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Plaid Cymru holds a majority on Ceredigion County Council

Llandysul is run by Ceredigion County Council and Carmarthenshire County Council. Plaid Cymru has a majority on Ceredigion County Council and Carmarthenshire County Council. Most of Llandysul is in Ceredigion Preseli (MP Ben Lake, Plaid Cymru); 13% of residents are in Caerfyrddin (MP Ann Davies, Plaid Cymru).

Council tax 2026–27

£2,411

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

Where it goes →
Band D council tax
£2,411
2026–27, a year · council average
Ward councillors
3
2 wards · Ceredigion
MPs
2
constituencies cover the town
Turnout, July 2024
61%
Ceredigion Preseli · Wales 56%
What stands out · In brief

How Llandysul’s politics has changed since 2021

A majority on Ceredigion County Council

Plaid Cymru holds a majority on Ceredigion County Council: 19 of its 33 seats as elected. Independents hold 7, the Liberal Democrats 6 and Gwlad 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

Who holds the seats on Llandysul’s councils

Seats by party as elected. A party needs 17 of Ceredigion’s 33 or 38 of Carmarthenshire’s 74 seats to run the council alone.

Council · 33 councillorsCeredigion County CouncilPlaid Cymru majority
Liberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratLiberal DemocratPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentGwlad33seats
  • Plaid Cymru19
  • Independent7
  • Liberal Democrat6
  • Gwlad1

Latest election: May 2022.

Council · 74 councillorsCarmarthenshire County CouncilPlaid Cymru majority
LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruPlaid CymruIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentIndependentReform UKReform UK74seats
  • Plaid Cymru39
  • Labour20
  • Independent13
  • Reform UK2

Latest election: May 2022.

LabourLiberal DemocratPlaid CymruIndependentReform UKOther parties

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 Llandysul

The councils that run Llandysul

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

County or county borough councilCeredigion County Council

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

87% of Llandysul’s residents

Website ↗
County or county borough councilCarmarthenshire County Council

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

Who runs Llandysul: same source as Who runs Llandysul, above.

Website ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingCeredigion County Council
Planning applicationsCeredigion County Council
Council housing and homelessnessCeredigion County Council
Council tax billsCeredigion County Council
Parks and leisure centresCeredigion County Council
Potholes, roads and streetlightsCeredigion County Council
Schools and school placesCeredigion County Council
Adult and children’s social careCeredigion County Council
LibrariesCeredigion County Council
Tips and recycling centresCeredigion County Council
Police priorities and budgetDyfed-Powys 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. Llandysul’s communities: Llandysul and Llangeler.

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 Llandysul

From the council to Westminster

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

  1. 1
    Council wards2 wards · 3 councillors
    Evan John Keith EvansHazel Anna Louise EvansKen Howell
  2. 2
    Police and crime commissionerDyfed-Powys Police · elected May 2024
    Dafydd Llywelyn
  3. 3
    SeneddCeredigion Penfro · 6 members
    Paul Windsor DaviesElin JonesSusan Claire ArchibaldKerry Elizabeth FergusonPaul MarrAnna Nicholl
  4. 4
    SeneddSir Gaerfyrddin · 6 members
    Cefin CampbellGareth BeerNerys EvansCarmelo ColasantoAdam PriceSarah Edwards
  5. 5
    House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
ConservativeReform 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

3 councillors for 2 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.

Llandysul SouthCenarth and Llangeler
Each dot is a group of postcodes, shaded by the party that won its ward’s latest election. Tap a ward for its councillors.
Llandysul South
Ceredigion · 1,149 residents · 64% in Llandysul
  • Evan John Keith EvansIndependent · May 2022
Cenarth and Llangeler
Carmarthenshire · 172 residents · 3% in Llandysul
  • Hazel Anna Louise EvansPlaid Cymru · May 2022
  • Ken HowellPlaid Cymru · May 2022
Plaid CymruIndependent
Show as a table
WardSeatsElectedWhen
Llandysul SouthCeredigion · mostly in Llandysul · 1,149 residents1 seat · May 20221
Evan John Keith Evans
May 2022
Cenarth and LlangelerCarmarthenshire · 3% in Llandysul · 172 residents2 seats · May 20222
Hazel Anna Louise EvansKen Howell
May 2022

Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Ceredigion 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).

Local elections

Ceredigion council election, May 2022

Results in the wards that make up Llandysul, 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 Llandysul’s wards3 seats · 5 May 2022
Plaid Cymru2
Independent1

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

Next elections

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

Who can I vote for? ↗
Llandysul South5 May 2022
Evan John Keith Evans ElectedIndependent58.2%
Matt AdamsPlaid Cymru41.8%

821 votes for candidates

Cenarth and Llangeler5 May 2022
Hazel Anna Louise Evans ElectedPlaid Cymru46.1%
Ken Howell ElectedPlaid Cymru40.6%
Philip Michael GibbonsLiberal Democrat13.3%

3,144 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each

Liberal DemocratPlaid CymruIndependent

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

Parliament

Llandysul is split between 2 constituencies

The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.

