Neath East

Neath East is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Neath East falls within the community of Neath.

Neath East includes some or all of the neighbourhoods of Melincryddan, Pencaerau, Penrhiwtyn in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. It is bounded by the wards of Coedffranc Central to the northwest; Dyffryn and Neath North to the north; Neath South and Cimla to the east; and Briton Ferry West and Briton Ferry East to the south.

The ward contains marshland to the west, an industrial and residential area in the middle and grassland and woodland to the east.

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 27.15%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Sheila Penry	Labour	905	Labour hold
John Miller	Labour	826	Labour hold
Sandra Miller	Labour	808	Labour hold
Breandan MacCathail	Plaid Cymru	452
Gareth Thomas	Plaid Cymru	391
Philippa Jane Edwards	Plaid Cymru	365

Electoral wards of Neath Port Talbot county borough

Aberavon	Aberavon Baglan Briton Ferry East Briton Ferry West Bryn and Cwmavon Coedffranc Central Coedffranc North Coedffranc West Cymmer Glyncorrwg Gwynfi Margam Port Talbot Sandfields East Sandfields West Tai-Bach

Neath	Aberdulais Allt-Wen Blaengwrach Bryncoch North Bryncoch South Cadoxton Cimla Crynant Cwmllynfell Dyffryn Glynneath Godre'r Graig Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Lower Brynamman Neath East Neath North Neath South Onllwyn Pelenna Pontardawe Resolven Rhos Seven Sisters Tonna Trebanos Ystalyfera

Coordinates: 51°39′02″N 3°48′50″W / 51.65056°N 3.81398°W / 51.65056; -3.81398

Famous quotes containing the word east:

“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)