Lower Brynamman Explained

Country:Wales
Coordinates:51.806°N -3.8782°W
Official Name:Lower Brynamman
Welsh Name:Brynaman Isaf
Population:1,330
Population Ref:(2011census)
Unitary Wales:Neath Port Talbot
Lieutenancy Wales:West Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Neath
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Neath
Post Town:PORT TALBOT
Postcode District:SA18
Postcode Area:SA
Dial Code:01269
Os Grid Reference:SN706136
Councillor1:Arwyn Woolcock
Party1:Labour

Lower Brynamman is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough in Brynamman, Wales.

Electoral ward

The electoral ward of Lower Brynamman forms part of the parish of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen. The ward consists of some or all of the settlements of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Lower Brynamman and Tairgwaith in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. The ward has settlements to the far east; however, most of the ward is dominated by current and disused open cast mine workings. It is bounded by the wards of Quarter Bach of Carmarthenshire to the north, Cwmllynfell to the south east, and Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen to the south west.

In the May 2017 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election, the results were:

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Arwyn Woolcock Labour439Labour hold
Robert Smith Plaid Cymru93

In the 2012 local council elections, Arwyn Woolcock of the Labour Party was returned unopposed.