Plymouth, Merthyr Tydfil

Plymouth is the name of an electoral ward of Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. It is coterminous with the community of Troed-y-rhiw.

Plymouth
Location of Plymouth (Ply) in
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Population4,326 (2011)
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMerthyr Tydfil
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

Description

The Plymouth ward covers the community of Troed-y-rhiw and includes the villages of Troed-y-rhiw, Pentrebach and Abercanaid.[1]

It elects three councillors to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. At the May 2017 elections the three Labour Party councillors, Gareth Lewis (967), Brent Carter (884) and Harvey Jones (860), successfully defended their seats.[2]

Labour had previously held all three seats at the council elections in 1995, 1999 and 2004. At the 2008 elections two Liberal Democrat councillors and one previously Labour councillor standing as an Independent were elected. At the 2012 elections the ward returned to the Labour Party.[3]

In 2015 one of the Labour councillors for the ward, Brent Carter (who had originally been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008) was discovered at a Merthyr Tydfil brothel during a police raid, though did not face any charges.[4] A complaint about the councillor was referred to the Public Services Ombudsman.[5]

References
  1. "Election maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. Katy Sands (5 May 2017). "These are your councillors in Merthyr Tydfil after the 2017 local elections". Wales Online. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Election Centre. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. "Councillor faces Merthyr Tydfil brothel investigation". BBC News. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. "Labour Councillor 'Covered in Lipstick' in Brothel". The Wave. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

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