Denbighshire County Council

Denbighshire County Council is the governing body for the principal area of Denbighshire (not historic Denbighshire), one of the administrative subdivisions of Wales.

The council consists of a multi-party cabinet led by Councillor Hugh Evans, Independent Member for Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd/Gwyddelwern. The current Cabinet includes the highest number of women Councillors - 4 out of 9 posts - in Denbighshire's history.

Political makeup

Elections take place every four years. The last election was 3 May 2012.[2]

Current composition

Group affiliation		Members
	Labour	18
	Independent	12
	Conservative	9
	Plaid Cymru	7
	Liberal Democrats	1
Total		47

The Liberal Democrat currently sits with the Independents.

Historic results

Year	Conservatives	Plaid Cymru	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Independents
2008	18	8	7	1	13

Electoral divisions

The county borough is divided into 30 electoral wards returning 47 councillors. Few communities in Denbighshire 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	Communities (Parishes)	Other geographic areas
Bodelwyddan	Bodelwyddan (town)*
Corwen	Corwen (town)*
Denbigh Central	Denbigh (town)* (Central ward)
Denbigh Lower	Denbigh (town)* (Lower ward)
Denbigh Upper/Henllan	Denbigh (town)* (Upper ward) Henllan*
Dyserth	Dyserth*
Efenechtyd	Betws Gwerfil Goch* Clocaenog* Derwen* Efenechtyd*
Llanarmon-yn-Ial/Llandegla	Llanarmon-yn-Ial* Llandegla* Llanferres*
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd/Llangynhafal	Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd* Llangynhafal*
Llandrillo	Cynwyd* Llandrillo*
Llandyrnog	Aberwheeler* Llandyrnog* Llanynys*
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd/Gwyddelwern	Bryneglwys* Gwyddelwern* Llanelidan* Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd*
Llangollen	Llangollen (town)* Llantysilio*
Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch	Cyffylliog* Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch* Nantglyn*
Prestatyn Meliden	Prestatyn (town)* (Meliden ward)
Prestatyn Central	Prestatyn (town)* (Central ward)
Prestatyn East	Prestatyn (town)* (East ward)
Prestatyn North	Prestatyn (town)* (North ward)
Prestatyn South West	Prestatyn (town)* (South West ward)
Rhuddlan	Rhuddlan (town)*
Rhyl East	Rhyl (town)* (East ward)
Rhyl South	Rhyl (town)* (South ward)
Rhyl South East	Rhyl (town)* (South East ward)
Rhyl South West	Rhyl (town)* (South West ward)
Rhyl West	Rhyl (town)* (West ward)
Ruthin	Ruthin (town)*
St. Asaph East	St. Asaph (town)* (East ward)
St. Asaph West	St. Asaph (town)* (West ward)
Trefnant	Cefn Meiriadog* Trefnant*
Tremeirchion	Bodfari* Cwm Tremeirchion* Waen*

Results of the Council election, 2004

Prestatyn North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Alliance of Wales	Michael German	784	15.71
	Democratic Alliance of Wales	Isobel German	757	15.17
	Democratic Alliance of Wales	David Cooper	597	11.97
	Labour	Jonathan Harland	528	10.58
	Labour	Andrea Pickering	513	10.28
	Conservative	Allan Pennington	470	9.42
	Labour	John Pickering	462	9.26
	Conservative	Graham Wright	454	9.1
	Conservative	Gavon Arya-Manesh	424	8.5
Turnout			4,989

Prestatyn Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	Neville Hugh-Jones	462	20.66
	Independent (politician)	Peter Duffy	443	19.81
	Conservative	June Cahill	363	16.23
	Independent (politician)	David Morris	353	15.78
	Conservative	Alexander Soane	244	10.91
	Labour	Amanda Wiggan	222	9.9
	Labour	Alan Marsden	149	6.6
Turnout			2,236

External links

• Denbighshire County Council (official site)