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Plaid Cymru holds a majority on Carmarthenshire County Council

Pendine is run by Carmarthenshire County Council. Plaid Cymru has a majority on Carmarthenshire County Council. Its MP is Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru), member for Caerfyrddin.

Council tax 2026–27

£2,351

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

Where it goes →
Band D council tax
£2,351
2026–27, a year · council average
MP
Ann Davies
Plaid Cymru · Caerfyrddin
Turnout, July 2024
62%
Caerfyrddin · Wales 56%
What stands out · In brief

How Pendine’s politics has changed since 2021

A majority on Carmarthenshire County Council

Plaid Cymru holds a majority on Carmarthenshire County Council: 39 of its 74 seats as elected. Labour holds 20, independents 13 and Reform UK 2. 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

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

Council · 74 councillorsCarmarthenshire County CouncilPlaid Cymru majority
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  • Plaid Cymru39
  • Labour20
  • Independent13
  • Reform UK2

Latest election: May 2022.

LabourPlaid CymruIndependentReform UK

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 Pendine

The councils that run Pendine

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

County or county borough councilCarmarthenshire County Council

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

Website ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingCarmarthenshire County Council
Planning applicationsCarmarthenshire County Council
Council housing and homelessnessCarmarthenshire County Council
Council tax billsCarmarthenshire County Council
Parks and leisure centresCarmarthenshire County Council
Potholes, roads and streetlightsCarmarthenshire County Council
Schools and school placesCarmarthenshire County Council
Adult and children’s social careCarmarthenshire County Council
LibrariesCarmarthenshire County Council
Tips and recycling centresCarmarthenshire 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. Pendine’s communities: Pendine.

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 Pendine

From the council to Westminster

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

  1. 1
    Carmarthenshire County Council1 ward · 0 councillors
  2. 2
    Police and crime commissionerDyfed-Powys Police · elected May 2024
    Dafydd Llywelyn
  3. 3
    SeneddSir Gaerfyrddin · 6 members
    Cefin CampbellGareth BeerNerys EvansCarmelo ColasantoAdam PriceSarah Edwards
  4. 4
    House of CommonsCaerfyrddin
Reform UKPlaid Cymru

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

0 councillors 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.

Laugharne Township
168 residents · 6% in Pendine
  • No election on record since May 2021
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WardSeatsElectedWhen
Laugharne Township6% in Pendine · 168 residents–
No election on record since May 2021

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

Carmarthenshire council election, May 2022

Results in the wards that make up Pendine, 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 Pendine’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 Pendine’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.

Who can I vote for? ↗
Laugharne Township5 May 2022
Jane Tremlett ElectedIndependent–

Votes not recorded

Independent

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

Parliament

Pendine is in Caerfyrddin constituency

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

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

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 Pendine

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

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

All of Pendine is in Sir Gaerfyrddin.

LabourConservativeLiberal DemocratReform UKGreenPlaid CymruIndependentOther parties

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

Council money

Pendine’s Band D council tax is £2,351 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 Carmarthenshire
Community councilsaverage across Carmarthenshire£132.60
Carmarthenshire County Councilcounty or county borough£1,830.97
Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissionerpolice£387.63
A year£2,351.20
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.

Carmarthenshire County Council sets £1,830.97 of a Band D bill (78%); the rest goes to community councils and the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner.

Your bill by band

Band A 6/9£1,567
Band B 7/9£1,829
Band C 8/9£2,090
Band D 9/9£2,351
Band E 11/9£2,874
Band F 13/9£3,396
Band G 15/9£3,919
Band H 18/9£4,702
Band I 21/9£5,486

The average Band D home in Carmarthenshire, 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
£3,360
Carmarthenshire, 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 Pendine 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.

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.

carmarthenshire.gov.wales ↗
Comment on a planning application

Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.

carmarthenshire.gov.wales ↗
Stand for election

The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.

Electoral Commission ↗

Questions about how Pendine is run

Who is the MP for Pendine?

Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru) is the MP for Caerfyrddin, which covers Pendine.

When are the next elections in Pendine?

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

Band D council tax in Pendine is £2,351 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 Carmarthenshire County Council?

Plaid Cymru has a majority: 39 of 74 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.

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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