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Pontardawe (electoral ward)

Pontardawe ward
Population 5,421 (2011 census)
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
Councillors
  • Linet Purcell (Plaid Cymru)
  • Mike James (Labour)
List of places
UK
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Neath Port Talbot

Pontardawe is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is a division of the Pontardawe community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Neath.

The greater part of the geographical area of the ward is made up of mountainous grassland and open moorland with a scattering of farms. However, the majority of the population is concentrated in the town of Pontardawe in the south of the ward.

In clockwise order the ward is bounded

In the 2012 local council elections, the voter turnout was 38.64%. The results were:

Coordinates: 51°43′29″N 3°51′06″W / 51.72461°N 3.85169°W / 51.72461; -3.85169


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