Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Powys County Council
Welshpool is run by Powys County Council. No party holds a majority on Powys County Council. Its MP is Steve Witherden (Labour), member for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr.
£2,352
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Welshpool’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 ↓
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 Welshpool
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. Welshpool’s communities: Welshpool.
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 Welshpool, from the most recent elections.
- 1Powys County Council3 wards · 2 councillorsRichard Wilfrid ChurchCarol Elaine Robinson
- 2Police and crime commissionerDyfed-Powys Police · elected May 2024Dafydd Llywelyn
- 3SeneddGwynedd Maldwyn · 6 membersSiân GwenllianAndrew Charles GriffinMabon ap GwynforClaire Victoria Johnson-WoodBeca BrownElwyn Vaughan
- 4House of CommonsMontgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
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 3 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.
- Richard Wilfrid ChurchLiberal Democrat · May 2022
- No election on record since May 2021
- Carol Elaine RobinsonLiberal Democrat · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welshpool Castlemostly in Welshpool · 2,302 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Richard Wilfrid Church | May 2022 |
| Welshpool Llanerchyddolmostly in Welshpool · 1,651 residents | – | No election on record since May 2021 | |
| Welshpool Gungrogmostly in Welshpool · 1,507 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Carol Elaine Robinson | 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 Welshpool, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
3 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Welshpool’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗514 votes for candidates
Votes not recorded
491 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Welshpool is in Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Welshpool).
43,259 votes for candidates · majority 3,815
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 43,259 votes from 74,039 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 3,815 of 43,259 votes (8.8%): the 7th-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 Welshpool
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 Welshpool is in Gwynedd Maldwyn.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Welshpool’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 Welshpool 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 Welshpool is run
Who is the MP for Welshpool?
Steve Witherden (Labour) is the MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, which covers Welshpool.
How many councillors does Welshpool have?
2 ward councillors represent Welshpool’s 3 wards.
When are the next elections in Welshpool?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Welshpool’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 Welshpool?
Band D council tax in Welshpool 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 Welshpool?
In Welshpool’s wards on 5 May 2022, Liberal Democrat 2 of the 2 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 46.8%.
Is Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr a marginal seat?
Steve Witherden (Labour) won it by 3,815 votes in July 2024, 8.8% of votes cast: the 7th-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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