Cowbridge is an

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in the

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( ), locally referred to as ''The Vale'', is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf t ...

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, which covers its namesake town of

Cowbridge Cowbridge () is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately west of the centre of Cardiff. The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council. A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for elections to ...

as well as the neighbouring villages of

Llanblethian Llanblethian () is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales which sits upon the River Thaw. It makes up part of the community (Wales), community of Cowbridge with Llanblethian, which consists of the village itself, the larger market town of C ...

and

Aberthin Aberthin is a small village, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, on the north side of a shallow valley, less than a mile northeast of Cowbridge across the A48 road. Cowbridge Comprehensive School lies just to the southwes ...

and the

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of Llanfair and Penllyn. The ward elects three county councillors to the

Vale of Glamorgan Council The Vale of Glamorgan Council is the governing body for the Vale of Glamorgan, one of the Subdivisions of Wales, Principal Areas of Wales. History The new Vale of Glamorgan Council unitary authority came into effect on 1 April 1996, following th ...

. According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 6,180. Cowbridge is also the name of a community ward (covering the town itself) for elections to Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council.

County elections

The county ward elects three councillors to the

. It is currently represented by the

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. Councillors Cox, Jarvie and Parker were also the winners of the May 2012 elections. The ward has elected three Conservative county councillors since 1999, though at the 1995 county elections it elected one Conservative and two Labour Party representatives.

1985–1996

Between 1985 and 1996 Cowbridge was a ward to

South Glamorgan County Council South Glamorgan County Council () was the local government authority that administered the county of South Glamorgan, Wales from its creation in 1974 until its abolition in 1996. History Local government in England and Wales was reorganised in 1 ...

, electing one county councillor, a Conservative.

Borough elections

The Cowbridge ward elected two councillors to the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council in 1973, 1976 and 1979. Between

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and 1996 it was represented by three councillors, all Conservatives.

References

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