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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Local government of Newport, Wales</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Plurality_voting_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Plurality voting system">First past the post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2022 Newport City Council election">5 May 2022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6 May 2027</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Motto</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">"Terra Marique"<br />"By land and sea"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Newportciviccentre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Newportciviccentre.jpg/220px-Newportciviccentre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Newportciviccentre.jpg/330px-Newportciviccentre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Newportciviccentre.jpg/440px-Newportciviccentre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2565" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Newport_Civic_Centre" title="Newport Civic Centre">Newport Civic Centre</a>, Godfrey Road, Newport, NP20<span class="nowrap"> </span>4UR</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newport.gov.uk">www<wbr />.newport<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16998902#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Newport City Council</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd</i>) is the governing body for <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Principal_areas_of_Wales" title="Principal areas of Wales">principal areas of Wales</a>. It consists of 51 councillors, who represent the city's 20 <a href="/wiki/Ward_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (country subdivision)">wards</a>. </p><p>The council is currently, and has historically been, held by the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour Party</a>. However from 2008 to 2012 the council was controlled jointly by the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> due to there being no party with an overall majority. </p><p>Between 1996 and 2002 the authority was known as Newport County Borough Council. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Newport is an ancient <a href="/wiki/Mesne" title="Mesne">mesne</a> borough, occupying an important position on the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Marches" title="Welsh Marches">Welsh Marches</a>. The town grew up round the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Castle" title="Newport Castle">castle</a> built early in the 12th century. <a href="/wiki/Giraldus_Cambrensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Giraldus Cambrensis">Giraldus Cambrensis</a>, writing in 1187, calls it <i>Novus Burgus</i>, probably to distinguish it from <a href="/wiki/Caerleon" title="Caerleon">Caerleon</a>, whose prosperity declined as that of Newport increased. The first lord was <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fitzhamon" title="Robert Fitzhamon">Robert Fitzhamon</a>, who died in 1107, and from him the <a href="/wiki/Lord" title="Lord">lordship</a> passed to the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Gloucester" title="Earl of Gloucester">Earls of Gloucester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl of Stafford">Stafford</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Buckingham" title="Duke of Buckingham">Dukes of Buckingham</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hugh_the_younger_Despenser" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh the younger Despenser">Hugh le Despenser</a>, who held the lordship for a short time, obtained in 1323 a charter of liberties for the <a href="/wiki/Burgess_(title)" title="Burgess (title)">burgesses</a>, granting them freedom from toll throughout England, Ireland and Aquitaine. <a href="/wiki/Hugh_de_Stafford,_2nd_Earl_of_Stafford" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford">Hugh, Earl of Stafford</a> granted a further charter in 1385, confirmed by his grandson in 1427, which gave the burgesses the right of self-government and of a merchant gild. On the <a href="/wiki/Attainder" title="Attainder">attainder</a> of the Duke of Buckingham in 1483 the lordship lapsed to the crown, of whom it was held in the 16th and 17th centuries by the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Pembroke" title="Earl of Pembroke">Pembrokes</a>, and in the 19th by the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Beaufort_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Beaufort (England)">Beauforts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town was incorporated by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Charter" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Charter">Royal Charter</a> of <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">James I</a> in 1623 and confirmed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> in 1685. This created a corporation which consisted of a mayor and twelve <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">aldermen</a> who governed the borough and were responsible for law and order. They were assisted by a <a href="/wiki/Recorder_(judge)" title="Recorder (judge)">recorder</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Bailiff" title="Bailiff">bailiffs</a>. This system of government lasted in essence until the town was reformed as a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> in 1836 under the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_Act_1835" title="Municipal Corporations Act 1835">Municipal Corporations Act 1835</a>. This reconstituted the corporation as an elected borough council, comprising a <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a>, aldermen and <a href="/wiki/Councillors" class="mw-redirect" title="Councillors">councillors</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Newport_Borough_Police_(Monmouthshire)" title="Newport Borough Police (Monmouthshire)">Newport Borough Police</a> was also formed in 1836.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934 the borough was enlarged by taking in parts of the surrounding parishes of St Woolos, <a href="/wiki/Christchurch,_Newport" title="Christchurch, Newport">Christchurch</a>, Malpas and Bettws.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a>, Newport was included in the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_county" title="Administrative county">administrative county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic)" title="Monmouthshire (historic)">Monmouthshire</a>, being governed by <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_County_Council" title="Monmouthshire County Council">Monmouthshire County Council</a>, which chose to base itself in Newport. Just over two years later, on 7 November 1891, Newport was one of the first places to become a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a> (other than those which had been created directly by the 1888 act), making it administratively independent from Monmouthshire County Council.