Your Councillors
Tredegar Town Council has eighteen VOLUNTARY Councillors elected by the residents of Tredegar. These elections take place at the same time as the local elections for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.
The Council is split into three Wards: Central and West, Georgetown and Sirhowy.
Following election, Councillors have to sign a Declaration of Acceptance of Office and completed a Register of Members’ Interest.
Learn how to become a Councillor
How to become a Town Councillor
Election Year for Local Government in Wales. The Election Years now run in a five year cycle with the Elections normally held in May of that year. Both Blaenau Gwent County Borough and Tredegar Town Councillors will be elected to serve for a period of five years. The previous Election Year was 2017 with the next Election Year being 2022. All Town Councillors are unpaid and receive no monetary benefits from their role.
They are required to attend the two monthly meetings of full Council – on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month except during recess in August – plus any other meetings for sub-committees or outside organisations for which they may have been nominated to sit on. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council will publish a Notice of Election for the three Town Council Wards not later then the end of March of in the Election Year.
Anyone wishing to stand in Sirhowy, Tredegar Central & West or Georgetown need first to check that they are eligible – usually this means that they are on the Electoral Register – and can get a Proposer and Seconder to sign their nomination form. Both the Register and the necessary forms are available from and MUST BE RETURNED to Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council’s Returning Officer. The form must show the Register number of yourself, your Proposer and your Seconder. The Election normally takes place in the beginning of May and the count on the following day. A new publication is now available from the Welsh Local Government Association which gives information on the role of a Councillor.
Please click on ‘Being a Councillor 2012‘ to view the document or visit http://www.wlga.gov.uk/english/be-a-councillor for further information.
Central and West
Cllr Ellie Griffin
No party affiliation
Current Status:
Town Councillor and Deputy Mayor
71 Glyn Terrace, Tredegar
Blaenau Gwent, NP22 4JA
Telephone: 07367 454261
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Performance Review Committee; Ordinary Committee; Policy Committee; One Voice Wales Climate Change Adaptation Programme; Tredegar Public Facilities.
Cllr Jaqueline Thomas
Labour
Current Status:
Town Councillor and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Councillor
25 Market Street, Tredegar,
Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3NF
Telephone: 07974 310990
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Committee: Policy Sub-Committee; Events Sub-Committee; Appeals Sub-Committee; One Voice Wales Climate Change Adaptation Programme; Tredegar Business Forum.
Cllr Haydn L. Trollope
Labour
Current Status:
Town Councillor and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Councillor
71 Gainsborough Road
Cefn Golau, Tredegar
Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3TQ
Telephone: 01495 718276
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Sub-Committee; Policy Sub-Committee; Civic Sub-Committee; Events Sub-Committee; Heritage Sub-Committee; Finance & Staffing Sub-Committee; Community, Youth & International Sub-Committee; Tredegar Public Facilities; One Voice Wales Larger Councils.
Cllr Sharon Trollope
Labour
Current Status:
Town Councillor
71 Gainsborough Road
Cefn Golau, Tredegar
Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3TQ
Telephone: 01495 718276
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Sub-Committee; Policy Sub-Committee; Appeals Committee; Community, Youth & International Sub-Committee; Deighton Primary School Governing Body.
Cllr Mark Turner
Labour
Current Status:
Leader, Town Councillor
25 Market Street, Tredegar,
Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3NF
Telephone: 07977 928701
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Committee; Policy Sub-Committee; Civic Sub-Committee; Events Sub-Committee; Heritage Sub-Committee; Finance & Staffing Sub-Committee; Community, Youth & International Sub-Committee; One Voice Wales Climate Change Adaptation Programme; Tredegar Public Facilities; Planning Committee; Quarterly Liaison Meeting/Joint Committee of Local Councils; Gwent Valleys One Voice Wales; One Voice Wales Larger Councils; Tredegar Twinning Association; Pen Bryn Oer Community Fund; Brecon Beacons National Park; Armed Forces Community Covenant.
Georgetown
Sirhowy
Cllr Allan Jones
Labour
Current Status:
Town Councillor
23 Scwrfa Road, Tredegar
Blaenau Gwent, NP22 4AY
Telephone: 01495 726446
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Committee; Policy Sub-Committee; Events Sub-Committee; Heritage Sub-Committee; Appeals Committee; One Voice Wales Climate Change Adaptation Programme; Tredegar Public Facilities; Planning Committee; Glanhowy Primary School Governor.
Cllr Ellen Jones
Labour
Current Status:
Town Councillor and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Councillor
41 Rhoslan, Tredegar
Blaenau Gwent, NP22 4PF
Telephone: 01495 717456
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Committee; Policy Sub-Committee; Civic Sub-Committee; Finance and Staffing Sub-Committee; Community Youth and International Sub-Committee; Gwent Valleys One Voice Wales; Tredegar Twinning Association; Blaenau Gwent CAB.
Cllr Diane Rowberry
Labour
Current Status:
Town Councillor and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Councillor
30 Tynewydd, Nantybwch
Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent
NP22 3SQ
Telephone: 07929 513081
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Committee; Policy Sub-Committee; Civic Sub-Committee; Appeals Committee; Community, Youth and International Sub-Committee; One Voice Wales Climate Change Adaptation Programme.
Cllr Gemma Badham
Cllr Alyson E Tippings
Labour
Current Status:
Deputy Leader, Town Councillor
1 Railway Terrace, Trefil
Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent
NP22 4HA
Telephone: 01495 717783
Committees/Outside Bodies
Civic Committee; Ordinary Committee; Performance Review Committee; Policy Sub-Committee; Civic Sub-Committee; Events Sub-Committee; Heritage Sub-Committee; Finance and Staffing Sub-Committee; Community, Youth and International Sub-Committee; One Voice Wales Climate Change Adaptation Programme; Tredegar Public Facilities; Publicity Committee; One Voice Wales Larger Councils; Pen Bryn Oer Community Fund.