Caerau is the name of an

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Bridgend County Borough Bridgend County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. The county borough has a total population of 139,200 people, and contains the town of Bridgend, after which it is named. It ...

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. It covers part of the town of

Maesteg Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot. In 2011, Maesteg had a population of 20,612. The English translation of Mae ...

. The ward elects two councillors to

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. The ward covers the northern part of Maesteg, including the former mining village of Caerau, as well as the area of Nantyffyllon. According to the 2011 UK Census, the population of the Caerau ward was 6,995.

District and county councils

Ogwr Borough Council

Caerau was a ward to

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from 1987 until 1996, represented by two borough councillors elected at the 1987 and 1991 elections.

Mid Glamorgan County Council

Caerau was created as a ward to

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, by ''The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988'', taking effect from the

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. It elected one county councillor at the 1989 and 1993 elections.

Bridgend County Borough Council

Caerau subsequently became an electoral ward to

, following the creation of the new unitary authority in 1995. Two councillors were elected in 1995, this increased to three councillors from the 1999 local elections. Following a 2019 local government boundary review, the number of councillors was reduced to two, effective from the 2022 local elections.

Maesteg Town Council

Caerau (covering only the northern area of the town around Caerau village) is one of the four community wards to Maesteg Town Council, represented by four town councillors.

Election results

* retiring councillor in the ward standing for re-election

2022 Bridgend CBC

With the number of available seats reducing by one, sitting

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councillor, Gareth Howells, did not stand for re-election.

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Chris Davies was standing again, after winning a seat at the 2021 by-election. Eyes were on the Caerau result because of the recent campaign by councillors about poor building improvements in the ward.

2021 Bridgend CBC by-election

Sitting Labour councillor, Phil White, died in October 2021 after contracting

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coronavirus. He had been a Caerau councillor since 2008 and a Cabinet Member for Communities on Bridgend Council. A by-election was called to replace him. Independent candidate Chris Davies won the by-election.

References

{{reflist Maesteg Wards of Bridgend County Borough