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new <a href="/wiki/Newport_Civic_Centre" title="Newport Civic Centre">Newport Civic Centre</a>, designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cecil_Howitt" title="Thomas Cecil Howitt">Thomas Cecil Howitt</a>, was completed in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-nhaw_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhaw-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further local government reorganisation in 1974 saw the abolition of county boroughs. Newport became a lower-tier <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Wales" title="Districts of Wales">district</a> with <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">borough status</a>. The reformed borough covered a larger area than the former county borough, covering the whole of two former districts and most of a third, which were abolished at the same time:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caerleon_Urban_District" title="Caerleon Urban District">Caerleon Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magor_and_St_Mellons_Rural_District" title="Magor and St Mellons Rural District">Magor and St Mellons Rural District</a>, except <a href="/wiki/Henllys,_Torfaen" title="Henllys, Torfaen">Henllys</a> (which went to <a href="/wiki/Torfaen" title="Torfaen">Torfaen</a>) and <a href="/wiki/St_Mellons" title="St Mellons">St Mellons</a> (which went to <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>)</li> <li>Newport County Borough</li></ul> <p>The enlarged borough had an area of 46,976 acres (19,011 ha), and was governed by both Newport Borough Council and <a href="/wiki/Gwent_County_Council" title="Gwent County Council">Gwent County Council</a>. In 1996, another wave of local-government reorganisation reverted the council to its previous status of a self-governing county borough, taking over the functions of the abolished Gwent County Council in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002 Newport was granted formal <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> as part of a contest for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002, in which one Welsh town was eligible to be awarded city status.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_control">Political control</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first election to the council following the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a> was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the reforms under that act took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties:<sup id="cite_ref-electionscentre_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionscentre-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Lower-tier borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td>1974–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td>1976–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td>1979–1996 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>County borough</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td>1996–2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2008–2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td>2012–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Debbie_Wilcox,_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Debbie_Wilcox%2C_2018.jpg/220px-Debbie_Wilcox%2C_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Debbie_Wilcox%2C_2018.jpg/330px-Debbie_Wilcox%2C_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Debbie_Wilcox%2C_2018.jpg/440px-Debbie_Wilcox%2C_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4443" data-file-height="3332" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wilcox,_Baroness_Wilcox_of_Newport" title="Debbie Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox of Newport">Debbie Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox of Newport</a>, Newport City Council leader from 2016 to 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leaders of the council</a> since 2004 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Bob Bright</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">2004</td> <td align="right">2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matthew Evans<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">2008</td> <td align="right">2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bob Bright</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">May 2012</td> <td align="right">Apr 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wilcox,_Baroness_Wilcox_of_Newport" title="Debbie Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox of Newport">Debbie Wilcox</a></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">17 May 2016</td> <td align="right">26 Nov 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jane_Mudd" title="Jane Mudd">Jane Mudd</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">26 Nov 2019</td> <td>21 May 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dimitri Batrouni</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Welsh Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">21 May 2024</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_composition">Current composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 5 May 2022: </p><p>Re-elected councillors in <b>bold</b>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Group affiliation<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th valign="top">Current Representatives </th> <th valign="top">Members </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 4px" bgcolor="#E4003B"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;" scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a></b> </td> <td><style 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<li>Debbie Jenkins</li> <li><b>Laura Lacey</b></li> <li><b>Malcolm Linton</b></li> <li><b>Stephen Marshall</b></li> <li><b>David Mayer</b></li> <li><b>Jane Mudd</b></li> <li>Bev Perkins</li> <li>Alex Pimm</li> <li>Matthew Pimm</li> <li><b>John Richards</b></li> <li>John Reynolds</li> <li><b>Mark Spencer</b></li> <li><b>Kate Thomas</b></li> <li><b>Trevor Watkins</b></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>35 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><b>Matthew Evans</b></li> <li><b>David Fouweather</b></li> <li>John Jones</li> <li><b>Martyn Kellaway</b></li> <li><b>Ray Mogford</b></li> <li>Chris Reeks</li> <li><b>William Routley</b></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Mark Howells</li> <li><b>Alan Morris</b></li> <li>James Pearson</li> <li>Andrew Sterry</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffbb00;" data-sort-value="Newport Independents Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Newport_Independents_Party" title="Newport Independents Party">Newport Ind.</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><b>Janet Cleverly</b></li> <li><b>Jason Jordan</b></li> <li><b>Kevin Whitehead</b></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Wales Green Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Lauren James</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Welsh Liberal Democrats"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><b>Carmel Townsend</b></li></ul> </div> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"> Total<br /> </th> <th>51 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Party with majority control in bold </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections take place every five years. The last election was <a href="/wiki/2022_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2022 Newport City Council election">5 May 2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2017 a new political party, the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Independents_Party" title="Newport Independents Party">Newport Independents Party</a>, was formed to field candidates in <a href="/wiki/2017_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2017 Newport City Council election">the May 2017 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It won four seats.