MP for Ceredigion Preseli

Plaid Cymru, MP since 8 June 2017

87% of Llandysul’s residents live in this constituency.

Turnout 61% (Wales 56%).

Majority 14,789 of 46,302 votes (31.9%): wider than in 91% of Wales’s 32 constituencies.

MP for Caerfyrddin

Plaid Cymru, MP since 4 July 2024

13% of Llandysul’s residents live in this constituency.

Turnout 62% (Wales 56%).

Majority 4,535 of 45,604 votes (9.9%): the 10th-narrowest of 32 in Wales.

Ceredigion Preseli · general election4 July 2024
Ben Lake ElectedPlaid Cymru46.9%
Mark WilliamsLiberal Democrat15.0%
Jackie JonesLabour11.6%
Karl PollardReform UK11.6%
Aled ThomasConservative10.3%
Tomos BarlowGreen4.0%
Taghrid Al-MawedWorkers Party of Britain0.5%

46,302 votes for candidates · majority 14,789

87% of Llandysul · MP for Ceredigion Preseli

Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru, MP since 8 June 2017.

61%

turnout in July 2024: 46,302 votes from 75,690 registered voters. Wales: 56%.

Majority 14,789 of 46,302 votes (31.9%): wider than in 91% of Wales’s 32 constituencies.

Caerfyrddin

Caerfyrddin · general election4 July 2024
Ann Davies ElectedPlaid Cymru34.0%
Martha O'NeilLabour24.1%
Simon HartConservative19.4%
Bernard HoltonReform UK15.2%
Nick BeckettLiberal Democrat3.2%
Will BeasleyGreen3.0%
Nancy ColeWomen's Equality Party0.6%
David EvansWorkers Party of Britain0.5%

45,604 votes for candidates · majority 4,535

13% of Llandysul · MP for Caerfyrddin

Ann Davies

Plaid Cymru, MP since 4 July 2024.

62%

turnout in July 2024: 45,604 votes from 74,005 registered voters. Wales: 56%.

Majority 4,535 of 45,604 votes (9.9%): the 10th-narrowest of 32 in Wales.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreenPlaid CymruOther parties

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 Llandysul

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

Ceredigion Penfro7 May 2026
Plaid Cymru3 members elected3 of 6
Reform UK2 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
Paul Windsor DaviesElin JonesSusan Claire ArchibaldKerry Elizabeth FergusonPaul MarrAnna Nicholl

87% of Llandysul is in Ceredigion Penfro.

Sir Gaerfyrddin7 May 2026
Plaid Cymru3 members elected3 of 6
Reform UK3 members elected3 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
Cefin CampbellGareth BeerNerys EvansCarmelo ColasantoAdam PriceSarah Edwards

13% of Llandysul is in Sir Gaerfyrddin.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreenPlaid CymruIndependentOther parties

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

Council money

Llandysul’s Band D council tax is £2,419 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 Ceredigion
Community councilsaverage across Ceredigion£55.64
Ceredigion County Councilcounty or county borough£1,976.18
Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissionerpolice£387.63
A year£2,419.45
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.

Ceredigion County Council sets £1,976.18 of a Band D bill (82%); the rest goes to community councils and the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner.

Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,411 (parishes differ; Wales publishes council averages).

Your bill by band

Band A 6/9£1,613
Band B 7/9£1,882
Band C 8/9£2,151
Band D 9/9£2,419
Band E 11/9£2,957
Band F 13/9£3,495
Band G 15/9£4,032
Band H 18/9£4,839
Band I 21/9£5,645

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

Dyfed’s councils

Pembrokeshire£2,166
Carmarthenshire£2,351
Ceredigion£2,419

Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,000.

Council budget per resident
£3,541
Ceredigion, 2026–27
Dyfed councils
£3,342
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 Llandysul is run

Register to vote

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

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Contact your councillors or MP

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

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Report a pothole or a broken streetlight

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

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Watch or speak at a council meeting

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

ceredigion.gov.uk ↗
Comment on a planning application

Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.

ceredigion.gov.uk ↗
Stand for election

The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.

Electoral Commission ↗

Questions about how Llandysul is run

Who is the MP for Llandysul?

Llandysul is split between 2 constituencies: Ceredigion Preseli (Ben Lake, Plaid Cymru) and Caerfyrddin (Ann Davies, Plaid Cymru). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.

How many councillors does Llandysul have?

3 ward councillors represent Llandysul’s 2 wards.

When are the next elections in Llandysul?

No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Llandysul’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 Llandysul?

Band D council tax in Llandysul is £2,411 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 Ceredigion County Council?

Plaid Cymru has a majority: 19 of 33 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.

Who won the 2022 council election in Llandysul?

In Llandysul’s wards on 5 May 2022, Plaid Cymru 2 · Independent 1 of the 3 seats up. Plaid Cymru had the largest share of votes, 77.4%.

Is Caerfyrddin a marginal seat?

Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru) won it by 4,535 votes in July 2024, 9.9% of votes cast: the 10th-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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