Bynea (electoral ward)

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Bynea is an electoral ward, representing part of the community of Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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In 2014, the Bynea electoral ward had an electorate of 4,931. [1] According to the 2001 UK Census 87% were born in Wales. 35% of the population claimed to be able to speak Welsh. [1]

Current Representation

Dafan is a ward to Llanelli Rural Council, electing three community councillors. [2]

The Bynea Ward is a single-member ward for the purposes of Carmarthenshire County Council elections. Since 2012 it has been represented by Labour Party councillor D.M. Cundy.

Elections

The first election to the new unitary Carmarthenshire County Council took place in 1995. Bynea was by the Labour Party defeating a Green Party candidate who was a sitting member of Llanelli Borough Council.

Bynea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*533
Independent Green Marcus Hughes*320
Majority213
Labour gain from Independent Green Swing

At the 1999, Labour held the seat unopposed.

Bynea 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Dillwyn Bowen*unopposed
Labour hold Swing

In 2004 the sitting Labour member chose to contest the Llwynhendy ward and Bynea was won by an Independent.

Bynea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gwynne Harris Woolridge544
Labour Muriel Jones329
Majority215
Independent gain from Labour Swing

In 2008, Labour fared badly in the Llanelli area as a whole and Woolridge comfortably held Bynea.

Bynea 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gwynne Harris Woolridge*505
Independent Stephen Michael Donoghue244
Labour Mair Bartlett196
Majority261
Independent hold Swing

In 2012, on a very low turnout, Labour came from third place to take a seat held by the Independent candidate, a member of the cabinet, since 2004.

Bynea 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deryk Michael Cundy445
Independent Gwynne Harris Woolridge*328
People FirstMichelle Williams179
Majority117
Turnout 23.6
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Earlier History

County Council Elections

The long-standing ward boundaries in the Llanelli Rural area were redrawn in the 1980s to create three new wards, namely Felinfoel, Hengoed and Llwynhendy. Each of these wards returned a member to Dyfed County Council in 1989 and 1993. For county elections, Bynea was part of the Llwynhendy ward.

When the current Carmarthenshire County Council was formed in 1995, the Bynea Wards elected one member to the new authority.

District Council Elections

At the same time as the boundary changes for county elections, noted above, six wards were created in the Llanelli Rural area for district and community elections. Therefore, from 1987, Bynea formed an electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Llanelli Borough Council. Bynea returned one member, for the Labour Party in 1987 and for the Green Party in 1991. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bynea Ward: Electoral Division Profile" (PDF). Carmarthenshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. "Members". Llanelli Rural Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. "Llanelli Welsh District County Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 17 May 2019.