Abergwili (electoral ward)

Abergwili is an electoral ward, representing the community and village of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

In 2014, the Abergwili electoral ward had an electorate of 1,906. The total population was 2,335, of whom 71.6% were born in Wales. 55.7% of the population were able to speak Welsh.

The Abergwili Ward is a single-member ward for the purposes of Carmarthenshire County Council elections. Since 1995 it has been represented by Independent councillor Pam Palmer.

The first election to the new unitary Carmarthenshire County Council took place in 1995. Pam Palmer, who had represented the ward on the former Carmarthen District Council was elected with a large majority over the Plaid Cymru candidate.

In 1999, Palmer was returned unopposed.

Palmer faced opposition from Plaid Cymru and the Labour Party in 2004 but comfortably retained the seat.

In 2008, faced only by a Plaid Cymru opponent, Palmer increased her vote significantly.

At the 2012 election, Palmer was faced by an experienced Plaid Cymru candidate who had fought the Neath by-election in 1991. She was again returned but with a much-reduced majority.

Abergwili first became an electoral ward in the late nineteenth century with the formation of Carmarthenshire County Council and elected a member to that authority until its abolition in 1974.

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