Seven Sisters (electoral ward)

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Seven Sisters
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: Maps for SN820089
Geography
Total population 2,032 (2001 census)
Administration
Local council: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Number of councillors: 1
Nation: Wales
Post office and telephone
PostCode(s): SA10
Dialling code: +44-1639
Politics
Welsh Assembly: Neath
UK Parliament: Neath
European Parliament: Wales

Seven Sisters is an electoral ward coterminous with a parish in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.

The electoral ward of Seven Sisters consists of some or all of the following settlements: Seven Sisters, Bryndulais and Nant-y-cafn in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Seven Sisters has large patches of woodland to the north, east and south, with open moorland in the northwest and central areas. Coal mine workings are still very evident in the area.

In the 2008 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 57.33%. Independent candidate Stephen Karl Hunt won the seat.