Carmarthen Town North was an

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, representing part of the community of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Profile

In 2014, the Carmarthen Town North electoral ward had an electorate of 3,984. The total population was 5,151, of whom 77.1% were born in Wales. The 2011 census indicated that 37.4% of the population were able to speak Welsh.

History

Carmarthen Town North was an electoral ward since the 1937. It was previously known as Carmarthen Town No.1 Ward. It became a two-member electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Carmarthenshire County Council. The corresponding North ward elects seven members to Carmarthen Town Council. From 1973 until 1996 it was a single-member ward for the purposes of elections to Dyfed County Council and a four-member ward for elections to

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. From 1937 until 1973 it was a single-member ward for the purposes of elections to the previous Carmarthenshire County Council. Following a boundary review by the

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, Carmarthen Town North was merged with Carmarthen Town South to be called Carmarthen Town North and South, effective from the May 2022 local elections. The new ward saw an overall reduction in councillors from four to three.

Carmarthenshire County Council elections

1995

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, Ken Maynard, a Labour member of Dyfed County Council since 1985 and David Merriman, an Independent member of

since 1976 were elected as the ward's first representatives on the new Carmarthenshire County Council.

1999

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, both sitting members were re-elected but were closely challenged by Plaid Cymru candidate

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2004

At the

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election, Ken Maynard, a county councillor since 1985 stood down and David Merriman, a district and county councillor since 1976 sought (unsuccessfully) to be elected for the neighbouring

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ward. Both seats were captured for the first time by Plaid Cymru.

2008

Plaid Cymru held both seats in 2008 Carmarthenshire County Council election, with Gareth O. Jones replacing Jeff Thomas who stood down.

2012

Plaid Cymru held both seats in

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with the sitting members again returned.

2017

At the May 2017 elections Labour's Ken Lloyd, a Carmarthen Town councillor, captured one of the Plaid Cymru seats.

References

{{coord missing, Carmarthenshire Carmarthen Wards of Dyfed Former wards of Carmarthenshire