The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023
On 6 May 2022, the provisions of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (“the 2021 Act”) relating to the single transferable vote system at the election of councillors to a principal council in Wales came into force. These provisions allow principal councils to decide to conduct elections using the single transferable vote system instead of the simple majority system (see, in particular, sections 7 to 9 of that Act).