Rhyl West

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Rhyl West
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Electoral wards in and surrounding Rhyl
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Rhyl West
Location within Denbighshire
Population4,386 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ015815
Community
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RHYL
Postcode district LL18
Dialling code 01745
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors2 (County)
4 (Town Council)
List of places
UK
Wales
Denbighshire
53°19′05″N3°29′38″W / 53.318°N 3.494°W / 53.318; -3.494 Coordinates: 53°19′05″N3°29′38″W / 53.318°N 3.494°W / 53.318; -3.494

Rhyl West is the name of one of the electoral wards of the town of Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. It covers the northwest part of the town, including the town centre at one end and as far as Marine Lake and the Marina Quay on the western edge. Rhyl East ward lies to the east, Rhyl South West to the south and Conwy County Borough's Kinmel Bay ward to the west. [1]

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Description

Rhyl West includes Rhyl town centre and the area of the town to the southwest. According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 4,386 (with 3,369 of voting age). [2]

In 2008 Rhyl West was measured as the most deprived ward in Wales, according to the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation. [3] According to a 2002 article in The Guardian , "many guest houses on the west side of town where the posh people once lived have been converted into cheap bedsits, homes for locals and incomers united by poverty and sometimes drugs". [4] In 2008 the town was earmarked for help with regeneration, from the Welsh Government. [5] In October Rhyl West councillors Ian Armstrong and Joan Butterfield joined local MP, Chris Ruane, to paint out a notorious derelict shop sign which read "Rhyl's Biggest Receiver Of Stolen Goods". [3] Men in the ward had the second lowest life expectancy at birth, 68.3 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016. [6]

County council elections

The ward elects two county councillors to Denbighshire County Council and, at the May 2017 election, the seats were won by Patricia Jones and Peter Prendegast for Welsh Labour. [7] The ward has consistently elected Labour councillors since 1995. [8]

Rhyl Town Council

For elections to Rhyl Town Council the town is divided into nine community wards, with Rhyl West county ward being subdivided into two community wards, Foryd and Bodfor. Four of the twenty two town councillors are elected from the Foryd and Bodfor wards. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Election maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ↑ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rhyl West 2011 Census Ward (1237327530)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 "MP paints out town's tainted past". BBC News. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. ↑ David Ward (16 March 2002). "A town scarred by poverty". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "New plan to boost seaside towns". BBC News. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Bennett, James; et al. (22 November 2018). "Contributions of diseases and injuries to widening life expectancy inequalities in England from 2001 to 2016: a population-based analysis of vital registration data". Lancet public health. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Gareth Joy (5 May 2017) Election 2017: Denbighshire Council results, Point FM . Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Denbighshire County Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Elections Centre. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Councillors, Rhyl Town Council website. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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