Editing Carmarthenshire (section)

== Local government ==
{{main|Carmarthenshire County Council}}
Under the [[Local Government Act 1888]], Carmarthenshire became an [[administrative county]] with a [[county council]] taking over functions from the [[Quarter Sessions]]. Under the [[Local Government Act 1972]],<ref name=lga1972>{{cite book|title=Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70|publisher=The Stationery Office Ltd|isbn=0-10-547072-4|year=1997}}</ref> the administrative county of Carmarthenshire was abolished on 1 April 1974 and the area of Carmarthenshire became three districts within the new county of [[Dyfed]] : [[Carmarthen (district)|Carmarthen]], [[Dinefwr Borough Council|Dinefwr]] and [[Llanelli (district)|Llanelli]]. Until 1974, Carmarthenshire 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: Carmarthenshire Towns and Parishes|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/indexpars|access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref> Under the [[Local Government (Wales) Act 1994]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/contents |title=Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 |year=1994 |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |work=[[Legislation.gov.uk]] |access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref> Dyfed was abolished on 1 April 1996 and Carmarthenshire was re-established as a county.<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><ref>{{cite book|author=Breverton, Terry |title=Wales: A Historical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2qoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |year=2012|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-0990-4 |page=81}}</ref> The three districts united to form a [[unitary authority]] which had the same boundaries as the traditional county of Carmarthenshire. In 2003, the [[Clynderwen]] community council area was transferred to the administrative county of [[Pembrokeshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/objview.asp?object_id=2985 |title=Community ref 11,: Clunderwen |work=Review of Communities |publisher=Pembrokeshire County Council |access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

As of 2024, the council leader is Darren Price of [[Plaid Cymru]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=Your Councillors |url=https://democracy.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/mgMemberIndex.aspx |access-date=2024-07-27 |publisher=Carmarthenshire County Council |language=en}}</ref>
The county covers three [[Senedd constituencies]], with its [[Members of the Senedd]] since [[2021 Senedd election|2021]] being:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members of Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) |url=https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-democracy/councillors-ams-and-mps/members-of-welsh-parliament/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |publisher=Carmarthenshire County Council}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Kurtz]] ([[Welsh Conservatives]]) for [[Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Senedd constituency)|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire]]
* [[Adam Price]] (Plaid Cymru) for [[Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Senedd constituency)|Carmarthen East and Dinefwr]]
* [[Lee Waters]] ([[Welsh Labour]]) for [[Llanelli (Senedd constituency)|Llanelli]].
In the [[UK Parliament]], the county covers two [[UK Parliament constituencies in Wales]], with its [[Members of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] since [[List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (2024–present)|2024]] being:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members of Parliament |url=https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-democracy/councillors-ams-and-mps/members-of-parliament/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |publisher=Carmarthenshire County Council}}</ref>
* [[Ann Davies (politician)|Ann Davies]] ([[Plaid Cymru|PC]]) for [[Caerfyrddin (UK Parliament constituency)|Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen)]]
* [[Nia Griffith]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]]) for [[Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency)|Llanelli]].