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The parish of Merthyr Tydfil was governed by a local board from 1850 until 1894, when it was replaced by an urban district council. The urban district was incorporated as a borough in 1905, creating the first Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council. In 1908 it became a county borough, making it independent from Glamorgan County Council.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) is a county borough (since 1908) in the south-east of Wales. In 2022, it had an estimated population of 58,883, [ 2 ] making it the smallest local authority in Wales by population.
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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council took to social media to alert residents and wrote: “Council officers and police have been onsite at Nant Morlais, Pant all morning working with other ...
The post-1996 county borough is divided into 11 electoral wards returning 33 councillors to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Most of these wards are coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. [2] The following table lists council wards, numbers of councillors, associated communities and geographical areas:
The parish of Merthyr Tydfil was made a local board district in 1850, which became an urban district in 1894. [57] The urban district was made a municipal borough in 1905, with eight electoral wards. Merthyr Tydfil was granted county borough status in 1908, making it independent from Glamorgan County Council. [58]
The local board of health for Merthyr Tydfil, which was established under the chairmanship of Sir John Guest, in 1850, [2] initially established its offices at 71 High Street. [3] Proposals for a new town hall were considered in 1869, but the local board decided that such a development could not be afforded at that time. [ 2 ]
Town is an electoral ward which elects four councillors to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.At the May 2017 elections Town elected three Independent councillors (John Thomas, Kevin O'Neill, Andrew Barry) topped the poll, with the fourth councillor from the Labour Party (Dai Jones). [3]