Court is the name of an electoral ward in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is represented by councillors on Barry Town Council and the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
Court | |
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Electoral ward | |
Electoral wards of Barry, with Court at centre right | |
Population | 4,748 (2011 census) |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Councillors | 2 (County), 3 (Town) |
The Court ward covers the south of the Gibbonsdown area of the town, northeast of Barry town centre, but stretches south as far as Holton Road. There is a Gibbonsdown ward which borders to the northwest.[1]
According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 4,748.[2]
The Court ward elects three councillors to Barry Town Council.[3]
In May 2017 the ward's Labour Party councillor Bronwen Brooks became leader of Barry Town Council. Ward councillor Richard Bertin was the only Independent councillor elected to the council.[4]
Court is a county electoral ward, electing two county councillors to Vale of Glamorgan Council.[5]
On 4 May 2017 the Court ward elected two Labour Party county councillors to the County Council. Former councillor Richard Bertin came third.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bronwen Ellen BROOKS * | 539 | |||
Labour | Sandra Davies PERKES | 463 | |||
Independent | Richard Joel BERTIN * | 419 | |||
Independent | Andy GRIFFITHS | 271 | |||
Conservative | Robert Louis Charles FISHER | 204 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan WIGNALL | 165 | |||
Green | Stephen Ross DAVID-BARKER | 90 |
The Court ward was represented by two Labour councillors between the 1995 and 2012 elections, with Cllr Bertin being elected in 1999 on a Labour ticket.[7] He resigned from the Labour Party in 2010 after a Labour Party Welsh Executive Committee Disciplinary hearing.[8] He was re-elected as an Independent councillor at the May 2012 elections.[7]
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