The fifth election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 3 May 2012. [1] It was preceded by the 2008 election and will be followed by the 2017 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
All council seats were up for election. These were the fifth elections held following local government reorganisation. Labour retained its majority. There was a significant fall in the turnout in many wards and this appears to have worked to Labour's advantage in several instances.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 52 | +15 | 81.3 | 51.7 | 21,672 | +6.8 | |||
Plaid Cymru | 8 | -3 | 12.5 | 20.5 | 8,630 | +0.3 | |||
Neath Port Talbot Independents | 0 | -3 | 11.6 | 4,870 | +0.2 [3] | ||||
Independent | 3 | -3 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 4,006 | -4.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | -4 | 2.5 | 1,057 | -2.5 | ||||
SDP | 1 | -2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1,050 | -0.4 | |||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 669 | +0.5 | ||||
New Millennium Bean Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.8 |
The number of candidates increased compared with 1999.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ceri Golding | 751 | |||
Labour | Mark Jones | 740 | |||
SDP | Anthony Taylor* | 702 | |||
Labour | Barbara Trahar | 613 | |||
SDP | Thomas John Sullivan* | 556 | |||
SDP | Jeffrey Dinham* | 550 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Nicholls-Jones | 185 | |||
Turnout | 1,511 | 35.8 | -3.4 | ||
Labour gain from SDP | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from SDP | Swing | ||||
SDP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Jones* | 431 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ken Thomas | 290 | |||
Majority | 141 | ||||
Turnout | 728 | 40.8 | -8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Lewis* | 463 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Huw Evans | 210 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 679 | 35.9 | -7.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Tallamy was elected as a Ratepayer in 2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Denis Richards* | 1,190 | |||
Labour | Carol Clement | 1,038 | |||
Labour | Paul Greenaway | 906 | |||
Independent | David Keith Coslett | 881 | |||
Independent | John Cardy Tallamy* | 862 | |||
Independent | Mike Lewis | 861 | |||
Conservative | T.J. Morgan | 186 | |||
Turnout | 2,218 | 40.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Siddley* | 363 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Joan Bodman | 290 | |||
Majority | 73 | ||||
Turnout | 654 | 42.3 | -9.3 | ||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Morgan* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Newton James* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor David Williams* | 1,321 | |||
Labour | Marian Aerona Lewis* | 1,168 | |||
Labour | Dave Whitelock | 987 | |||
Independent | Brinley Roblin* | 631 | |||
Independent | Vincent Gwynfor Williams | 500 | |||
Independent | David James Shepherd | 358 | |||
Turnout | 1,995 | 38.6 | -5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Raymond Bryant* | 677 | |||
Labour | Sion Griffiths | 178 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 858 | 45.8 | -7.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rob James | 856 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Janice Dudley* | 825 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Tony Wyn-Jones* | 744 | |||
Labour | Andrew Jenkins | 703 | |||
Turnout | 1,721 | 37.3 | -3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Annette Wingrave | 296 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harvey Little* | 185 | |||
Majority | 111 | ||||
Turnout | 494 | 35.7 | -7.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
John Warman joined Labour since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Warman* | 949 | |||
Labour | Alan Carter | 706 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Desmond James Sparkes* | 226 | |||
Independent | John Edgar Williams | 183 | |||
Turnout | 1,194 | 36.9 | -3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies* | 616 | |||
Labour | Paula Bebell | 382 | |||
Independent | Betsan Richards* | 297 | |||
Independent | Lee Clifford Saunders | 206 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Pauline M. Fellows | 125 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Russell G. Morris | 90 | |||
Turnout | 971 | 32.5 | -5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Harvey | 451 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 268 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 727 | 39.6 | -1.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Marney Bebell* | 406 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Ceri Clarke | 317 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 733 | 34.2 | -7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Pearson | 370 | |||
Plaid Cymru | William Edward Morgan* | 280 | |||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Turnout | 651 | 41.5 | -10.2 | ||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Eirion Richards* | 348 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Gerald Oswald James | 110 | |||
Majority | 248 | ||||
