Pontamman was 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 ...

for

Carmarthenshire County Council Carmarthenshire County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The counc ...

, which included parts of the town and

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Ammanford Ammanford ( cy, Rhydaman) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population of 5,411 at the 2011 census. It is a former coal mining town. The built-up area had a population of 7,945 with the wider urban area even bigger. Acco ...

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...

, Wales. It was represented by one county councillor.

Description

The Pontamman ward covered the town Ammanford Town Council wards of Myddynfych and Wernddu, and was unique in Wales by virtue of being divided into two parts, by a strip of the neighbouring ward of

. The Wernddu ward includes the residential areas of Hopkinstown and Pontamman, as well as part of Ammanford High Street. The population of the Pontamman ward at the 2011 census was 2,749. A 2019 boundary review by the

Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales ( cy, Comisiwn Ffiniau a Democratiaeth Leol Cymru) is a Welsh Government sponsored body, responsible for defining borders for local elections and government in Wales. The name of the commission ...

recommended that Pontamman be merged with the Ammanford ward, to become a two-member ward called Ammanford. The change took effect from the May 2022 local elections.

Representation

Pontamman was the name of a ward to

Dinefwr Borough Council Dinefwr was one of six local government districts of the county of Dyfed, Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was named after Dinefwr Castle which in the middle ages had been the court of the House of Dinefwr and one of the three principal royal courts ...

at the 1987 and 1991 elections, represented by one borough councillor, Kenneth Rees of the Labour Party. Pontamman became a ward to

at the 1995 election, with Kenneth Rees winning the ward without contest. Rees also held the ward uncontested at the 1999 election. The 2004 and 2008 elections saw Labour's Lyn Llewellyn and

Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid wa ...

's Marie Binney competing against one another, with Llewellyn winning in 2004 and Binney winning in 2008. Binney lost to Labour's Colin Evans in 2012. Evans won the ward again at the 2017 election for Labour, but in September 2019 defected to Plaid Cymru, citing disagreements about the direction the Labour Party were going under

Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...

Elections

2017

References

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