ward) | Beverley Parry-Jones |
Cartrefle | Caia Park (Cartrefle ward) | Ronnie Prince |
Cefn | Cefn (Acrefair and Penybryn; Cefn and Rhosymedre; and Cefn Bychan wards) | Sonia Benbow-Jones
Derek Wright |
Chirk North | Chirk (North ward) | Frank Hemmings |
Chirk South | Chirk (South ward) | Terry Evans |
Coedpoeth | Coedpoeth | Krista Childs
Michael Dixon |
Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley |
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Trevor Bates |
Offa (Erddig ward) | Paul Roberts | |
Esclusham | Esclusham {Bersham and Rhostyllen wards} | Mark Pritchard |
Garden Village | Rhosddu (Garden Village ward) | Andy Williams |
Gresford East and West | Gresford (East and West wards) | Andrew Atkinson |
Grosvenor | Rhosddu (Grosvenor ward) | Marc Jones |
Gwenfro | Broughton (Gwenfro ward) | Nigel Williams |
Gwersyllt East and South | Gwersyllt (East and South wards) | David Griffiths
Tina Mannering |
Gwersyllt North | Gwersyllt (North ward) | Phil Rees |
Gwersyllt West | Gwersyllt (West ward) | Gwenfair Jones |
Hermitage | Offa (Hermitage ward) | Graham Rogers |
Holt | Michael Morris | |
Johnstown | Rhosllanerchrugog (Johnstown ward) | David A. Bithell |
Little Acton | Acton (Little Acton ward) | Bill Baldwin |
Llangollen Rural | Llangollen Rural | Rondo Roberts |
Llay | Llay | Bryan Apsley
Rob Walsh |
Maesydre | Acton (Maesydre ward) | Becca Martin |
Marchwiel | John Pritchard | |
Marford and Hoseley | Gresford (Marford and Hoseley ward) | Russell Gilmartin |
Minera |
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David Kelly |
Broughton (Brynteg and New Broughton wards) | Alan Edwards | |
Offa | Offa (Offa ward) | Alun Jenkins |
Overton |
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John McCusker |
Rhosllanerchrugog (Pant ward) | David Maddocks | |
Penycae | Penycae (Eitha ward) | John Phillips |
Penycae and Ruabon South |
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Joan Lowe |
Cefn (Plas Madoc ward) | Paul Blackwell | |
Ponciau |
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Kevin Hughes
Paul Pemberton |
Queensway | Caia Park (Queensway ward) | Carrie Harper |
Rhosnesni | Acton (Rhosnesni ward) | Mike Davies |
Rossett | Rossett | Hugh Jones |
Ruabon | Ruabon (North ward) | Dana Davies |
Smithfield | Caia Park (Smithfield ward) | Adrienne Jeorrett |
Stansty | Rhosddu* (Stansty ward) | I. David Bithell MBE |
Whitegate | Caia Park* (Whitegate ward) | Brian Cameron |
Caia Park* (Wynnstay ward) | Malcolm King OBE |
References[]
- ^ Bagnall, Steve (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Independents hold onto Wrexham Council". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Bagnall, Steve (17 May 2017). "Independents and Tories set to run Wrexham council". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Councillor Paul Rogers leaves Conservative group on Wrexham Council to become unaligned councillor". Wrexham.com.
- ^ "Brymbo councillor joins Independents on Wrexham Council after being unaligned for six months". Wrexham.com.
- ^ "Cartrefle councillor joins Independent Group at Wrexham Council". Wrexham.com.
- ^ "By-election to be held as Gwersyllt North councillor resigns". Wrexham.com.
- ^ "Plaid Cymru's Phil Rees wins Gwersyllt North by-election". Wrexham.com.
- ^ "Wrexham Councillor resigns". The Leader. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Plaid Cymru's Becca Martin wins Maesydre by-election and is Wrexham's newest councillor". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Welsh unitary councils". Elections Centre. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- County Borough of Wrexham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
External links[]
- Politics of Wrexham
- Local authorities of Wales