Lliedi (electoral ward)
Lliedi is an electoral ward for Llanelli Town Council and Carmarthenshire County Council in Llanelli, Wales.
The ward is in the far north of Llanelli, bounded to the west by Old Road and to the south by James Street. The River Lliedi runs through the middle of the ward.[1] The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 5,457.[2]
Representation
Lliedi was an electoral ward to Dyfed County Council, electing a Labour Party councillor at the 1989 election and a Liberal Democrat councillor at the 1993 elections.[3]
Since 1995 Lliedi has been an electoral ward to Carmarthenshire County Council, electing two county councillors.[4]
Lliedi is also one of the community wards to Llanelli Town Council, electing five town councillors.[5]
Shahana Najmi was elected as one of the Labour county councillors at the 2017 elections, but left the Labour Party in 2019 to sit as an Independent councillor. In October 2021 she joined the Conservative Party, therefore represented Lliedi as a Tory.[6]
Rob James, one of the Labour county councillors elected in 2017, became leader of the county council's Labour Group.[7] In January 2024, James was suspended from the Labour Party[8] and, in late 2025, joined the Green Party subsequently sitting as a Green councillor.[9]
Elections
2025 by-election
Following the death of previous councillor Anthony Leyshon, Michelle May Beer won the seat in a by-election on 29 May 2025 with a majority of 256 votes. She was the first ever elected representative of Reform UK on Carmarthenshire County Council and the second elected representative in Wales.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Michelle Beer | 568 | 42.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Andrew Bragoli | 312 | 23.4 | −34.9 | |
| Independent | Sharon Burdess | 116 | 8.7 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Taylor Reynolds | 107 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Richard Williams | 93 | 7.0 | −8.7 | |
| Independent | Alison Leyshon | 86 | 6.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Burree | 41 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Gwlad | Wayne Erasmus | 9 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,335 | 33.4 | |||
| Majority | 256 | 19.2 | |||
| Reform gain from Labour (UK) | |||||
2022
Shahana Najmi, who had first been elected in the ward for Labour in 2012 (and again in 2017) had left the Labour Party in 2019 then joined the Conservative Party in 2021. She had also been leader of Llanelli Town Council.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rob James* | 838 | 61.4 | ||
| Labour | Anthony Leyshon | 652 | 47.8 | ||
| Independent | Sharon Burdess | 374 | 27.4 | ||
| Independent | Heather Peters | 373 | 27.3 | ||
| Conservative | Shahana Najmi* | 226 | 16.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,365 | 34.46 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
* denotes sitting councillor in the ward before the election
References
- ^ "Election maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lliedi Ward (as of 2011) (W05000498)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Dyfed County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Community Councillor Results - Llanelli (Lliedi ward)". Carmarthenshire County Council. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Llanelli MP reacts to former Labour councillor 'jumping ship' to join Conservatives". InYourArea. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire Council election interview: Labour leader on his background and desire to show that politicians aren't all the same". Wales Online. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Richard Youle (31 January 2024). "Carmarthenshire Labour leader suspended from the party". Wales Online. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ "Welsh Greens welcome first ever councillor defections". Nation.Cymru. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Mansfield, Mark (30 May 2025). "Reform wins council by-election in Llanelli". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Lliedi Ward - Declaration of Result of Poll - Date of Election 29/05/2025" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Lewis, Ian (21 October 2021). "Leader of Llanelli Town Council joins Conservative Party". InYourArea. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Local Elections 2022". Carmarthenshire County Council. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.