Wrexham County Borough Council

Wrexham County Borough Council is the governing body for Wrexham County Borough, a local government principal area in North Wales.

Wrexham Council

Cyngor Wrecsam
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1996
Preceded byClwyd County Council
Leadership
Mayor of Wrexham
Cllr Rob Walsh, Welsh Liberal Democrats
since 21 May 2019
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
Seats52 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
First-past-the-post
Last election
4 May 2017
Next election
5 May 2022
Meeting place
Guildhall, Wrexham
Website
www.wrexham.gov.uk

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]

Current composition
Group affiliation Members
  Liberal Democrats
2
Labour 12
Conservative 8
Plaid Cymru 4
  Independent
26
 Total
 52

Historical results
Ind Lib Dem Lab Con Plaid
2017 26 2 12 9 3
20121942351
200820121154
200420*111854
199915*62630
1995[8]11*43330
  • 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 Rodney Skelland
Brymbo Brymbo (Brymbo and Vron wards) Paul Rogers
Brynyffynnon 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 Trevor Bates
Erddig 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 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) Paul Jones
Marchwiel John Pritchard
Marford and Hoseley Gresford (Marford and Hoseley ward) Russell Gilmartin
Minera
  • Minera
  • Brymbo (Bwlchgwyn ward)
 David Kelly
New Broughton Broughton (Brynteg and New Broughton wards) Alan Edwards
Offa Offa (Offa ward) Alun Jenkins
Overton John McCusker
Pant 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
Plas Madoc Cefn (Plas Madoc ward) Paul Blackwell
Ponciau 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
Wynnstay Caia Park* (Wynnstay ward) Malcolm King OBE

References
  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. http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=2401
  • County Borough of Wrexham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
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