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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Mary Ann Brocklesby, <br /><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a> <br />since 19 May 2022<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Paul Matthews <br />since 2009<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">46 councillors</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monmouthshire_County_Council_2022.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Monmouthshire_County_Council_2022.svg/250px-Monmouthshire_County_Council_2022.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Monmouthshire_County_Council_2022.svg/375px-Monmouthshire_County_Council_2022.svg.png 1.5x, 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#02A95B; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green</a> (1)</dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (1)</span></dd> <dt>Other parties (22)</dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a> (18)</dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (4)</span></dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">First past the post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2022 Monmouthshire County Council election">5 May 2022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6 May 2027</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Motto</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Utrique Fidelis</i></span> (Faithful to both)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">County Hall, The Rhadyr, <a href="/wiki/Usk" title="Usk">Usk</a>, NP15<span class="nowrap"> </span>1GA</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://monmouthshire.gov.uk">monmouthshire<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Monmouthshire County Council</b> (or simply <b>Monmouthshire Council</b>) (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Cyngor Sir Fynwy</i>) is the governing body for the <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a> principal area – one of the <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Wales" title="Subdivisions of Wales">unitary authorities of Wales</a>. </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales#Principal_areas" title="Local government in Wales">unitary authority</a> was created in 1996 and covers the eastern three-fifths of the <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">historic county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic)" title="Monmouthshire (historic)">Monmouthshire</a>. The county council is based at County Hall in the hamlet of The Rhadyr, near <a href="/wiki/Usk" title="Usk">Usk</a>. </p><p>Since the <a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022 elections</a> the council has been under <a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">no overall control</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a> the largest party. The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a> since the 2022 elections has been Mary Ann Brocklesby of Labour. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newport_Shire_Hall.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Newport_Shire_Hall.jpeg/220px-Newport_Shire_Hall.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Newport_Shire_Hall.jpeg/330px-Newport_Shire_Hall.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Newport_Shire_Hall.jpeg/440px-Newport_Shire_Hall.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shire_Hall,_Newport" title="Shire Hall, Newport">Shire Hall, Newport</a>: Headquarters of the pre-1974 Monmouthshire County Council</figcaption></figure> <p>The current Monmouthshire County Council is the second body of that name. The first Monmouthshire County Council was created in 1889 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a>, taking over the local government functions of the <a href="/wiki/Quarter_sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter sessions">quarter sessions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That council was based in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>, initially meeting at the town hall and later building itself headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Shire_Hall,_Newport" title="Shire Hall, Newport">Shire Hall</a> in 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1891, Newport was made a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, removing it from the administrative area of the county council, although the council continued to be based there. </p><p>The first Monmouthshire County Council was abolished in 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, when the area was absorbed into the new county of <a href="/wiki/Gwent_(county)" title="Gwent (county)">Gwent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gwent_County_Council" title="Gwent County Council">Gwent County Council</a> moved its headquarters to a new <a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Cwmbran" title="County Hall, Cwmbran">County Hall</a> at <a href="/wiki/Croesyceiliog" title="Croesyceiliog">Croesyceiliog</a> on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Cwmbran" title="Cwmbran">Cwmbran</a>, which was already under construction at the time of the 1974 reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current Monmouthshire County Council was created in 1996 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Wales)_Act_1994" title="Local Government (Wales) Act 1994">Local Government (Wales) Act 1994</a>, which abolished Gwent County Council and the area's five <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales" title="Districts of Wales">district councils</a>, creating new unitary authorities. The new authorities in Gwent were based on the previous districts, with the new <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a> authority covering the pre-1996 <a href="/wiki/District_of_Monmouth" title="District of Monmouth">Monmouth Borough</a> plus the <a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">community</a> of <a href="/wiki/Llanelly" title="Llanelly">Llanelly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Blaenau_Gwent" title="Blaenau Gwent">Blaenau Gwent</a> district.