Wrexham County Borough Council

Wrexham Council

Cyngor Wrecsam
Wrexham Council ; Cyngor Wrecsam
Type
Type	Unitary authority
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
Political groups	Administration (33) Independent (17) Conservative (8) Wrexham Independents (8) Other parties (19) Labour (12) Plaid Cymru (4) Liberal Democrat (2) Non-aligned (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 May 2017
Next election	5 May 2022
Meeting place
	Guildhall, Wrexham
Website
	www.wrexham.gov.uk

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
	Liberal Democrats	2
	Labour	11
	Conservative	8
	Plaid Cymru	5
	Independent	26
Total		52

Historical results[]

	Ind	Lib Dem	Lab	Con	Plaid

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[]

Electoral divisions in Wrexham County Borough

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	Bangor Is-y-Coed Bronington Willington Worthenbury	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	Ceiriog Ucha Glyntraian Llansantffraid (or Llansanffraid) Glyn Ceiriog	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	Abenbury Holt Isycoed	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	Erbistock Marchwiel Sesswick	John Pritchard
Marford and Hoseley	Gresford (Marford and Hoseley ward)	Russell Gilmartin
Minera	Minera Brymbo (Bwlchgwyn ward)	David Kelly
	Broughton (Brynteg and New Broughton wards)	Alan Edwards
Offa	Offa (Offa ward)	Alun Jenkins
Overton	Hanmer Maelor South Overton	John McCusker
	Rhosllanerchrugog (Pant ward)	David Maddocks
Penycae	Penycae (Eitha ward)	John Phillips
Penycae and Ruabon South	Pen-y-Cae (Groes ward) Ruabon (South ward)	Joan Lowe
	Cefn (Plas Madoc ward)	Paul Blackwell
Ponciau	Rhosllanerchrugog (Ponciau North, Ponciau South and Rhos wards) Esclusham (Aberoer and Pentrebychan wards)	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[]

[NW_post_election_results-1] Bagnall, Steve (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Independents hold onto Wrexham Council". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

[2] Bagnall, Steve (17 May 2017). "Independents and Tories set to run Wrexham council". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[3] "Councillor Paul Rogers leaves Conservative group on Wrexham Council to become unaligned councillor". Wrexham.com.

[4] "Brymbo councillor joins Independents on Wrexham Council after being unaligned for six months". Wrexham.com.

[5] "Cartrefle councillor joins Independent Group at Wrexham Council". Wrexham.com.

[6] "By-election to be held as Gwersyllt North councillor resigns". Wrexham.com.

[7] "Plaid Cymru's Phil Rees wins Gwersyllt North by-election". Wrexham.com.

[8] "Wrexham Councillor resigns". The Leader. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[9] "Plaid Cymru's Becca Martin wins Maesydre by-election and is Wrexham's newest councillor". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[10] "Welsh unitary councils". Elections Centre. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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Principal settlements	Chirk Holt Wrexham
Communities	Abenbury Acton Bangor-on-Dee Bronington Broughton Brymbo Caia Park Cefn Ceiriog Ucha Chirk Coedpoeth Erbistock Esclusham Glyntraian Gresford Gwersyllt Hanmer Holt Isycoed Llangollen Rural Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog Llay Maelor South Marchwiel Minera Offa Overton Pen-y-cae Rhosddu Rhosllanerchrugog Rossett Ruabon Sesswick Willington Worthenbury
Other villages and areas	Aberoer Acrefair Arowry Bersham Bettisfield Borras Borras Park Bradley Bryn Offa Brynteg Burton Bwlchgwyn Caego Cefn Mawr Froncysyllte Garden Village Glyn Ceiriog Gwynfryn Halghton Horseman's Green Johnstown Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Llwyneinion Llwynmawr Marford Moss Penley Pentre Broughton Pentre Bychan Ponciau Pontfadog Rhosnesni Rhosrobin Rhostyllen Rhosymedre Southsea Stansty Summerhill Sydallt Tanyfron Tregeiriog Trevor Whitewell
Universities and colleges	Coleg Cambria (Yale College) Wrexham Glyndŵr University
Castles	Chirk Castle Holt Castle
Buildings and structures	Bersham Ironworks Erddig Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Rossett Hall Wrexham bus station Wynn Hall
Rivers	Alyn Cegidog Ceiriog Clywedog Dee Eitha Gwenfro Wych Brook
Geographical features	Esclusham Mountain Fenn's Moss Ruabon Moors
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