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Gwent County Borough</b><br /><i><b>Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent</b></i></big> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background: white;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blaenau_Gwent_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Blaenau_Gwent_UK_location_map.svg/250px-Blaenau_Gwent_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Blaenau_Gwent_UK_location_map.svg/375px-Blaenau_Gwent_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Blaenau_Gwent_UK_location_map.svg/500px-Blaenau_Gwent_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;">Geography </td></tr> <tr> <th style="font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="/wiki/Surface_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Surface area">Area</a></b><br />- Tot<br />- % Watter </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet_o_Welsh_principal_auries_bi_aurie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leet o Welsh principal auries bi aurie (page disna exeest)">Ranked 22nt</a><br />109 km²<br />? % </td></tr> <tr> <th>Admin HQ </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ebbw_Vale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ebbw Vale (page disna exeest)">Ebbw Vale</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=ISO_3166-2:GB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISO 3166-2:GB (page disna exeest)">ISO 3166-2</a> </th> <td>GB-BGW </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=ONS_coding_system&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ONS coding system (page disna exeest)">ONS code</a> </th> <td>00PL </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;">Demographics </td></tr> <tr> <th style="font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">Population</a></b>:<br />- Tot (2021)<br />- <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">Density</a><br />  </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet_o_Welsh_principal_auries_bi_population&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leet o Welsh principal auries bi population (page disna exeest)">Ranked </a><br /><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Welsh_principal_areas_by_population_density&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Welsh principal areas by population density (page disna exeest)">Ranked </a><br /> / km² </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ethnicity </th> <td>99.1% White. </td></tr> <tr> <th style="font-weight: normal;"><b><a href="/wiki/Welsh_leid" title="Welsh leid">Welsh leid</a></b><br />- Ony skills </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet_o_Welsh_principal_auries_bi_percentage_Welsh_leid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leet o Welsh principal auries bi percentage Welsh leid (page disna exeest)">Ranked 21st</a> o 22.<br />9.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;">Politics </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><span typeof="mw:Error mw:File"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard?uselang=sco&wpDestFile=Blaenau_Gwent_arms.png" class="new" title="File:Blaenau Gwent arms.png"><span class="mw-file-element mw-broken-media" data-width="150">Arms of Blaenau Gwent Borough Council</span></a></span><br />Blaenau Gwent Council<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/">http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Control </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>MP & AM </th> <td> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nick_Smith_(Breetish_politeecian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nick Smith (Breetish politeecian) (page disna exeest)">Nick Smith</a> MP (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_Labour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Welsh Labour (page disna exeest)">Welsh Labour</a>) & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alun_Davies_(politeecian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alun Davies (politeecian) (page disna exeest)">Alun Davies</a> AM (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Welsh_Labour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Welsh Labour (page disna exeest)">Welsh Labour</a>) </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blaenau Gwent</b> (pronooncit <span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Inglis" title="Help:IPA for Inglis">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/ secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/aɪ/ long 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'no'">n</span><span title="/aɪ/ long 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span> <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɛ/ short 'e' in 'bed'">ɛ</span><span title="'n' in 'no'">n</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <small>Welsh: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IPA_for_Welsh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia:IPA for Welsh (page disna exeest)">[ˈbləɨ.naɨ]</a></span>) is a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coonty_burgh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coonty burgh (page disna exeest)">coonty burgh</a> in Sooth <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, sharin its name wi a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) (page disna exeest)">parliamentary constituency</a>. It borders the <a href="/wiki/Local_govrenment_in_Wales" title="Local govrenment in Wales">unitary authority auries</a> o <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a> an <a href="/wiki/Torfaen" title="Torfaen">Torfaen</a> tae the east, <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_Coonty_Burgh" title="Caerphilly Coonty Burgh">Caerphilly</a> tae the wast an <a href="/wiki/Powys" title="Powys">Powys</a> tae the north. Its main touns are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abertillery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abertillery (page disna exeest)">Abertillery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brynmawr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brynmawr (page disna exeest)">Brynmawr</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ebbw_Vale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ebbw Vale (page disna exeest)">Ebbw Vale</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tredegar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tredegar (page disna