Coedffranc West is an

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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,

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. As of May 2022, it is represented by two councillors from the

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. Coedffranc West is bounded by the wards of

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 ...

and

Bonymaen Bon-y-maen (sometimes spelt ''Bonymaen''; ) is a community in Swansea, Wales located about north east of Swansea city centre. It falls within the coterminous Bonymaen ward for elections to Swansea Council. is Welsh for and there are leg ...

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to the west; Coedffranc Central and

Coedffranc North Coedffranc North is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. is a part of the Coedffranc community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. Coedffranc North is bounded by the wards of Dyffryn to the n ...

to the north; and

Briton Ferry West Briton Ferry West is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry. Briton Ferry West consists of some or all of the districts of Brynhyfryd, Giant's Grave, Shelone and W ...

to the east. It is bounded to the south by

Swansea Bay Swansea Bay () is a bay on the southern coast of Wales. The River Neath, River Tawe, River Afan, River Kenfig and Clyne River flow into the bay. Swansea Bay and the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel experience a large tidal range. The sh ...

. Coedffranc West consists of some or all of the following areas: Coed Darcy, Crymlyn Bog,

Crymlyn Burrows Crymlyn Burrows () is an area in Wales to the east of Swansea city centre, and south of Crymlyn Bog. It is bounded by Jersey Marine Beach to the south and the River Neath to the east. The land west of Baldwin's Crescent falls within the City ...

Jersey Marine Jersey Marine is a village in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, UK located about east of Swansea. It falls within the Coedffranc West ward. Jersey Marine is centered on a main road formed by Ashleigh Terrace, coming from a junction w ...

Llandarcy Llandarcy is a village near Neath in the Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, and was the site of the Llandarcy Oil Refinery, first oil refinery in the United Kingdom. It was originally designed as a Planned community, garden village to hous ...

and

Skewen Skewen () is a village within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The village is served by Skewen railway station and has its own Skewen RFC, rugby club. History Skewen was once an industrial village. There were a number of Coal ...

. Much of the south-western part of this ward is perceived to be in Swansea by the local people of

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and

. Coedffranc West was an

West Glamorgan West Glamorgan () is a former administrative county in South Wales. It is now a preserved county. West Glamorgan was one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan. It was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 fr ...

until 4 May 1989, when Coedffranc Central and Coedffranc West became a Coedffranc ward under ''The County of West Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1989''. Coedffranc Central and Coedffranc West were recreated for the 1995 elections. The

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(formerly

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, then

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) axle and transmission components factory is located at

in the south of the ward. A distribution centre for

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is located in the area beside the Visteon factory. The 18 hole Swansea Bay Golf Course is located to the east of the ward.

Local council elections

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 34.22%. The results were: In February 2017, Councillor Harry Bebell left the Labour party and sat as an Independent. In the May 2017 local council elections, the results were:

References

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