Menai (Caernarfon ward) explained

Official Name:Menai
Country:Wales
Type:Electoral ward
Population:2,196
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Coordinates:53.151°N -4.26°W
Community Wales:Caernarfon
Post Town:CAERNARFON
Postcode Area:LL
Postcode District:LL55
Dial Code:01286
Constituency Westminster:Arfon
Unitary Wales:Gwynedd
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Arfon
Councillors:1 (County)
4 (Town Council)
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Menai is the name of an electoral ward in the town of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. As the name suggests, it borders the Menai Strait. The ward elects councillors to the town council and Gwynedd Council.

Description

The Menai ward covers the northwest part of the community, including Caernarfon town centre north of the High Street. It is bordered to the east by the B4366 Bethel Road. The Caernarfon ward of Cadnant lies to the east.[1]

The ward population, according to the 2011 Census, was 2,196.[2]

Town ward

Menai is an electoral ward to Caernarfon Town Council electing four of the seventeen town councillors.[3]

District ward

Menai (Caernarfon) was a ward to Arfon Borough Council (abolished 1996), electing two councillors at the 1987 and 1991 elections.[4]

Gwynedd county ward

Menai (Caernarfon) has been an electoral ward to Gwynedd Council since 1995, electing two county councillors at the 1995 and 1999 elections.[5] From the 2004 elections the representation reduced to one county councillor.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Maps GB. Ordnance Survey. 1 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Menai (Caernarfon) - Key Stats . UKcensusdata.com. 1 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Councillors . Caernarfon Royal Town Council . 1 May 2019 .
  4. Web site: Arfon Welsh District Council Election Results 1973–1991 . The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). 1 May 2019 .
  5. Web site: Gwynedd Council Election Results 1995-2012 . The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). 1 May 2019.
  6. Web site: The County of Gwynedd (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 - Schedule . legislation.gov.uk . The National Archives . 6 December 2002 . 1 May 2019 .