List of electoral wards in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
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This list of electoral wards in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough includes county borough electoral wards in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales. It also includes Community Council wards.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
County Borough Wards pre-1974
County Borough Wards
The post-1996 county borough is divided into 11 electoral wards returning 33 councillors to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Most of these wards are coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name.[2] The following table lists council wards, numbers of councillors, associated communities and geographical areas:
| Ward | County councillors[3] |
Communities | Settlements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedlinog c | 2 | Bedlinog | Bedlinog, Cwmfelin, Trelewis |
| Cyfarthfa c | 3 | Cyfarthfa | Clwydyfagwyr, Gelli-deg, Heolgerrig, Winch Fawr, Ynysfach |
| Dowlais | 4 |
|
Dowlais, Dowlais Top, Caeharris, Caeracca, Pantyscallog, Rhydybedd, Tair Twynau |
| Gurnos c | 4 | Gurnos | Gurnos |
| Merthyr Vale c | 2 | Merthyr Vale | Aberfan, Mount Pleasant, |
| Park c | 3 | Park | Georgetown, The Quar |
| Penydarren c | 3 | Penydarren | Penydarren, Galon Uchaf |
| Plymouth | 3 | Troed-y-rhiw | Abercanaid, Pentrebach |
| Town c | 4 | Town | Merthyr Tydfil town centre, Twynyrodyn, Penyard |
| Treharris c | 3 | Treharris | Quakers Yard, Treharris, Pentwyn, Fiddler's Elbow, Edwardsville, Treharris |
| Vaynor c | 2 | Vaynor | Cefn Coed, Pontsticill, Trefechan, Vaynor |
c = Ward coterminous with community of the same name
Community wards
Bedlinog is the only community in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough to elect a community council. For elections to Bedlinog Community Council, four community councillors are elected from a Bedlinog ward and five are elected from a Trelewis ward.[4]