Llandrillo yn Rhos is the name of 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]
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Conservative hold | Swing |
* = sitting councillor prior to the election
Rhos-on-sea elects town councillors to the Bay of Colwyn Town Council, but the community ward is called Rhos. [7]