Seven Sisters (electoral ward)

Seven Sisters
Population2,032 (2001 census)
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
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Wales
Neath Port Talbot

Seven Sisters was an electoral ward of the Welsh principal area of Neath Port Talbot county borough. The ward, which included, as well as Seven Sisters proper, the lesser settlements of Bryndulais and Nant-y-cafn, was coterminous with the area served by the Seven Sisters Community Council.[1]

Lying in the upper Dulais Valley – in which coalmine workings are still very evident (the village is named after Seven Sisters Colliery which closed in the early 1960s) – the area is characterized by extensive forestry to the north, east and south, and open moorland in the northwest and central areas.

Following a 2020 boundary review by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, Seven Sisters was joined by the neighbouring communities of Crynant and Onllwyn to become 'Crynant, Onllwyn and Seven Sisters', effective from the 2022 local elections.[1]

Election results

2017 election

2017 election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steve Hunt 678 70.3 −5.6
Labour Nia Ffion Herdman 284 29.5 +5.6
Majority 394 40.9 −11.0
Rejected ballots 2 0.2 +0.1
Turnout 964 62.9 +0.0
Registered electors 1,532 −70
Independent hold Swing

2012 election

2012 election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steve Hunt 764 75.9 +13.9
Labour Jako Davies 241 23.9 −13.6
Majority 523 51.9 +27.4
Rejected ballots 1 0.1 -0.4
Turnout 1007 62.9 +5.6
Registered electors 1,602 −83
Independent hold Swing

2008 election

2008 election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steve Hunt 599 62.0 New
Labour Peter Lloyd 362 37.5 −17.0
Majority 237 24.5 +14.9
Rejected ballots 5 0.5 -0.1
Turnout 966 57.3 +12.2
Registered electors 1,685 +86
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2004 election

2004 election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Lloyd 393 54.5 −16.3
Plaid Cymru Cynthia Lloyd 324 44.9 +38.5'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000031−QINU`"'
Majority 69 9.6 −31.9
Rejected ballots 4 0.6
Turnout 721 45.1 −6.6
Registered electors 1,599 −78
Labour hold Swing

1999 election

1999 election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Lloyd 603 70.8 +2.9
Independent S. Jones 249 29.2 +3.5
Majority 354 41.5 −0.6
Turnout 51.7 −14.3
Registered electors 1,677 −62
Labour hold Swing


1995 election

1995 election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Lloyd 765 67.9 New
Independent S. Jones 290 25.7 New
Plaid Cymru A. Holloway 72 6.4 New
Majority 475 42.1 New
Turnout 66.0 New
Registered electors 1,739 New
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ compared to 1995 election

References

  1. ^ a b "Review of the Electoral Arrangements of the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot" (PDF). Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. August 2020. pp. 24–25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 3rd May, 2012". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 1st May, 2008". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Election results for Seven Sisters County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 10th June, 2004". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. University of Plymouth. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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