At the most recent General Election on 5th May 2005, Chis Ruane (Lab) was re-elected MP for the Vale of Clwyd, one of the 646 constituencies of the United Kingdom. The election results for the Vale of Clwyd are shown below. Prior to the 1997 election, Prestatyn was situated in the constituency of Delyn. However, in the most recent 10-year review of the Boundary Commission in 1995, it was decided that the town's electoral wards should be transferred into a new seat called the Vale of Clwyd in readiness for the 1997 general election. Results shown for the Vale of Clwyd in 1992 are therefore notional ones, calculated from votes cast in 1992 in relevant parts of the former constituencies which then made up the area now covered by the Vale of Clwyd.

Prestatyn is represented by 5 Assembly Members. At the last elections, on 1st May 2003, Ann Jones (Lab) was elected as Assembly Member for the Vale of Clwyd constituency via the first past the post (FPTP) system. The other 4 members were elected via a form of proportional representation (PR), and are: Mark Isherwood (Con), Brynle Williams (Con), Eleanor Burnham (LD) and Janet Ryder (PC). They represent the North Wales area, which is currently composed of 9 Westminster seats (Alyn & Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn). The election results for the Vale of Clwyd are shown below.

In the European Elections on 10th June 2004, a single electoral region of the whole of Wales elected four members to the European Parliament via proportional representation. Although the results in local areas were not of direct importance in the election of candidates, figures are nevertheless known for each local authority. Those for Denbighshire are shown below.

As a result of the 2004 elections, European Members of Parliament representing Prestatyn and the rest of the Wales region are Jonathan Evans (Con), Glenys Kinnock (Lab), Eluned Morgan (Lab) and Jill Evans (PC). European elections previously took place in 1999 when five seats were up for election. The above plus Eurig Wyn (PC) were elected. Prior to this, in 1994 a different electoral system was in place and Joe Wilson (Lab) was elected to the North Wales Euro constituency. This comprised of an area currently represented by 9 Westminster seats (Alyn & Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn).

Elections for Prestatyn Town Council generally take place every 4 years, when all 18 seats in the town are up for election. Below are the results of the most recent Town Council elections, which took place on June 10th, 2004 (elected members are highlighted in bold). The Conservatives currently control the Town Council.

Jeffrey Ronald Hughes subsequently resigned as a member of Prestatyn North ward, and at the ensuing by-election in Autumn 2001, Andrea Pickering - Labour Party - was elected to the vacant seat.

John Edward Carson later resigned as a member of Prestatyn East ward, and at the ensuing by-election in Spring 2002, Julian Thompson-Hill - Conservative Party - was elected to the vacant seat.

Prestatyn is situated in the relatively new county of Denbighshire, which became a reality on 1st April 1996, as a result of local government reorganisation. From 1974-1996, Prestatyn was in the now defunct county of Clwyd, and prior to that, in the former county of Flintshire. The most recent county council elections to take place in Denbighshire were on 10th June 2004, when all previous councillors stood down to either be re-elected or replaced. The results are shown below, along with those for May 1999 and for the inaugural elections held in May 1995, a year before the formation of Denbighshire (elected members are highlighted in bold). Prestatyn elects 10 members to represent the town on the council, it being composed of 47 members in total.

Robin Gwyn Roberts subsequently resigned as a member of Prestatyn South-West ward, and at the ensuing by-election in Autumn 1996, Kenneth Edward Wells - Labour Party - was elected to the vacant seat.

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