Alexandra (Penarth electoral ward)

Former electoral ward of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Alexandra was an electoral ward in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It elected county councillors to the Vale of Glamorgan Council at the 1995 and 1999 local elections.

The Alexandra ward covered a large area of Penarth including the town centre and the more affluent southern part. Five county councillors were elected from the ward to the Vale of Glamorgan Council. For elections to Penarth Town Council it was divided into the Plymouth and St Augustine's community wards.

The ward elected councillors to the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council from 1983. Five Conservative councillors were elected at the 1983, 1987 and 1991 elections.^[1]

1983 Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council election^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	A. Ernest *	2,098
Conservative	P. Davies	2,003
Conservative	D. Leddington *	1,993
Conservative	R. Parsons *	1,715
Conservative	A. Wicks	1,334
Alliance	J. Sibert	1,244
Alliance	J. Janes	1,008
Labour	E. Davies	945
Ind. Conservative	H. Reynolds *	927
Labour	L. Hales	911
Alliance	E. Hill	911
Alliance	F. Rattray	899
Labour	J. Birch	879
Alliance	P. Dresser	872
Plaid Cymru	S. Fford	860
Labour	C. Couper	847
Ind. Conservative	T. Waugh *	774
Plaid Cymru	A. Packer	167
Plaid Cymru	R. Maccarthy	154

* existing councillor, standing for re-election

Post-1996

At the 1995 county elections to the new Vale of Glamorgan Council unitary authority, Alexandra elected five Labour Party councillors, in what the South Wales Echo described as a "rout". There were no Conservative councillors left in Penarth.^[2]

1995 Vale of Glamorgan Council election^[3]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	(Ms) L. J. Barrett	2,059
Labour	J. Birch	1,848
Labour	P. Gray	1,847
Labour	(Ms) G. Emmerson	1,732
Labour	N. Fogg	1,649
Conservative	A. Ernest ^o	1,580
Conservative	A. Wickes ^o	1,357
Conservative	C. Osborne ^o	1,348
Conservative	(Ms) D. Turner	1,334
Independent	M. Cranfield-Adams	1,300
Conservative	A. Williams ^o	1,282
Plaid Cymru	D. Harries	544
Plaid Cymru	(Ms) M. Harries	515

^o existing councillor, elected in 1991 to the VoG borough council, standing for re-election

At the following 1999 elections, four of the five seats were won back by the Conservative Party.^[3]

Following The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 Alexandra was divided into two, with the existing town wards of Plymouth and St Augustine's becoming county wards electing two councillors each to the county council. The change was effective from October 2003 for preliminary electoral proceedings but fully effective at the May 2004 Vale of Glamorgan Council elections.^[4]

In 2017 town councillors asked South Wales Police why they were still using the Alexandra ward as an area of Penarth for their crime statistics. The police blamed this on an overseas software update.^[5]

References

1 2 "Vale of Glamorgan Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 13 July 2019.
↑ Peter Collins (5 May 1995). "Vale of Glamorgan - Disaster for Tories". South Wales Echo. p. 8.
1 2 "Vale of Glamorgan Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 13 July 2019.
↑ The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (PDF). Statutory Instruments. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 7 May 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
↑ "Penarth Councillors Criticise Police On Latest Crime Figures". Penarth Daily News. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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