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_control">Political control</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first election to the new council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1996 has been held by the following parties:<sup id="cite_ref-electionscentre_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionscentre-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td>1996–1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1999–2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td>2004–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2012–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td>2017–2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2022–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leaders of the council</a> since 2002 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Andrew Crump</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right">Jul 2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>David Waring<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">Jul 2002</td> <td align="right">Jun 2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andrew Crump<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">Jun 2004</td> <td align="right">May 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fox_(Welsh_politician)" title="Peter Fox (Welsh politician)">Peter Fox</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">May 2008</td> <td align="right">13 May 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Richard John<sup id="cite_ref-mcc130521_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcc130521-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">13 May 2021</td> <td align="right">19 May 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mary Ann Brocklesby<sup id="cite_ref-beacon_190522_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beacon_190522-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">19 May 2022</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2022_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2022 Monmouthshire County Council election">2022 election</a>, the composition of the council was: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="center">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Wales Green Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green</a></td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">46 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Four of the independent councillors sit together as the "Independent Group", the other sits with the Green councillor as the "Green Independent Group".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter group forms the part of the council's administration with Labour.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next election is due in 2027. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections take place every five years. In the <a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022 elections</a>, Labour became the largest party, with 22 seats, and the Conservatives lost their overall majority, winning 18 of the 46 seats. The final result was decided by the <a href="/wiki/Toss_of_a_coin" class="mw-redirect" title="Toss of a coin">toss of a coin</a> after a tie between Conservative and Labour candidates in the ward of <a href="/wiki/Llanfoist_Fawr" title="Llanfoist Fawr">Llanfoist Fawr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Govilon" title="Govilon">Govilon</a>; the seat was taken by the Conservatives.<sup id="cite_ref-argus_070522_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-argus_070522-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the election, Labour formed a minority administration, with Mary Ann Brocklesby appointed as the first female leader of the council.<sup id="cite_ref-beacon_190522_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beacon_190522-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Seats </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a> </th> <th width="80">Others </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </th> <th rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #005B54; width: 3px;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Monmouthshire County Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a> </td> <td>42 </td> <td><b>26</b> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td align="left">Labour majority control<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Monmouthshire County Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a> </td> <td>42 </td> <td>18 </td> <td><b>19</b> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td align="left">No overall control; minority Labour administration </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2004 Monmouthshire County Council election">2004</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><b>23</b> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td align="left">Conservative majority control. New ward boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2008 Monmouthshire County Council election">2008</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><b>29</b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">Conservative majority control </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2012 Monmouthshire County Council election">2012</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><b>19</b> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td align="left">No overall control; Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2017 Monmouthshire County Council election">2017</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>10 </td> <td><b>25</b> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td align="left">Conservative majority control </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2022 Monmouthshire County Council election">2022</a> </td> <td>46 </td> <td><b>22</b> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td align="left">No overall control; minority Labour administration. New ward boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: white; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #005B54; width: 3px;"> </th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Party with the most elected councillors in bold. Coalition agreements in notes column. