Baruc (electoral ward)


Baruc is the name of an electoral ward in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It covers the southern area of the town, including Barry Island, Cold Knap and the area around Romilly Park.
The ward elects two county councillors to the Vale of Glamorgan Council and three councillors to Barry Town Council. The ward is currently represented by Plaid Cymru.
According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 10,621.

Election results

On 4 May 2017 the Baruc ward re-elected two Plaid Cymru councillors to the County Council. On 15 May councillor Nic Hodges, also a town councillor, was elected as the first Plaid Cymru mayor of Barry, the first mayor to represent the Baruc ward for 35 years.

1973–1996

At the 1985, 1989 and 1993 county elections, prior to the creation of the Vale of Glamorgan county, Baruc elected a county councillor to South Glamorgan County Council. The Conservative candidate won each of these elections.
Baruc was also an electoral ward to the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council between 1973 and 1996. Until 1983 it elected three councillors, from the 1983 election the ward elected two councillors.