Pontypridd,colloquially referred to as Ponty,is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf,South Wales,approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre.
Rhondda Cynon Taf is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys:the Rhondda Fawr,Rhondda Fach,Cynon,Taff and Ely valleys,plus several towns and villages away from the valleys.
Treforest is a village in the south-east of Pontypridd,in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is situated in the Treforest electoral ward,along with the village of Glyntaff. It is part of the Pontypridd Town community. Treforest runs along the west bank of the River Taff,while Glyntaff runs along its east bank.
Pontypridd is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Alex Davies-Jones of the Labour Party.
Taff-Ely was a local government district with borough status in Wales from 1974 to 1996.
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council is the governing body for Rhondda Cynon Taf,one of the principal areas of Wales. The council headquarters are at the Llys Cadwyn development in Pontypridd.
Darren David Millar is a Welsh Conservative politician who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Clwyd West since 2007.
Llantwit Fardre is a large village and community situated on the A473,Pontypridd to Bridgend,road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old parish and the community area that takes in the villages of Llantwit Fardre,Tonteg and Church Village. It is in the county of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Andrew Robert Tudor Davies CBE is a Welsh politician serving as Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group in the Senedd since 2021,previously holding the position from 2011 to 2018. He has been a Member of the Senedd (MS) since 2007.
Church Village is a large village in the historic parish and community of Llantwit Fardre,located within the Taff Ely district of the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales. The village is centrally located being around 4 miles (6.4 km) from the local principal towns of Llantrisant to the southwest and Pontypridd to the north and is situated approximately 8 miles northwest of Cardiff city centre.
Tonteg is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taf in South Wales. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Pontypridd,9 miles (14.5 km) north west of Cardiff and 4 miles (6.44 km) north east of Llantrisant. The village is within the community of Llantwit Fardre. Tonteg is to the north west of the Garth Mountain,on the west side of the River Taff valley,at the top of a hill known locally as Powerstation Hill. The hill gets its name from the Upper Boat power station which was situated at the bottom of the hill until it was demolished in 1972. Tonteg is next to Church Village and the boundaries between the two villages are blurred. A significant part of the Treforest Industrial Estate falls within the Willowford area of Tonteg.
Afon Clun is a 14-mile (23 km) long tributary of the River Ely,in the counties of Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. Its bedrock is predominantly of sandstone. Beginning on the western slope of The Garth the river is fast-flowing,in clear shallow water with a hard substrate,flowing to the south of Llantrisant and generally west to its confluence with the River Ely at Pontyclun,falling 715 feet (218 m) over its course.
The 2017 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2017 to elect members of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council in Wales. This was the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election took place on 3 May 2012 and the next full election took place in 2022.
Heledd Fychan is a Welsh politician and a former director of policy and political education for Plaid Cymru. She was elected to the Senedd for the South Wales Central region in May 2021.
Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. She has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims since July 2024. She previously served as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding from November 2023 to July 2024.
Gwlad is a centre-right Welsh nationalist and pro-independence political party. Its current leader is Gwyn Wigley Evans.
Samuel Kurtz is a Welsh Conservative politician who has been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire since the 2021 Senedd election. Kurtz has been the Welsh Conservatives' Shadow Energy and Economy Minister since April 2024. Kurtz was a Pembrokeshire County Councillor from 2017 to 2022,representing Scleddau ward.
Elizabeth "Buffy" Williams is a Welsh politician who is the Labour Member of the Senedd for Rhondda.
Tom Giffard is a Welsh Conservative politician who has served as Member of the Senedd (MS) for the region of South Wales West since 2021.