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premises">Premises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1996 until April 2012, the council's administrative headquarters were at the six-storey former <a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Cwmbran" title="County Hall, Cwmbran">Gwent County Hall</a> at <a href="/wiki/Croesyceiliog" title="Croesyceiliog">Croesyceiliog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cwmbran" title="Cwmbran">Cwmbran</a> – outside its own administrative area in the neighbouring borough of <a href="/wiki/Torfaen" title="Torfaen">Torfaen</a> and shared with <a href="/wiki/Torfaen_County_Borough_Council" title="Torfaen County Borough Council">Torfaen County Borough Council</a>. It was closed because of "<a href="/wiki/Alkali%E2%80%93silica_reaction" title="Alkali–silica reaction">concrete cancer</a>" and later demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010 the authority had decided to relocate its headquarters functions to new offices at The Rhadyr in the community of <a href="/wiki/Llanbadoc" title="Llanbadoc">Llanbadoc</a>, just outside the town of <a href="/wiki/Usk" title="Usk">Usk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Planning permission for the new building was granted in September 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council moved to temporary offices in <a href="/wiki/Magor,_Monmouthshire" title="Magor, Monmouthshire">Magor</a> while the new building was under construction.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> television documentary "Carrying On at the Council" was broadcast in February 2012, after being filmed with Monmouthshire County Council over a period of seven months, in the lead up to their office move.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new county hall cost £6 million and was opened in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_districts,_areas_and_communities"><span id="Electoral_districts.2C_areas_and_communities"></span>Electoral districts, areas and communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electoral districts, areas and communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output 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role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monmouthshire_UK_ward_map_(blank).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Monmouthshire_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg/260px-Monmouthshire_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="346" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Monmouthshire_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg/390px-Monmouthshire_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Monmouthshire_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg/520px-Monmouthshire_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="1266" /></a><figcaption>Electoral divisions in Monmouthshire</figcaption></figure> <p>For the purposes of electing councillors, the principal area is divided into forty-two electoral divisions, each returning one councillor, except <a href="/wiki/Llanelly" title="Llanelly">Llanelly</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Llanelly_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Llanelly Hill">Llanelly Hill</a>, which has two councillors. These divisions date from 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The council operates a decentralised system of administration, with four <a href="/wiki/Area_committee" title="Area committee">area committees</a>: </p> <ul><li>Bryn y Cwm, covering the <a href="/wiki/Abergavenny" title="Abergavenny">Abergavenny</a> area</li> <li>Central Monmouthshire, centred on <a href="/wiki/Monmouth" title="Monmouth">Monmouth</a></li> <li>Lower Wye, for the <a href="/wiki/Chepstow" title="Chepstow">Chepstow</a> area</li> <li>Severnside, the area around <a href="/wiki/Caldicot,_Monmouthshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldicot, Monmouthshire">Caldicot</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Although the council is described as a "unitary authority", there is in fact a second tier of government, with the entire area being divided into <a href="/wiki/Community_council" title="Community council">communities</a>, all of which has either a town or community council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bryn_y_Cwm_area">Bryn y Cwm area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bryn y Cwm area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Electoral Division </th> <th>Community </th> <th>Other Places </th></tr> <tr> <td>Cantref </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abergavenny" title="Abergavenny">Abergavenny</a> (Town) (part) </td> <td>Knoll Estate </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Castle_(Abergavenny_ward)" title="Castle (Abergavenny ward)">Castle</a> </td> <td>Abergavenny (Town) (part) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Croesonen </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llantilio_Pertholey" title="Llantilio Pertholey">Llantilio Pertholey</a> (part) </td> <td>Llwynu (part) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Crucorney" title="Crucorney">Crucorney</a> </td> <td>Crucorney and <a href="/wiki/Grosmont,_Monmouthshire" title="Grosmont, Monmouthshire">Grosmont</a> </td> <td>Campstone, Cupid's Hill, <a href="/wiki/Cwmyoy" title="Cwmyoy">Cwmyoy</a>, Forest Coal Pit, Grosmont, Henllan, <a