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Seats </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Conservative</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Newport_Independents_Party" title="Newport Independents Party">Newport Independents</a> </th> <th width="80"><a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Green</a> </th> <th rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #005B54; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #ffbb00; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 3px;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Newport_City_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Newport City Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></td> <td>47</td> <td><b>46</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>-</td> <td>0</td> <td align="left">Labour majority controlled. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Newport_City_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Newport City Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></td> <td>47</td> <td><b>40</b></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>-</td> <td>0</td> <td align="left">Labour majority controlled. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2004 Newport City Council election">2004</a></td> <td>50</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>0</td> <td align="left">Labour majority controlled. New ward boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2008 Newport City Council election">2008</a></td> <td>50</td> <td><b>22</b></td> <td>17</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>0</td> <td align="left">No overall control; Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2012 Newport City Council election">2012</a></td> <td>50</td> <td><b>37</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>-</td> <td>0</td> <td align="left">Labour majority controlled. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2017 Newport City Council election">2017</a></td> <td>50</td> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td align="left">Labour majority controlled. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2022 Newport City Council election">2022</a></td> <td>51</td> <td><b>35</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td align="left">Labour majority controlled. New ward boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #005B54; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #ffbb00; width: 3px;"> </th> <th style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 3px;"> </th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Party with the most elected councillors in bold. Coalition agreements in notes column. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wards">Wards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newport_UK_ward_map_(blank).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Newport_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg/260px-Newport_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Newport_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg/390px-Newport_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Newport_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg/520px-Newport_UK_ward_map_%28blank%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1233" /></a><figcaption>Pre-2022 electoral wards in Newport</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Wards_of_Newport,_Wales" title="Category:Wards of Newport, Wales">Category:Wards of Newport, Wales</a></div> <p>The city is divided into 21 wards, since May 2022 electing 51 councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of these wards are coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Each community can have an elected council. The following table lists city council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a <a href="/wiki/Community_council" title="Community council">community council</a> are indicated with a '*': </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ward </th> <th>Elected Councillors </th> <th>Communities (Parishes) </th> <th>Other geographic areas </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allt-yr-yn" title="Allt-yr-yn">Allt-yr-yn</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Allt-yr-yn </td> <td>Ridgeway, Barrack Hill, Glasllwch, Gold Tops </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alway,_Newport" class="mw-redirect" title="Alway, Newport">Alway</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Alway </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somerton,_Newport" title="Somerton, Newport">Somerton</a>, Lawrence Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechwood,_Newport" title="Beechwood, Newport">Beechwood</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Beechwood </td> <td>Eveswell </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bettws,_Newport" title="Bettws, Newport">Bettws</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Bettws </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishton" title="Bishton">Bishton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Langstone,_Newport" title="Langstone, Newport">Langstone</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Bishton*, Langstone*, <a href="/wiki/Llanvaches" title="Llanvaches">Llanvaches</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Penhow" title="Penhow">Penhow</a>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanmartin" title="Llanmartin">Llanmartin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parc_Seymour" class="mw-redirect" title="Parc Seymour">Parc Seymour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wentwood_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Wentwood Forest">Wentwood Forest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coed-y-Caerau" title="Coed-y-Caerau">Coed-y-Caerau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_Ash" title="Cat's Ash">Cat's Ash</a>, Llanbedr, Whitebrook </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caerleon" title="Caerleon">Caerleon</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Caerleon </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christchurch,_Newport" title="Christchurch, Newport">Christchurch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulmore" title="Bulmore">Bulmore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaer,_Newport" title="Gaer, Newport">Gaer</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Gaer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maesglas" title="Maesglas">Maesglas</a>, Stelvio, St. Davids </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Graig,_Newport" title="Graig, Newport">Graig</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Graig* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhiwderin" title="Rhiwderin">Rhiwderin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bassaleg" title="Bassaleg">Bassaleg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Machen" title="Lower Machen">Lower Machen</a>, Pentre Poeth, Fox Hill </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanwern_(electoral_ward)" title="Llanwern (electoral ward)">Llanwern</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llanwern" title="Llanwern">Llanwern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goldcliff" title="Goldcliff">Goldcliff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitson" title="Whitson">Whitson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Redwick,_Newport" title="Redwick, Newport">Redwick</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lliswerry" title="Lliswerry">Lliswerry</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>Lliswerry, <a href="/wiki/Nash,_Newport" title="Nash, Newport">Nash</a>* </td> <td>Broadmead Park, Moorland Park, <a href="/wiki/Uskmouth" title="Uskmouth">Uskmouth</a>, Broadstreet Common </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Malpas,_Newport" title="Malpas, Newport">Malpas</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Malpas </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pillgwenlly" title="Pillgwenlly">Pillgwenlly</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Pillgwenlly </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Level_of_Mendalgief" title="Level of Mendalgief">Level of Mendalgief</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ringland,_Newport" title="Ringland, Newport">Ringland</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Ringland </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishpool" title="Bishpool">Bishpool</a>, Treberth, Coldra </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rogerstone" title="Rogerstone">Rogerstone</a> East </td> <td>1 </td> <td>Rogerstone* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Cross,_Newport" title="High Cross, Newport">High Cross</a>, Cefn Wood, Croesllanfro, Mount Pleasant </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rogerstone North </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rogerstone West </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td> <td>Afon Village </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaftesbury,_Newport" title="Shaftesbury, Newport">Shaftesbury</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Shaftesbury </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brynglas" title="Brynglas">Brynglas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crindau" title="Crindau">Crindau</a>, Marshes, Blaen-y-pant </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Julians,_Newport" title="St Julians, Newport">St Julians</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>St Julians </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Riverside,_Newport" title="Riverside, Newport">Riverside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnardtown" title="Barnardtown">Barnardtown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stow_Hill" title="Stow Hill">Stow Hill</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Stow Hill </td> <td>St. Woolos, <a href="/wiki/Baneswell" title="Baneswell">Baneswell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newport_city_centre" title="Newport city centre">City centre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tredegar_Park_and_Marshfield" title="Tredegar Park and Marshfield">Tredegar Park and Marshfield</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tredegar_Park,_Newport" title="Tredegar Park, Newport">Tredegar Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coedkernew" title="Coedkernew">Coedkernew</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Marshfield,_Newport" title="Marshfield, Newport">Marshfield</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Michaelston-y-Fedw" title="Michaelston-y-Fedw">Michaelston-y-Fedw</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Wentlooge" title="Wentlooge">Wentlooge</a>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duffryn" title="Duffryn">Duffryn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castleton,_Newport" title="Castleton, Newport">Castleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Brides_Wentloog" title="St Brides Wentloog">St. Brides</a>, Blacktown, <a href="/wiki/Peterstone" title="Peterstone">Peterstone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Newport" title="Victoria, Newport">Victoria</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>Victoria </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maindee" title="Maindee">Maindee</a>, Summerhill </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total Seats</b> </td> <td><b>51</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sites">Sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Civic_Centre" title="Newport Civic Centre">Newport Civic Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansion_House,_Newport" title="Mansion House, Newport">Mansion House</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_news">In the news</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Newport_City_Council&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In the news"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2013, the controversial demolition of a 35-metre long <a href="/wiki/Chartist_Mural" title="Chartist Mural">Chartist Mural</a> reached national attention.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_mural_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_mural-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 35-year-old mural commemorated Newport's <a href="/wiki/Chartism" title="Chartism">Chartist</a> history, specifically the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Rising" title="Newport Rising">Newport Rising</a> of 1839. <i>The Guardian</i> suggested it was "not just budgets, but a collective cultural history that's under attack.".<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_mural_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_mural-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spokesman for the council stated that the mural "has served to remind us of Newport’s past, but we must now focus on Newport’s future."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheen" title="Michael Sheen">Michael Sheen</a> helped to found a trust, to commission a new memorial, with £50,000 of funding provided by Newport City Council.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A smaller replica of the mural, in four panels, was unveiled on 4 November 2019, exactly 180 years since the Chartist uprising. It was created by Oliver Budd, son of the original mural's creator, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Budd" title="Kenneth Budd">Kenneth Budd</a>. The panels are located on Cefn Road, <a href="/wiki/Rogerstone" title="Rogerstone">Rogerstone</a>, and include an information board telling the history of Chartism. <sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was announced in July 2019 that Council Chief Executive Will Godfrey would be resigning in early October after six years to take over at <a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset_Council" title="Bath and North East Somerset Council">Bath and North East Somerset Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Council have stated that as of September 2019, more time is needed to find a replacement, and that an interim CEO will be in place for six to twelve months.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Council instructed the operators of new "pod" accommodation for homeless people in the city to take down the facilities August 2019 until they were subject to safety inspections and certification.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019 the council were criticised for delays in arranging school transport for those attending the independent Priory College South Wales at <a href="/wiki/Coleg_Gwent" title="Coleg Gwent">Coleg Gwent</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pontypool" title="Pontypool">Pontypool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Council were reported in September 2019 as being involved in a new trial with <a href="/wiki/Sustrans" title="Sustrans">Sustrans Cymru</a>, aimed at improving safety outside city primary schools through use of temporary barriers, road and pavement painting, and temporary school crossings.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019 the Council's then leader Debbie Wilcox was announced as a Labour life peer as part of <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2019_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" title="2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She confirmed later that month that she would be stepping down as Leader of the Council, with a successor to be named.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Council announced in September 2019 that the city's Market Arcade would be closed due to anti-social behaviour, after the Council secured a <a href="/wiki/Anti-Social_Behaviour,_Crime_and_Policing_Act_2014" title="Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014">Public Spaces Protection</a> order to take effect daily from 8pm until 7am. The move came after complaints about city centre drug abuse, property damage, and noise.