Glynneath (electoral ward)

Glynneath
Population	3,430 (2011 census)
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Ceremonial county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Neath
Welsh Assembly	Neath
Councillors	Del Morgan (Plaid Cymru)
	Eddie Jones (Labour)
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot

Glynneath is the name of an electoral ward and a parish in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

The electoral ward of Glynneath consists of some or all of the following settlements: Glynneath, Morfa Glas, Rheola, Crugau, Pont-walby, Bryn-awel, Pentreclwydau and Aber-pergwym in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Most of the ward consists of woodland. The floor of the Vale of Neath crosses the ward on its south eastern edge. The biggest settlement in the ward is in the town of Glynneath near the northeast. The far north eastern areas of the ward consists of open farmland.

Glynneath is bounded by the wards of Onllwyn to the north; Tawe Uchaf (in Powys) to the north-east; Rhigos (in Rhondda Cynon Taf) to the east; Blaengwrach to the south-east; Resolven to the south; Crynant to the south-west; and Seven Sisters to the west.

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 33.10%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Del Morgan	Plaid Cymru	711	Plaid Cymru hold
Eddie Jones	Labour	593	Labour gain
Horace Thomas Lewis	Plaid Cymru	534
Chris Pavett	Labour	529

Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot county borough

Aberavon	Aberavon Baglan Briton Ferry East Briton Ferry West Bryn and Cwmavon Coedffranc Central Coedffranc North Coedffranc West Cymmer Glyncorrwg Gwynfi Margam Port Talbot Sandfields East Sandfields West Tai-Bach

Neath	Aberdulais Allt-Wen Blaengwrach Bryncoch North Bryncoch South Cadoxton Cimla Crynant Cwmllynfell Dyffryn Glynneath Godre'r Graig Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Lower Brynamman Neath East Neath North Neath South Onllwyn Pelenna Pontardawe Resolven Rhos Seven Sisters Tonna Trebanos Ystalyfera

Communities of Neath Port Talbot county borough

Aberavon Baglan Baglan Bay Blaengwrach Blaenhonddan Briton Ferry Bryn Cilybebyll Clyne and Melincourt Coedffranc Crynant Cwmavon Cwmllynfell Dyffryn Clydach Glyncorrwg Glynneath Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Margam Margam Moors Neath Onllwyn Pelenna Pontardawe Port Talbot Resolven Sandfields East Sandfields West Seven Sisters Taibach Tonna Ystalyfera

Coordinates: 51°44′49″N 3°37′10″W / 51.74693°N 3.61938°W / 51.74693; -3.61938

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/8/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.