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No party holds a majority on Wrexham County Borough Council

Froncysyllte is run by Wrexham County Borough Council. No party holds a majority on Wrexham County Borough Council. Its MP is Becky Gittins (Labour), member for Clwyd East.

Council tax 2026–27

£2,309

Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.

Where it goes →
Band D council tax
£2,309
2026–27, a year · council average
Ward councillors
1
1 ward · Wrexham
MP
Becky Gittins
Labour · Clwyd East
Turnout, July 2024
62%
Clwyd East · Wales 56%
What stands out · In brief

How Froncysyllte’s politics has changed since 2021

No majority on Wrexham County Borough Council

Independents, the largest group, hold 17 of its 48 seats as elected, 8 short of the 25 needed. Labour holds 13, Plaid Cymru 10, the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 1. Who’s in charge ↓

Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and Welsh Government council tax.

Who’s in charge

No party has a majority

Seats by party as elected. A party needs 25 of Wrexham’s 48 seats to run the council alone.

Council · 48 councillorsWrexham County Borough CouncilNo overall control
LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLiberal DemocratPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservative48seats
  • Independent17
  • Labour13
  • Plaid Cymru10
  • Conservative7
  • Liberal Democrat1

Latest election: May 2022.

LabourLiberal DemocratPlaid CymruIndependentConservative

Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.

Who runs Froncysyllte

The councils that run Froncysyllte

One council runs every main service in a Welsh county or county borough.

County or county borough councilWrexham County Borough Council

Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.

Website ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingWrexham County Borough Council
Planning applicationsWrexham County Borough Council
Council housing and homelessnessWrexham County Borough Council
Council tax billsWrexham County Borough Council
Parks and leisure centresWrexham County Borough Council
Potholes, roads and streetlightsWrexham County Borough Council
Schools and school placesWrexham County Borough Council
Adult and children’s social careWrexham County Borough Council
LibrariesWrexham County Borough Council
Tips and recycling centresWrexham County Borough Council
Police priorities and budgetNorth Wales Police police and crime commissioner

From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.

Every part of Wales is in a community; many have a community or town council, which the county council lists. Froncysyllte’s communities: Llangollen Rural.

Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.

Who represents Froncysyllte

From the council to Westminster

Every elected tier that speaks for Froncysyllte, from the most recent elections.

  1. 1
    Wrexham County Borough Council1 ward · 1 councillor
    Rondo Roberts
  2. 2
    Police and crime commissionerNorth Wales Police · elected May 2024
    Andy Dunbobbin
  3. 3
    SeneddClwyd · 6 members
    Darren David MillarLlŷr GruffyddAdrian Gwyn MasonBecca MartinLouise Gail EmeryThomas Brian Montgomery
  4. 4
    House of CommonsClwyd East
LabourConservativeReform UKPlaid CymruIndependent

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.

Councillors

1 councillor for 1 ward

Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.

Llangollen Rural
598 residents · 30% in Froncysyllte
  • Rondo RobertsIndependent · May 2022
Independent
Show as a table
WardSeatsElectedWhen
Llangollen Rural30% in Froncysyllte · 598 residents1 seat · May 20221
Rondo Roberts
May 2022

Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Wrexham County Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.

Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).

Local elections

Wrexham council election, May 2022

Results in the wards that make up Froncysyllte, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.

Seats won in Froncysyllte’s wards1 seat · 5 May 2022
Independent1

1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.

Next elections

No election is scheduled yet for Froncysyllte’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.

Who can I vote for? ↗
Llangollen Rural5 May 2022
Rondo Roberts ElectedIndependent81.0%
Rachel AllenPlaid Cymru19.0%

802 votes for candidates

Plaid CymruIndependent

Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.

Parliament

Froncysyllte is in Clwyd East constituency

The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Froncysyllte).

Clwyd East · general election4 July 2024
Becky Gittins ElectedLabour38.7%
James DaviesConservative29.0%
Kirsty WalmsleyReform UK15.9%
Paul PenlingtonPlaid Cymru7.8%
Alec DaunceyLiberal Democrat3.9%
Lee LaveryGreen3.5%
Rob RobertsIndependent1.3%

47,822 votes for candidates · majority 4,622

MP for Clwyd East

Becky Gittins

Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.

