Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Torfaen County Borough Council
Pontypool is run by Torfaen County Borough Council. Labour has a majority on Torfaen County Borough Council. Its MP is Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour), member for Torfaen.
£2,156
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Pontypool’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Torfaen County Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Torfaen County Borough Council: 29 of its 40 seats as elected. Independents hold 9, Reform UK 2. 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 21 of Torfaen’s 40 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour29
- Independent9
- Reform UK2
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 Pontypool
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. Pontypool’s communities: Panteg, New Inn, Trevethin, Pen Tranch, Pontymoile and Pontnewydd.
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 Pontypool, from the most recent elections.
- 1Torfaen County Borough Council6 wards · 16 councillorsLabour 15 · Independent 1 · Reform UK 1 · all 17
- 2Police and crime commissionerGwent Police · elected May 2024Jane Mudd
- 3SeneddSir Fynwy Torfaen · 6 membersPeter FoxLynne NeagleMatthew JonesLaura Anne JonesDonna CushingStephen John Senior
- 4House of CommonsTorfaen
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.
16 councillors for 6 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.
- Anthony HuntLabour · May 2022
- Norma ParrishLabour · May 2022
- Nathan YeowellLabour · May 2022
- Mark JonesIndependent · May 2022
- Caroline PriceLabour · May 2022
- Gaynor Elizabeth JamesLabour · May 2022
- Nick ByrneLabour · May 2022
- Rosemary MatthewsLabour · May 2022
- Jon JamesLabour · May 2022
- Stuart James KeyteReform UK · February 2025 · by-election
- Sue MalsonLabour · May 2022
- Jon HorlorLabour · May 2022
- Alfie BestLabour · May 2022
- Nicholas SimonsLabour · May 2022
- David DanielsLabour · May 2022
- Sue MorganLabour · May 2022
- Stuart AshleyLabour · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantegall in Pontypool · 7,478 residents3 seats · May 2022 | 3 | Anthony HuntNorma ParrishNathan Yeowell | May 2022 |
| Pontypool Fawrall in Pontypool · 7,164 residents3 seats · May 2022 | 3 | Mark JonesCaroline PriceGaynor Elizabeth James | May 2022 |
| New Innall in Pontypool · 5,620 residents3 seats · May 2022 | 3 | Nick ByrneRosemary MatthewsJon James | May 2022 |
| Trevethin and Penygarnall in Pontypool · 5,307 residents2 seats · February 2025, May 2022 | 2 | Stuart James Keyteby-electionSue MalsonJon Horlor | February 2025, May 2022 |
| Pontnewynydd and Snatchwoodmostly in Pontypool · 2,763 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Alfie BestNicholas Simons | May 2022 |
| Pontnewydd10% in Pontypool · 738 residents3 seats · May 2022 | 3 | David DanielsSue MorganStuart Ashley | May 2022 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Torfaen 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).
Torfaen council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Pontypool, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
6 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Pontypool’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗5,282 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
3,584 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
4,714 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Every ward’s result (3 more)
1,465 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
1,568 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
4,419 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.
Pontypool is in Torfaen constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Pontypool).
35,705 votes for candidates · majority 7,322
Labour, MP since 7 May 2015.
turnout in July 2024: 35,705 votes from 71,738 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 7,322 of 35,705 votes (20.5%): wider than in 50% of Wales’s 32 constituencies.
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 Pontypool
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 Pontypool is in Sir Fynwy Torfaen.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Pontypool’s Band D council tax is £2,156 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Torfaen County Borough Council sets £1,691.60 of a Band D bill (78%); the rest goes to community councils and the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Torfaen, 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 Pontypool 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.
torfaen.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
torfaen.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Pontypool is run
Who is the MP for Pontypool?
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) is the MP for Torfaen, which covers Pontypool.
How many councillors does Pontypool have?
16 ward councillors represent Pontypool’s 6 wards.
When are the next elections in Pontypool?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Pontypool’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 Pontypool?
Band D council tax in Pontypool is £2,156 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 Torfaen County Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 29 of 40 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Pontypool?
In Pontypool’s wards on 5 May 2022, Labour 15 · Independent 1 of the 16 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 65.2%.
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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