Porthmadog East ( cy, Dwyrain Porthmadog) is one of the
electoral ward
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s in the town of
Porthmadog
Porthmadog (; ), originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies east of Criccieth, south-west of Blaenau Ffest ...
in
Gwynedd
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, Wales. It elects representatives to the town and county councils.
Description
The county
electoral ward
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covers the northeast corner of the Porthmadog
community
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, including the east and north parts of the town, but excluding the village of
Tremadog
Tremadog (formerly Tremadoc) is a village in the community of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales; about north of Porthmadog town-centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798. The centre of ...
. The county ward is partially bordered to the west by the
Welsh Highland Railway
The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) or Rheilffordd Eryri is a long, restored narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations in ...
(to
Caernarfon
Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...
). Its southern border is defined partially by the railway line to
Criccieth, Porthmadog's High Street and the
A497 road
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to
Minffordd. The
Porthmadog-Tremadog ward lies to the northwest and the
Penrhyndeudraeth ward lies to the west.
The ward population, according to the
2011 Census, was 1,775.
Town Council
The East (''Dwyreiniol'') ward of Pwllheli (wholly east of the railway and slightly smaller than the county ward) elects four of the sixteen town councillors to Porthmadog Town Council.
County Council
Porthmadog East has been an
electoral ward
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to
Gwynedd Council since 1995, electing one county councillor. Initially represented by
Plaid Cymru, it was won by
Independent
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Ieuan Robetts in 1999, beating Plaid Cymru's Gwynfor Owen. Roberts was subsequently re-elected after being apposed by Plaid Cymru's Alwyn Griffiths. At the 2008 elections, he was returned unopposed after switching to Plaid Cymru.
In May 2012 the ward seat was won by Jason Humphreys for
Llais Gwynedd
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, beating Plaid Cymru's Gwynfor Owen by 53 votes.
In May 2017 Humphreys was beaten by Plaid Cymru's Nia Wyn Jeffreys, who won with a 83-vote majority.
See also
*
List of electoral wards in Gwynedd
References
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Gwynedd electoral wards