Turnout | 461 | 49.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Scott Jones* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters* | 1,000 | |||
Conservative | Peter Damian Jaques | 78 | |||
Majority | 922 | ||||
Turnout | 1,093 | 44.1 | -5.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace Glyndwr Rawlins* | 271 | |||
Independent | Lindsay David Milsom | 201 | |||
Majority | 70 | ||||
Turnout | 472 | 56.6 | -0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | John Delwyn Morgan* | 711 | |||
Labour | Eddie Jones | 593 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Horace Thomas Lewis* | 534 | |||
Labour | Chris Pavett | 529 | |||
Turnout | 899 | 33.1 | -15.4 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies* | 300 | |||
Labour | Jackie Myers | 286 | |||
Majority | 14 | ||||
Turnout | 591 | 43.8 | -1.6 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynda Ghislaine Williams* | 484 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Ron Williams | 352 | |||
Majority | 132 | ||||
Turnout | 843 | 37.7 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ralph Thomas | 502 | |||
Independent | Jane Jones* | 153 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 655 | 63.8 | +0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arwyn Nigel Woolcock* | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Jones | 402 | |||
Independent | Scott John Sullivan | 166 | |||
SDP | George Roy Rideway | 129 | |||
Conservative | Caroline Yvonne Jones | 110 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mathew Thomas McCarthy | 61 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 868 | 38.1 | -7.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry* | 905 | |||
Labour | John Miller* | 826 | |||
Labour | Sandra Miller* | 808 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Breandan Seosamh Dominic Mac Cathail | 452 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Thomas | 391 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Philippa Jane Richards | 365 | |||
Turnout | 1,330 | 27.2 | -5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Richard Lockyer | 709 | |||
Labour | Mark Protheroe | 628 | |||
Independent | Dai Howells | 341 | |||
Conservative | Basil Ip | 188 | |||
Turnout | 1,082 | 34.7 | -9.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | 718 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Bernard Gunter* | 665 | |||
Independent | Helen Christine Morgan | 207 | |||
Independent | David Hewitt Morgan | 190 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Rob Parry | 153 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Chris Williams | 146 | |||
Turnout | 1,135 | 31.1 | -3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 328 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards | 96 | |||
Majority | 232 | ||||
Turnout | 431 | 45.0 | -7.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Martin Ellis | 252 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jeremy Hurley | 227 | |||
Labour | Kelvin George | 64 | |||
Majority | 25 | ||||
Turnout | 545 | 60.0 | +11.0 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Linet Margaret Purcell* | 911 | |||
Labour | Michael Lloyd James* | 729 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Sue Northcott | 675 | |||
Labour | Vince Hotten | 612 | |||
Turnout | 1,592 | 38.6 | +12.1 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Keogh and Tutton were elected as Ratepayers in 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Ben James* | 831 | |||
Labour | Dennis Keogh* | 782 | |||
Labour | Saifur Rahaman | 707 | |||
Independent | Andrew James Tutton* | 592 | |||
Independent | Marge Jones | 528 | |||
Independent | Stephen Griffiths | 479 | |||
Conservative | Keith James Miller | 107 | |||
Turnout | 1,547 | 35.0 | -3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Desmond William Davies* | 729 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Helen Williams | 278 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,021 | 41.1 | -2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Thomas | 394 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Marcia Spooner* | 265 | |||
Independent | David Howell Atkins | 223 | |||
Majority | 129 | ||||
Turnout | 883 | 43.9 | -0.8 | ||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leila Helen James* | 1,116 | |||
Labour | Edward Victor Latham | 1,041 | |||
Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 879 | |||
Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 750 | |||
Independent | Captain Beany | 669 | |||
Independent | Len Willis* | 622 | |||
Turnout | 2,174 | 40.1 | -1.5 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Olga Jones and Len Willis were deselected and stood as Independents (Willis in a neighboring ward).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Audrey Chaves | 1,173 | |||
Labour | James Stephen Evans | 1,088 | |||
Labour | Suzanne Paddison | 1,078 | |||
Independent | Keith Suter | 377 | |||
Independent | Oliver Stewart Davies | 368 | |||
Independent | Joan Targett | 368 | |||
Independent | Olga Jones* | 242 | |||
SDP | Wayne Morris | 219 | |||
Turnout | 1,853 | 35.5 | -0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Karl Hunt* | 764 | |||
Labour | Jako Davies | 240 | |||
Majority | 524 | ||||
Turnout | 966 | 62.9 | +5.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Rogers* | 1,138 | |||
