Electoral wards in the city of Bangor, Gwynedd

Hendre is one of eight

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s in the city of Bangor,

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, Wales. The ward covers part of the city south of the city centre, including West End and Glan Adda. It elects two councillors to Bangor City Council and one county councillor to

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. The ward population, according to the 2011 Census, was 1,496.

County council ward

Hendre has been an electoral ward to

since 1995, electing one county councillor. The 1995, 1999 and 2004 elections were won by the Labour Party.

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's John Wynn Jones won in 2008 and 2012. In the May 2017 county council election the result was a dead heat between the

candidate, John Wynn Jones and

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candidate, Richard Hughes. Each candidate had received 132 votes. The

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'drew lots' by pulling a name from a pot, resulting in Hughes winning the seat. * = sitting councillor prior to the election A 2018 report by the

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, if agreed, would merge Hendre with neighbouring areas to form a new two-member ward. Low voter registration of the university students was blamed for the small electorates in the city.

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County council ward

See also

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