Photo: Mark Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Denbighshire County Council
Prestatyn is run by Denbighshire County Council. No party holds a majority on Denbighshire County Council. Its MP is Becky Gittins (Labour), member for Clwyd East.
£2,339
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Prestatyn’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Denbighshire County Council
Labour, the largest group, holds 15 of its 47 seats as elected, 9 short of the 24 needed. Independents hold 13, the Conservatives 8, Plaid Cymru 7, the Greens 2, the Liberal Democrats 1 and Reform UK 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 24 of Denbighshire’s 47 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour15
- Independent13
- Conservative8
- Plaid Cymru7
- Green2
- Liberal Democrat1
- Reform UK1
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 Prestatyn
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. Prestatyn’s communities: Prestatyn.
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 Prestatyn, from the most recent elections.
- 1Denbighshire County Council4 wards · 9 councillorsLabour 6 · Conservative 3 · Green 1 · Independent 1 · all 11
- 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.
9 councillors for 4 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.
- Anton SampsonConservative · October 2024 · by-election
- Kelly ClewettLabour · May 2022
- Jason McLellanLabour · May 2022
- Gill GermanLabour · May 2022
- Andrea Myatt TomlinIndependent · May 2022
- Elen HeatonLabour · May 2022
- Ben WilliamsConservative · July 2025 · by-election
- Jon HarlandGreen · May 2022
- Hugh IrvingConservative · May 2022
- Gareth D SandilandsLabour · May 2022
- Carol HollidayLabour · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prestatyn Northall in Prestatyn · 5,859 residents3 seats · October 2024, May 2022 | 3 | Anton Sampsonby-electionKelly ClewettJason McLellanGill German | October 2024, May 2022 |
| Prestatyn Eastall in Prestatyn · 3,918 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Andrea Myatt TomlinElen Heaton | May 2022 |
| Prestatyn Centralall in Prestatyn · 3,498 residents2 seats · July 2025, May 2022 | 2 | Ben Williamsby-electionJon HarlandHugh Irving | July 2025, May 2022 |
| Prestatyn South Westmostly in Prestatyn · 3,403 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Gareth D SandilandsCarol Holliday | May 2022 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Denbighshire 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).
Denbighshire council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Prestatyn, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
4 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Prestatyn’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗5,310 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
2,018 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,260 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Every ward’s result (1 more)
2,088 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Prestatyn is in Clwyd East constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Prestatyn).
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 Prestatyn
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 Prestatyn is in Clwyd.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Prestatyn’s Band D council tax is £2,339 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Denbighshire County Council sets £1,872.37 of a Band D bill (80%); the rest goes to community councils and the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Denbighshire, 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 Prestatyn 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.
denbighshire.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
denbighshire.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Prestatyn is run
Who is the MP for Prestatyn?
Becky Gittins (Labour) is the MP for Clwyd East, which covers Prestatyn.
How many councillors does Prestatyn have?
9 ward councillors represent Prestatyn’s 4 wards.
When are the next elections in Prestatyn?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Prestatyn’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 Prestatyn?
Band D council tax in Prestatyn is £2,339 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 Denbighshire County Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Labour 15 · Independent 13 · Conservative 8 · Plaid Cymru 7 · Green 2 · Liberal Democrat 1 · Reform UK 1 of 47 seats; a majority needs 24. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Prestatyn?
In Prestatyn’s wards on 5 May 2022, Labour 6 · Green 1 · Independent 1 · Conservative 1 of the 9 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 37.8%.
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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