Pontardawe (electoral ward) explained

Official Name:	Pontardawe ward
Unitary Wales:	Neath Port Talbot
Lieutenancy Wales:	West Glamorgan
Country:	Wales
Constituency Westminster:	Neath
Constituency Welsh Assembly:	Neath
Councillor1:	Linet Purcell
Party1:	Plaid Cymru
Councillor2:	Anthony John Richards
Party2:	Plaid Cymru
Population:	5,421
Population Ref:	(2011 census)
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Pontardawe is the name of an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is a division of the Pontardawe community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Neath.

The greater part of the geographical area of the ward is made up of mountainous grassland and open moorland with a scattering of farms. However, the majority of the population is concentrated in the town of Pontardawe in the south of the ward.

In clockwise order the ward is bounded

to the north by the wards of Glanamman (in Carmarthenshire), Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, and Cwmllynfell
to the east by the wards of Ystalyfera and Godre'r Graig
to the southeast by the ward of Rhos
to the south by the wards of Alltwen and Trebanos
to the west by the wards of Clydach and Mawr (both in Swansea)

Local council elections

In the 2017 local council elections, the voter turnout was 44%. The results were:^[1]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Linet Purcell	Plaid Cymru	992	elected – Plaid Cymru hold
Anthony John Richards	Plaid Cymru	635	elected – Plaid Cymru gain
Vince Hotten	Labour	622
Mike James	Labour	609
Sascha Lopez	Conservative	260
Kieran Davies	Conservative	233

Key demographics

The Welsh language is widely used in the ward. Only 46.6% of residents aged over 3 have no knowledge of Welsh.
There is a high standard of education in the ward. Only 41.6% of residents have no formal qualifications. 17.2% of residents have a higher qualification.
12.5% of the working population are senior managers and officials, 12.1% are in professional trades, and 13.3% are in associate professional and technical jobs.
The top field of employment in Pontardawe is health and social care, with 16% of the population working in this sector.^[2]

References

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Notes and References

Web site: Election results for Pontardawe: County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017 . Neath Port Talbot Council . 15 February 2019.
http://www.npt.gov.uk/PDF/Neighbourhood%20Profile%20for%20Pontardawe.pdf Neath Port Talbot County Borough statistics 2008