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Glynneath is the name of an electoral ward and a parish in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.
The electoral ward of Glynneath consists of some or all of the following settlements: Glynneath, Morfa Glas, Rheola, Crugau, Pont-walby, Bryn-awel, Pentreclwydau and Aber-pergwym in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Most of the ward consists of woodland. The floor of the Vale of Neath crosses the ward on its south eastern edge. The biggest settlement in the ward is in the town of Glynneath near the northeast. The far north eastern areas of the ward consists of open farmland.
Glynneath is bounded by the wards of Tawe-Uchaf (of Powys) and Rhigos (of Rhondda Cynon Taff) to the east; Blaengwrach and Resolven to the south; Crynant to the west; Seven Sisters to the north west and Onllwyn to the north.
In the 2008 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 48.46%. Del Morgan and Horace Thomas Lewis, both of whom represent Plaid Cymru, were re-elected.
