Shaping our nation

This is Democracy Wales, a portal to help you find out more about and get involved with local and national matters.

Go to meetings, raise concerns and influence how decisions are made within your community and throughout Wales.

Councils in Wales and their differing roles

Councils in Wales and their differing roles

The importance of diversity in democracy

The importance of diversity in democracy

Being a councillor - Supporting you to meet the challenge

Being a councillor – Supporting you to meet the challenge

What your council can do for you and your local community

What your council can do for you and your local community

Making the difference as a councillor and beyond

Making the difference as a councillor and beyond

Choose an area of Wales on the map to find out about local democracy in that region Isle of Anglesey County Council Conwy County Borough Council Denbighshire County Council Flintshire County Council Wrexham County Borough Council Powys County Council Monmouthshire County Council Newport City Council Torfaen County Borough Council Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Caerphilly County Borough Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Cardiff Council Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Vale of Glamorgan Council Bridgend County Borough Council Neath Port Talbot Council Swansea Council Carmarthenshire County Council Pembrokeshire County Council Ceredigion County Council Cyngor Gwynedd

Democracy in your region

Choose an area of Wales on the map to find out about local democracy in that region. Or you can select one of Wales’s 22 Local Authorities from the list.

Welsh Local Government Association

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) represents the interests of local government and promotes local democracy in Wales. Its primary purposes are to promote better local government, to promote its reputation and to support authorities in the development of policies and priorities which will improve public services and democracy.

Be a councillor. Be the change

Be a councillor. Be the change

Councillors are elected to represent their communities to make important decisions about local matters and local public services.  It is important that councillors are like the people who elect them – we need more diverse councillors – we need more women, more young people, more Black Asian and Minority Ethnic people, more disabled people and more LGBTQ+ people to stand. 

Welsh Government

This introduction to local government will help you understand how local decisions affecting the lives of people in Wales are made and who makes them. It will explain the importance of local people being involved in this decision making and how the decision making process in Wales fits in to the wider UK legal and political system.

Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales

Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales

The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales is responsible for determining the level of payments to elected members of councils, national park authorities and fire and rescue authorities in Wales.