Cynwyl Elfed is an

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, representing the

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Bronwydd Bronwydd is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated about three miles north of Carmarthen in the valley of the River Gwili. Bronwydd community comprises the village of Bronwydd Arms, a couple of nearby hamlets ...

Cynwyl Elfed Cynwyl Elfed (; sometimes Conwyl and formerly anglicised as Conwil Elvet or Conwil in Elvet) is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community includes the villages of Cynwyl Elfed, Blaenycoed and Cwmduad. It i ...

and Llanpumpsaint,

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Profile

In 2014, the Cynwyl Elfed electoral ward had an electorate of 2,550. The total population was 2,985, of whom 66.0% were born in Wales. The 2011 census indicated that 54.3% of the population were able to speak Welsh. A 2019 boundary review by the

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recommended the

Newchurch and Merthyr Newchurch and Merthyr () is a Community (Wales), community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales including the villages of Llannewydd, Newchurch (Welsh: Llannewydd) and Merthyr. The community population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census ...

community be removed from Cynwyl Elfed and added to the neighbouring Trelech ward. The change was to take effect from the May 2022 local elections.

Current Representation

Cynwyl Elfed is a single-member ward for the purposes of Carmarthenshire County Council elections. Since 2012 it has been represented by

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councillor Irfon Jones.

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