Pontardawe (electoral ward)

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Pontardawe ward
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: Maps for SN722045
Geography
Total population 5,044 (2001 census)
Administration
Local council: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Number of councillors: 1
Nation: Wales
Post office and telephone
PostCode(s): SA8
Dialling code: +44-1792
Politics
Welsh Assembly: Neath
UK Parliament: Neath
European Parliament: Wales

Pontardawe is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is a division of the Pontardawe community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Neath.

Pontardawe is bounded by the wards of Glanamman of Carmarthenshire, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Cwmllynfell to the north; Ystalyfera and Godre'r Graig to the east; Rhos to the southeast; Allt-Wen and Trebanos to the south; and Mawr and Clydach of Swansea to the west.

The ward consists mostly of mountainous grassland and open moorland with a scattering of farms. The urbanised area in the southeast of the ward is part of the town of Pontardawe.

In the 2008 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 26.48%. The results were:

Candidate Party Votes Status
Michael James Labour 819 Labour hold
Linet Purcell Plaid Cymru 718 Plaid Cymru hold
Robert Williams Plaid Cymru 705
Martha Lambourne Labour 666