Briton Ferry East

Human settlement in Wales

List of places: UK; Wales; Neath Port Talbot

Briton Ferry East is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry and the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.

Briton Ferry East is bounded by the wards of Briton Ferry West to the west; Neath East and Cimla to the north; Pelenna to the east; Bryn and Cwmavon to the southeast; and Baglan to the south. Most of Briton Ferry East consists of open grassland and woodland with a residential and commercial strip to the far west of the ward.

Election results

2022 election

2022 election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Chris James	351	44.1
	Labour	Gareth Rice	349	43.8
	Plaid Cymru	Lindsay Gwilym Barnett	87	10.9
Majority			2	0.3
Rejected ballots			9	1.1
Turnout			796	34.8
Registered electors			2,287
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2017 election

2017 election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris James	405	55.6
	Independent	Colin Morgan	318	43.6
Majority			87	11.9
Rejected ballots			6	0.8
Turnout			729	34.5
Registered electors			2,110
	Labour hold		Swing

2012 election

2012 election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Colin Morgan	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,381
	Labour hold		Swing

2008 election

2008 election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Morgan	558	66.7
	Conservative	Anthony Vallario	266	31.8
Majority			292	34.9
Rejected ballots			13	1.6
Turnout			837	34.8
Registered electors			2,408
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 election

2004 election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Colin Morgan	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,409
	Labour hold		Swing

1999 election

1999 election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Morgan	674	64.3
	Liberal Democrats	I. Sherwood	375	35.7
Majority			299	28.5
Turnout				44.3
Registered electors			2,415
	Labour hold		Swing

1995 election

1995 election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Morgan	734	65.2
	Plaid Cymru	S. Tudor	250	22.2
	Independent	G. Thompson	142	12.6
Majority			484	43.0
Turnout				45.0
Registered electors			2,534
	Labour win (new seat)

References

^ "Councillor Chris James". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "Election results for Briton Ferry East County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "Election results for Briton Ferry East County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "Election results for Briton Ferry East County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 3rd May, 2012". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "Election results for Briton Ferry East County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 1st May, 2008". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "Election results for Briton Ferry East County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 10th June, 2004". Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. University of Plymouth. Retrieved 25 February 2023.