Co-operative Party in Wales: Key facts • Members (December 2016): 512 - increase of 71 or 16.1% from December 2015 (441) • Average branch size: 36.8 (UK average: 51.8 members) • Members in branches with no Secretary: 209 (40.8%) • Note: may include branches that have a Secretary but Head Office not informed • Largest branch: Cardiff & the Vale (92 members/18% of all members) • Smallest branch: Pontypridd (11 members)
• Local Authorities with most members: • Carmarthenshire: 73 • Cardiff: 63 • Rhondda Cynon Taf: 54 • Party Councils with most members: • South Wales: 268 (52.3% of members) • West Wales: 157 (30.7% of members) • North & Mid Wales: 87 (17% of members) Branch Party Mem Sec Boundaries 1 Aberdare South 22 No Cynon Valley CLP (Part of RCT) 2 Blaenau Gwent South 14 Yes Blaenau Gwent Council Caerphilly CLP 3 Caerphilly South 12 Yes (Caerphilly Council) 8 Cardiff & The Vale of Glamorgan 9 4 Cardiff & the Vale South 92 Yes Councils Islwyn CLP 5 Islwyn South 17 Yes (Caerphilly Council) Carmarthenshire & 6 Llanelli West 82 Yes Pembrokeshire Councils 7 Mid Wales N&Mid 16 No Ceredigion & Powys Councils Denbighshire, Flintshire & 8 North East Wales N&Mid 39 No Wrexham Councils 7 Conwy, Gwynedd & Isle of 9 North West Wales N&Mid 32 Yes Anglesey Councils Bridgend Council & Ogmore CLP 10 Ogmore South 23 Yes (Part of RCT) 11 Pontypridd South 11 Yes Pontypridd CLP (Part of RCT) 6 2 12 Rhondda South 20 Yes Rhondda CLP (Part of RCT) 1 13 13 Mer. Tyd. & Rhymney CLP (Part of 14 12 5 13 South Wales Central South 57 No Caerphilly Council), Monmouth, 3 Newport & Torfaen Councils 10 11 14 Swansea & NPT West 75 No Swansea & NPT Councils 4 Local Authority Mem Branches Blaenau Gwent 12 Blaenau Gwent Bridgend 22 Ogmore Caerphilly 34 Caerphilly, Islwyn, South Wales Central Cardiff 63 Cardiff & The Vale Carmarthenshire 73 Llanelli Ceredigion 5 Mid Wales Conwy 18 North West Wales Denbighshire 12 North East Wales Flintshire 7 North East Wales Gwynedd 6 North West Wales Isle of Anglesey 9 North West Wales Merthyr Tydfil 12 South Wales Central Monmouthshire 11 South Wales Central Neath Port Talbot 23 Swansea & Neath Port Talbot Newport 27 South Wales Central Pembrokeshire 10 Llanelli Powys 14 Mid Wales Rhondda Cynon Taf 54 Aberdare, Ogmore, Pontypridd, Rhondda Swansea 48 Swansea & Neath Port Talbot Torfaen 5 South Wales Central Vale of Glamorgan 28 Cardiff & The Vale Wrexham 19 North East Wales Where do members in Wales live? Where do members live in South Wales? Proposal 1
Branch Mem Boundaries 3 1 Cardiff & the Vale 92 Cardiff & The Vale of Glamorgan Councils
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion & 2 Llanelli & West Wales 89 Pembrokeshire Councils Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, 3 North Wales 72 Isle of Anglesey & Wrexham Councils
4 Powys 11 Powys Council
5 RCT & Bridgend 75 Bridgend & RCT Councils 4 Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly & Merthyr Tydfil 6 South Central Wales 45 Councils Monmouthshire, Newport & Torfaen 2 7 South East Wales 59 Councils
8 Swansea & NPT 75 Swansea & Neath Port Talbot Councils 8 6 7 5 1 Proposal 2: (Based on Health Board Boundaries)
Branch (Health Board) Mem Boundaries
Cardiff & the Vale 1 92 Cardiff, and Vale of Glamorgan Councils (Cardiff & Vale Health Board) 3 Llanelli & West Wales Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire 2 89 (Hywel Dda Health Board) Councils
North Wales Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of 3 71 (Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board) