Sandfields East () 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 is coterminous with the electoral ward. Sandfields East is bounded by the wards of Sandfields West to the northwest, Aberavon to the northeast and Margam to the southeast. It is bounded by Swansea Bay to the southwest.
At the 2011 UK Census the population of the community/ward was 6,895.
Sandfields East is a mostly urbanised ward and consists of council housing inland with private homes and old peoples accommodation near the beach area. Neath Port Talbot Hospital is located in the ward.
County council elections In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 40.13%. The councillors who were elected were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatusLella James Independent1116Independent holdTed Latham Labour1041Labour holdColin Crowley Labour879Labour holdPat Jones Labour750Captain Beany NPT Independent Party669Len Willis Independent622 Colin Crowly died after the election and a by-election was held to elect a replacement. The by-election took place on Thursday, 17 October 2013. The turnout was 23.2% and the councillor elected was:
CandidatePartyVotesStatusMike Davies Labour718Labour holdBarry Kirk Port Talbot Residents Association222Keith Suter UKIP154Daniel Thomas Plaid Cymru69Richard Minshull Conservative40
Mike Davies died after the election and a by-election was held to elect a replacement. The by-election took place on Thursday, 30 October 2014. The turnout was 20.72% and the councillor elected was:
CandidatePartyVotesStatusMatthew Crowley Labour641Labour holdKeith Suter UKIP361Richard Minshull Conservative47
In the 2017 local council elections, the councillors who were elected were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatusTed Latham Labour1064Labour holdSean Pursey Labour1002Labour gainMatthew Crowley Labour937Labour holdDeborah Bamsey Plaid Cymru583Captain Beany Independent504
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