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Council has received £4m in Welsh Government funds to pursue a footbridge replacement over Newport railway station, connecting Devon Place and Queensway. 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title="Caerleon">Caerleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coedkernew" title="Coedkernew">Coedkernew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaer,_Newport" title="Gaer, Newport">Gaer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldcliff" title="Goldcliff">Goldcliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graig,_Newport" title="Graig, Newport">Graig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langstone,_Newport" title="Langstone, Newport">Langstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanvaches" title="Llanvaches">Llanvaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanwern" title="Llanwern">Llanwern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lliswerry" title="Lliswerry">Lliswerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malpas,_Newport" title="Malpas, Newport">Malpas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshfield,_Newport" title="Marshfield, Newport">Marshfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michaelston-y-Fedw" title="Michaelston-y-Fedw">Michaelston-y-Fedw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash,_Newport" title="Nash, Newport">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penhow" title="Penhow">Penhow</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baneswell" title="Baneswell">Baneswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnardtown" title="Barnardtown">Barnardtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bassaleg" title="Bassaleg">Bassaleg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishpool" title="Bishpool">Bishpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brynglas" title="Brynglas">Brynglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulmore" title="Bulmore">Bulmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castleton,_Newport" title="Castleton, Newport">Castleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_Ash" title="Cat's Ash">Cat's Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christchurch,_Newport" title="Christchurch, Newport">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crindau" title="Crindau">Crindau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duffryn" title="Duffryn">Duffryn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glan_Llyn" title="Glan Llyn">Glan Llyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Cross,_Newport" title="High Cross, Newport">High Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanmartin" title="Llanmartin">Llanmartin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Machen" title="Lower Machen">Lower Machen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maesglas" title="Maesglas">Maesglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maindee" title="Maindee">Maindee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Level_of_Mendalgief" title="Level of Mendalgief">Mendalgief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parc-Seymour" title="Parc-Seymour">Parc-Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterstone" title="Peterstone">Peterstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhiwderin" title="Rhiwderin">Rhiwderin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgeway,_Newport" title="Ridgeway, Newport">Ridgeway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside,_Newport" title="Riverside, Newport">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerton,_Newport" title="Somerton, Newport">Somerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Brides_Wentloog" title="St Brides Wentloog">St Brides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwood,_Newport" title="Underwood, Newport">Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uskmouth" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_Gwent_County_Council_election" title="1973 Gwent County Council election">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Gwent_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 Gwent County Council election (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_Gwent_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 Gwent County Council election (page does not exist)">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_Gwent_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 Gwent County Council election (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Gwent_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Gwent County Council election (page does not exist)">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Gwent_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Gwent County Council election (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li>Abolished</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council" title="Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council">Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Blaenau_Gwent_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Blaenau Gwent Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2012 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2017 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Blaenau_Gwent_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2022 Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council" title="Caerphilly County Borough Council">Caerphilly County Borough Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Caerphilly County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2012 Caerphilly County Borough Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2017 Caerphilly County Borough Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Caerphilly_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2022 Caerphilly County Borough Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Islwyn" title="Islwyn">Islwyn Borough Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Islwyn_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Islwyn Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li>Abolished</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/District_of_Monmouth" title="District of Monmouth">Monmouth District Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Monmouth_District_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Monmouth District Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Monmouth_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Monmouth Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li>Abolished</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_County_Council" title="Monmouthshire County Council">Monmouthshire County Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Monmouthshire County Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Monmouthshire County Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2004 Monmouthshire County Council election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2008 Monmouthshire County Council election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2012 Monmouthshire County Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2017 Monmouthshire County Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Monmouthshire_County_Council_election" title="2022 Monmouthshire County Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Newport City Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Newport_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Newport Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Newport_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Newport