Seven Sisters (electoral ward)

Seven Sisters
Population 2,032 (2001 census)
Principal areaNeath Port Talbot
Ceremonial countyWest Glamorgan
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentNeath
Welsh AssemblyNeath
CouncillorsSteve Hunt (Independent)
List of places
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Neath Port Talbot

Seven Sisters is an electoral ward of the Welsh principal area of Neath Port Talbot County Borough. The ward, which includes, as well as Seven Sisters proper, the lesser settlements of Bryndulais and Nant-y-cafn, is coterminous with the area served by the Seven Sisters Community Council.

Lying in the upper Dulais Valley – in which coalmine workings are still very evident (the village is named after Seven Sisters Colliery which closed in the early 1960s) – the area is characterized by extensive forestry to the north, east and south, and open moorland in the northwest and central areas.

In the 2012 local council elections, the result from Seven Sisters was:

Candidate Party Votes Status
Steve HuntIndependent764Independent hold
Jako DaviesLabour241

Voter turnout was 62.86%.

Coordinates: 51°45′59″N 3°42′41″W / 51.76630°N 3.71137°W / 51.76630; -3.71137

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