Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Caerphilly County Borough Council
Aberbargoed is run by Caerphilly County Borough Council. Labour has a majority on Caerphilly County Borough Council. Most of Aberbargoed is in Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney (MP Nick Smith, Labour); 13% of residents are in Caerphilly (MP Chris Evans, Labour).
£2,083
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Aberbargoed’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Caerphilly County Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Caerphilly County Borough Council: 44 of its 69 seats as elected. Plaid Cymru holds 19, independents 6. Who’s in charge ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and Welsh Government council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 35 of Caerphilly’s 69 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour44
- Plaid Cymru19
- Independent6
Latest election: May 2022.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Aberbargoed
One council runs every main service in a Welsh county or county borough.
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Every part of Wales is in a community; many have a community or town council, which the county council lists. Aberbargoed’s communities: Bargoed and Pengam.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Aberbargoed, from the most recent elections.
- 1Caerphilly County Borough Council2 wards · 6 councillorsChris Bissex-FosterTudor DaviesDianne PriceDawn Ingram-JonesShane WilliamsTeresa HeronMarina Chacon-Dawson
- 2Police and crime commissionerGwent Police · elected May 2024Jane Mudd
- 3SeneddBlaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni · 6 membersDelyth Non JewellLllŷr Tomos PowellLindsey Geoffrey WhittleCatherine CullenNiamh Ffion Mai SalkeldJoshua Seungkyun Kim
- 4House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
6 councillors for 2 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Chris Bissex-FosterLabour · August 2024 · by-election
- Tudor DaviesLabour · May 2022
- Dianne PriceLabour · May 2022
- Dawn Ingram-JonesLabour · May 2022
- Shane WilliamsLabour · May 2022
- Teresa HeronLabour · May 2022
- Marina Chacon-DawsonLabour · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberbargoed and Bargoed39% in Aberbargoed · 3,827 residents3 seats · August 2024, May 2022 | 3 | Chris Bissex-Fosterby-electionTudor DaviesDianne PriceDawn Ingram-Jones | August 2024, May 2022 |
| Cefn Fforest and Pengam8% in Aberbargoed · 585 residents3 seats · May 2022 | 3 | Shane WilliamsTeresa HeronMarina Chacon-Dawson | May 2022 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Caerphilly County Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Caerphilly council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Aberbargoed, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
2 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Aberbargoed’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗5,143 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
4,598 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Aberbargoed is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010
87% of Aberbargoed’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 43% (Wales 56%).
Majority 12,183 of 29,922 votes (40.7%): wider than in 97% of Wales’s 32 constituencies.
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010
13% of Aberbargoed’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 53% (Wales 56%).
Majority 6,419 of 38,234 votes (16.8%): the 15th-narrowest of 32 in Wales.
29,922 votes for candidates · majority 12,183
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010.
turnout in July 2024: 29,922 votes from 70,153 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 12,183 of 29,922 votes (40.7%): wider than in 97% of Wales’s 32 constituencies.
Caerphilly
38,234 votes for candidates · majority 6,419
Labour, MP since 6 May 2010.
turnout in July 2024: 38,234 votes from 72,648 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 6,419 of 38,234 votes (16.8%): the 15th-narrowest of 32 in Wales.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Members of the Senedd for Aberbargoed
Wales’s parliament: health, education, local government and transport in Wales. Elected 7 May 2026 under the new system of 16 six-member constituencies.
Votes are cast for party lists; seats go to lists in proportion (the D’Hondt method). Bars show seats won: list vote totals aren’t in the data yet.
All of Aberbargoed is in Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Aberbargoed’s Band D council tax is £2,083 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Caerphilly County Borough Council sets £1,658.17 of a Band D bill (80%); the rest goes to community councils and the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Caerphilly, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Gwent’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £1,900.
Revenue budgets 2026–27 including schools (Wales has no academies), Welsh Government; per resident on the Welsh Government’s population. Police and fire are budgeted separately.
Band D: Welsh Government, Council tax levels April 2026 to March 2027.
Having a say in how Aberbargoed is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
caerphilly.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
caerphilly.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Aberbargoed is run
Who is the MP for Aberbargoed?
Aberbargoed is split between 2 constituencies: Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney (Nick Smith, Labour) and Caerphilly (Chris Evans, Labour). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Aberbargoed have?
6 ward councillors represent Aberbargoed’s 2 wards.
When are the next elections in Aberbargoed?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Aberbargoed’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029; the next Senedd election is due in May 2030.
How much is council tax in Aberbargoed?
Band D council tax in Aberbargoed is £2,083 for 2026–27 (the council average). Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Caerphilly County Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 44 of 69 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Aberbargoed?
In Aberbargoed’s wards on 5 May 2022, Labour 6 of the 6 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 53.3%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency and Senedd constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · Welsh Government council tax levels and revenue budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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