Previous Commissioners

Members of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales and Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales.

  • Ronald Waterhouse QC
    Chairman, 1974 - 1978
  • Michael Gibbon QC
    Deputy Chairman, 1974 - 1978
    Chairman, 1978 - 1979
  • Dr Elwyn Davies MA MSc PhD LLD
    Member, 1974 - 1978
    Deputy Chairman, 1978 - 1979
  • W R Mathias CBE YH / JP
    Member, 1974 - 1979
  • W H Coleman YH / JP
    Member, 1974 - 1981
  • R T D Williams BA LLB
    Member, 1978 - 1985
  • Lady Elisabeth Crawshay CBE
    Chairman, 1979 - 1994
  • D W C Morgan LLB
    Member, 1979 - 1984
  • Idris Davey BSc
    Deputy Chairman, 1979 – 1989
  • D E A Jones CBE LLB
    Member, 1985 - 1989
  • R Hall Williams
    Deputy Chairman, 1989 – 1996
  • R K Lacey
    Member, 1989 - 1994
  • Professor Eric Sunderland LL MA PhD FIBiol
    Chairman, 1994 - 2001
  • E F L Fitzhugh OBE
    Member, 1994 - 1996
    Deputy Chairman, 1996 - 2001
  • Susan G Smith OBE LLB
    Member, 1996 - 2001
    Chairman, 2001 - 2008
  • J E Davies OBE
    Deputy Chairman, 2001- 2006
  • D H Roberts MBE BSc
    Member, 2002 - 2006
    Deputy Chairman, 2006 - 2008
  • The Reverend H. M. Davies BD
    Member, 2006 - 2008
    Deputy Chairman, 2009 - 2011
  • Paul Wood QPM
    Deputy Chairman, 2008
    Chairman, 2009 - 2011
  • John Bader
    Member, 2009 - 2011
  • Sandy Blair CBE
    Member, 2011 - 2012
  • Max Caller CBE
    Chairman, 2011 - 2012
  • Owen Watkin OBE LLB DPA MA DL
    Chairman, 2012 - 2019
  • Debra Williams
    Chair, 2020 - 2022
  • Ceri Stradling
    Deputy Chair, 2012 - 2022
  • David Powell
    Member, 2012 - 2022
  • Theodore Joloza
    Member, 2015 - 2021
  • Julie May
    Member, 2015 - 2021