Neath North

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| unitary_wales = Neath Port Talbot

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| constituency_westminster = Neath

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Neath

| |councillor1 = Alan Lockyer | party1 = Labour|councillor2 = Mark Protheroe | party2 = Labour

| population = 3,942

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

Neath North includes some or all of the neighbourhoods of Llantwit and Neath town centre in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. It is bounded by the wards of Bryncoch South to the northwest; Cadoxton to the North; Tonna to the northeast; Cimla to the southeast; Neath South to the south; and Neath East to the southwest.

Election results

=Neath Port Talbot=

In the 2017 local council elections, the results were:{{cite web|url=https://democracy.npt.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=122&RPID=3986273 |title=Election results for Neath North: County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017 |publisher=Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council |accessdate=17 August 2018 }}

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!|Candidate

!|Party

!|Votes

!|Status

|Alan LockyerLabour560Labour hold
|Mark ProtheroeLabour517Labour hold
|Andy LodwigIndependent515
|Orla LoweConservative378

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 34.69%. The results were:

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!|Candidate

!|Party

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|Alan LockyerLabour709Labour hold
|Mark ProtheroeLabour628Labour hold
|Dai HowellsIndependent341
|Basil IpConservative188

Cllr Lockyer initially won his seat at a by-election on 6 May 2010, on a 63% turnout.[https://democracy.npt.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=406&RPID=0 Election results for Neath North: County Borough Council By-Election - Thursday, 6th May, 2010], Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Retrieved 15 August 2018. This had followed the resignation of previous Labour councillor, Derek Vaughan, who had been elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Wales in 2009. He had been councillor for Neath North since 1995.[http://www.derekvaughanmep.org.uk/welsh_labour_mep_stands_down_as_neath_port_talbot_councillor Welsh Labour MEP stands down as Neath Port Talbot councillor (press release)], Derekvaughanmep.org.uk, 15 March 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

=West Glamorgan=

Between 1989 and 1996 Neath North was a ward to West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour councillor, Frank Evans, had previously been a representative for the Neath No.1 ward and was elected unopposed to Neath North in 1989. He was re-elected in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/West-Glamorgan-County-1973-1993.pdf |title=West Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993 |publisher=The Election Centre (Plymouth University)|accessdate=19 May 2019 }} He was elected to Neath Port Talbot Council in 1995.

=Glamorgan=

Until 1974 Neath North was a ward to Glamorgan County Council.{{cite news|title= Big shocks for Labour in Glamorgan elections - How They Voted |newspaper=South Wales Echo |date=14 April 1967 |page=11 }}

References

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Category:Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot

Category:Glamorgan electoral wards

Category:Neath

Category:Electoral wards of West Glamorgan