Mountain Ash East (electoral ward)

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Mountain Ash East was the name of an electoral ward in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It elected councillors to Cynon Valley Borough Council and later Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. It merged with Mountain Ash West to form the Mountain Ash ward in 2022.

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Its boundaries were coterminous with the community of Mountain Ash East, which covers the area of the village of Mountain Ash east of the River Cynon, including the areas of Caegarw, Cwmpennar and Newtown. [1] According to the 2011 UK Census, the population of Mountain Ash East was 2,909. [2] In 2012 the registered electorate was 2,208. [3]

Background

The ward elected two councillors to Cynon Valley Borough Council between 1983 and 1996. [4] Since the creation of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, Mountain Ash East has elected one county borough councillor. [3] Since the creation of the ward in 1983, the ward was represented by Plaid Cymru councillor Pauline Jarman.

Following a local government boundary review, Mountain Ash East and Mountain Ash West wards were merged to become Mountain Ash, effective from the 2022 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election. [5] [6] Pauline Jarman lost her seat at this election, after 46 years as a councillor for the area. [7]

Election results

Incumbent councillors are marked below with an asterisk (*)

2017

Rhondda Cynon Taff Council election, 4 May 2017 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Pauline Jarman* 488   
Cynon Valley Steve Carter263  
Labour Jackie Fox240  
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

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References

  1. Election Maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  2. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Mountain Ash East 2011 Census Ward (1237328000)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 Rhondda Cyon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Election Centre. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. "Cynon Valley Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  5. "Review of the Electoral Arrangements of the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf" (PDF). Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. March 2020. pp. 67–68. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. Anthony Lewis (29 April 2022). "The predicted key seats during Rhondda Cynon Taf's council election". Wales Online . Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. "Rhondda Cynon Taf local elections 2022: Labour remains in control as councillor loses her seat after 46 years". Wales Online. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. County Borough Council Elections 2017, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 June 2022.