Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Bedlinog is run by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Labour has a majority on Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Its MP is Gerald Jones (Labour), member for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare.
£2,594
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Bedlinog’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council: 17 of its 30 seats as elected. Independents hold 13. 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 16 of Merthyr Tydfil’s 30 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour17
- Independent13
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 Bedlinog
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. Bedlinog’s communities: Bedlinog.
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 Bedlinog, from the most recent elections.
- 1Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council1 ward · 2 councillorsGill PrestonMalcolm Richard ColbranMichelle Symonds
- 2Police and crime commissionerSouth Wales Police · elected May 2024Emma Wools
- 3SeneddPontypridd Cynon Merthyr · 6 membersVikki HowellsHeledd FychanJason O'ConnellLis McLeanDavid HughesSara Crowley
- 4House of CommonsMerthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
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 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.
- Gill PrestonLabour · September 2024 · by-election
- Malcolm Richard ColbranIndependent · May 2022
- Michelle SymondsIndependent · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedlinog and Trelewis29% in Bedlinog · 1,098 residents2 seats · September 2024, May 2022 | 2 | Gill Prestonby-electionMalcolm Richard ColbranMichelle Symonds | September 2024, May 2022 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough 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).
Merthyr Tydfil council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Bedlinog, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Bedlinog’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,887 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.
Bedlinog is in Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Bedlinog).
35,215 votes for candidates · majority 7,447
Labour, MP since 7 May 2015.
turnout in July 2024: 35,215 votes from 74,460 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 7,447 of 35,215 votes (21.1%): wider than in 59% 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 Bedlinog
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 Bedlinog is in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Bedlinog’s Band D council tax is £2,594 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council sets £2,186.33 of a Band D bill (84%); the rest goes to community councils and the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Merthyr Tydfil, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Mid Glamorgan’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,100.
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 Bedlinog 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.
merthyr.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
merthyr.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Bedlinog is run
Who is the MP for Bedlinog?
Gerald Jones (Labour) is the MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, which covers Bedlinog.
How many councillors does Bedlinog have?
2 ward councillors represent Bedlinog’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Bedlinog?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Bedlinog’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 Bedlinog?
Band D council tax in Bedlinog is £2,594 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 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 17 of 30 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Bedlinog?
In Bedlinog’s wards on 5 May 2022, Independent 2 of the 2 seats up. Independents had the largest share of votes, 59.6%.
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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