Women County Councillors

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 22 March 2023.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 1:30, 22 March 2023

(Translated)

Since the county council elections a year ago, around 35 per cent of councillors in Wales are women. In Arfon, we succeeded in increasing the number of women standing for Plaid Cymru by 21 per cent. This was the result of intentional work by some of us, a great many encouraging conversations, training, mentoring, and the support has continued over the past year for them since the election. But do you agree that we need statutory measures to create the genuine change across Wales's councils to reach a position of equality? And what work is ongoing to create that statutory change that is needed?