Plaid announce 2008 candidates

PLAID CWM TAWE BRANCH
NAME ’08 CANDIDATES

The Cwm Tawe Plaid Cymru Branch last night met to decide on its 2008 Local Authority and Community Council elections candidates.

Councillor Huw Evans will be standing again for Pontardawe Town Council alongside sitting Councillors Dyfrig Harris, Jean Bowen and Bob Williams. He will not however be standing for NPT County Council for Pontardawe for conflicting work reasons.

He said “Being a County Councillor in Pontardawe has been a huge honour and one that I’ve relished. However it’s such a large ward with so many demands I don’t feel that I can continue to do the role justice. I have work demands and a young family and look forward to supporting our new candidates in their endeavours. I know that they will be hugely successful locally.

“I will remain a County Councillor until next may when I will stand again as a Town Councillor and look forward to continuing to serve the community to the best of my ability.”

Former Borough Councillor Bob Williams and Linet Purcell, who previously stood as Plaid Assembly Candidate in Aberavon, will now stand in Pontardawe with Cllr Huw Evans’ full support.

Elsewhere other County candidates include Gerald James (Gwaun Cae Gurwen), Cennydd Pugh (Brynaman), Cllr Alun Llewelyn (Ystalyfera) and a number of other seats are yet to be decided.

Branch Chairman, Cllr Bob Williams said: “We’re fortunate to have so many strong candidates throughout the area and look forward to contesting all seats in 2008. There is a real momentum behind Plaid and we’re seeing that through our ongoing weekly campaigning.

“We are knocking on doors, canvassing opinion and dealing with every day issues on a weekly basis and expect our hard work to be reflected in next May’s elections.”