Labour | Anthony James Taylor* | 942 | |||
Independent | Leslie John Davies | 494 | |||
Turnout | 1,507 | 39.0 | -7.5% | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cari Morgans | 558 | |||
Independent | William David Walters* | 328 | |||
Majority | 230 | ||||
Turnout | 894 | 46.1 | +3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Rebecca Lewis | 302 | |||
Labour | Andrea Paula Davies* | 166 | |||
Independent | Jonathan Hywel Jones | 53 | |||
Majority | 72 | ||||
Turnout | 523 | 47.5 | +7.0 | ||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn* | 591 | |||
Labour | Noir James | 422 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,154 | 49.1 | +3.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
A by-election took place in the Neath South ward on 6 December 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Jenkins | 399 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte May Cross | 130 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
A by-election took place in the Sandfields East ward on 30 October 2014, following the death of Colin Crowley.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Davies | 718 | |||
Port Talbot Residents | Barry Howard Kirk | 222 | |||
UKIP | Keith Suter | 154 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Daniel Mark Thomas | 69 | |||
Conservative | Richard James Minshull | 40 | |||
Turnout | 1,205 | 23.3 | -16.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
A further by-election took place in the Sandfields East ward on 30 October 2014, following the death of Mike Davies.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Crowley | 641 | |||
UKIP | Keith Suter | 361 | |||
Conservative | Richard James Minshull | 47 | |||
Turnout | 1,064 | 20.7 | -2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
A by-election took place in the Cwmllynfell ward on 7 May 2015 following the death of Clifford Richards.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kris Lloyd | 365 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Meirion Owen Jordan | 222 | |||
Green | Jude Bailey‐Murfin | 52 | |||
Majority | 143 | ||||
Turnout | 641 | 68.9 | +19.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Aberavon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Stephen Kinnock of the Welsh Labour Party. It includes the town of Aberavon, although the largest town in the constituency is Port Talbot.
Neath Port Talbot is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north; and Swansea to the west.
Margam is a suburb and community of Port Talbot in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being larger and extending into Taibach community.
Neath North is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales falling within the community of Neath.
Briton Ferry East is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry and the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.
Coedffranc is a village in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales.
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is the local governing body for Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK. Since its creation in 1996 it has been controlled by the Labour Party.
Sandfields is a mainly residential district of Port Talbot, Wales. The area is located in South Wales on a narrow coastal plain between Mynydd Dinas and the sea. The M4 motorway, A48 trunk road and South Wales Main Line run nearby. The area includes a council estate, industrial areas and a seaside resort at Aberavon Beach.
Cymmer is a small village in Neath Port Talbot in Wales, set on a hillside in the Afan Valley near the confluence of the River Afan and the River Corrwg. In 2001, Cymmer had a population of 2,883.
Sandfields West is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. The ward elects three county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Sandfields East is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. The ward elects three county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Bryncoch South is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales forming part of the parish of Blaenhonddan. The ward elects two county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Cwmllynfell is the name of a village, community and electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
Glyncorrwg is a village in the Afan Valley, in southern Wales.
The Baglan electoral ward includes the communities of Baglan and Baglan Bay, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Baglan falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.
Lower Brynamman is a village and an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales.
The electoral ward of Aberavon electoral ward includes the communities of Baglan and Baglan Bay, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Baglan falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.
The third election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 10 June 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
The fourth election to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 1 May 2008. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.
An election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 election. Four candidates were elected unopposed.