Tredegar Park and Marshfield is an

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for

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in south

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. It was created in 2022 by combining the former wards of

Tredegar Park Tredegar Park () is a country park situated in the Coedkernew area of Newport, Wales. It lies close to junction 28 of the M4 motorway The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is the third longest motorway in the United Kingd ...

and Marshfield. It is represented by three city councillors.

Description

The Tredegar Park and Marshfield ward covers the

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(civil parishes) of Tredegar Park and Marshfield, additionally the communities of

Coedkernew Coedkernew () is a community in the south west of Newport, Wales, in the Marshfield ward. The parish is bounded by Percoed reen to the south, Nant-y-Selsig to the southwest, and Pound Hill to the west. The northern boundary is formed from Gwer ...

, Michaelstone-y-Fedw and

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, the latter comprising the former ward of Marshfield. The ward was formed by the merger of the former Marshfield and Tredegar Park wards, following recommendations of an electoral boundary review by the

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. The review was designed to improve electoral parity, towards an average electorate per councillor of 2,146. The Tredegar Park ward had been 54% under-represented, while the new merged ward with three councillors would be only 25% under-represented. The change took effect from the May 2022 local elections.

May 2022 election

The two

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councillors for Marshfield didn't stand for re-election in 2022, though the Labour councillor for Tredegar Park, Trevor Watkins, was hoping to be re-elected. The

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were standing a candidate and both of the

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candidates at this election were standing in Tredegar Park and Marshfield. Propel candidate, Shane Williams, caught attention by registering his home address to an apartment in

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. Williams admitted he wouldn't be returning to Newport until two months after the election, though he had been brought up in the area. All three seats were won by Labour.

References

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