Briton Ferry West is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough....

 county borough, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish

Community (Wales)

A community 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....

 of Briton Ferry

Briton Ferry

Briton Ferry is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The town encompasses the electoral wards of Briton Ferry East and Briton Ferry West....

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Briton Ferry West consists of some or all of the districts of Brynhyfryd, Giant's Grave, Shelone and Warren Hill in the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon

Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)

Aberavon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system.-History:...

. It is bounded by the wards of Coedffranc West

Coedffranc West

Coedffranc West is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.Coedffranc West is bounded by the wards of Llansamlet and Bonymaen of Swansea to the west; Coedffranc Central and Coedffranc North to the north; and Briton Ferry West to the east...

 to the west; Neath East

Neath East

Neath East is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Neath East falls within the community of Neath.Neath East includes some or all of the neighbourhoods of Melincryddan, Pencaerau, Penrhiwtyn in the parliamentary constituency of Neath...

 to the northeast; Briton Ferry East

Briton Ferry East

Briton Ferry East is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Briton Ferry West falls within the parish of Briton Ferry and the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon....

 to the east and Baglan

Baglan (electoral ward)

The Baglan electoral ward includes the communities of Baglan and Baglan Bay, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Baglan falls within the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon....

 to the south. The ward consists of marshland to the northwest, a residential district in the middle and industrial land to the southwest.

In the 2008 local council elections

United Kingdom local elections, 2008

The 2008 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2008. These elections took place in 137 English Local Authorities and all Welsh Councils....

, the electorate turnout was 36.55%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Hugh James	Labour	698	Labour hold
Richard Riddle	Conservative	116