Llanelli Town Council
Elected Representatives
Mayor Mayor In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....	Cllr. Dyfrig Thomas
Community Councillors
Bigyn Ward	Cllr. Michael Burns (Plaid 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... ) Cllr. Ffion Larsen (Plaid) Cllr. Roger Price (Plaid) Cllr. David Skivington (Plaid) Cllr. Dyfrig Thomas (Plaid)
Elli Ward	Cllr. John Jenkins John Paul Jenkins John Paul Jenkins is a local politician in Wales, in the United Kingdom. He is a county councillor for the Elli ward of Carmarthenshire, and a town councillor for the same ward on Llanelli Town Council...  (Ind) Cllr. Pam Edmunds (Lib Dem 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... ) Cllr. Michael Gimlett (Lib Dem)
Glanymor Ward	Cllr. Hubert Hitchman (Lab 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... ) Cllr. John Jones (Ind) Cllr. Winston Lemon (Plaid) Cllr. Linda Steadman (Lab)
Lliedi Ward	Cllr. Joanna Isaac (Lib Dem) Cllr. Ken Rees (Lib Dem) Cllr. Edward Skinner (Lab) Cllr. Jan Williams (Lab) Cllr. Bill Thomas (Lab)
Tyisha Ward	Cllr. Carl Lucas (Lab) Cllr. Ray Neil (Lab) Cllr. John Roberts (Lab)

Llanelli 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 Llanelli) is the community council

Community council

A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies...

 that governs the majority of wards in Llanelli

Llanelli

Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...

 town. The council appoints a presiding officer who is then known as the Mayor of Llanelli.

Some wards of Llanelli town are governed on a community level by Llanelli Rural Council

Llanelli Rural

Llanelli Rural is a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 21,043.Despite its name it covers large parts of the Llanelli urban area, including Bynea, Llwynhendy, Cefncaeau, Pemberton, Bryn, Penceiliogi, Dafen, Felinfoel, Swiss Valley, along with...

, even though they are part of the urban area.

The motto, seen in the coat of arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

says "Cyfoeth Cymdeithas: Cymuned", which translates as "A society's wealth is its community".