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It retained county borough status until 1974, when there were significant changes to local government under the Local Government Act 1972. From 1974 until 1996, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council was a lower-tier district council, with Mid Glamorgan County Council providing county-level services in the area. Since the abolition of Mid Glamorgan ...
Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber and the courtroom at the rear of the building. [1] The election of the future leader of the Labour Party, Keir Hardie, as member of parliament for Merthyr Tydfil was announced from the steps of the town hall In September 1900. [1] Subsequent election successes were announced from the ...
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:
Local government communities: Bedlinog (with the only elected Community Council in the borough) [1] Cyfarthfa; Dowlais; Gurnos; Merthyr Vale; Pant; Park; Penydarren; Town; Treharris; Troed-y-rhiw; Vaynor
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]
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]
All residents of a street where a massive sinkhole appeared have been told they can return to their homes in time for Christmas.. People living in Nant Morlais, Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, feared they ...
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board provides healthcare services mainly for the population of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough and (from 1 April 2019) Bridgend County Borough. Cwm Taf Morgannwg NHS Trust's headquarters are in Ynysmeurig House, Navigation Park, Abercynon, Wales. [3]