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19-606: Pentre is a village, community and electoral ward near Treorchy in the Rhondda valley , falling within the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf , Wales. The village's name is taken from the Welsh word Pentref, which translates as homestead, though Pentre is named after a large farm that dominated the area before the coming of industrialisation. The community takes in the neighbouring village of Ton Pentre . Pentre village in Welsh, from pentref ( pen head and tref town). Pre-1850,
38-528: A five-year term of office under an additional member system , in which 40 MSs represent smaller geographical divisions known as "constituencies" and are elected by first-past-the-post voting , and 20 MSs represent five "electoral regions" using the D'Hondt method of proportional representation . Typically, the largest party holding the largest number of MSs in the Senedd forms the Welsh Government, and in
57-415: A form of proportional representation for each region. All MSs positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation , it may be filled in one of two ways, depending on whether the vacancy is for a first-past-the-post constituency MS or for an additional-member MS. A constituency vacancy may be filled by
76-642: Is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales . Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England but, unlike English parishes, communities cover the whole of Wales. There are 878 communities in Wales. Until 1974 Wales was divided into civil parishes . These were abolished by section 20 (6) of the Local Government Act 1972 , and replaced by communities by section 27 of
95-558: Is coterminous with the borders of the Pentre community and elects two county councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council . Since 1995 representation has been by the Labour Party or Plaid Cymru , with two Plaid Cymru councillors since the May 2012 election . The town also shares its border with the village of Ton Pentre, which is home to Ton Pentre Football Club , who currently play in
114-742: The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 . Member of the Senedd Charles III Heir Apparent William, Prince of Wales First Minister ( list ) Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS ( L ) Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MS ( L ) Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary Sixth Senedd Llywydd (Presiding Officer) Elin Jones MS ( PC ) Leader of
133-1088: The Welsh Football League First Division (second tier) and were members of the highest league in Welsh football – the League of Wales – from 1993 until resignation from this division in 1996. Despite winning six Welsh Football League First Division title since then, they have not been promoted back to the League of Wales due to financial difficulties as well as the inadequacy of their facilities at Ynys Park. Community (Wales) Heir Apparent William, Prince of Wales First Minister ( list ) Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS ( L ) Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MS ( L ) Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary Sixth Senedd Llywydd (Presiding Officer) Elin Jones MS ( PC ) Leader of
152-475: The Crown . In Wales, all town councils are community councils. There are now three communities with city status: Bangor , St Asaph and St Davids . The chair of a town council or city council will usually have the title mayor (Welsh: maer ). However, not every community has a council. In communities with populations too small to sustain a full community council, community meetings may be established. The communities in
171-632: The Opposition Andrew RT Davies MS ( C ) Shadow Cabinet ( current ) Prime Minister Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP ( L ) Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L) Principal councils ( leader list ) Corporate Joint Committees Local twinning see also: Regional terms and Regional economy United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections (1979–2020) Local elections Police and crime commissioner elections Referendums A member of
190-655: The Opposition Andrew RT Davies MS ( C ) Shadow Cabinet ( current ) Prime Minister Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP ( L ) Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L) Principal councils ( leader list ) Corporate Joint Committees Local twinning see also: Regional terms and Regional economy United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections (1979–2020) Local elections Police and crime commissioner elections Referendums A community ( Welsh : cymuned )
209-514: The Pentre and Church. During the early part of 1864 deeper shafts had been sunk by the Pentre Coal Company. The mines in the Pentre were some of the most profitable of all the collieries in the Rhondda. On the 24 February 1871, 38 men are killed following an explosion at the colliery. By the early 20th century, Pentre was a busy town and the main shopping area for the upper Rhondda and was also
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#1732880253597228-802: The Senedd ( MS ; plural : MSs ; Welsh : aelodau o'r Senedd ; AS , plural: ASau ) is a representative elected to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh : Senedd Cymru ). There are sixty members, with forty members chosen to represent individual Senedd constituencies , and twenty to represent the five electoral regions of the Senedd in Wales . Each person in Wales is represented by five MSs: one for their local constituency (encompassing their local area where they reside), and another four covering their electoral region (a large grouping of constituencies). Wales's five electoral regions are Mid and West Wales , North Wales , South Wales Central , South Wales East and South Wales West . A holder of this office
247-482: The area which is now Pentre was made up of several scattered farms tended by tenant farmers for absentee landlords . With the discovery, in the early 19th century, of economically viable coal deposits in Dinas Rhondda it was not long until expeditions reached the mid valleys. In 1857 Edward Curteis of Llandaff leased the mineral rights of Tyr-y-Pentre from Griffith Llewellyn of Baglan and soon had two levels opened,
266-587: The centre for local government, with the local council offices built in Llewellyn Street in 1882. Pentre is also home to St Peter's Church (1890), the 'Cathedral of the Rhondda', the largest religious building in either valley. Two of the most notable businesses to have existed in the Rhondda were both formed in Pentre; the Pentre Breweries and the Rhondda Engine Works. The Pentre electoral ward
285-686: The community boundaries within their area every fifteen years. The councils propose changes to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales , which prepares a report and makes recommendations to the Welsh Government . If the Welsh Government accepts the recommendations, then it implements them using a statutory instrument . For example, in 2016 four new communities were created in the City and County of Cardiff . The legislation surrounding community councils in Wales has been amended significantly in
304-568: The event of not securing a majority of MSs, the largest party has first rights to begin coalition talks with other smaller parties. Prior to 2011, they held four-year terms, with some MSs calling for a return of four-year terms from the current five. From the next Senedd election, due in 2026, the size of the Senedd will increase to 96. MSs are elected in one of two ways: Forty are elected as constituency MSs and twenty are elected as additional members, four from each of five regional groups of constituencies . This additional member system produces
323-487: The same Act. The principal areas of Wales are divided entirely into communities. Unlike in England, where unparished areas exist, no part of Wales is outside a community, even in urban areas . Most, but not all, communities are administered by community councils , which are equivalent to English parish councils in terms of their powers and the way they operate. Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally and may have city status granted by
342-551: The urban areas of the cities of Cardiff , Swansea and Newport do not have community councils. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census , there were 869 communities in Wales. 84 percent, or more than 730, have a council. They vary in size from Rhayader with an area of 13,945 hectares (34,460 acres) to Cefn Fforest with an area of 64 hectares (160 acres). They ranged in population from Barry with 45,053 recorded inhabitants to Baglan Bay with no permanent residents. The twenty-two principal area councils are required to review
361-474: Was formerly known as an assembly member ( AM ; plural: AMs; Welsh : aelodau'r cynulliad ; AC , plural: ACau ), under the legislature's former name, the National Assembly for Wales , from its inception in 1999 until 2020 when it adopted its current names , Welsh Parliament, and Senedd Cymru , simply referred to as Senedd in both English and Welsh . Since 2011, members are elected for
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