Aberystwyth Town Council (Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 - Cyngor Tref Aberystwyth) is the community council

Community (Wales)

A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....

 that governs the five wards of Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....

 town. The council appoints a presiding officer who is then known as the Mayor of Aberystwyth. The current Mayor of Aberystwyth is Richard Boudier.

Aberystwyth town council comprises five wards - Bronglais, Central, North, Penparcau and Rheidol - electing between three and five town councillors each.

Clockwise, from the north, it borders the communities of Tirymynach, Faenor

Faenor

Faenor may refer to:*Vaynor in Merthyr Tydfil*Faenor, Ceredigion...

, Llanbadarn Fawr

Llanbadarn Fawr

Llanbadarn Fawr is an urbanised village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is located on the outskirts of Aberystwyth situated next to Penparcau and Southgate. It forms the eastern part of the continually built-up area of Aberystwyth...

 and Llanfarian

Llanfarian

Llanfarian is a village located in the district county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth.The 2001 census showed Llanfarian as having a population of 1442....

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Current composition

Group affiliation		Members
	10
	Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	6
	Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1
	Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	1
Total		19

2008 election

Aberystwyth town council is made up of 19 councillors elected from the five wards. The last elections were in 2008, which resulted in the election of 9 seats for Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru

' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...

, 6 for the Welsh Liberal Democrats

Welsh Liberal Democrats

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England....

, 2 for independents

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

, 1 for Welsh Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 and 1 for the Green Party

Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...

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Ward	Party		Town councillors elected 2008
Bronglais	Alun Williams
	Susan Jane Jones-Davies Sue Jones-Davies Sue Jones-Davies is a Welsh actress and singer, who appeared as Judith in the 1979 film Monty Python's Life of Brian. Mayor of Aberystwyth from 2008–2009, she now serves as town councillor.-Early life and education:Sue Jones-Davies was born in Wales...
	Aled Davies
	Ann-Marie Hinde
Central	Alec Dauncey
	Lyn Lewis Dafis
	Trevor Graham Shaftoe
North	Christopher Guy Borrill Simpson
	Mark Strong
	Dafydd Wyn Thomas
Penparcau Penparcau Penparcau is a suburb of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales.-Location and amenities:The original village was a small hamlet, one mile east of Aberystwyth town centre, but the building of extensive Art Deco style semi-detached social housing from the 1920s on transformed the village...	Rob Gorman
	Goronwy Edwards
	Steve Davies
	Owen Jones
	Richard Boudier
Rheidol	Elian Lorrae Jones-Southgate
	Sam Hearne
	Mair Benjamin
	Ceri Meehan

Overview

By-election	Date	| Incumbent party		| Result		Candidate	Reason
Rheidol	18 September 2008	Martin Shewring	Resignation of Elian Lorrae Jones-Southgate
Penparcau	18 September 2008	Owain Jones	Death of Owen Jones
Central	25 November 2010	Ceredig Davies	Resignation of Trevor Shaftoe
Rheidol	4 August 2011	Wendy Morris-Twiddy	Resignation of Martin Shewring