Isle of Anglesey County Council
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Isle of Anglesey County Council Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn |
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| Type | |
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| Seats | 30 councillors |
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14 / 30
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13 / 30
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2 / 30
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1 / 30
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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2 May 2013 |
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Next election
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4 May 2017 |
| Website | |
| anglesey.gov.uk | |
The Isle of Anglesey County Council (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn) is the governing body for the county of Anglesey, one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. The council has 30 councillors who represent 11 multi-member electoral wards.
In March 2011, after "years of political infighting", it became the first council in British history to have all executive functions suspended, with a team of commissioners appointed by the Welsh government put in place to run the council's functions, with elections ultimately delayed, meaning they took place a year after the rest of Wales, pending a new electoral system.
Unlike most other councils in Wales, Anglesey's councillors divide only partly along political-party lines. Following the 2008 elections, only Plaid Cymru and Labour have maintained a group on the Council. Some Councillors elected on party political tickets or believed to have party political allegiances do not form, or join, party groups. The remaining councillors, both party-political and independent, form a number of factions based as much on personalities as on policy. Since the 2008 elections, the largest of these factions has been the Original Independents (Welsh: Annibynwyr Gwreiddiol).
Elections normally take place every four years. The Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2013 took place on 2 May 2013, with results shown below. The previous election was on 1 May 2008. There were due to be elections on 3 May 2012, but these were postponed for one year by the Welsh Local Government minister, Carl Sargeant. The Isle of Anglesey County Council election, 2017 on 4 May resulted in a no overall majority position with Plaid Cymru holding 14 of the 30 seats.
(Following 2017 Election)
A review of electoral arrangements on Anglesey by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales began in 2010. This was scrapped and recommenced in 2011 following a new instruction by the Welsh Government.
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