Plymouth (Penarth electoral ward)

Plymouth is an electoral ward in the town of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It covers the more affluent part of the town south of the town centre. It stretches either side of Lavernock Road which includes Lower Penarth and Cosmeston (including Glamorganshire Golf Club and Cosmeston Lakes). The ward elects two county councillors to Vale of Glamorgan Council and four councillors to Penarth Town Council. A majority of its councillors represent the Conservative Party.

Plymouth ward location in Penarth

'Plymouth' refers to Plymouth Road and the Earls of Plymouth who were major landowners of the area.

According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 5,836.[1]

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Plymouth
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Background

Following The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 the county ward of Alexandra 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, Plymouth had been a community ward for elections to Penarth Town Council prior to this.[2]

County council elections
2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Gray 894
Conservative Kathryn Frances McCaffer 796
Labour Angela Thomas 643
Independent Anthony Ernest 505
Independent Clive Williams * 443
Independent Victoria Humphries 302
Green Tony Cooke 288
Plaid Cymru Gareth Clubb 240
Liberal Democrats Roger Pinkham 169

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

Town Council elections

At the Penarth Town Council election on 4 May 2017 two long standing councillors, Anthony Ernest and Clive Williams, lost their seats after choosing to stand as Independents. Williams had been deselected by the Conservatives in favour of Martin Turner and Kathryn McCaffer. Two other sitting councillors, Ian Courtney (Labour) and Wendy van den Brom (Conservative) were also replaced by the electorate.[4]

Penarth Town Council election, May 2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Gray 916
Conservative Kathryn Frances McCaffer 822
Conservative Martin Turner 760
Labour Angela Thomas 739
Independent Anthony Ernest * 721
Penarth First Clive Williams * 709
Labour Richard Cox 673
Labour Ian Courtney * 660
Conservative Wendy van den Brom * 652
Penarth First Paul Church 634
Penarth First Victoria Humphries 584
Penarth First Graham Humphries 476

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

References
  1. "Plymouth - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  2. The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. Statutory Instruments. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Plymouth - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. "Labour Resumes Control Of Penarth Town Council". Penarth Daily News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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