 From 1973 until 1996 it was a single-member ward for the purposes of elections to Dyfed County Council and a two-member ward for elections to Carmarthen District Council

Since 2017 the ward has been represented by Plaid Cymru councillors Gareth John and Alun Lenny.In 1995, Dr Margaret Evans, a Liberal Democrat member of Carmarthen District Council since 1991 and Russell Davies, a Labour member of the same authority since 1979 were elected as the ward's first representatives on the new Carmarthenshire County Council.One of the seats was won by the Liberal Democrats in 1995 but lost to an Independent at a by-election following the death of the sitting member.