Seven Sisters (electoral ward)

Seven Sisters
Population	2,032 (2001 census)
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Neath
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Neath
List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot

Seven Sisters was an electoral ward of the Welsh principal area of Neath Port Talbot county borough. The ward, which included, as well as Seven Sisters proper, the lesser settlements of Bryndulais and Nant-y-cafn, was coterminous with the area served by the Seven Sisters Community Council. ^[1]

Lying in the upper Dulais Valley – in which coalmine workings are still very evident (the village is named after Seven Sisters Colliery which closed in the early 1960s) – the area is characterized by extensive forestry to the north, east and south, and open moorland in the northwest and central areas.

Following a 2020 boundary review by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, Seven Sisters was joined by the neighbouring communities of Crynant and Onllwyn to become 'Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters', effective from the 2022 local elections. ^[1]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Hunt	678	70.3	−5.6
	Labour	Nia Ffion Herdman	284	29.5	+5.6
Majority			394	40.9	−11.0
Rejected ballots			2	0.2	+0.1
Turnout			964	62.9	+0.0
Registered electors			1,532		−70
	Independent hold		Swing

2012 election

2012 election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Hunt	764	75.9	+13.9
	Labour	Jako Davies	241	23.9	−13.6
Majority			523	51.9	+27.4
Rejected ballots			1	0.1	-0.4
Turnout			1007	62.9	+5.6
Registered electors			1,602		−83
	Independent hold		Swing

2008 election

2008 election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Hunt	599	62.0	New
	Labour	Peter Lloyd	362	37.5	−17.0
Majority			237	24.5	+14.9
Rejected ballots			5	0.5	-0.1
Turnout			966	57.3	+12.2
Registered electors			1,685		+86
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2004 election

2004 election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Lloyd	393	54.5	−16.3
	Plaid Cymru	Cynthia Lloyd	324	44.9	+38.5'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000047−QINU`"'
Majority			69	9.6	−31.9
Rejected ballots			4	0.6
Turnout			721	45.1	−6.6
Registered electors			1,599		−78
	Labour hold		Swing

1999 election

1999 election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Lloyd	603	70.8	+2.9
	Independent	S. Jones	249	29.2	+3.5
Majority			354	41.5	−0.6
Turnout				51.7	−14.3
Registered electors			1,677		−62
	Labour hold		Swing

1995 election

1995 election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Lloyd	765	67.9	New
	Independent	S. Jones	290	25.7	New
	Plaid Cymru	A. Holloway	72	6.4	New
Majority			475	42.1	New
Turnout				66.0	New
Registered electors			1,739		New
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Review of the Electoral Arrangements of the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot" (PDF). Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. August 2020. pp. 24–25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
2. "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council . Retrieved 25 March 2023.
3. "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 3rd May, 2012". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council . Retrieved 25 March 2023.
4. "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 1st May, 2008". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council . Retrieved 25 March 2023.
5. "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 10th June, 2004". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council . Retrieved 25 March 2023.
6. Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. University of Plymouth . Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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