Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Flintshire County Council
Holywell is run by Flintshire County Council. No party holds a majority on Flintshire County Council. Its MP is Becky Gittins (Labour), member for Clwyd East.
£2,376
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Holywell’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Flintshire County Council
Labour, the largest group, holds 31 of its 65 seats as elected, 2 short of the 33 needed. Independents hold 27, the Liberal Democrats 4, Reform UK 2 and the Conservatives 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.
No party has a majority
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 33 of Flintshire’s 65 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour31
- Independent27
- Liberal Democrat4
- Reform UK2
- Conservative1
Latest election: May 2022.
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.
The councils that run Holywell
One council runs every main service in a Welsh county or county borough.
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Who to ask
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. Holywell’s communities: Holywell and Whitford.
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.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Holywell, from the most recent elections.
- 1Flintshire County Council5 wards · 5 councillorsPaul JohnsonTed PalmerIan HodgeChris DolphinRosetta Dolphin
- 2Police and crime commissionerNorth Wales Police · elected May 2024Andy Dunbobbin
- 3SeneddClwyd · 6 membersDarren David MillarLlŷr GruffyddAdrian Gwyn MasonBecca MartinLouise Gail EmeryThomas Brian Montgomery
- 4House of CommonsClwyd East
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.
5 councillors for 5 wards
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.
- Paul JohnsonLabour and Co-operative · May 2022
- Ted PalmerLabour · May 2022
- Ian HodgeIndependent · May 2022
- Chris DolphinIndependent · May 2022
- Rosetta DolphinIndependent · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holywell Westall in Holywell · 2,442 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Paul Johnson | May 2022 |
| Holywell Centralall in Holywell · 2,083 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Ted Palmer | May 2022 |
| Holywell Eastmostly in Holywell · 1,439 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Ian Hodge | May 2022 |
| Whitfordmostly in Holywell · 1,162 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Chris Dolphin | May 2022 |
| Greenfield22% in Holywell · 615 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Rosetta Dolphin | May 2022 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Flintshire County 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).
Flintshire council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Holywell, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
5 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Holywell’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗582 votes for candidates
447 votes for candidates
558 votes for candidates
Every ward’s result (2 more)
811 votes for candidates
675 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Holywell is in Clwyd East constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Holywell).
47,822 votes for candidates · majority 4,622
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
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.
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.
Members of the Senedd for Holywell
Wales’s parliament: health, education, local government and transport in Wales. Elected 7 May 2026 under the new system of 16 six-member constituencies.
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.
All of Holywell is in Clwyd.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Holywell’s Band D council tax is £2,376 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Flintshire County Council sets £1,914.92 of a Band D bill (81%); the rest goes to community councils and the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Flintshire, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Clwyd’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
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.
Having a say in how Holywell is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
flintshire.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
flintshire.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Holywell is run
Who is the MP for Holywell?
Becky Gittins (Labour) is the MP for Clwyd East, which covers Holywell.
How many councillors does Holywell have?
5 ward councillors represent Holywell’s 5 wards.
When are the next elections in Holywell?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Holywell’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 Holywell?
Band D council tax in Holywell is £2,376 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 Flintshire County Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Labour 31 · Independent 27 · Liberal Democrat 4 · Reform UK 2 · Conservative 1 of 65 seats; a majority needs 33. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Holywell?
In Holywell’s wards on 5 May 2022, Independent 3 · Labour 2 of the 5 seats up. Independents had the largest share of votes, 58.1%.
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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