Rhondda (Pontypridd electoral ward)

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Rhondda is the name of an electoral ward in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The ward covers the northwest part of the Pontypridd community, including Hopkinstown, Maesycoed, Pantygraig Wen and Pwllgwaun. [1]

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Town council

Rhondda is a community ward for Pontypridd Town Council, electing four town councillors. [2]

County Borough Council

The county borough ward elected two county councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. At the May 2017 elections Tina Leyshon and Rob Smith were re-elected for the Welsh Labour Party. [3] Leyshon had represented the ward since 1999 and Smith since 2004. [4]

Following a local government boundary review, effective from the May 2022 local elections, the ward was combined with the neighbouring Graig ward to become a new ward named 'Graig and Pontypridd West'. The new ward elects two county borough councillors.

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References

  1. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. Rhondda Ward, Pontypridd Town Council website. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. County Borough Council Elections 2017, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. Rhondda Cyon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Election Centre. Retrieved 1 April 2018.