Aberavon - Government and Politics

Government and Politics

Aberavon
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: Maps for SS752904
Geography
Total population 5,335 (2001 census)
Administration
Local council: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Number of councillors]: 3
Nation: Wales
Post office and telephone
Postcode(s): SA12
Dialling code: +44-1639
Politics
Welsh Assembly: Aberavon
UK Parliament: Aberavon
European Parliament: Wales

The electoral ward of Aberavon is coterminous with district of Aberavon and is a part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.

Aberavon is bounded by the wards of Sandfields West and Sandfields East to the southwest; Baglan to the north; Port Talbot to the east and Margam to the south. The ward boundaries can be defined by the roads surrounding it which are the M4 Motorway to the north east; the A4241 to the north west; Afan Way to the southwest and the River Afan to the south east.

The Aberavon ward can be roughly divided into two parts. There is the residential area to the southeastern part of the ward beside the River Afan. The north western area consists of areas of industrial estate land called the Baglan Industrial Park which includes a number of out of town retail premises as well as business and manufacturing premises.

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout for Aberavon was 35.84%. The results were:

Candidate Party Votes Status
Ceri Golding Labour 751 Labour gain
Mark Jones Labour 740 Labour gain
Anthony Taylor Social Democratic Party 702 Social Democratic Party hold
Barbara Trahar Labour 613
John Sullivan Social Democratic Party 556
Jeff Dinham Social Democratic Party 550
Paul Nicholas-Jones Plaid Cymru 185

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