 It is represented by one county councillor who, since 2008, has been Welsh Conservative Party representative Peter Lewis.The town has a primary school, and the bilingual Llanfyllin High School with approximately 1,000 pupils from the town and the surrounding area, about a quarter of whom travel from Shropshire, over the English border.The 2009 inspection of the High School reported GCSE examination results as well above the local and national average.