Port Talbot (electoral ward)

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**Port Talbot ward**

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for SS767900
Geography
Total population	5,276 (2001 census)
Administration
Local council:	Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Number of councillors:	3
Nation:	Wales
Post office and telephone
PostCode(s):	SA13
Dialling code:	+44-1639
Politics
Welsh Assembly:	Aberavon
UK Parliament:	Aberavon
European Parliament:	Wales

The electoral ward of Port Talbot in Neath Port Talbot county borough covers the town centre of Port Talbot and the district of Pen-y-cae. The rest of the ward to the east consists of grassland and woodland. The electoral ward is coterminous with the Port Talbot parish.

Port Talbot is bounded by the wards of Baglan and Bryn and Cwmavon to the north; Taibach and Margam to the south; and Aberavon to the west and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.

[edit] 2008 local council elections

In the 2008 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 37.96%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Andrew Tutton	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers	805	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers hold
Dennis Keogh	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers	762	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers hold
Ian Jame	Labour	715	newly elected
Dawn Sawyers	Labour	704
Christopher Mainwaring	Labour	681
Scott Sullivan	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers	689