Politics
The local Member of Parliament is Madeleine Moon (Labour), the Welsh Assembly Member for Bridgend is Carwyn Jones AM (Labour) along with regional AMs (South West Wales) Byron Davies AM (Conservative), Suzy Davies AM (Conservative), Bethan Jenkins AM (Plaid Cymru) and Peter Black AM (Liberal Democrat).
Bridgend County Borough Council is led by The Labour Party, who secured an overall majority in the May 2012 Local Elections. The current leader of the council is Cllr Mel Nott and the current mayor of the county borough is Cllr Marlene Thomas.
The current Youth Mayor of Bridgend County Borough is Christopher Walburn.
The council is currently made up of 39 Labour councillors, 10 Independents, 3 Liberal Democrats, 1 Conservative and 1 Plaid Cymru.
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