Sandfields West

Sandfields West
Population 6,725 (2011 census)
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
Councillors
  • Suzanne Paddison (Labour)
  • Oliver Davies (Labour)
  • Robert Wood (Labour)

Sandfields West (Welsh: Gorllewin Traethmelyn) is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. The ward elects three county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.

Sandfields West is bounded by the wards of Baglan to the northwest, Aberavon to the northeast, and Sandfields East to the southeast. Sandfields West is a mostly urbanised ward consisting of council housing inland, private housing on the coast and areas of light industry and business park use.

County council elections

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 35.47%. The councillors who were elected were:

Candidate Party Votes Status
Andre ChavisLabour1173Labour hold
James EvansLabour1088Labour hold
Susan PaddisonLabour1078Labour hold
Keith SuterIndependent377
Oliver DaviesIndependent368
Joan TargettIndependent363
Olga JonesIndependent242
Wayne MorrisSocial Democratic Party219

In February 2017, Councillor James Evans and Councillor Andre Chavis left the Labour party. They sat as Independent councillors.

In the 2017 local council elections, the councillors who were elected were:

Candidate Party Votes Status
Suzanne PaddisonLabour851Labour hold
Oliver DaviesLabour838Labour hold
Robert WoodLabour749Labour hold
Andrew BennisonPlaid Cymru430
Audrey ChavesIndependent395
Sam WrightPlaid Cymru364
Victoria GriffithsPlaid Cymru360
James EvansIndependent339
Taz TaylorLiberal Democrats97


Coordinates: 51°35′54″N 3°49′24″W / 51.59826°N 3.82344°W / 51.59826; -3.82344


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