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18-610: Stow Hill is a community civil parish and coterminous electoral district (ward) of the City of Newport , South Wales . It is bounded by the River Usk to the east, George Street and Cardiff Road to the south, the Great Western Main Line to the southwest, Caerau Crescent, Caerau Road, Godfrey Road, Devon Place and Mill Street to the north. The ward contains the districts of St. Woolos and Baneswell . The community covers most of
36-566: A backbench MP" adding she was "not a professional politician." Stevens later went on to serve in the shadow cabinets of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer. In Jeremy Corbyn 's January 2016 reshuffle, she was appointed shadow solicitor general and shadow justice minister . She supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour leadership election . In the October 2016 reshuffle, after Corbyn's re-election as party leader, Stevens became Shadow Secretary of State for Wales . An opponent of Brexit , she resigned as
54-619: A shadow minister on 27 January 2017 in order to vote against triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union , in defiance of a three-line whip that obliged Labour MPs to vote in favour. In March 2019, Stevens voted against the Labour Party whip and in favour of an amendment tabled by members of The Independent Group for a second public vote on Brexit. Stevens chairs the GMB parliamentary group, which ensures that issues of importance to members of
72-642: 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
90-879: The Labour Party since 1995, but also elected Conservative councillors between 2004 and 2012. Following a boundary review to improve electoral parity, the Mon Bank development would be transferred from the neighbouring Pillgwenlly ward, effective from the 2022 local elections . 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
108-599: The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 . Jo Stevens Joanna Meriel Stevens (born 6 September 1966) is a Welsh politician serving as Secretary of State for Wales since 2024. A member of the Labour Party , she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015, representing Cardiff East since 2024, having previously represented Cardiff Central . Stevens previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales from 2016 to 2017, and again from 2021 to 2024, and
126-474: The city centre including most of the city's major retailers as well as the centre for nightlife in the city, being home to many of Newport's well-known nightclubs and bars . The community also contains Newport Castle on the banks of the River Usk and St. Woolos Cathedral atop Stow Hill itself. It is also the location of Havelock Street Presbyterian Church where, in 1887, the Boys' Brigade movement in Wales
144-540: The 2024 election. Stevens was sworn of the Privy Council on 10 July 2024, entitling her to be styled " The Right Honourable " for life. Stevens is a unionist . She has opposed devolution of policing and justice , of legal gender recognition , and full devolution of the post-Brexit Shared Prosperity Fund to the Senedd. She opposed Brexit , describing herself as a "passionate European" in 2017. She has called for
162-475: 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
180-499: The GMB trade union are raised in the House of Commons. Stevens supported Keir Starmer in the 2020 Labour leadership election . He subsequently appointed her Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport , shadowing Oliver Dowden . On 29 November 2021, she was reshuffled back to the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Wales by Keir Starmer. In 2023, Stevens' office
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#1732873255065216-745: 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
234-487: 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
252-551: 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
270-583: Was Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2021. Stevens was born in Swansea , West Glamorgan , Wales and grew up in Mynydd Isa , Flintshire , where she attended Argoed High School and Elfed High School . She studied law at Manchester University and completed the Solicitors' Professional Examination at Manchester Polytechnic in 1989. Before becoming an MP, Stevens
288-423: Was People and Organisation Director of Thompsons Solicitors . Stevens was elected as MP for Cardiff Central on 7 May 2015 with a majority of 4,981, defeating incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Willott . In 2014 she accused her then Liberal Democrat opponent Jenny Willott of having "neglected her constituency" by taking a ministerial role. In a 2015 interview Stevens said that, if elected, she'd be "happy as
306-476: Was defaced by protestors after she abstained on a motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. She described the incident as 'intimidating'. In the 2024 general election , she was selected to contest the new Cardiff East constituency, after Cardiff Central was abolished. She won the seat, with a majority of 9,097 votes. Stevens was appointed Secretary of State for Wales in the first cabinet of Keir Starmer following
324-579: Was founded by George Philip Reynolds. Stow Hill's earliest inhabitant was, according to legend, Saint Gwynllyw . Apart from the Central Business District of Newport, there is also a significant resident population here in a relatively small area. Much of the housing is made up of rows of densely packed Victorian terraced houses . Stow Hill is an electoral ward coterminous with the community. The ward elects two city councillors to Newport City Council . The ward has generally been represented by
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