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Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Bwrdeistref Sirol Castell-nedd Port Talbot
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History
Founded1 April 1996
Preceded byWest Glamorgan County Council
Port Talbot
Neath
Lliw Valley (part)
Leadership
Matthew Crowley,
Labour
since 10 May 2024[1]
Steve Hunt,
Independent
since 7 June 2022[2]
Karen Jones
since November 2020[3]
Structure
Seats60 councillors[4]
Political groups
Administration (29)
  Independent (18)
  Plaid Cymru (11)
Other parties (31)
  Labour (27)
  Liberal Democrats (2)
  Green (1)
  Independent (1)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
First past the post
First election
4 May 1995
Last election
5 May 2022
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Port Talbot, SA13 1PJ
Website
www.npt.gov.uk

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (or simply Neath Port Talbot Council) is the local authority for the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. The council was controlled by the Labour Party from its creation in 1996 until 2022, when Plaid Cymru and a group of independent councillors agreed to share power.[5]

  1. ^ "New Neath Port Talbot Mayor sworn in at Margam Orangery has long association with public service". West Wales Newsdesk. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Council minutes, 7 June 2022". Neath Port Talbot Council. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ Neary, Hannah (25 November 2020). "Neath Port Talbot Council announces former Estyn manager Karen Jones as its new chief executive". Wales Online. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ >"Your Councillors by Political Grouping". Neath Port Talbot Council. 23 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Plaid Cymru and independents agree to share power on Neath Port Talbot Council". Nation.cymru. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

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