href="/wiki/Llangattock-Lingoed" class="mw-redirect" title="Llangattock-Lingoed">Llangattock-Lingoed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llangua" title="Llangua">Llangua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanthony" title="Llanthony">Llanthony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanvetherine" title="Llanvetherine">Llanvetherine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanfihangel_Crucorney" class="mw-redirect" title="Llanfihangel Crucorney">Llanfihangel Crucorney</a>, Monmouth Cap, Pandy, Pedbidwal, Stanton, Wern Gifford </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goetre_Fawr" title="Goetre Fawr">Goetre Fawr</a> </td> <td>Goetre Fawr </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Mill,_Monmouthshire" title="Little Mill, Monmouthshire">Little Mill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mamhilad" title="Mamhilad">Mamhilad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nant-y-derry" title="Nant-y-derry">Nant-y-derry</a>, Pencroesoped, Penperlleni, </td></tr> <tr> <td>Grofield </td> <td>Abergavenny (Town) (part) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lansdown </td> <td>Abergavenny (Town) (part) </td> <td>Llwynu (part), Major's Barn </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanelly" title="Llanelly">Llanelly</a> Hill </td> <td>Llanelly </td> <td>Blackrock, <a href="/wiki/Clydach,_Monmouthshire" title="Clydach, Monmouthshire">Clydach</a>, Gellifelin, <a href="/wiki/Gilwern" title="Gilwern">Gilwern</a>, Maesygwartha, Waun Wen </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanfoist_Fawr" title="Llanfoist Fawr">Llanfoist Fawr</a> </td> <td>Llanfoist Fawr (part) </td> <td>Belli-glas, <a href="/wiki/Llanellen" title="Llanellen">Llanellen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanfoist" title="Llanfoist">Llanfoist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanover" title="Llanover">Llanover</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanarth,_Monmouthshire" title="Llanarth, Monmouthshire">Llanarth</a> and Llanover </td> <td>Aberffrwd, <a href="/wiki/Betws_newydd" class="mw-redirect" title="Betws newydd">Betws newydd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryngwyn" title="Bryngwyn">Bryngwyn</a>, Clytha, Croes Hywel, Llanarth, <a href="/wiki/Llanddewi_Rhydderch" title="Llanddewi Rhydderch">Llanddewi Rhydderch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanfair_Kilgeddin" title="Llanfair Kilgeddin">Llanfair Kilgeddin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanvapley" title="Llanvapley">Llanvapley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanvihangel_Gobion" title="Llanvihangel Gobion">Llanvihangel Gobion</a>, Penpergwm, Pit Clytha, The Bryn, Upper Llanover, Wern-y-Cwrt, </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanwenarth_Ultra" title="Llanwenarth Ultra">Llanwenarth Ultra</a> </td> <td>Llanfoist Fawr (part) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Govilon" title="Govilon">Govilon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanwenarth" title="Llanwenarth">Llanwenarth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mardy,_Monmouthshire" title="Mardy, Monmouthshire">Mardy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llantilio_Pertholey" title="Llantilio Pertholey">Llantilio Pertholey</a> (part) </td> <td>Bryngwenin, <a href="/wiki/Llanddewi_Skirrid" title="Llanddewi Skirrid">Llanddewi Skirrid</a>, </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Priory_(Abergavenny_ward)" title="Priory (Abergavenny ward)">Priory</a> </td> <td>Abergavenny (Town) (part) </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Monmouthshire_area">Central Monmouthshire area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Central Monmouthshire area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Electoral Division </th> <th>Community </th> <th>Other Places </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dixton" title="Dixton">Dixton</a> with <a href="/wiki/Osbaston,_Monmouth" title="Osbaston, Monmouth">Osbaston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monmouth" title="Monmouth">Monmouth</a> (Town) (part) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buckholt,_Monmouthshire" title="Buckholt, Monmouthshire">Buckholt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osbaston,_Monmouth" title="Osbaston, Monmouth">Osbaston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dixton" title="Dixton">Dixton</a>, Dixton Road, Town Centre (part), Manson, Manson Cross, Leasbrook Lane, <a href="/wiki/Newton_Court" title="Newton Court">Newton Court</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Drybridge_(Monmouth_ward)" title="Drybridge (Monmouth ward)">Drybridge</a> </td> <td>Monmouth (Town) (part) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ancre_Hill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ancre Hill (page does not exist)">Ancrehill</a>, Brook Estate </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanbadoc" title="Llanbadoc">Llanbadoc</a> </td> <td>Gwehelog Fawr and Llanbadoc </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glascoed" title="Glascoed">Glascoed</a>, Gwehelog, <a href="/wiki/Kemeys_Commander" title="Kemeys Commander">Kemeys Commander</a>, Llancayo, <a href="/wiki/Monkswood" title="Monkswood">Monkswood</a>, Rhadyr, <a href="/wiki/Trostrey" title="Trostrey">Trostrey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llangybi,_Monmouthshire" title="Llangybi, Monmouthshire">Llangybi</a> Fawr </td> <td>Llangybi, <a href="/wiki/Llanhennock" title="Llanhennock">Llanhennock</a> and Llantrisant Fawr </td> <td>Coed y paen, <a href="/wiki/Gwernesney" title="Gwernesney">Gwernesney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newbridge-on-Usk" title="Newbridge-on-Usk">Newbridge-on-Usk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llandegveth" title="Llandegveth">Llandegveth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanllowell" title="Llanllowell">Llanllowell</a>, Llangybi, <a href="/wiki/Llantrisant" title="Llantrisant">Llantrisant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tredunnock" title="Tredunnock">Tredunnock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llantilio_Crossenny" title="Llantilio Crossenny">Llantilio Crossenny</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llangattock-Vibon-Avel" title="Llangattock-Vibon-Avel">Llangattock-Vibon-Avel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Llantilio_Crossenny" title="Llantilio Crossenny">Llantilio Crossenny</a> </td> <td>Bont, Caggle Street, <a href="/wiki/Cross_Ash" title="Cross Ash">Cross Ash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern" title="Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern">Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern</a>, Norton, <a href="/wiki/Rockfield,_Monmouthshire" title="Rockfield, Monmouthshire">Rockfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Maughans" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Maughans">St. Maughans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skenfrith" title="Skenfrith">Skenfrith</a>, Tal-y-coed, Treadam, Walson </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitchel_Troy" title="Mitchel Troy">Mitchel Troy</a> </td> <td>Mitchel Troy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cwmcarvan" title="Cwmcarvan">Cwmcarvan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dingestow" title="Dingestow">Dingestow</a>, Jingle Street, <a href="/wiki/Wonastow" title="Wonastow">Wonastow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tregare" title="Tregare">Tregare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lydart" title="Lydart">Lydart</a> (part) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Overmonnow" title="Overmonnow">Overmonnow</a> </td> <td>Monmouth (Town) (part) </td> <td>Wonastow Road </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raglan,_Monmouthshire" title="Raglan, Monmouthshire">Raglan</a> </td> <td>Raglan </td> <td>Coed-y-fedw, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingcoed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kingcoed (page does not exist)">Kingcoed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llandenny" title="Llandenny">Llandenny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llangovan" title="Llangovan">Llangovan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pen-y-clawdd" title="Pen-y-clawdd">Pen-y-clawdd</a>, Twyn y Sheriff </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trellech_United" title="Trellech United">Trellech United</a> </td> <td>Trellech United </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catbrook" title="Catbrook">Catbrook</a>, Hoop, <a href="/wiki/Llandogo" title="Llandogo">Llandogo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanishen" title="Llanishen">Llanishen</a>, Maryland, <a href="/wiki/Penallt" title="Penallt">Penallt</a>, The Narth, Treleck, <a href="/wiki/Whitebrook" title="Whitebrook">Whitebrook</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Usk" title="Usk">Usk</a> </td> <td>Usk (Town) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyesham" title="Wyesham">Wyesham</a> </td> <td>Monmouth (Town) (part) </td> <td>Wyesham, <a href="/wiki/Hadnock" title="Hadnock">Hadnock</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Kymin" title="The Kymin">The Kymin</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lower_Wye_area">Lower Wye area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Lower Wye area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Electoral Division </th> <th>Community </th> <th>Other areas </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caerwent" title="Caerwent">Caerwent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caerwent" title="Caerwent">Caerwent</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carrow_Hill,_Monmouthshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carrow Hill, Monmouthshire (page does not exist)">Carrow Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crick,_Monmouthshire" title="Crick, Monmouthshire">Crick</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Five_Lanes,_Monmouthshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Five Lanes, Monmouthshire (page does not exist)">Five Lanes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanvair_Discoed" title="Llanvair Discoed">Llanvair Discoed</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trewen,_Monmouthshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trewen, Monmouthshire (page does not exist)">Trewen</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Brides_Netherwent" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Brides Netherwent">St. Brides Netherwent</a>, Carrow Hill, Highmoor Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Devauden" title="Devauden">Devauden</a> </td> <td>Devauden and <a href="/wiki/Llangwm,_Monmouthshire" title="Llangwm, Monmouthshire">Llangwm</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cobbler%27s_Plain,_Monmouthshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cobbler's Plain, Monmouthshire (page does not exist)">Cobbler's Plain</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaer_Fawr,_Monmouthshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaer Fawr, Monmouthshire (page does not exist)">Gaer Fawr</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Howick,_Monmouthshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howick, Monmouthshire (page does not exist)">Howick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itton" title="Itton">Itton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Llanfihangel_Tor-y-Mynydd" title="Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd">Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd</a>, Llangwm, <a href="/wiki/Llansoy" title="Llansoy">Llansoy</a>, Star Hill, <a href="/wiki/Wolvesnewton" title="Wolvesnewton">Wolvesnewton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Larkfield_(electoral_ward)" title="Larkfield (electoral ward)">Larkfield</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chepstow" title="Chepstow">Chepstow</a> (part) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulwark,_Chepstow" title="Bulwark, Chepstow">Bulwark</a> (part), High Beech, Hardwick Hill, Hardwick Court, Garden City (part) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Arvans" title="St Arvans">St Arvans</a> </td> <td>St Arvans and <a href="/wiki/Tintern" title="Tintern">Tintern</a> </td> <td>Barbadoes Green, Botany Bay, Chapel Hill, Porthcasseg, Parkhouse, The Cot </td></tr> <tr> <td>St Christopher's </td> <td>Chepstow (part) </td> <td>Bulwark (part), The Triangle </td></tr> <tr> <td>St Kingsmark </td> <td>Chepstow (part) </td> <td>St. Lawrence Park, The Danes, Bayfield Hamlet, The Bayfields, Crossway Green </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_(Chepstow_ward)" title="St Mary's (Chepstow ward)">St Mary's</a> </td> <td>Chepstow (part) </td> <td>Chepstow Town Centre, Lower Chepstow, Garden City </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shirenewton" title="Shirenewton">Shirenewton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mathern" title="Mathern">Mathern</a> and Shirenewton </td> <td>Bullyhole Bottom, <a href="/wiki/Earlswood,_Monmouthshire" title="Earlswood, Monmouthshire">Earlswood</a>, Gaerllwyd, <a href="/wiki/Mathern" title="Mathern">Mathern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mounton" title="Mounton">Mounton</a>, Mynydd-bach, Newton Green, <a href="/wiki/Pwllmeyric" title="Pwllmeyric">Pwllmeyric</a>, Pen-y-Cae Mawr, Haysgate </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thornwell </td> <td>Chepstow (part) </td> <td>Bulwark (part), Thornwell </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Severnside">Severnside</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_County_Council&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Severnside"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Electoral Division </th> <th>Community </th> <th>Other areas </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldicot_Castle_(electoral_ward)" title="Caldicot Castle (electoral ward)">Caldicot Castle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldicot,_Monmouthshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldicot, Monmouthshire">Caldicot</a> (Town) (part) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dewstow </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldicot,_Monmouthshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldicot, Monmouthshire">Caldicot</a> (Town) (part) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Green Lane </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldicot,_Monmouthshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldicot, Monmouthshire">Caldicot</a> (Town) (part) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mill </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magor_with_Undy" title="Magor with Undy">Magor with Undy</a> (part) </td> <td>Knollbury, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Llandevenny,_Monmouthshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Llandevenny, Monmouthshire (page does not exist)">Llandevenny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magor,_Monmouthshire" title="Magor, Monmouthshire">Magor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portskewett" title="Portskewett">Portskewett</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portskewett" title="Portskewett">Portskewett</a> </td> <td>Ifton, Leechpool, Mount Ballan, <a href="/wiki/Sudbrook,_Monmouthshire" title="Sudbrook, Monmouthshire">Sudbrook</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rogiet" title="Rogiet">Rogiet</a> </td> <td>Rogiet </td> <td>Llanfihangel Rogiet </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Severn_(Caldicot_ward)" title="Severn (Caldicot ward)">Severn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldicot,_Monmouthshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldicot, Monmouthshire">Caldicot</a> (Town) (part) </td> <td>Deepweir </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Elms </td> <td>Magor with Undy (part) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Brides_Netherwent" title="St Brides Netherwent">St. Bride's Netherwent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Undy" title="Undy">Undy</a>, Vinegar Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2012 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2017 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2022 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council" title="Caerphilly County Borough Council">Caerphilly County Borough Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islwyn" title="Islwyn">Islwyn Borough Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li>Abolished</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Monmouth" title="District of Monmouth">Monmouth District Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Monmouth_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Monmouth Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li>Abolished</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Monmouthshire County Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Monmouthshire County Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Monmouthshire County Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2004 Monmouthshire County Council election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2008 Monmouthshire County Council election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2012 Monmouthshire County Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2017 Monmouthshire County Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2022 Monmouthshire County Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Newport_City_Council" title="Newport City Council">Newport City Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a 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