Editing Ceredigion (section)

==Government==
{{See also|Ceredigion County Council}}
[[File:WalesCardiganshireTrad.png|thumb|Ceredigion, as shown with traditional boundaries]]

Between 1889 and 1974, the county was governed by [[Cardiganshire County Council]], which took over the local government functions of the [[quarter sessions]].<ref name=CountyCouncil/> The county council was abolished in 1974 by the [[Local Government Act 1972]], with the area becoming the lower-tier [[Ceredigion District Council|district of Ceredigion]] within the larger county of [[Dyfed]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Wade, William |author2=Forsyth, Christopher |title=Administrative Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRENBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 |year=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-968370-3 |pages=91–92}}</ref> Until 1974, Cardiganshire had been governed locally by [[civil parish]]es; these in large part equated to [[parish|ecclesiastical parishes]], most of which still exist as part of the Church in Wales.<ref>{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Cardiganshire Towns and Parishes|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/indexpars|access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref> Further local government reform under the [[Local Government (Wales) Act 1994]] saw the area become a [[unitary authority]] on 1 April 1996. The 1994 act specified that the reformed council was to have both a Welsh and an English name: Sir Aberteifi / Cardiganshire. Before the new arrangements came into force the incoming council resolved to change the name to Ceredigion in both languages. The government agreed the change of name, which took effect on 2 April 1996, one day after the new authority formally came into being.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hansard: Written Answers |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960402/text/60402w33.htm#60402w33.html_spnew3 |website=UK Parliament |access-date=3 October 2022 |date=2 April 1996}}</ref><ref name=2002order>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The County of Ceredigion (Electoral Changes) Order 2002|year=2002|number=3278|accessdate=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Schaefer>{{cite book|author=Schaefer, Christina K. |title=Instant Information on the Internet!: A Genealogist's No-frills Guide to the British Isles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xRI0H8pE8UC&pg=PA51 |year=1999 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn=978-0-8063-1614-7 |page=51}}</ref>

A [[Referendums in the United Kingdom|referendum]] was held on 20 May 2004 on whether to have a [[Elected mayors in the United Kingdom|directly elected mayor]] for the county, which would have been the first in Wales. The [[Llais Ceredigion]] political initiative had been formed with this aim,<ref>{{cite news |title=New party reveals election targets |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3373825.stm |newspaper=BBC News |date=6 January 2004 |access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref> but the proposal was rejected.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gains for Plaid in Ceredigion |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3797037.stm |newspaper=BBC News |date=11 June 2004 |access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref>

As of 2024, the council leader is Bryan Davies of [[Plaid Cymru]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=Your Councillors |url=https://council.ceredigion.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=council.ceredigion.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

The entire county is a [[Senedd constituency]], with its [[Member of the Senedd]] being [[Elin Jones]] (Plaid Cymru) for the [[Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)|Ceredigion constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senedd Cymru Elections - Ceredigion County Council |url=https://ceredigion.gov.uk/your-council/voting-elections/election-results/senedd-cymru-elections/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=ceredigion.gov.uk}}</ref>

At Westminster, all of Ceredigion is in the [[Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion Preseli]] constituency since 2024, replacing [[Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Parliamentary Review - Revised Proposals {{!}} Boundary Commission for Wales |url=https://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/reviews/10-22/2023-parliamentary-review-revised-proposals |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=[[Boundary Commission for Wales]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election for a Member of - Ceredigion County Council |url=https://ceredigion.gov.uk/your-council/voting-elections/election-for-a-member-of-parliament-for-the-ceredigion-preseli-constituency/election-for-a-member-of-parliament-for-the-ceredigion-preseli-constituency-information-for-candidates-and-agents/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=ceredigion.gov.uk}}</ref> With [[Ben Lake]] (Plaid Cymru) being re-elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales|2024 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ceredigion Preseli - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/W07000093 |access-date=2024-07-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>