Coedffranc Central is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough....

 county borough, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. Coedffranc Central is a part of the Coedffranc

Coedffranc

Coedffranc is a village in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales.Today it has merged into an enlarged Skewen, occupying the central regions of the village of Skewen. Coedffranc is also a community and encompasses the electoral wards of Coedffranc Central, Coedffranc North and Coedffranc...

 community

Community (Wales)

A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....

 and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon

Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberavon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system.-History:...

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Coedffranc Central is bounded by the wards of Coedffranc West

Coedffranc West

Coedffranc West is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.Coedffranc West is bounded by the wards of Llansamlet and Bonymaen of Swansea to the west; Coedffranc Central and Coedffranc North to the north; and Briton Ferry West to the east...

 to the southwest; Coedffranc North

Coedffranc North

Coedffranc North is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. is a part of the Coedffranc community and falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon....

 to the north; Dyffryn

Dyffryn, Neath Port Talbot

Dyffryn, Neath Port Talbot may refer to:*Dyffryn Cellwen*Dyffryn Clydach*Dyffryn School...

 to the east; and Neath East

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...

 and Briton Ferry West

Briton Ferry West

Briton Ferry West is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry....

 to the south east. Almost all the ward is built up consisting of residential areas and shopping streets covering the centre of the village of Skewen

Skewen

Skewen is a village within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales.The village is served by Skewen railway station.-History:Skewen was once an industrial village. There were a number of collieries around the village . The Crown and Mines Royal Copper Works and the Cheadle and Neath...

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In the 2008 local council elections

United Kingdom local elections, 2008

The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils....

, the electorate turnout was 38.0%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Arthur Davies	Labour	531	Labour hold
Betsan Richards	Independent	419	Independent gain
Paula Bebell	Labour	272
Alyson Thomas	Plaid Cymru	270
Lee Saunders	Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers	238
Jennifer Davies	Plaid Cymru	205