Briton Ferry East is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry and the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.
Briton Ferry East is bounded by the wards of Briton Ferry West to the west; Neath East and Cimla to the north; Pelenna to the east; Bryn and Cwmavon to the southeast; and Baglan to the south. Most of Briton Ferry East consists of open grassland and woodland with a residential and commercial strip to the far west of the ward.
In the 2008 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 34.75%. The results were:
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Morgan | Labour | 558 | Labour hold |
| Anthony Vallario | Conservative | 266 |
2012 Local Council Elections
It has been announced that for the 2012 Local Council Elections in the ward of Briton Ferry East only one nomination was received. This was from the current Councillor Colin Morgan. This means that no election can be held and Colin Morgan will continue to be the Councillor of Briton Ferry East until the Local Council Elections of 2017.
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Coordinates: 51°38′17″N 3°48′43″W / 51.63801°N 3.81203°W / 51.63801; -3.81203
Famous quotes containing the words east and/or ferry:
“Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,
From North and from South, come the pilgrim and guest,
When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board
The old broken links of affection restored,
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye?
What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie?”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“What have Massachusetts and the North sent a few sane representatives to Congress for, of late years?... All their speeches put together and boiled down ... do not match for manly directness and force, and for simple truth, the few casual remarks of crazy John Brown on the floor of the Harper’s Ferry engine-house,—that man whom you are about to hang, to send to the other world, though not to represent you there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)