Sandfields East

Sandfields East
Population	6,895 (2011 census)
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Aberavon
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Aberavon
Councillors	Lella James (Independent) Ted Latham (Labour) Matthew Crowley (Labour)

Sandfields East (Welsh: Dwyrain Traethmelyn) is an electoral ward and a community of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon.

Sandfields East is bounded by the wards of Sandfields West to the northwest, Aberavon to the northeast and Margam to the southeast. It is bounded by Swansea Bay to the southwest. Sandfields East is a mostly urbanised ward and consists of council housing inland with private homes and old peoples accommodation near the beach area. Neath Port Talbot Hospital is located in the ward.

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 40.13%. The councillors who were elected were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Lella James	Independent	1116	Independent hold
Ted Latham	Labour	1041	Labour hold
Colin Crowley	Labour	879	Labour hold
Pat Jones	Labour	750
Captain Beany	Independent	669
Len Willis	Independent	622

Colin Crowly died after the election and a by-election was held to elect a replacement. The by-election took place on Thursday, 17 October 2013. The turnout was 23.2% and the councillor elected was:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Mike Davies	Labour	718	Labour hold
Barry Kirk	Independent	222
Keith Suter	UKIP	154
Daniel Thomas	Plaid Cymru	69
Richard Minshull	Conservative	40

Mike Davies died after the election and a by-election was held to elect a replacement. The by-election took place on Thursday, 30 October 2014. The turnout was 20.72% and the councillor elected was:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Matthew Crowley	Labour	641	Labour hold
Keith Suter	UKIP	361
Richard Minshull	Conservative	47