Llanelli Town Council

The five wards with the number of councillors in parentheses are; Bigyn (6), Elli (2), Glanymor (5), Lliedi (5) and Tyisha (4).

[1] The motto, seen in the coat of arms says "Cyfoeth Cymdeithas: Cymuned", which translates as "A society's wealth is its community".

John Prosser 2024 Bi-Election Elli Ward Cllr Stephen Williams (IND) (following resignation of Cllr John Jenkins) 2023 Bi-Election Tyisha Ward Cllr John Prosser (LAB) (following resignation of Cllr Debbie Nicholas) Four Labour town councillors defected on 6 March 2019 following claims of bullying.

[5] In September 2019 former Labour councillor Chris Griffiths joined the Conservatives, doubling their numbers on the council.

[6] Past Mayors of Llanelli[11] 1974/75 T. V. Davies (Inaugural Town Mayor) 1975/76 V. D. Thomas 1976/77 Joie Davies 1977/78 W. Raymond H. Thomas 1978/79 D. John Harries 1979/80 Leslie R. Hickman 1980/81 Ken Davies 1981/82 Eileen Clarke 1982/83 Michael Gimblett 1983/84 Cliff Charles 1984/85 Margaret Prothero 1985/86 W. Raymond H. Thomas 1986/87 D. John Harries 1987/88 Leslie R. Hickman 1988/89 Ken Davies 1989/90 Cliff Charles 1990/91 Margaret Prothero 1991/92 Elinor G. Lloyd 1992/93 Jan Neil 1993/94 Steffan Chrinowsky 1994/95 Carl Lucas 1995/96 Margaret Evans 1996/97 Eric Smith 1997/98 Jan Williams 1998/99 Pam Edmunds 1999/00 Gren Darby 2000/01 Connie Richards 2001/02 Kenneth Rees 2002/03 Edward Skinner May-Dec 2003 Hywel Phillips Jan-June 2004 Edward Skinner 2004/05 Eryl Morgan 2005/06 Nigel Bevan 2006/07 Michael Francis 2007/08 Ray Neil 2008/09 Hubert Hitchman 2009/10 John Jenkins 2010/11 Dyfrig Thomas 2011/12 Linda Stedman 2012/13 Winston Lemon 2013/14 Michael Burns 2014/15 Roger Price 2015/16 Shahana Najmi, J.P. 2016/17 William “Bill” Thomas 2017/18 Jeff Edmunds 2018/19 David Darkin[12] 2019/20 John E. Jones 2020-21 Chris Griffiths - the town council's first ever Conservative mayor[13] 2021-22 Michael Cranham J.P.[14] 2022-23 Philip Warlow 2023-24 Nick Pearce