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The borough council was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as a lower-tier district council with borough status. Gwent County Council provided county-level services for the area. [4] The county council was abolished in 1996 and Torfaen became a principal area with county borough status, with the council taking over the ...
Torfaen was reconstituted in 1996 as a county borough, taking over the county-level functions from the abolished Gwent County Council. The area is now governed by Torfaen County Borough Council, which is a principal council. [6] Torfaen has its own museum Torfaen Museum, in Pontypool Park, Pontypool.
Torfaen County Borough Council; List of communities in Wales References. All population figures are from the United Kingdom Census 2011, provided by the Office for ...
This is a list of places in the Torfaen county borough, south Wales. Principal towns. Abersychan; Blaenafon; Cwmbran; Pontypool; Villages and other named communities
Shown in Torfaen Pontypool Town Hall ( Welsh : Neuadd y Dref Pont-y-pŵl ) is a municipal structure in Hanbury Road, Pontypool , Wales. The town hall, which forms the original part of a civic centre that now serves as the headquarters of Torfaen County Borough Council , is a Grade II listed building .
Torfaen County Borough Council elections (1 C, 3 P) Tourist attractions in Torfaen (5 C, 12 P) Transport in Torfaen (3 C, 7 P)
Torfaen is a constituency of the Senedd.It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
As part of the 2017 local elections in Wales on 4 May 2017, the 40 seats of Torfaen County Borough Council were up for election. [1] There were 113 candidates. [2] The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. [3]