Carmarthenshire County Council

Carmarthenshire County Council Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chair	Handel Davies, Plaid Cymru since 22 May 2024[1]
Leader	Darren Price, Plaid Cymru since 25 May 2022
Chief Executive	Wendy Walters since June 2019[2]
Structure
Seats	75 councillors
Political groups	Administration (37)   Plaid Cymru (37) Other parties (38)   Labour (20)   Independent (18)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	5 May 2022
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
County Hall, Carmarthen, SA31 1JP
Website
www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales

Carmarthenshire County Council (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Gâr or Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The council is one of twenty-two unitary authorities that came into existence on 1 April 1996 under the provisions of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. It took over local government functions previously provided by the three district councils of Carmarthen, Dinefwr, and Llanelli, as well as the county-level services in the area from Dyfed County Council, all of which councils were abolished at the same time.

The council is based at County Hall in Carmarthen.