List of electoral wards in Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan location within Wales

This list of electoral wards in Mid Glamorgan includes council wards which elected councillors to Mid Glamorgan County Council during its existence from 1 April 1974 to 1 April 1996.

Wards

1973–1989

The first Mid Glamorgan Council elections took place in April 1973. Eighty five county councillors were elected from sixty eight electoral wards.^[1] as follows (numbers of councillors in brackets):

• Aberdare No.1 Llwydcoed (2)
• Aberdare No.2 Blaengwawr (1)
• Aberdare No.3 Gadlys (1)
• Aberdare No.4 Town (1)
• Aberdare No.5 Aberaman (1)
• Abertidwr & Senghenydd (1)
• Bedwas & Machen (2)
• Bedwellty No.1 (Aberbargoed) (1)
• Bedwellty No.2  (1)
• Bridgend   (2)
• Caerphilly No.1  (1)
• Caerphilly No.2 Llanbradach (1)
• Caerphilly No.4  (1)
• Caerphilly No.5 North (1)
• Caerphilly No.6 South (1)
• Caerphilly No.7  (1)
• Cardiff Rural  (1)
• Cowbridge Rural  (1)
• Dowlais   (1)
• Gelligaer No.1  (1)
• Gelligaer No.2  (1)
• Gelligaer No.3  (1)
• Gelligaer No.4  (2)
• Llantrisant & Llantwit Fardre No.1 (4)
• Llantrisant & Llantwit Fardre No.2 (2)
• Maesteg No.1  (1)
• Maesteg No.2  (1)
• Maesteg No.3  (1)
• Merthyr Cyfarthfa  (1)
• Merthyr No.6  (1)
• Merthyr No.7  (1)
• Merthyr Park  (2)
• Merthyr Town  (1)
• Mountain Ash No.1  (1)
• Mountain Ash No.2  (1)
• Mountain Ash No.3  (2)
• Ogmore & Garw No.1  (1)
• Ogmore & Garw No.2  (2)
• Penybont No.1  (1)
• Penybont No.2  (1)
• Penybont No.3  (1)
• Penybont No.4  (1)
• Penybont No.5  (2)
• Penybont No.6  (2)
• Penydarren   (1)
• Pontypridd No.1  (1)
• Pontypridd No.2 Town  (1)
• Pontypridd No.3  (1)
• Pontypridd No.4 Trallwn (1)
• Pontypridd No.5 Rhydyfelin (1)
• Pontypridd No.6 Treforest & Graig (1)
• Porthcawl No.1  (1)
• Porthcawl No.2  (1)
• Rhondda No.1 Treherbert (2)
• Rhondda No.2 Treorchy (2)
• Rhondda No.3 Pentre (1)
• Rhondda No.4 Ystrad (1)
• Rhondda No.5  (1)
• Rhondda No.6  (1)
• Rhondda No.7 Penygraig (1)
• Rhondda No.8 Porth (2)
• Rhondda No.9  (1)
• Rhondda No.10 Tylerstown (1)
• Rhondda No.11 Ferndale (2)
• Rhymney Lower Middle & Upper (1)
• Treharris   (1)
• Vaynor & Penderyn  (1)
• Vaynor & Penderyn No.2  (1)

1989–1996

Following The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988 the number of wards were increased to 74, taking effect from the 1989 elections (and preparatory activity beforehand).^[2] Each ward elected one county councillor to Mid Glamorgan Council, totalling 74.^[1]

Mid Glamorgan was divided into local government districts (often with borough status), namely Borough of Cynon Valley,^[3] Borough of Merthyr Tydfil,^[4] Borough of Ogwr,^[5] Borough of Rhondda,^[6] District of Rhymney Valley^[7] and Borough of Taff-Ely.^[8] These also had their own elected borough or district council.

