Neath North


Neath North is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales falling within the community of Neath.
Neath North includes some or all of the neighbourhoods of Llantwit and Neath town centre in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. It is bounded by the wards of Bryncoch South to the northwest; Cadoxton to the North; Tonna to the northeast; Cimla to the southeast; Neath South to the south; and Neath East to the southwest.

Election results

Neath Port Talbot

In the 2017 local council elections, the results were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Alan LockyerLabour560Labour hold
Mark ProtheroeLabour517Labour hold
Andy LodwigIndependent515
Orla LoweConservative378

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 34.69%. The results were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Alan LockyerLabour709Labour hold
Mark ProtheroeLabour628Labour hold
Dai HowellsIndependent341
Basil IpConservative188

Cllr Lockyer initially won his seat at a by-election on 6 May 2010, on a 63% turnout. This had followed the resignation of previous Labour councillor, Derek Vaughan, who had been elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Wales in 2009. He had been councillor for Neath North since 1995.

West Glamorgan

Between 1989 and 1996 Neath North was a ward to West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour councillor, Frank Evans, had previously been a representative for the Neath No.1 ward and was elected unopposed to Neath North in 1989. He was re-elected in 1993. He was elected to Neath Port Talbot Council in 1995.

Glamorgan

Until 1974 Neath North was a ward to Glamorgan County Council.