Politically mixed: Anglesey has a Labour MP and Plaid Cymru AM

William John (WJ) Williams says he wants to ensure that young people can stay on the island to live and work.

Mr Williams, a retired headmaster, has been chosen as leader of Anglesey Forward, (M�n Ymlaen) - the largest group on the newly-elected council.

He is expected to be confirmed as council leader next Thursday.

People want a prosperous island, where our young people can find quality jobs and live in their own homes WJ Williams

Anglesey has a complicated political history, and before the election the island was run by a unique grouping which included Plaid Cymru and former Labour councillors.

The Labour members had been expelled by their party when they refused to withdraw from the coalition.

WJ Williams first led the county council in 1998-99

Anglesey Forward has 22 members, although negotiations are continuing which could see that number rise. It is enough to give the group a majority on the 40-member council.

Most Anglesey Forward members are Independents or were elected as unaffiliated.

How Anglesey voted Unaffiliated: 17 Independent: 11 Plaid Cymru: 8 Conservative: 2 Labour: 1 Liberal Democrat: 1

The council has also been affected by a series of damaging reports by district auditors which led to the departure of two senior officials and a police investigation into councillors and officers.

Mr Williams, who represents the Llanddyfnan ward, said councillors had to listen to the "clear messages" voters gave them during the election.

"People want a prosperous island, where our young people can find quality jobs and live in their own homes," he said.

"We must move to create a fresh focus on economic regeneration, creating employment and affordable housing in local communities."

Mr Williams said Anglesey Forward was firmly committed to taking on crime and disorder and would work the police to make sure islanders "feel safe in their own communities and homes."

Mr Williams first became a member of the former Anglesey Borough Council in 1974, and was leader of the new county council in 1998-99.