Electoral wards in the town of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan

Stanwell is an

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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 elects two county councillors to the

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 three town 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 ...

Description

The Stanwell ward covers the residential area southwest of Penarth town centre including the neighbourhoods of Morristown and the area around Stanwell Road and Stanwell Comprehensive School. The Penarth wards of

Cornerswell Cornerswell is an electoral ward in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It elects two county councillors to the Vale of Glamorgan Council and four town councillors to Penarth Town Council. Description The Cornerswell ward covers the residential ar ...

and

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lie to the north and south respectively, while the county ward of

Dinas Powys Dinas Powys (; also spelt "Dinas Powis" in English) is a small town and community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Its name means "fort of the provincial place" and refers to the Dinas Powys hillfort, Iron Age hillfort wh ...

is located to the west. Two county councillors are elected from the Stanwell ward to the

and three town councillors to

.Sharon Harris (5 May 2017
"Town Council election results"
''Penarth Times. Retrieved 29 May 2018. According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 4,416.

Election results

Town council

Three

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councillors were elected to Penarth Town Council at the May 2017 elections including Mark Robert Wilson who is also a county councillor for the ward.

Vale of Glamorgan Council

At the May 2017 Vale of Glamorgan council elections both seats were won by

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. One of the councillors, Lis Burnett, had represented the neighbouring St Augustine's ward prior to the election, but had decided not to stand again in that ward after initiating several controversial schemes during her tenure. Since 1995 the Stanwell ward has consistently elected Labour councillors to the county council.

South Glamorgan County Council

At the 1985, 1989 and 1993 county elections, Stanwell 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.

References

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