Bynea (electoral ward)

Bynea is an electoral ward, representing part of the community of Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

In 2014, the Bynea electoral ward had an electorate of 4,931. The total population was xx, of whom x% were born in Wales. xx% of the population were able to speak Welsh.

The Bynea Ward is a single-member ward for the purposes of Carmarthenshire County Council elections. Since 2012 it has been represented by Labour Party councillor D.M. Cundy.

The first election to the new unitary Carmarthenshire County Council took place in 1995. Bynea was by the Labour Party defeating a Green Party candidate who was a sitting member of Llanelli Borough Council.

At the 1999, Labour held the seat unopposed.

In 2004 the sitting Labour member chose to contest the Llwynhendy ward and Bynea was won by an Independent.

In 2008, Labour fared badly in the Llanelli area as a whole and Woolridge comfortably held Bynea.

In 2012, on a very low turnout, Labour came from third place to take a seat held by the Independent candidate, a member of the cabinet, since 2004.

The long-standing ward boundaries in the Llanelli Rural area were redrawn in the 1980s to create three new wards, namely Felinfoel, Hengoed and Llwynhendy. Each of these wards returned a member to Dyfed County Council in 1989 and 1993. For county elections, Bynea was part of the Llwynhendy ward.

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