Aberavon (electoral ward)
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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The electoral ward of Aberavon electoral ward includes the communities of Baglan and Baglan Bay, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Baglan falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.
It is based upon the historic town of Aberavon. Aberavon Ward 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:
Following the election all three elected councillors have left their respective parties and now sit as Independent councillors.
Aberavon first became an electoral ward in the late nineteenth century with the formation of Glamorgan County Council.
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