Llandrillo yn Rhos

This article is about the electoral division. For the coterminous village, see Rhos-on-Sea.

Location of the Llandrillo-yn-Rhos ward within Conwy County Borough

Llandrillo yn Rhos is an electoral ward in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Its boundaries are coterminous with those of the community of Rhos-on-Sea (Welsh: Llandrillo-yn-Rhos), on the North Wales coast, with the Mochdre and Rhiw wards to the south, Penrhyn ward to the west and Liverpool Bay to the northeast.^[1]

According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 7,593.^[2]

County elections

The ward elects four county councillors to Conwy County Borough Council and, at the May 2017 election, all four seats were won by the Welsh Conservative Party.^[3] Newly elected councillor, James Lusted, was a well-known local actor and television presenter who has dwarfism. He pledged to campaign for people with disabilities.^[4] At 43 inches tall he became the Conservative Party's shortest elected politician.^[5]

2017 Conwy County Borough Council election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Parry *	1,374	18.1
	Conservative	James Daniel Lusted	1,265	16.6
	Conservative	David Maelgwyn Roberts *	1,257	16.5
	Conservative	Donald Milne *	1,074	14.1
	Independent	Hannah Fleet	889	11.7
	Labour	Chris Brockley	775	10.2
	Independent	Gemma Leigh Campbell	667	8.8
	UKIP	David Philip Griffiths	299	3.9
Turnout			7600	42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

Town council ward

Rhos-on-sea elects town councillors to the Bay of Colwyn Town Council, but the community ward is called Rhos.^[7]

References

1. Election maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llandrillo yn Rhos 2011 Census Ward (1237327491)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
3. "Local Election Results (County): Conwy and Denbighshire". North Wales Pioneer. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
4. David Powell (5 May 2017). "Local election results: Conwy sees no party win overall control". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
5. Kara O'Neill (5 May 2017). "New Tory councillor James Lusted is Conservative party's shortest politician - at just 3ft 7ins tall". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
6. "Election results for Llandrillo-yn-Rhos: Local Elections May 2017 - Thursday, 4 May 2017". Conwy County Borough Council. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
7. The Bay of Colwyn Town Council, The Bay of Colwyn Town Council. Retrieved 6 March 2018.