GWYNEDD is set to lose six county councillors under proposals presented by the Boundary Commission for Wales.

The final report, which has now been presented to the Welsh Government for approval, recommends that the number of county councillors in Gwynedd should be cut from 75 to 69 after the next elections.

A series of boundary changes have also been proposed in a bid to even out the number of eligible voters across the proposed 65 electoral wards, with four set to elect two members each.

Talysarn would disappear from the map by becoming part of an amended Llanllyfni division if the plans go ahead, with the existing Morfa Nefyn and Tudweiliog wards also merged into one.

Llyn will continue to see its representation cut, with Aberdaron and Botwnnog merged as part of a new ‘Pen draw Llyn’ ward, as well as Mynytho with Llanbedrog and Abersoch with Llanengan.

The community of Llanfrothen, meanwhile, will be removed from the Penrhyndeudreth ward and join up with the renamed ‘Glaslyn’ ward which will be made up of the existing ‘Tremadog’ electoral unit.

Controversially, the community of Nebo will be cut out of the Llanllyfni ward and join up with Clynnog, meaning that the new division would straddle the existing parliamentary boundaries of Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd.

New multi-member wards will also be established for ‘Bethel a’r Felinheli’ and ‘Harlech a Llanbedr’, replacing the previous single entities in both areas.

One of the biggest shake-ups will be seen in Bangor, which is blamed on the number of non-registered voters in the city.

Although it’s proposed that Glyder and Dewi will remain unchanged, the remaining Deiniol, Garth, Hendre, Hirael, Marchog, Menai and Pentir wards will be replaced by the ‘Canol Bangor’ and ‘Dwyrain Bangor’ divisions, which will have two members each.

Also created will be the new ‘Y Faenol’ ward, which will include more urban areas than currently form part of the Pentir ward.

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