Electoral wards in the town of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan

St Augustine's is an

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in the town of

Penarth Penarth (, ) is a town and Community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg), Wales, exactly south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is a weal ...

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol C ...

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. It covers Penarth Head and

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northeast of the town centre, including the parish church of St Augustine's. The ward elects three county councillors to

Vale of Glamorgan Council The Vale of Glamorgan Council is the governing body for the Vale of Glamorgan, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. It was run by the Conservative Party after the 2008 United Kingdom local elections, taking over the council from no overall contr ...

and five councillors to

Penarth Town Council Penarth Town Council is an elected community council serving the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Background Penarth has had a council of one form or another since the 1890s. Penarth Town Council came into existence in 1974 at t ...

. The ward is currently represented by the Labour Party. According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 6,478.

Background

Following ''The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002'' the county ward of

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was divided to become St Augustine's and Plymouth wards, effective from October 2003 for preliminary electoral proceedings but fully effective at the May 2004 Vale of Glamorgan Council elections. However, St Augustine's had been a community ward for elections to

prior to this. In 2022 the number of county councillors was increased from two, to three.

County council elections

Vale of Glamorgan Council

On 4 May 2017 Labour held on to their two seats they'd won from the Conservatives at the 2012 county council election. Sitting councillor Lis Burnett decided to stand in the neighbouring ward of

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, while Cllr Gwyn Roberts decided not to stand for re-election (though stood in the election for the town council).

South Glamorgan County Council

At the 1985, 1989 and 1993 county elections, St Augustine's elected a county councillor to

South Glamorgan County Council South Glamorgan County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir De Morgannwg) was the local government authority that administered the county of South Glamorgan, Wales from its creation in 1974 until its abolition in 1996. History Local government in England and ...

. The Labour candidate won each of these elections.

Town Council elections

At the

election on 4 May 2017 the Conservatives regained a seat they'd lost at the 2012 election. The former Mayor of Penarth, Gwyn Roberts, lost his seat by three votes.

References

{{reflist Vale of Glamorgan electoral wards Penarth Electoral wards of South Glamorgan