. IT has been confirmed that the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Election Count will take place on Sunday, 9 May, following the election on Thursday. The swearing of the oath will also take place on Sunday, and the elected Police and Crime Commissioner s new term in office will start on 13 May. The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order prescribes the form of words that the elected Police and Crime Commissioners will be required to declare before they take office, said a PCC spokesperson. The term of a person elected as a PCC at an ordinary election begins on the seventh (calendar) day after the day of the poll, and ends with the sixth (calendar) day following the subsequent poll.
The Ceredigion election count is under way. The counting for the Senedd Cymru election s Ceredigion constituency, along with the regional list for Mid Wales and West Wales, is now under way. Polls opened at 7am on Thursday and closed at 10pm in the first election since the legislature was renamed from the National Assembly of Wales. This year s election is different to any other, and we are working in line with Covid-19 guidelines, said a spokesperson for Ceredigion Council. The ballot boxes and the postal votes are in and election staff are busy verifying the papers for the Senedd Cymru Ceredigion constituency, the Mid and West Wales region and the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dyfed-Powys area.
Brecon and Radnorshire elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Mid and West Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. It is currently represented by Kirsty Williams MS, of the Liberal Democrats, who has been the MS since 1999. Brecon and Radnorshire has been a real stronghold for the Lib Dems for more than two decades. In the 2016 Senedd elections the party enjoyed its biggest winning majority, with Ms Williams acquiring 15,898 of the votes, in what was the biggest turnout in the constituency’s history. She enjoyed an +8.6 in votes from 2011.
WORK on a new police station and custody suite on the outskirts of Llanelli is due to get under way this summer, Dyfed-Powys Police has said. Planning permission for the building has been granted by Carmarthenshire Council, and construction company Willmott Dixon has been awarded the contract by the police force to build it. It will take shape on land west of Heol Aur, Dafen, and is expected to cost £12 million to £15 million. The curved building will have 18 cells, interview rooms, virtual courts, offices, 135 parking spaces and 20 bike spaces. It will be open 24/7, employ around 180 staff, and replace custody suites in Llanelli and Ammanford.