Committee details
County Council
Purpose of committee
The Council is composed of 75 councillors normally elected every five years.
All councillors meet together as the Council. Meetings of the Council are normally open to the public. Here councillors decide the Council’s overall policies and set the budget each year. The Council has a Cabinet which is responsible in turn for implementing polices agreed by the Council and taking executive decisions on matters which are not the responsibility of the Council or of one of its committees. The Council also approves the Constitution, the forward programme and the rules of debate for meetings of the Council, the Cabinet and Committees
Council Forward Work Programme.
PUBLIC QUESTIONS
Members of the public, provided that they are residents of the County, own a business located within the County or are employed within the County may ask questions of members of the Cabinet at ordinary meetings of the Council.
To ask a question you need to delivering it in writing or by electronic mail to the Chief Executive (e-mail chiefexecutive@carmarthenshire.gov.uk ) no later than 10.00 a.m. 7 clear working days before a meeting (i.e. clear days does not include the day the question is received or the day of the meeting).
When submitting your question, you must include your name and address (include your business name and address if you own a business located in Carmarthenshire or work in Carmarthenshire but live elsewhere) and you must name the member of the Council to whom it is to be put.
For further information contact DemocraticServices@carmarthenshire.gov.uk or 01267 224028.
Membership
- Cllr. Sue Allen (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Liam Bowen (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Kim Broom (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Mansel Charles (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Peter Cooper (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Michael Cranham (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Deryk Cundy (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Suzy Curry (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Andrew Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Ann Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Anthony Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Arwel Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Bryan Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Crish Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Glynog Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Handel Davies (Vice-Chair)
- Cllr. Karen Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Lewis Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Llinos Mai Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Sharen Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Terry Davies (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Michelle Donoghue (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Alex Evans (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Colin Evans (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Hazel Evans (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Linda Evans (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Nysia Evans (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Rob Evans (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Tyssul Evans (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Shelly Godfrey-Coles (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Deian Harries (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Jason Hart (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Tina Higgins (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Ken Howell (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Philip Hughes (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Peter Hughes Griffiths (Committee Member)
- Cllr. John James (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Meinir James (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Rob James (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Gareth John (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Betsan Jones (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Carys Jones (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Dot Jones (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Gary Jones (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Hefin Jones (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Alun Lenny (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Jean Lewis (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Neil Lewis (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Anthony Leyshon (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Kevin Madge (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Giles Morgan (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Dai Nicholas (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Denise Owen (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Martyn Palfreman (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Dorian Phillips (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Darren Price (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Emyr Rees (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Sean Rees (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Louvain Roberts (Chair)
- Cllr. Emlyn Schiavone (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Jacqueline Seward (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Hugh Shepardson (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Edward Skinner (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Russell Sparks (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Dai Thomas (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Edward Thomas (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Gareth Thomas (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Michael Thomas (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Jane Tremlett (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Aled Vaughan Owen (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Fiona Walters (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Philip Warlow (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Elwyn Williams (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Janet Williams (Committee Member)
- Cllr. Stephen (Steve) Williams (Committee Member)
Council & Democracy
The Council
Councillors, AMs and MPs
- Your County Councillor
- Public Participation Strategy and Petition Scheme
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- Town & Community Councillors
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Council departments
Have your say
- Tumble Active Travel Masterplan Scheme
- Leisure Strategy 2023-33 community consultation
- Budget Consultation 2024
- Social Housing Allocations policy
- Local Flood Risk Management Strategy 2024-2030
- Habitats Regulations Assessment for the 2nd Deposit Revised Local Development Plan 2018-2033
- Integrated Sustainability Appraisal for the 2nd Deposit Revised Local Development Plan 2018-2033
- Modernising Education Programme Strategy
- Public Convenience Strategy for Carmarthenshire
- Shaping Digital Carmarthenshire
- Carmarthenshire Residents Survey 2023
- Primary Rising 4s Policy 2025/26 Consultation
Committees & Meetings
- Agendas and minutes
- Governance & Audit Committee
- Council Diary
- Democratic Services Committee
- Cabinet
- Officer decisions
- Forward Plans
- Planning Committee
- Scrutiny
- Standards Committee
- Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)
Strategies and plans
- Affordable Homes Delivery Plan 2016 - 20
- Cabinet Vision Statement
- Carmarthenshire Transformation Strategy
- Corporate Safeguarding Policy
- Digital Schools Strategy 2018 – 2021
- Digital Technology Strategy 2018 - 2021
- Digital Transformation Strategy
- Family Support Strategy 2018-23
- Libraries Service Update - Moving forward for 2017 - 2025
- Modernising Education Programme Strategy (1)
- Moving Rural Carmarthenshire Forward
- Strategic Equality Plan
- Tackling Poverty Plan 2023
- Welsh Language Promotion Strategy
- Welsh Language Standards
- Welsh Language Annual Report
The Council Budget
Council Budget
- Budget Digest
- Statement of accounts
- Dyfed Pension Fund
- Education through regional working (ERW)
- Swansea Bay City Deal
- Simple ways to save the Council money
Council Performance
- Performance Management
- Audit Inspections & Reports
- The Well-being of Future Generations Act
- Council's Annual Report 2022-23
Public notices
Brexit guidance
Welsh Language
Net Zero Carbon
Equality & Diversity
Armed Forces Covenant
Elections & Voting
- Local Elections 2022
- Voting
- Eligibility to vote
- How do I vote?
- Changes to Postal and Proxy Voting
- Register to vote
- Update your details on the Electoral Register
- Annual update of the voters roll
- How to opt-out of the open register
- Viewing the Electoral Register
- By-elections
- My nearest - Election information
- Senedd Cymru Elections 2021
- Police and Crime Commissioner Elections 2024
- Parliamentary General Election 2019
- Help for Disabled Voters
- Review of Parliamentary Boundaries
- Voter ID
- Community Review 2023
- Polling Districts and Polling Places Review
- Recruitment for elections
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