Coedffranc North is an
electoral ward
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of
Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhon ...
county borough,
Wales
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. is a part of the
Coedffranc community
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and falls within the parliamentary constituency of
Aberavon.
Coedffranc North is bounded by the wards of
Dyffryn to the northeast;
Coedffranc Central and
Coedffranc West to the south; and
Llansamlet
Llansamlet is a suburban district and Community (Wales), community of Swansea, Wales, falling into the Llansamlet (electoral ward), Llansamlet ward. The area is centred on the A48 road (named Samlet Road and Clase Road in the area) and the M4 mot ...
of
Swansea
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to the west. The ward consists of a built up residential strip of north
Skewen and the neighbourhood of Lon-Las to the south and rural farmland and woodland to the north on the slopes of
Mynydd Drummau.
In the
2017 local council elections, the results were:
In the
2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 39.64%. The results were:
References
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Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot