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Carmarthen Town North (electoral ward)

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Profile
History
Current Representation
Carmarthenshire County Council from 1995
References

Carmarthen Town North is an electoral ward, representing part of the community of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Profile

In 2014, the Carmarthen Town North electoral ward had an electorate of 3,984.^[1] The total population was 5,151, of whom 77.1% were born in Wales. The 2011 census indicated that 37.4% of the population were able to speak Welsh.^[1]

History

Carmarthen Town North has been an electoral ward since the 1937. It was previously known as Carmarthen Town No.1 Ward. It is currently a two-member electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Carmarthenshire County Council and a seven-member electoral ward for elections to Carmarthen Town Council.

From 1973 until 1996 it was a single-member ward for the purposes of elections to Dyfed County Council and a four-member ward for elections to Carmarthen District Council.

From 1937 until 1973 it was a single-member ward for the purposes of elections to the previous Carmarthenshire County Council.

Current Representation

Since 2017 the ward has been represented by Labour councillor Ken Lloyd and Plaid Cymru councillor Peter Hughes Griffiths. Labour captured one of the two seats from Plaid Cymru at the 2017 election.

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Carmarthenshire County Council from 1995

In 1995, Ken Maynard, a Labour member of Dyfed County Council since 1985 and David Merriman, an Independent member of Carmarthen District Council since 1976 were elected as the ward's first representatives on the new Carmarthenshire County Council.^[2]

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In 1999, both sitting members were re-elected but were closely challenged by Plaid Cymru candidate Llyr Huws Griffiths.

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At the 2004 election, Ken Maynard, a county councillor since 1985 stood down and David Merriman, a district and county councillor since 1976 sought (unsuccessfully) to be elected for the neighbouring Carmarthen Town West ward. Both seats were captured for the first time by Plaid Cymru.

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|candidate = Jeffrey Thomas
|votes = 584
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|candidate = Jeremy John
|votes = 360
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|candidate = Kevin Davies
|votes = 214
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Plaid Cymru held both seats in Carmarthenshire County Council election, 2008, with Gareth O. Jones replacing Jeff Thomas who stood down.

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|candidate = Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose
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|votes = 461
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Plaid Cymru held both seats in 2012 with the sitting members again returned.

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|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Peter Hughes Griffiths*
|votes = 824
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|votes = 657
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|candidate = Michael Stewart Elias
|votes = 501
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|candidate = Douglas Edmund Ynyr Richards Rose
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|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Paschal Haughey
|votes = 201
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|winner = Plaid Cymru
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References

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=Carmarthen Town North Ward: Electoral Division Profile |url=http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/wards/Carmarthen_Town_North_Ward.pdf |website=Carmarthenshire County Council |accessdate=15 September 2014 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Election Special|newspaper=South Wales Evening Post|date=5 May 1995}}

2 : Local government in Carmarthenshire|Carmarthenshire electoral wards

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