Photo: Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0Plaid Cymru holds a majority on Gwynedd Council
Caernarfon is run by Gwynedd Council. Plaid Cymru has a majority on Gwynedd Council. Its MP is Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru), member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd.
£2,469
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Caernarfon’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Gwynedd Council
Plaid Cymru holds a majority on Gwynedd Council: 26 of its 41 seats as elected. Independents hold 14, Labour 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 holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 21 of Gwynedd’s 41 seats to run the council alone.
- Plaid Cymru26
- Independent14
- Labour1
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 Caernarfon
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. Caernarfon’s communities: Caernarfon.
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 Caernarfon, from the most recent elections.
- 1Gwynedd Council5 wards · 2 councillorsDewi JonesCoj Parry
- 2Police and crime commissionerNorth Wales Police · elected May 2024Andy Dunbobbin
- 3SeneddGwynedd Maldwyn · 6 membersSiân GwenllianAndrew Charles GriffinMabon ap GwynforClaire Victoria Johnson-WoodBeca BrownElwyn Vaughan
- 4House of CommonsDwyfor Meirionnydd
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.
2 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.
- Dewi JonesPlaid Cymru · May 2022
- No election on record since May 2021
- Coj ParryLabour · May 2022
- No election on record since May 2021
- No election on record since May 2021
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebligall in Caernarfon · 2,759 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Dewi Jones | May 2022 |
| Menaiall in Caernarfon · 1,993 residents | – | No election on record since May 2021 | |
| Hendreall in Caernarfon · 1,845 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Coj Parry | May 2022 |
| Cadnantall in Caernarfon · 1,656 residents | – | No election on record since May 2021 | |
| Canol Tref Caernarfonmostly in Caernarfon · 1,578 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. Gwynedd 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).
Gwynedd council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Caernarfon, 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 Caernarfon’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗675 votes for candidates
Votes not recorded
613 votes for candidates
Every ward’s result (2 more)
Votes not recorded
Votes not recorded
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Caernarfon is in Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Caernarfon).
40,395 votes for candidates · majority 15,876
Plaid Cymru, MP since 7 May 2015.
turnout in July 2024: 40,395 votes from 73,040 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 15,876 of 40,395 votes (39.3%): wider than in 94% of Wales’s 32 constituencies.
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 Caernarfon
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 Caernarfon is in Gwynedd Maldwyn.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Caernarfon’s Band D council tax is £2,469 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Gwynedd Council sets £2,006.11 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 Gwynedd, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
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 Caernarfon 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.
gwynedd.llyw.cymru ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
gwynedd.llyw.cymru ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Caernarfon is run
Who is the MP for Caernarfon?
Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) is the MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, which covers Caernarfon.
How many councillors does Caernarfon have?
2 ward councillors represent Caernarfon’s 5 wards.
When are the next elections in Caernarfon?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Caernarfon’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 Caernarfon?
Band D council tax in Caernarfon is £2,469 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 Gwynedd Council?
Plaid Cymru has a majority: 26 of 41 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Caernarfon?
In Caernarfon’s wards on 5 May 2022, Labour 1 · Plaid Cymru 1 of the 2 seats up. Plaid Cymru had the largest share of votes, 58%.
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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