Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe was decided by 1,472 votes in 2024
Brecon is run by Powys County Council. No party holds a majority on Powys County Council. Its MP is David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat), member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.
£2,352
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Brecon’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Powys County Council
The Liberal Democrats, the largest group, hold 24 of its 61 seats as elected, 7 short of the 31 needed. Independents hold 12, the Conservatives 11, Labour 9, Plaid Cymru 3, the Greens 1 and Reform UK 1. Who’s in charge ↓
A close seat
David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat) won Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe by 1,472 votes in July 2024, 3.2% of votes cast: the 3rd-narrowest result of 32 in Wales. Parliament ↓
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 31 of Powys’s 61 seats to run the council alone.
- Liberal Democrat24
- Independent12
- Conservative11
- Labour9
- Plaid Cymru3
- Green1
- 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 Brecon
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. Brecon’s communities: Brecon.
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 Brecon, from the most recent elections.
- 1Powys County Council2 wards · 4 councillorsLiz RijnenbergChris WalshMatthew DorranceDavid William Meredith
- 2Police and crime commissionerDyfed-Powys Police · elected May 2024Dafydd Llywelyn
- 3SeneddBrycheiniog Tawe Nedd · 6 membersJane DoddsSioned Ann WilliamsJames Oswald David EvansRebeca PhillipsIain Charles McIntoshDavid Terence Mills
- 4House of CommonsBrecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
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.
4 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.
- Liz RijnenbergLabour · May 2022
- Chris WalshLabour · May 2022
- Matthew DorranceLabour and Co-operative · May 2022
- David William MeredithLabour and Co-operative · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brecon Eastall in Brecon · 4,239 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Liz RijnenbergChris Walsh | May 2022 |
| Brecon Westall in Brecon · 4,018 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Matthew DorranceDavid William Meredith | May 2022 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Powys 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).
Powys council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Brecon, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
2 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Brecon’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,880 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,851 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.
Brecon is in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Brecon).
46,548 votes for candidates · majority 1,472
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 46,548 votes from 73,114 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 1,472 of 46,548 votes (3.2%): the 3rd-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 Brecon
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 Brecon is in Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Brecon’s Band D council tax is £2,352 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Powys County Council sets £1,872.08 of a Band D bill (80%); the rest goes to community councils and the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Powys, 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 Brecon 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.
powys.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
powys.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Brecon is run
Who is the MP for Brecon?
David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, which covers Brecon.
How many councillors does Brecon have?
4 ward councillors represent Brecon’s 2 wards.
When are the next elections in Brecon?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Brecon’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 Brecon?
Band D council tax in Brecon is £2,352 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 Powys County Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Liberal Democrat 24 · Independent 12 · Conservative 11 · Labour 9 · Plaid Cymru 3 · Green 1 · Reform UK 1 of 61 seats; a majority needs 31. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Brecon?
In Brecon’s wards on 5 May 2022, Labour 4 of the 4 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 66.1%.
Is Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe a marginal seat?
David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat) won it by 1,472 votes in July 2024, 3.2% of votes cast: the 3rd-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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