Editing Machynlleth (section)

==Governance==
There are two tiers of local government covering Machynlleth:
*Machynlleth Town Council at [[Community (Wales)|community]] (town) level. The town council is based at Y Plas and has twelve councillors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=http://www.machynlleth-tc.gov.uk/ContactUs.aspx |website=Machynlleth Town Council |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Rachel Flint |url=http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=114684&headline=Mayor%20and%20new%20Machynlleth%20council%20take%20a%20bow&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |title=Mayor and new Machynlleth council take a bow |work=Cambrian News |date=1 June 2017 |access-date=21 January 2018 }}</ref> In 2019, the town council became the first in Wales to formally support [[Welsh independence]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gedge |first1=Anthony |title=Machynlleth first town to back Welsh independence |url=http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=128991&headline=Machynlleth%20first%20town%20to%20back%20Welsh%20independence&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019 |access-date=4 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[Powys County Council]] at [[Principal areas of Wales|county]] level. The ward elects a county councillor. The current county councillor, Michael Williams, was unopposed again at the [[2017 Powys County Council election|May 2017 election]], but won a contested election in 2022. He had been elected unopposed since first winning the seat in 1980. He had also sat on the Machynlleth Town Council since 1974.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rachel Flint |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-39751858 |title=Uncontested council election seats 'mockery of democracy' |work=BBC News |date=2 May 2017 |access-date=21 January 2018 }}</ref>

In both the [[Senedd]] and the [[UK House of Commons]], Machynlleth sits within the Montgomeryshire constituency, whose MS and MP are Conservatives [[Russell George (Welsh politician)|Russell George]] and [[Craig Williams (British politician)|Craig Williams]] respectively.

===Administrative history===
Machynlleth was an [[ancient parish]] in the historic county of [[Montgomeryshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Machynlleth Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10240748 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> When elected parish and district councils were established in 1894, the parish was made an [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1895 |page=270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqAaAQAAIAAJ&pg=270 |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> The Machynlleth Urban District was abolished in 1974, with its area instead becoming a community. District-level functions passed to [[District of Montgomeryshire|Montgomery District Council]], which in turn was abolished in 1996 and its functions passed to Powys County Council.<ref>[[Local Government Act 1972]]</ref><ref>[[Local Government (Wales) Act 1994]]</ref>