It became a two-member electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Carmarthenshire County Council.
[3] In 1999, both sitting members were re-elected but were closely challenged by Plaid Cymru candidate Llyr Huws Griffiths.
At the 2004 election, Ken Maynard, a county councillor since 1985 stood down and David Merriman, a district and county councillor since 1976 sought (unsuccessfully) to be elected for the neighbouring Carmarthen Town West ward.
Plaid Cymru held both seats in 2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election, with Gareth O. Jones replacing Jeff Thomas who stood down.
At the May 2017 elections Labour's Ken Lloyd, a Carmarthen Town councillor, captured one of the Plaid Cymru seats.