Baruc (electoral ward)

Baruc is the name of an electoral ward in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It covers the southern area of the town, including Barry Island, Cold Knap and the area around Romilly Park.

Electoral wards of Barry, with Baruc on the coast to the south

The ward elects three county councillors to the Vale of Glamorgan Council and three councillors to Barry Town Council.[1] The ward is currently represented by Plaid Cymru.

According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 10,621.[2]

In 2022 the number of county councillors was increased from two, to three, as a result of recommendations from the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales.[3]

Election results

On 4 May 2017 the Baruc ward re-elected two Plaid Cymru councillors to the County Council. On 15 May councillor Nic Hodges, also a town councillor, was elected as the first Plaid Cymru mayor of Barry, the first mayor to represent the Baruc ward for 35 years.[4]

2017 Vale of Glamorgan Council election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Nic Hodges 1137
Plaid Cymru Steffan Wiliam 1053
Conservative Paul James 978
Conservative Victoria Roberts 929
Labour Brian Royson Mayne 616
2012 Vale of Glamorgan Council election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Steffan Wiliam 800
Plaid Cymru Nicholas Hodges 776
Conservative Paul Baker 512
Labour Michael Trickey 498
Independent Barrie Evans 471
Conservative Dominic Fouracre 444
Labour Julie Aviet-Frassinelli 421

1973–1996

At the 1985, 1989 and 1993 county elections, prior to the creation of the Vale of Glamorgan county, Baruc elected a county councillor to South Glamorgan County Council. The Conservative candidate won each of these elections.[7]

Baruc (or Barruc) was also an electoral ward to the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council between 1973 and 1996. Until 1983 it elected three councillors (all Conservative), from the 1983 election the ward elected two councillors (again, all Conservative).[8]

References
  1. Local Councillors Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Barry Town Council. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. "Baruc - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. "Vale of Glamorgan's ward boundaries redrawn as council gets seven more councillors". Penarth Times. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. "New Vale of Glamorgan Mayor is elected". Barry & District News. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  5. "Baruc - Declaration Of Results Of Poll (2017)" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. "Local Election Results 2012 - Bro Morgannwg/Vale of Glamorgan". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  7. "South Glamorgan County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). The Election Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  8. "Vale of Glamorgan Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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