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Llandrillo yn Rhos

Llandrillo yn Rhos

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This article is about the electoral division. For the coterminous village, see Rhos-on-Sea.

Llandrillo yn Rhos is the name of an electoral ward in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Its boundaries are coterminous with those of the community of Rhos-on-Sea (Welsh: Llandrillo-yn-Rhos), on the North Wales coast, with the Mochdre and Rhiw wards to the south, Penrhyn ward to the west and Liverpool Bay to the northeast.[1]

Location of the Llandrillo-yn-Rhos ward within Conwy County Borough

According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 7,593.[2]

County elections

The ward elects four county councillors to Conwy County Borough Council and, at the May 2017 election, all four seats were won by the Welsh Conservative Party.[3] Newly elected councillor, James Lusted, was a well-known local actor and television presenter who has dwarfism. He pledged to campaign for people with disabilities.[4] At 43 inches tall he became the Conservative Party's shortest elected politician.[5]

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* = sitting councillor prior to the election

Town council ward

Rhos-on-sea elects town councillors to the Bay of Colwyn Town Council, but the community ward is called Rhos.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Election maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llandrillo yn Rhos 2011 Census Ward (1237327491)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Local Election Results (County): Conwy and Denbighshire". North Wales Pioneer. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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    David Powell (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Conwy sees no party win overall control". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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    Kara O'Neill (5 May 2017). "New Tory councillor James Lusted is Conservative party's shortest politician - at just 3ft 7ins tall". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Election results for Llandrillo-yn-Rhos: Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. [7]
    The Bay of Colwyn Town Council, The Bay of Colwyn Town Council. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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