One of the main ways in which you can influence Council policy and services is through your democratically elected representatives - your Councillors. Councillors are there to represent all of the people in their communities, not just the ones who voted for them. Your Councillors can help you to deal with any problems you may have in relation to Council services and talk to Council on your behalf.

From these pages you can get information about your local Councillors, details of the various Council Committees and have access to Council agendas, reports and minutes.

Denbighshire County Council is represented by 47 Councillors, each elected for a four year term. There are 30 individual electoral divisions where, dependent on the size of the division, there may be up to three Councillors representing that electoral division.

Denbighshire’s full Council, where all 47 Councillors meet as a single body, has the power to make key decisions. These powers, as set out in the Council’s Constitution, include approving the overall Council Budget and setting the level of the Council Tax to be raised for the County.

The Council has also granted powers to an Executive body known as the Cabinet. To manage these Executive arrangements the Council appoints a Leader, who then appoints up to 9 Cabinet Members to serve the Council for individual portfolio areas (service areas). The Cabinet may make decisions either collectively during Cabinet Committee meetings or individually for matters which primarily impact on their portfolio area via a Delegated Decision.

The Council also operates four Scrutiny Committees. They have various roles and their responsibilities including ensuring that the Cabinet and individual Cabinet Members are accountable for their decisions.

Councillors also serve on a range of other important Committees, including regulatory Committees such as Planning and Licensing. These Committees consider certain applications to the Council including applications for planning permission or applications for licensed premises.

If you require further information about any Council matter or service, do not hesitate to contact either your local Councillor or the Council's Cabinet Member with special responsibility for the area in which you are interested.

Information is also available in respect for other forms of elected bodies, including local Town and Community Councils and local members for the Welsh Assembly Government, the Houses of Parliament and for the European Parliament.