Mid Glamorgan Ward	District	District ward included
Aberaman North	Cynon Valley (borough)	Aberaman North
Aberaman South	Cynon Valley (borough)	Aberaman South
Abercynon	Cynon Valley (borough)	Abercynon
Aberdare East	Cynon Valley (borough)	Aberdare East
Aberdare West	Cynon Valley (borough)	Aberdare West / Llwydcoed
Aber Valley	Rhymney Valley	Aber Valley
Bargoed	Rhymney Valley	Bargoed / Gilfach
Bedwas	Rhymney Valley	Maesycwmmer / Bedwas (Bedwas and Machen*) / Parcyfelin (Caerphilly*)
Bedwelty	Rhymney Valley	Aberbargoed / New Tredegar
Bettws	Ogwr (borough)	Bettws / Ynysawdre
Brackla	Ogwr (borough)	Brackla
Caerau	Ogwr (borough)	Caerau / Nantyffyllon
Cascade	Rhymney Valley	Cascade (Gelligaer*) / Cefn Hengoed (Gelligaer*) / Tir-y-berth (Gelligaer*)
Cornelly	Ogwr (borough)	Cornelly
Cwmbach	Cynon Valley (borough)	Cwmbach
Cwm Garw	Ogwr (borough)	Blaengarw / Llangeinor / Pontycymmer
Cwm Ogwr	Ogwr (borough)	Blackmill / Nant-y-moel / Ogmore Vale
Cyfarthfa	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Cyfarthfa
Cymmer	Rhondda (borough)	Cymmer
Darren Valley	Rhymney Valley	Abertysswg / Darren Valley / Pontlottyn / Tir-Phil
Dowlais	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Dowlais
Ferndale	Rhondda (borough)	Ferndale / Maerdy
Gurnos	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Gurnos
Hirwaun	Cynon Valley (borough)	Hirwaun / Pen-y-waun / Rhigos
Laleston	Ogwr (borough)	Laleston
Litchard	Ogwr (borough)	Coity Higher / Morfa
Llanbradach	Rhymney Valley	Llanbradach / Energlyn (Penyrheol*)
Llanharan	Taff-Ely (borough)	Brynna / Llanharan / Llanharry
Llantrisant Town	Taff-Ely (borough)	Llantrisant Town / Talbot Green
Llantwit Fardre	Taff-Ely (borough)	Church Village / Llantwit Fardre
Machen	Rhymney Valley	Machen / Trethomas (Bedwas and Machen*)
Maesteg East	Ogwr (borough)	Maesteg East
Maesteg West	Ogwr (borough)	Maesteg West
Merthyr Vale	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Merthyr Vale
Mountain Ash	Cynon Valley (borough)	Mountain Ash East / Mountain Ash West
Nelson	Rhymney Valley	Nelson / Greenhill (Gelligaer*)
Newcastle	Ogwr (borough)	Newcastle / Oldcastle
Newcastle Higher	Ogwr (borough)	Llangynwyd / Newcastle Higher
Park	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Park / Vaynor
Pencoed	Ogwr (borough)	Pencoed
Penrhiwceiber	Cynon Valley (borough)	Penrhiwceiber
Pentre	Rhondda (borough)	Pentre
Penydarren	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Penydarren
Pen-y-graig	Rhondda (borough)	Pen-y-graig
Penyrheol	Rhymney Valley	Penyrheol (Penyrheol*) / Trecenydd (Penyrheol*)
Plymouth	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Plymouth
Pont-y-clun	Taff-Ely (borough)	Creigiau / Pont-y-clun
Porth	Rhondda (borough)	Porth / Ynyshir
Porthcawl East	Ogwr (borough)	Porthcawl East
Porthcawl West	Ogwr (borough)	Porthcawl West
Pyle	Ogwr (borough)	Cefn Cribwr / Pyle
Rhondda	Taff-Ely (borough)	Graig / Pontypridd Town / Rhondda
Rhydfelen	Taff-Ely (borough)	Hawthorn, Ilan, Rhydfelen Central and Rhydfelen Lower
Rhymney	Rhymney Valley	Moriah / Twyn Carno
St Bride's Major	Ogwr (borough)	Coychurch Lower / St Brides Major
St Bride's Minor	Ogwr (borough)	St Brides Minor
St James	Rhymney Valley	St James / Tonyfelin (Caerphilly*)
St Martins	Rhymney Valley	Bryncenydd (Caerphilly*) / St Martins
Taffs Well	Taff-Ely (borough)	Pentyrch / Taffs Well
Ton-teg	Taff-Ely (borough)	Ton-teg / Treforest
Tonypandy	Rhondda (borough)	Cwm Clydach / Tonypandy
Tonyrefail East	Taff-Ely (borough)	Tonyrefail East
Tonyrefail West	Taff-Ely (borough)	Gilfach Goch / Tonyrefail West
Trallwng	Taff-Ely (borough)	Cilfynydd / Glyncoch / Trallwng
Town	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Town
Trealaw	Rhondda (borough)	Llwyn-y-pia / Trealaw
Treharris	Merthyr Tydfil (borough)	Bedlinog / Treharris
Treherbert	Rhondda (borough)	Treherbert
Treorchy	Rhondda (borough)	Treorchy
Tylorstown	Rhondda (borough)	Tylorstown
Tyn-y-nant	Taff-Ely (borough)	Beddau / Tyn-y-nant
Ynysybwl	Cynon Valley (borough)	Ynysybwl
Ystrad	Rhondda (borough)	Ystrad
Ystrad Mynach	Rhymney Valley	Hengoed (Gelligaer*) / Ystrad Mynach

* = Community (community ward of)

See also

• List of electoral wards in Bridgend County Borough
• List of electoral wards in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
• List of electoral wards in Rhondda Cynon Taf
• List of electoral wards in Wales

References

1. "Mid Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
2. "The County of Mid Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 2 March 1988. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
3. "Cynon Valley Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
4. "Merthyr Tydfil Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
5. "Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
6. "Rhondda Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
7. "Rhymney Valley Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
8. "Taff-Ely Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 April 2019.