Betws-y-Coed and Trefriw
Electoral ward of Conwy County Borough, Wales
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Betws-y-Coed and Trefriw (Welsh: Betws-y-Coed a Threfriw) is an electoral ward in the southwest of Conwy County Borough, Wales. It was created following a ward boundary review, effective from the 2022 Conwy County Borough Council election, by the merger of the former Betws-y-Coed ward and part of the Trefriw ward.[1] Betws-y-Coed covered its namesake community of Betws-y-Coed, as well as the neighbouring communities of Dolwyddelan and Capel Curig.[2] Subsequently the community of Trefriw has been added to create the latest ward.
According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the Betws-y-Coed ward was 1,244.[3]
County council elections
The Betws-y-Coed ward elected a county borough councillor to Conwy County Borough Council and, at the May 2017 election, the Betws-y-Coed seat was won by Liz Roberts for Plaid Cymru.[4] Cllr Roberts first won the seat as an Independent candidate in May 2004, subsequently being elected on the Plaid Cymru ticket at the following election in May 2008.[5]
The Betws-y-Coed and Trefriw ward continued to elect one county borough councillor. At the May 2022 election the councillor for the former Betws-y-Coed ward, Liz Roberts, won the seat.[6]