Jeff Evans and (inset) Gary Pritchard. A PAIR of both new and familiar faces will join Anglesey Council’s chamber following a frenzied day of electoral activity on the island. By-elections in the Seiriol and Caergybi wards resulted in no major change in the mathematics of the council’s administration but will see a return to a full quota of members for the first time in over a year. While the eyes of the nation were on the Senedd counts, Plaid Cymru held onto their Anglesey Council seat representing the Seiriol ward, which had been vacated by Lewis Davies at the turn of the year.
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Anglesey Council Headquarters in Llangefni. Taken by reporter, free to use by all BBC partners. The process of filling two vacant seats on Anglesey Council will take place on the same day as May’s Senedd elections, it has been confirmed. During Tuesday’s full council meeting, Chief Executive Annwen Morgan confirmed that by-elections to fill the vacancies in both the Seiriol and Caergybi wards will take place on May 6. For almost a year Anglesey Council has not had its full quota of members following the passing of independent councillor Shaun Redmond last March, after a long cancer battle. The ranks were further depleted last month following the resignation of Plaid Cymru councillor Lewis Davies, leaving 28 of the authority’s 30 designated members.
By-Elections could take place as early as March Holding by-elections to fill currently vacant council seats could take place as early as March, the Welsh Government has confirmed. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic a decision was taken last year to postpone all elections, which includes by-elections and the Police and Crime Commissioner poll which had been pencilled in for May 2020. As a result, a seat on Anglesey Council representing the Holyhead ward remains empty following the death of Shaun Redmond last April, and another in the Seiriol ward after the resignation of Lewis Davies at the turn of the year.