Carmarthen Town North and South () is an

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected t ...

for

Carmarthenshire County Council Carmarthenshire County Council ( or ''Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin'') is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The co ...

Carmarthen Carmarthen (, ; , 'Merlin's fort' or possibly 'Sea-town fort') is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community (Wales), community in Wales, lying on the River Towy north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. At the 2021 United Kingdom cen ...

, Wales. It is represented by three county councillors. The ward was created following a boundary review by the

Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru () is a Welsh Government sponsored body, responsible for defining local government boundaries and Senedd constituency boundaries in Wales, also known as . The Commission was established originally as ...

(LDBCW), with Carmarthen Town North merged with Carmarthen Town South, effective from the May 2022 local elections. The new ward saw an overall reduction in councillors for those parts of Carmarthen, from four to three. There was opposition to these changes from Carmarthen Town Council, who pointed out that the population of the town was growing, the new ward boundary was not easily identifiable and the ward included the businesses of Carmarthen town centre, which generated a lot of extra work for councillors. The ward stretches from the Carmarthen Showground in the west, to Glangwili Hospital in the east. It is centred on Carmarthen town centre, also including the areas of

Llanllwch St Mary's Church. Llanllwch is a hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales approximately west of Carmarthen. History The name Llanllwch derives from a lake or pool nearby, the site of which is now a tract of boggy land west of Llanllwch known as Llanllw ...

, Johnstown and Tanerdy.

Carmarthen Town West Carmarthen Town West () is an electoral ward, representing part of the community of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Profile In 2014, the Carmarthen Town West electoral ward had an electorate of 4,124. The total population was 5,335, of whom 7 ...

ward covers the remaining northwest quadrant of Carmarthen. The electorate of this ward, according to the 2019 LDBCW report, was 6,623.

2022 local election

Carmarthen Town North and South was seen as one of the key battlegrounds in the 2022 elections, following its boundary changes and reduction in the number of councillors. Competition was extremely close between Plaid Cymru and the Labour Party, the latter missing out on a seat by only 6 votes. Plaid Cymru's Peter Hughes Griffiths (formerly of Carmarthen Town North), Gareth John and Alun Lenny (formerly of Carmarthen Town South) won the seats. ^o = councillor for a related ward, standing for re-election

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