Powys County Council


Powys County Council is the local authority for Powys, one of the administrative areas of Wales. The County Hall is in Llandrindod Wells.

Political makeup

Elections take place every four years. The first election was held in 1995 and the most recent was on 4 May 2017.
Throughout its modern existence Powys County Council has been led by non-aligned Independent councillors. In the run up to the May 2008 elections the majority Independent councillors were divided into a Powys Independent Group and a smaller Montgomeryshire Independent Group. The non-political position of the council was broken in April 2006 when the Labour councillors formed an official political group.

Current composition

The current governing coalition is formed by the independent councillors and the Welsh Conservatives. Cllr Rosemarie Harris was elected as the first female leader of the council, following the election in May 2017.

Historic results

YearIndependentsLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratPlaid CymruGreen
2017307191321
201248610900
200845491500
200454401500
199957601000
199562103810

Cabinet

Electoral wards

Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 73 elected councillors representing 73 council wards. Although it is a unitary authority, the highway functions of the council, along with the allocation of small grants, are delegated to the three Shire Committees. Brecknockshire has 24 councillors, Radnorshire has 15 and Montgomeryshire has 34.
Local elections take place every four years. Some of the electoral wards are coterminous with communities of the same name. There are 112 communities in the principal area. Nearly all communities have a local community council.
The following table lists the council wards, the political group representing them, and the communities they cover. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':