Sandfields West () is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the Senedd constituency of Aberavon and the UK constituency of Aberafan Maesteg. The ward elects three county councillors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Description The community boundaries are coterminous with the electoral ward. Sandfields West is bounded by the wards of Baglan to the northwest, Aberavon to the northeast, and Sandfields East to the southeast.
Sandfields West is a mostly urbanised ward consisting of council housing inland, private housing on the coast and areas of light industry and business park use.
At the 2011 UK Census the population of the ward was 6,725 (with 5,214 of voting age).
County council elections In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 35.47%. The councillors who were elected were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatusAndre Chavis Labour1173Labour holdJames Evans Labour1088Labour holdSusan Paddison Labour1078Labour holdKeith Suter NPT Independent Party377Oliver Davies NPT Independent Party368Joan Target NPT Independent Party363Olga Jones Independent242Wayne Morris Social Democratic Party219
In February 2017, Councillor James Evans and Councillor Andre Chavis left the Labour party. They sat as Independent councillors.
In the 2017 local council elections, the councillors who were elected were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatusSuzanne Paddison Labour851Labour holdOliver Davies Labour838Labour holdRobert Wood Labour749Labour holdAndrew Bennison Plaid Cymru430Audrey Chaves Independent395Sam Wright Plaid Cymru364Victoria Griffiths Plaid Cymru360James Evans Independent339Taz Taylor Liberal Democrats97
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