exeest)">Tredegar</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Govrenment">Govrenment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Eedit section: Govrenment" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Govrenment"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The burgh wis formit in 1974 as a local govrenment <a href="/w/index.php?title=Destricts_o_Wales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Destricts o Wales (page disna exeest)">destrict</a> o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwent_(county)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gwent (county) (page disna exeest)">Gwent</a>. It wis a merger o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_(historic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Monmouthshire (historic) (page disna exeest)">Monmouthshire</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Urban_destrict&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Urban destrict (page disna exeest)">urban destricts</a> o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abertillery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abertillery (page disna exeest)">Abertillery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ebbw_Vale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ebbw Vale (page disna exeest)">Ebbw Vale</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantyglo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nantyglo (page disna exeest)">Nantyglo</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blaina (page disna exeest)">Blaina</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tredegar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tredegar (page disna exeest)">Tredegar</a>, alang wi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brynmawr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brynmawr (page disna exeest)">Brynmawr</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Urban_destrict&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Urban destrict (page disna exeest)">urban destrict</a> an the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pairish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pairish (page disna exeest)">pairish</a> o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Llanelly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Llanelly (page disna exeest)">Llanelly</a> in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brecknockshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brecknockshire (page disna exeest)">Brecknockshire</a>. </p><p>It wis reconstitutit in 1996 as a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coonty_burgh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coonty burgh (page disna exeest)">coonty burgh</a>, excludin <a href="/w/index.php?title=Llanelly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Llanelly (page disna exeest)">Llanelly</a> which insteid wis transferred tae the reconstitutit <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a>. The aurie is nou govrened bi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (page disna exeest)">Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Eedit section: Politics" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Politics"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blaenau Gwent hit the heidlines at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Unitit_Kinrick_general_election,_2005&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unitit Kinrick general election, 2005 (page disna exeest)">2005 UK General Election</a> whan an independent candidate, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Law (page disna exeest)">Peter Law</a>, wan the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) (page disna exeest)">Wastmeenster seat</a>. He haed resigned frae the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Pairty_(UK)" title="Labour Pairty (UK)">Labour Pairty</a> efter an internal pairty row follaein the retirement o incumbent MP <a href="/w/index.php?title=Llew_Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Llew Smith (page disna exeest)">Llew Smith</a>, an defeatit the offeecial Labour candidate, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Jones,_Baroness_Jones_of_Whitchurch" class="extiw" title="en:Maggie Jones, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch">Maggie Jones</a>, bi a margin o 9,121 votes. The seat haed previously been held bi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aneurin_Bevan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aneurin Bevan (page disna exeest)">Aneurin Bevan</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Foot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Foot (page disna exeest)">Michael Foot</a>, an wis considered ane o Labour's safest. Law deed on 25 Aprile 2006 an in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent_by-elections,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blaenau Gwent by-elections, 2006 (page disna exeest)">by-election</a>, a umwhile supporter o his, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dai_Davies_(politeecian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dai Davies (politeecian) (page disna exeest)">Dai Davies</a> wan, runnin as an independent candidate. Peter Law's widow, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trish_Law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trish Law (page disna exeest)">Trish Law</a>, wan his umwhile <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent_(Naitional_Assembly_for_Wales_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blaenau Gwent (Naitional Assembly for Wales constituency) (page disna exeest)">Welsh Assembly seat</a>, an aw runnin as an independent candidate. In 2007 she retained her seat. Dai Davies held the Wastmeenster seat for the Fowk's Voice frae 2006 tae 2010 whan he lost his seat in a huge majority tae Labour's Nick Smith o 10,516 votes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ither_information">Ither information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Eedit section: Ither information" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaenau_Gwent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Ither information"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blaenau Gwent haes the heichest level o severe bairn poverty in Wales, as revealed bi statistical data accordin tae a report bi Save the Childer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freemit_airtins">Freemit airtins</h2><span 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