Sandfields East

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| unitary_wales = Neath Port Talbot

|lieutenancy_wales = West Glamorgan

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| country = Wales

| constituency_westminster = Aberavon

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Aberavon

| population = 6,895

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Sandfields East ({{langx|cy|Dwyrain Traethmelyn}}) is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |title=Election maps |publisher=Ordnance Survey |accessdate=13 February 2019}}

At the 2011 UK Census the population of the community/ward was 6,895.{{NOMIS2011|id=1170221879|title=Sandfields East Parish (as of 2011)|accessdate=13 February 2019}}

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:{{cite web|url=https://democracy.npt.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=36&RPID=4575202 |title=Election results for Sandfields East: County Borough Council - Ordinary Elections - Thursday, 3rd May, 2012 |publisher=Neath Port Talbot Council |accessdate=13 February 2019}}

class="wikitable sortable" !\|Candidate !\|Party !\|Votes !\|Status
\|Lella James	Independent	1116	Independent hold
\|Ted Latham	Labour	1041	Labour hold
\|Colin Crowley	Labour	879	Labour hold
\|Pat Jones	Labour	750
\|Captain Beany	NPT Independent Party	669
\|Len Willis	Independent	622

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:{{cite web|url=https://democracy.npt.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=403&RPID=4575233 |title=Election results for Sandfields East: County Borough Council By-Election - Thursday, 17th October, 2013 |publisher=Neath Port Talbot Council |accessdate=13 February 2019}}

class="wikitable sortable" !\|Candidate !\|Party !\|Votes !\|Status
\|Mike Davies	Labour	718	Labour hold
\|Barry Kirk	Port Talbot Residents Association	222
\|Keith Suter	UKIP	154
\|Daniel Thomas	Plaid Cymru	69
\|Richard Minshull	Conservative	40

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:

class="wikitable sortable" !\|Candidate !\|Party !\|Votes !\|Status
\|Matthew Crowley	Labour	641	Labour hold
\|Keith Suter	UKIP	361
\|Richard Minshull	Conservative	47

In the 2017 local council elections, the councillors who were elected were:

class="wikitable sortable" !\|Candidate !\|Party !\|Votes !\|Status
\|Ted Latham	Labour	1064	Labour hold
\|Sean Pursey	Labour	1002	Labour gain
\|Matthew Crowley	Labour	937	Labour hold
\|Deborah Bamsey	Plaid Cymru	583
\|Captain Beany	Independent	504

References

Category:Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot

Category:Communities in Neath Port Talbot