Llandrillo yn Rhos

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]

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

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]

2017 Conwy County Borough Council election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Parry * 1,374 18.1
Conservative James Daniel Lusted 1,265 16.6
Conservative David Maelgwyn Roberts * 1,257 16.5
Conservative Donald Milne * 1,074 14.1
Independent Hannah Fleet 889 11.7
Labour Chris Brockley 775 10.2
Independent Gemma Leigh Campbell 667 8.8
UKIP David Philip Griffiths 299 3.9
Turnout 7600 42.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

* = 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. Election maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llandrillo yn Rhos 2011 Census Ward (1237327491)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. "Local Election Results (County): Conwy and Denbighshire". North Wales Pioneer. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. David Powell (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Conwy sees no party win overall control". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. 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. "Election results for Llandrillo-yn-Rhos: Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. The Bay of Colwyn Town Council, The Bay of Colwyn Town Council. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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