Neath South

Neath South is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales falling in the community of Neath.

Neath South consists of some or all of the settlements of Cimla and Mount Pleasant in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. It is bounded by the wards of Neath East to the west; Neath North to the north; and Cimla to the east.

Election results In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 31.14%. The results were: CandidatePartyVotesStatusPeter Rees Labour 718Labour holdMal Gunter Labour 665Labour holdHelen Morgan NPT Independent Party 207David Morgan NPT Independent Party 190Rob Parry Plaid Cymru 153Chris Williams Plaid Cymru 146

Malcolm Gunter died following the election; a by-election was held on 6 December 2012 to fill the vacant seat."New face for the council", Neath Guardian website, 10 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2018. With a 14.5% turnout, the result was:

CandidatePartyVotesStatusAndrew Jenkins Labour 399Labour holdCharlotte May Cross Liberal Democrats 130

In the 2017 local council elections, the results were: CandidatePartyVotesStatusJamie Evans Plaid Cymru 631Plaid Cymru gainPeter Rees Labour 614Labour holdAndrew Jenkins Labour 600Ann Rees-Sambrook Plaid Cymru 437

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