Editing Port Talbot (section)

== Governance ==

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[[File:Talbot arms.svg|thumb|left|120px|Arms of Talbot]]
The borough of Port Talbot was created in November 1921, incorporating Margam, [[Cwmafan]] and Aberafan.<ref name="Davies,p.697"/> It was therefore 85 years after the phrase 'Port Talbot' was first used that it became officially recognised as the town's name.

Port Talbot was part of the historic county of [[Glamorgan]]. The 1974 county council re-organisation split Glamorgan into three new counties, and Port Talbot became one of the four districts of [[West Glamorgan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anws.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=34&coll_id=76498&expand= |title=Archive Network Wales: West Glamorgan Archive Service – Context |publisher=Anws.llgc.org.uk |access-date=25 November 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224213405/http://anws.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=34&coll_id=76498&expand= |archive-date=24 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Following the demise of [[West Glamorgan]] County Council in 1996, Port Talbot borough council was merged with [[Neath]] and part of [[Lliw Valley]] Districts to create the new [[unitary authority]] of [[Neath Port Talbot]] County Borough.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/1/crossheading/county-boroughs |title=Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, County Boroughs |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> The Civic Centre is located in Port Talbot, and the town is represented by three of the 64 councillors that make up the county council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/li/councils.detail.Welsh%20Unitary-Neath%20Port%20Talbot%20Council/#Port_Talbot |title=council details for Neath Port Talbot |publisher=southwalesguardian.co.uk |access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref>

The centre of the town is covered by the [[Port Talbot (electoral ward)|Port Talbot ward]] for local council elections.