Sandfields West Explained

Official Name:Sandfields West
Static Image Name:Sandfields, Aberafan - geograph.org.uk - 1096091.jpg
Unitary Wales:Neath Port Talbot
Lieutenancy Wales:West Glamorgan
Country:Wales
Constituency Westminster:Aberavon
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Aberavon
Councillor1:Suzanne Paddison
Party1:Labour
Councillor2:Oliver Davies
Party2:Labour
Councillor3:Robert Wood
Party3:Labour
Population:6,725
Population Ref:(2011 census)
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Sandfields West (Welsh: Gorllewin Traethmelyn) is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. The ward elects three county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.

Description

The community boundaries are coterminous with the electoral ward. Sandfields West is bounded by the wards of Baglan to the northwest, Aberavon to the northeast, and Sandfields East to the southeast.

Sandfields West is a mostly urbanised ward consisting of council housing inland, private housing on the coast and areas of light industry and business park use.

At the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 6,725 (with 5,214 of voting age).

County council elections

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 35.47%. The councillors who were elected were:[1]

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Andre Chavis Labour1173Labour hold
James Evans Labour1088Labour hold
Susan Paddison Labour1078Labour hold
Keith Suter NPT Independent Party377
Oliver Davies NPT Independent Party368
Joan Target NPT Independent Party363
Olga Jones Independent242
Wayne Morris Social Democratic Party219

In February 2017, Councillor James Evans and Councillor Andre Chavis left the Labour party. They sat as Independent councillors.

In the 2017 local council elections, the councillors who were elected were:

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Suzanne Paddison Labour851Labour hold
Oliver Davies Labour838Labour hold
Robert Wood Labour749Labour hold
Andrew Bennison Plaid Cymru430
Audrey Chaves Independent395
Sam Wright Plaid Cymru364
Victoria Griffiths Plaid Cymru360
James Evans Independent339
Taz Taylor Liberal Democrats97

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election results for Sandfields West: County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 3rd May, 2012 . Neath Port Talbot Council . 13 February 2019.