Photo: Terrence Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Bridgend County Borough Council
Maesteg is run by Bridgend County Borough Council. Labour has a majority on Bridgend County Borough Council. Its MP is Stephen Kinnock (Labour), member for Aberafan Maesteg.
£2,478
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Maesteg’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Bridgend County Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Bridgend County Borough Council: 27 of its 51 seats as elected. Independents hold 21, Plaid Cymru 1, the Conservatives 1 and Reform UK 1. 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 26 of Bridgend’s 51 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour27
- Independent21
- Conservative1
- Plaid Cymru1
- Reform UK1
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 Maesteg
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. Maesteg’s communities: Maesteg and Llangynwyd Middle.
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 Maesteg, from the most recent elections.
- 1Bridgend County Borough Council4 wards · 7 councillorsChris DaviesPaul DaviesRoss ThomasRichard John CollinsMartin Lloyd HughesPhillip William JenkinsRobert Malcolm James
- 2Police and crime commissionerSouth Wales Police · elected May 2024Emma Wools
- 3SeneddAfan Ogwr Rhondda · 6 membersHuw Irranca-DaviesSera EvansBenjamin Hodge McKennaAlun CoxSteve BaylissElyn Stephens
- 4House of CommonsAberafan Maesteg
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.
7 councillors for 4 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 DaviesIndependent · May 2022
- Paul DaviesLabour · May 2022
- Ross ThomasIndependent · May 2022
- Richard John CollinsLabour · May 2022
- Martin Lloyd HughesLabour · May 2022
- Phillip William JenkinsIndependent · May 2022
- Robert Malcolm JamesPlaid Cymru · May 2022
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caerauall in Maesteg · 6,665 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Chris DaviesPaul Davies | May 2022 |
| Maesteg Westall in Maesteg · 5,691 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Ross ThomasRichard John Collins | May 2022 |
| Maesteg Eastall in Maesteg · 4,696 residents2 seats · May 2022 | 2 | Martin Lloyd HughesPhillip William Jenkins | May 2022 |
| Llangynwyd43% in Maesteg · 1,290 residents1 seat · May 2022 | 1 | Robert Malcolm James | May 2022 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Bridgend 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).
Bridgend council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Maesteg, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
4 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Maesteg’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,890 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
3,224 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,593 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Every ward’s result (1 more)
887 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Maesteg is in Aberafan Maesteg constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Maesteg).
35,755 votes for candidates · majority 10,354
Labour, MP since 7 May 2015.
turnout in July 2024: 35,755 votes from 72,580 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 10,354 of 35,755 votes (29%): wider than in 84% 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 Maesteg
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 Maesteg is in Afan Ogwr Rhondda.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Maesteg’s Band D council tax is £2,478 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Bridgend County Borough Council sets £2,007.06 of a Band D bill (81%); the rest goes to community councils and the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Bridgend, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Mid Glamorgan’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,100.
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 Maesteg 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.
bridgend.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
bridgend.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Maesteg is run
Who is the MP for Maesteg?
Stephen Kinnock (Labour) is the MP for Aberafan Maesteg, which covers Maesteg.
How many councillors does Maesteg have?
7 ward councillors represent Maesteg’s 4 wards.
When are the next elections in Maesteg?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Maesteg’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 Maesteg?
Band D council tax in Maesteg is £2,478 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 Bridgend County Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 27 of 51 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Maesteg?
In Maesteg’s wards on 5 May 2022, Labour 3 · Independent 3 · Plaid Cymru 1 of the 7 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 43.6%.
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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