Seiont (electoral ward) explained

Official Name:Seiont
Country:Wales
Type:Electoral ward
Population:3,038
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Coordinates:53.132°N -4.277°W
Community Wales:Caernarfon
Post Town:CAERNARFON
Postcode Area:LL
Postcode District:LL55
Dial Code:01286
Constituency Westminster:Arfon
Unitary Wales:Gwynedd
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Arfon
Councillors:2 (County)
4 (Town Council)
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Seiont is an electoral ward in the town of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, electing councillors to the town council and Gwynedd Council.

Description

The Seiont ward covers an area either side of the Afon Seiont in the southern part of the community. The ward includes the southern part of Caernarfon town centre, including Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon railway station and the housing estates south of the A4085.

Seiont is bordered to the north by the A4085 (Constantine Road) and Caernarfon High Street, to the northwest by the Menai Strait and is surrounded to the southeast and southwest by the Bontnewydd ward.[1]

The ward population, according to the 2011 Census, was 3,038.[2]

Town ward

Seiont is an electoral ward to Caernarfon Town Council electing four of the seventeen town councillors.[3]

District ward

Seiont was a ward to Arfon Borough Council (abolished 1996), electing two councillors (Independent and Plaid Cymru) at the 1987 and 1991 elections.[4]

Gwynedd county ward

Seiont has been an electoral ward to Gwynedd Council since 1995, electing two county councillors, a mixture of Independent, Plaid Cymru, Labour Party and Llais Gwynedd representatives.[5]

Following the death of Independent councillor Bob Anderson, a by-election was held on 7 October 2010. It was won by Llais Gwynedd's Endaf Cooke with a majority of 120 over the Plaid Cymru candidate.[6] Cooke retained his seat at the May 2012 county council election.

At the 2017 elections Plaid Cymru regained their seat.

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

Seiont's Independent councillor Roy Owen was leader of the Independent group for ten years on the county council, until he resigned from the group in May 2017[7] to form the Gwynedd United Independents. Cllr Owen made the news in 2018 when he personally filled in over 90 potholes in the ward's highways, though Gwynedd Council advised him to stop.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Maps GB. Ordnance Survey. 25 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Seiont - Key Stats . UKcensusdata.com. 25 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Councillors . Caernarfon Royal Town Council . 25 April 2019 .
  4. Web site: Arfon Welsh District Council Election Results 1973–1991 . The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). 25 April 2019 .
  5. Web site: Gwynedd Council Election Results 1995-2012 . The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). 25 April 2019.
  6. News: 'Pob un ward' o fewn gafael Llais Gwynedd . . Welsh . 8 October 2010 . 25 April 2019 .
  7. News: Hywel Trewyn . Ex-Gwynedd group leader declares independence from Independents to set up new party . North Wales Live . 17 May 2017 . 25 April 2019 .
  8. News: Hywel Trewyn . Meet the man who's taking Caernarfon pothole problem into his own hands . North Wales Live . 8 May 2018 . 25 April 2019 .