County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Newport_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Newport County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2004 Newport City Council election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2008 Newport City Council election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2012 Newport City Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2017 Newport City Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2022 Newport City Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Torfaen_County_Borough_Council" title="Torfaen County Borough Council">Torfaen County Borough Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Torfaen_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Torfaen Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Torfaen_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Torfaen Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Torfaen_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Torfaen Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Torfaen_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Torfaen Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Torfaen_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Torfaen Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Torfaen_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Torfaen Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Torfaen County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Torfaen County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Torfaen County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Torfaen County Borough Council election (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2012 Torfaen County Borough Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2017 Torfaen County Borough Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Torfaen_County_Borough_Council_election" title="2022 Torfaen County Borough Council election">2022</a></li></ul> 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East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_West_and_Islwyn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newport West and Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)">Newport West and Islwyn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Senedd" title="Member of the Senedd">MSs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Newport_East_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Newport East (Senedd constituency)">Newport East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Griffiths_(Welsh_politician)" title="John Griffiths (Welsh politician)">John Griffiths (Labour)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Newport_West_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Newport West (Senedd constituency)">Newport West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jayne_Bryant" title="Jayne Bryant">Jayne Bryant (Labour)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_East_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales East (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> (2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%;text-align:center;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Newport City Council</a> (51)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%">Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Newport" title="Mayor of Newport">Mayor of Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Newport" title="Coat of arms of Newport">Coat of arms of Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Rising" title="Newport Rising">Newport Rising</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%">Councillors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> (35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a> (7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_Independents_Party" title="Newport Independents Party">Newport Independents</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Green_Party" title="Wales Green Party">Wales Green Party</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> (1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%">Elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2004 Newport City Council election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2008 Newport City Council election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2012 Newport City Council election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2017 Newport City Council election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Newport_City_Council_election" title="2022 Newport City Council election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%;text-align:center;">Newport County Borough Council</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="_Elections" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%">  Elections  </th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Newport_County_Borough_Council_election" title="1972 Newport County Borough Council election">1972</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Ward_(electoral_subdivision)" title="Ward (electoral subdivision)">Council wards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allt-yr-yn" title="Allt-yr-yn">Allt-yr-yn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alway" title="Alway">Alway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechwood,_Newport" title="Beechwood, Newport">Beechwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bettws,_Newport" title="Bettws, Newport">Bettws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishton" title="Bishton">Bishton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Langstone,_Newport" title="Langstone, Newport">Langstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caerleon" title="Caerleon">Caerleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaer,_Newport" title="Gaer, Newport">Gaer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graig,_Newport" title="Graig, Newport">Graig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanwern_(electoral_ward)" title="Llanwern (electoral ward)">Llanwern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lliswerry" title="Lliswerry">Lliswerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malpas,_Newport" title="Malpas, Newport">Malpas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pillgwenlly" title="Pillgwenlly">Pillgwenlly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringland,_Newport" title="Ringland, Newport">Ringland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogerstone" title="Rogerstone">Rogerstone</a> East</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogerstone" title="Rogerstone">Rogerstone</a> North</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogerstone" title="Rogerstone">Rogerstone</a> West</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaftesbury,_Newport" title="Shaftesbury, Newport">Shaftesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Julians,_Newport" title="St Julians, Newport">St Julian's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stow_Hill" title="Stow Hill">Stow Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tredegar_Park_and_Marshfield" title="Tredegar Park and Marshfield">Tredegar Park and Marshfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Newport" title="Victoria, Newport">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_electoral_wards_in_Newport,_Wales" title="List of electoral wards in Newport, Wales">List of electoral wards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#fab547;;width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">Communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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