Seven Sisters (electoral ward)

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Seven Sisters
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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]

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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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steve Hunt 678 70.3 -5.6
Labour Nia Ffion Herdman28429.5+5.6
Majority39440.9-11.0
Rejected ballots20.2+0.1
Turnout 96462.9+0.0
Registered electors 1532-70
Independent hold Swing

2012 election

2012 election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steve Hunt 764 75.9 +13.9
Labour Jako Davies24123.9-13.6
Majority52351.9+27.4
Rejected ballots10.1-0.4
Turnout 100762.9+5.6
Registered electors 1602-83
Independent hold Swing

2008 election

2008 election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steve Hunt 599 62.0 New
Labour Peter Lloyd36237.5-17.0
Majority23724.5+14.9
Rejected ballots50.5-0.1
Turnout 96657.3+12.2
Registered electors 1685+86
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2004 election

2004 election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Lloyd 393 54.5 -16.3
Plaid Cymru Cynthia Lloyd32444.9+38.5 [n 1]
Majority699.6-31.9
Rejected ballots40.6
Turnout 72145.1-6.6
Registered electors 1599-78
Labour hold Swing

1999 election

1999 election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Lloyd 603 70.8 +2.9
Independent S. Jones24929.2+3.5
Majority35441.5-0.6
Turnout 51.7-14.3
Registered electors 1677-62
Labour hold Swing


1995 election

1995 election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Lloyd 765 67.9 New
Independent S. Jones29025.7New
Plaid Cymru A. Holloway726.4New
Majority47542.1New
Turnout 66.0New
Registered electors 1739New
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ compared to 1995 election

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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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