List of electoral wards in Bridgend County Borough
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This list of electoral wards in Bridgend County Borough includes council wards, which elect councillors to Bridgend County Borough Council and community wards, which elect councillors to community councils. As of 2022 there are 28 county borough wards and 49 community council wards.
Wards 1995
[edit]At the 1995 elections to Bridgend County Borough Council 48 county councillors were elected from 28 electoral wards,[1] as follows (numbers of councillors in brackets):
- Bettws (1)
- Blackmill (1)
- Blaengarw (1)
- Brackla (1)
- Caerau (2)
- Cefn Cribwr (1)
- Coity Higher (2)
- Cornelly (2)
- Coychurch Lower (1)
- Laleston/Merthyr Mawr (3)
- Llangeinor (1)
- Llangynwyd (1)
- Maesteg East (2)
- Maesteg West (2)
- Morfa (2)
- Nantyffyllon (1)
- Nant-y-Moel (1)
- Newcastle (2)
- Newcastle Higher (1)
- Ogmore Vale (1)
- Oldcastle (2)
- Pencoed (3)
- Pontycymmer (1)
- Porthcawl East (3)
- Porthcawl West (4)
- Pyle (3)
- St Bride's Minor (2)
- Ynysawdre (1)
Wards 1999
[edit]Since The County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 (and from the 1999 county council elections) the county borough has been divided into 39 electoral wards electing 54 county councillors.[2] Six of these wards are coterminous with communities (civil parishes) of the same name. Some communities have their own elected council. The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':
* = Communities which elect a community council
2019 review
[edit]In January 2019 a consultation period began, to review the wards and representation in the county. It was proposed to reduce the number of electoral wards for 39 to 32, with a reduction in councillors from 54 to 52.[4]
The final proposals would see the number of wards reduced from 39 to 28. The number of coucillors was to drop from 54 to 51. These changes took effect from the 2022 council election.[5]
County and community wards 2022
[edit]Following The County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (effective from the 2022 county council elections) the county borough has been divided into 28 electoral wards electing 51 county councillors.[6] Four of the wards are coterminous with communities of the same name. Some communities have their own elected council. There are 49 community council wards electing up to 236 community councillors.[7]
The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':
| Ward [6] | County councillors |
Communities | Community wards [6] | Community councillors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberkenfig | 1 | Llangynwyd Lower* | ||
| Newcastle Higher* (part) | Aberkenfig | |||
| Blackmill | 1 | Ogmore Valley* (part) | Blackmill | |
| Evanstown | ||||
| Brackla East and Coychurch Lower |
2 | Brackla* (part) | Brackla East | |
| Coychurch Lower* | ||||
| Brackla East Central | 1 | Brackla* (part) | Brackla East Central | |
| Brackla West | 1 | Brackla* (part) | Brackla West | |
| Brackla West Central | 1 | Brackla* (part) | Brackla West Central | |
| Bridgend Central | 3 | Bridgend* (part) | Morfa | 6 [8] |
| Newcastle | 7 | |||
| Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr |
3 | Merthyr Mawr* | ||
| Laleston* (part) | Laleston/Bryntirion | |||
| Caerau | 2 | Maesteg* (part) | Caerau | 4 [9] |
| Nantyffyllon | 2 | |||
| Cefn Glas | 2 | Laleston* (part) | Cefn Glas 1 | |
| Cefn Glas 2 | ||||
| Coity Higher | 3 | Coity Higher* | Coity | |
| Litchard | ||||
| Pendre | ||||
| Cornelly c | 2 | Cornelly* | 8 [10] | |
| Garw Valley | 3 | Garw Valley* | Bettws | |
| Blaengarw | ||||
| Llangeinor | ||||
| Pontycymmer | ||||
| Llangynwyd | 1 | Llangynwyd Middle* | ||
| Maesteg East | 2 | Maesteg* (part) | Maesteg East | |
| Maesteg West | 2 | Maesteg* (part) | Maesteg West | |
| Nant-y-Moel | 1 | Ogmore Valley* (part) | Nant-y-Moel | |
| Newton | 1 | Porthcawl Town* (part) | Newton | 3 [11] |
| Nottage | 1 | Porthcawl Town* (part) | Nottage | 3 [11] |
| Ogmore Vale | 1 | Ogmore Valley* (part) | Ogmore Vale | |
| Oldcastle | 2 | Bridgend Town* (part) | Oldcastle | 6 [8] |
| Pencoed and Penprysg | 3 | Coychurch Higher* | ||
| Pencoed* | Felindre | |||
| Hendre | ||||
| Penprysg | ||||
| Pen-y-fai | 1 | Newcastle Higher* (part) | Pen-y-fai | |
| Porthcawl East Central | 2 | Porthcawl Town* (part) | East Central | 6 [11] |
| Porthcawl West Central | 1 | Porthcawl Town* (part) | West Central | 3 |
| Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr | 3 | Cefn Cribwr* | ||
| Pyle* | ||||
| Rest Bay | 1 | Porthcawl Town* (part) | Rest Bay | 3 [11] |
| St Bride's Minor and Ynysawdre |
3 | St Bride's Minor* | Bryncethin | 2 [12] |
| Bryncoch | 5 | |||
| Sarn | 6 | |||
| Ynysawdre* | Tondu | 6 [13] | ||
| Brynmenyn | 4 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "The County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 23 November 1998. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Members". Ynysawdre Community Council. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Consultation on changes to BCBC electoral wards". Glamorgan Gem. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Hannah Neary (16 July 2021). "Number of electoral wards in Bridgend county borough to fall resulting in loss of three councillors". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "The County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Lisa Baker (10 April 2022). "Candidates confirmed for local government elections on 5 May". News From Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Wards and councillors". Bridgend Town Council. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Caerau Ward". Maesteg Town Council. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Councillors". Cornelly Community Council. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Councillors information". Porthcawl Town Council. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Town and community election results". Bridgend County Borough Council. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Members". Ynysawdre Community Council. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
