Elections & Politics

A by-election will be held next Thursday (March 7th 2024) to fill the Aberkenfig seat on Bridgend County Borough Council....

Bridgend Council's Democratic Services Committee has published attendance figures for councillor training sessions (pdf). Councils are legally required to provide...

Plaid Cymru's Ellie Richards announced her resignation as a county borough councillor last night on health grounds. She represented the...

The Boundary Commission for Wales has published its final recommendations for changes to Westminster constituencies in Wales. The proposals are...

Bridgend Council has approved the terms of reference for a review of the county's town and community councils (pdf). The...

Brackla Community Council remains locked in a months-long argument over whether a member has been disqualified. Councillors are, by law,...

Bridgend Council held their annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday afternoon – which you can watch here. It's the meeting where...

Earlier this week, Bridgend Councils's Town & Community Council Forum was given an outline of plans to review the county's...

Also up for discussion at this month's full council meeting was a revised Council Constitution (pdf). The council's Constitution sets...

The Boundary Commission for Wales has published its revised proposals for new Westminister parliamentary constituencies for Bridgend county. The proposals...

The result of yesterday's Bridgend County Borough Council by-election in the Bridgend Central ward was announced yesterday evening. Despite the...

Next Thursday (11th August 2022), a by-election will be held to fill one of the three Bridgend County Borough Council...

A former town councillor has been barred from standing in local elections for two years after falsely declaring he was...

At this month's full council meeting, councillors had a chance to discuss the revised capital programme – which I wrote...

For the last two years or so, all meetings of Bridgend Council have been held virtually due to the pandemic....

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bridgend Council was held yesterday afternoon - which you can watch here. It's the...

Cllr. Huw David (Lab, Pyle, Kenfig Hill & Cefn Cribwr) is on course to remain Leader of Bridgend County Borough...

As reported by the BBC Local Democracy Service, a recently re-elected Labour councillor has decided to leave front-line politics after...

As you probably already know by now, Labour has narrowly secured a majority on Bridgend County Borough Council in this...

This final local elections post is arguably the most important of all – a summary of what the main parties...

The final ward-by-ward (and town/community council) preview for this year's local elections looks at wards in and around Bridgend town...

The second election preview looks at wards in Porthcawl and the Pyle/Cornelly/Kenfig Hill area. Once again, if you're not sure...

In this first of three ward-by-ward previews, I focus on the Ogmore, Garw and Llynfi Valleys as well as the...

One question you may be asking yourselves before voting in the local elections is, "How well did my councillor do?"...

After looking at the all-Wales picture, here's where the main parties/groups in Bridgend are at the moment, their key strengths...