15 May 2009

All change on the Council front

Gwynedd Council

Gwynedd Council elects new Chairman

In the annual Gwynedd Council meeting on 4 May, Councillor Anne Lloyd-Jones (Tywyn) was elected as Gwynedd Council Chairman, and Councillor W Tudor Owen (Peblig, Caernarfon) as Vice-Chairman. 

A Gwynedd Councillor since 1995 and previously Meirionnydd District Council, she comes from the Dysynni Valley near Tywyn. She has worked as a tourism operator since 1974 running a farm guest house on the outskirts of Tywyn and she has been Chairman of Mid Wales Tourism since 2001.

As she was elected as Gwynedd Council Chairman, Councillor Anne Lloyd-Jones said:

“It is a great privilege to have been elected Chairman of Gwynedd Council. I look forward immensely to the year ahead, and I will do my best to serve and promote the good work of Gwynedd Council for the benefit of all the county’s residents.”

A Tywyn Town Councillor since 1985, Councillor Anne Lloyd-Jones served as Lady Mayor in 1991 and again in 2004. She takes an active part in a number of charitable organisations and has served as treasurer of Tywyn NSPCC since 1989 and was past president and treasurer of the Inner Wheel club of Tywyn. 

She is married to John who is Chairman of the Countryside Council for Wales and former president of NFU Cymru and they have three daughters. Her interests include travelling, reading, chess and the theatre.

Councillor W Tudor Owen (Peblig, Caernarfon) was elected as Vice-Chairman. He has been a member of Gwynedd Council since 1995.