Baglan (electoral ward)

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Baglan
Neath Port Talbot UK ward location - Baglan.png
Location of Baglan ward within
Neath Port Talbot County Borough
Population 6,819 (2011 census [1] )
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
Councillors
  • Peter Richards(Labour)
  • Carol Clement(Labour)
  • Susan Renkes(Labour)
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Neath Port Talbot

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.

Baglan, Neath Port Talbot village in Wales

Baglan is a large village in Wales, adjoining Port Talbot, named after Saint Baglan. Baglan is also a community and ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough. In 2001, the population was 6,654.

Baglan Bay(Welsh: Bae Baglan) is a part of the Swansea Bay coastline and a district of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. The area currently has no residents and is entirely occupied by industrial and commercial developments. Baglan Bay is also the name of a local government community coterminous with the area used by the industrial works and immediate coastline, and with no residents it has no community council. Baglan Bay is served by the M4 Motorway and the A48 road which traverse the northeastern edge of the area.

Neath Port Talbot county borough and unitary authority areas

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the eighth most populous local authority area in Wales and the third most populous county borough. The actual population taken at the 2011 census was 139,812. The coastal areas are mainly English-speaking, however there are many Welsh-speaking communities in the Valleys to the north of the borough.

Baglan is bounded by the wards of Briton Ferry West and Briton Ferry East to the north; Bryn and Cwmavon and Port Talbot to the east; and Aberavon and Sandfields West to the south.

Briton Ferry West human settlement in United Kingdom

Briton Ferry West is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry.

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.

Bryn and Cwmavon human settlement in United Kingdom

Bryn and Cwmavon is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, south Wales. The electoral ward comprises the parishes of Bryn and Cwmavon.

The Baglan ward can be divided roughly into three zones. The industrial zone lies to the south west of the M4 Motorway at Baglan Bay on the site that was once occupied by a BP Chemical works. It is now an industrial regeneration area. The residential zone lies just to the northeast of the M4, consisting of Baglan village. The far north and eastern portion of the ward consists of undeveloped grassland and woodland.

County council elections

The ward elects three county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. At the Neath Port Talbot local council elections on 4 May 2017, the results were:

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Local governing body in 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.

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Peter RichardsLabour1309Labour hold
Carol ClementLabour1159Labour hold
Susan RenkesLabour1009Labour hold
Nicola ButterfieldPlaid Cymru699

On 3 May 2012 the Local Council elections were held. The turnout was 40.42% and the results were:

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Peter RichardsLabour1190Labour hold
Carol ClementLabour1038Labour hold
Paul GreenawayLabour906Labour gain
David CoslettIndependent881
John TallamyIndependent862
Mike LewisIndependent861
T J MorganConservative186

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The electoral ward of Port Talbot in Neath Port Talbot county borough covers the town centre of Port Talbot and the district of Pen-y-cae. The rest of the ward to the east consists of grassland and woodland. The electoral ward is coterminous with the Port Talbot community boundaries.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 11 April 2015.

Coordinates: 51°37′07″N3°47′38″W / 51.61850°N 3.79392°W / 51.61850; -3.79392

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