Elli is an

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for

Llanelli Town Council Llanelli Town Council () is the community council that governs the majority of wards in Llanelli town. The Council is run by a group or groups who command the support of the majority of the elected representatives. The current leader is Welsh La ...

and

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 ...

Llanelli ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...

, Wales. The ward covers a residential area in the north of Llanelli, bounded to the south by Parc y Dref, to the east by Old Road and to the west by

Llanelli Rural Llanelli Rural () is a community in the southeast of Carmarthenshire, Wales. Description Despite its name, Llanelli Rural covers large parts of the Llanelli urban area, including Bynea, Llwynhendy, Cefncaeau, Pemberton, Bryn, Cwmcarnhywel ...

. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,203.

Representation

Elli was an electoral ward to

Dyfed County Council Dyfed County Council () was the county council of the county of Dyfed in south west Wales. It operated between 1974 and 1996. The county council was based at County Hall, Carmarthen. History Dyfed County Council was created on 1 April 1974 und ...

, represented by a Labour Party councillor from the 1989 election followed by a

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councillor from 1993. Since 1995 Elli has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council, represented by one county councillor. Elli is also one of the community wards to

, electing two town councillors. Future

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and

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, began his political career when he won the Elli county seat by only 3 votes in 1993. It was said he was the first

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to be elected in Llanelli in living memory. Conservative councillor John Jenkins won the Elli ward at the

2004 Carmarthenshire County Council election The third election to Carmarthenshire County Council in Wales was held in May 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. As in previous elections, the Independent councillors had the largest number of seats. ...

. In February 2006 he was selected as the Conservative candidate for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire in the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, but stood down after 24 hours because of homophobic remarks made in 2003. He was re-elected as Elli councillor in 2008 as an

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. He was elected again in 2012, but later that year was reported to the Ombudsman for inappropriate comments on

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References

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