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.

The name of the ward refers to Plymouth Road, and to the Earls of Plymouth, who were major landowners in the area.

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

Dinas Powys	Plymouth
Dinas Powys	Stanwell	St Augustine's
Sully

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 that.^[2]

County council elections

2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election^[3]
	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 de-selected 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 voters.^[4]

Penarth Town Council election, May 2017^[4]
	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

^ "Plymouth - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^ The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (PDF). Statutory Instruments. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "Plymouth - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Labour Resumes Control Of Penarth Town Council". Penarth Daily News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

[1] "Plymouth - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

[2] The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (PDF). Statutory Instruments. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[3] "Plymouth - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

[PDN_results_2017-4] "Labour Resumes Control Of Penarth Town Council". Penarth Daily News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

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