62%

turnout in July 2024: 47,822 votes from 76,637 registered voters. Wales: 56%.

Majority 4,622 of 47,822 votes (9.7%): the 9th-narrowest of 32 in Wales.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreenPlaid CymruIndependent

MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.

Senedd Cymru

Members of the Senedd for Froncysyllte

Wales’s parliament: health, education, local government and transport in Wales. Elected 7 May 2026 under the new system of 16 six-member constituencies.

Clwyd7 May 2026
Reform UK3 members elected3 of 6
Plaid Cymru2 members elected2 of 6
Conservative1 member elected1 of 6

Votes are cast for party lists; seats go to lists in proportion (the D’Hondt method). Bars show seats won: list vote totals aren’t in the data yet.

6 members of the Senedd
Darren David MillarLlŷr GruffyddAdrian Gwyn MasonBecca MartinLouise Gail EmeryThomas Brian Montgomery

All of Froncysyllte is in Clwyd.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreenPlaid CymruOther parties

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).

Council money

Froncysyllte’s Band D council tax is £2,309 a year

Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.

COUNCIL TAXBand D · 2026–27 · the average Band D home in Wrexham
Community councilsaverage across Wrexham£75.08
Wrexham County Borough Councilcounty or county borough£1,835.55
North Wales Police and Crime Commissionerpolice£398.25
A year£2,308.88
Bills by band run from 6/9 of Band D (Band A) to 18/9 (Band H) and 21/9 (Band I) in Wales. Discounts and support reduce many bills.

Wrexham County Borough Council sets £1,835.55 of a Band D bill (79%); the rest goes to community councils and the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner.

Your bill by band

Band A 6/9£1,539
Band B 7/9£1,796
Band C 8/9£2,052
Band D 9/9£2,309
Band E 11/9£2,822
Band F 13/9£3,335
Band G 15/9£3,848
Band H 18/9£4,618
Band I 21/9£5,387

The average Band D home in Wrexham, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.

Clwyd’s councils

Wrexham£2,309
Denbighshire£2,339
Flintshire£2,376
Conwy£2,473

Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.

Council budget per resident
£3,069
Wrexham, 2026–27
Clwyd councils
£3,254
per resident
Wales
£3,367
per resident

Revenue budgets 2026–27 including schools (Wales has no academies), Welsh Government; per resident on the Welsh Government’s population. Police and fire are budgeted separately.

Band D: Welsh Government, Council tax levels April 2026 to March 2027.

Get involved

Having a say in how Froncysyllte is run

Register to vote

It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.

gov.uk ↗
Contact your councillors or MP

Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.

WriteToThem ↗
Report a pothole or a broken streetlight

GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.

gov.uk ↗
Watch or speak at a council meeting

Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.

wrexham.gov.uk ↗
Comment on a planning application

Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.

wrexham.gov.uk ↗
Stand for election

The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.

Electoral Commission ↗

Questions about how Froncysyllte is run

Who is the MP for Froncysyllte?

Becky Gittins (Labour) is the MP for Clwyd East, which covers Froncysyllte.

How many councillors does Froncysyllte have?

1 ward councillors represent Froncysyllte’s 1 ward.

When are the next elections in Froncysyllte?

No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Froncysyllte’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029; the next Senedd election is due in May 2030.

How much is council tax in Froncysyllte?

Band D council tax in Froncysyllte is £2,309 for 2026–27 (the council average). Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).

Who controls Wrexham County Borough Council?

No party has a majority. As elected, Independent 17 · Labour 13 · Plaid Cymru 10 · Conservative 7 · Liberal Democrat 1 of 48 seats; a majority needs 25. The council’s website lists who leads it now.

Who won the 2022 council election in Froncysyllte?

In Froncysyllte’s wards on 5 May 2022, Independent 1 of the 1 seats up. Independents had the largest share of votes, 81%.

Is Clwyd East a marginal seat?

Becky Gittins (Labour) won it by 4,622 votes in July 2024, 9.7% of votes cast: the 9th-narrowest result of 32 in Wales.

Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency and Senedd constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · Welsh Government council tax levels and revenue budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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