Plymouth is the name of an

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil (; cy, Merthyr Tudful ) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydf ...

, in

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. It is coterminous with the

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Troed-y-rhiw Troed-y-rhiw (, translation: foot of the slope) is a large community village in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Its population at the 2011 census was 5,296. It features the Troed-y-rhiw railway station. Governance The community sh ...

Description

The Plymouth

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covers the community of Troed-y-rhiw and includes the villages of Troed-y-rhiw,

Pentrebach Pentrebach (, sometimes written Pentre-Bach, literally: ''small village'') is a village in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales and is formed from the original settlements of Lower Pentrebach, Tai-bach and Duffryn. It lies on the east side of th ...

and

Abercanaid Abercanaid ( cy, Abercannaid) is a small village in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom with a population of about 5,060. It is situated south of Merthyr town centre and is west of Pentrebach, across the Ri ...

. It elects three councillors to

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council ( cy, Cyngor bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) is the governing body for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. History The parish of Merthyr Tydfil was governed by a local boar ...

. At the May 2017 elections the three Labour Party councillors, Gareth Lewis (967), Brent Carter (884) and Harvey Jones (860), successfully defended their seats. Labour had previously held all three seats at the council elections in 1995, 1999 and 2004. At the 2008 elections two

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councillors and one previously Labour councillor standing as an Independent were elected. At the 2012 elections the ward returned to the Labour Party.Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012
The Election Centre. Retrieved 21 March 2019. In 2015 one of the Labour councillors for the ward, Brent Carter (who had originally been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008) was discovered at a Merthyr Tydfil

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during a police raid, though did not face any charges. A complaint about the councillor was referred to the Public Services Ombudsman.

References

{{coord, 51.7256, -3.3567, display=title Wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough