Margam and Tai-bach is an electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It includes the communities of Margam, Margam Moors and Taibach. It elects three councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
The ward was created following the recommendations of a local government boundary review, with the merger of the former Margam and Tai-bach wards. [1]
According to the 2011 UK Census, the population of the Margam ward was 5,927 [2] and in the Tai-bach ward it was 4,799. [3]
Tai-bach has previously been represented by two Labour Party councillors, but neither stood for election in 2022. Rob Jones, Labour councillor for Margam stood again at this election, as did Dennis Keogh, former councillor for the nearby Port Talbot ward. [1] Jones was also the former leader of the council.
All three seats were won by the Labour candidates.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Jones | 1,166 | 19 | ||
Labour | Laura Williams | 1,077 | 17 | ||
Labour | Dennis Keogh | 982 | 16 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Colin Deere | 873 | 14 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Stephen Bevan | 868 | 14 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Wayne White | 534 | 9 | ||
Independent | John Bamsey | 532 | 8 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Hill O'Shea | 236 | 4 | ||
Turnout | 2,401 | 39 | |||
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