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Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 68 elected councillors representing 60 council wards. Although it is a unitary authority , the highway functions of the council, along with the allocation of small grants, are delegated to the three Shire Committees.
Powys is administered by Powys County Council and has 68 (73 until 2022) elected councillors representing 60 (73 until 2022) council wards. Although it is a unitary authority , the highway functions of the council, along with the allocation of small grants, are delegated to the three Shire Committees.
Newtown Town Council offices. There are two tiers of local government covering Newtown, at community (town) and county level: Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council (often abbreviated to Newtown Town Council) and Powys County Council. [18] The two parishes of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn were governed by a single local board from 1866. [19]
The ward elected two councillors to Montgomeryshire District Council [3] and Powys County Council, but since the May 1999 election it has elected one county councillor to Powys County Council. [4] It is also a community ward and is represented by three town councillors on Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council. [5]
The District of Montgomeryshire or Montgomery (Welsh: Maldwyn) was one of three local government districts of the county of Powys, Wales, from 1974 until 1996. The district had an identical area to the previous administrative county of Montgomeryshire. The district was abolished in 1996, with Powys County Council taking over its functions.
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Urban District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the Montgomery district of Powys on 1 April 1974. A new community was created covering the former urban district, with its council taking the name Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council, also known as Newtown Town Council. [12]
Between 1995 and 2021 for elections to Powys County Council: Aber-craf, Banwy ... Montgomery, Nantmel, Newtown Central, Newtown East, Newtown Llanllwchaiarn ...
The largest settlement is Newtown, and the administrative centre is Llandrindod Wells. Powys is the largest and most sparsely populated county in Wales, having an area of 5,181 km 2 (2,000 sq mi) and a population of 133,891 in 2022. [2]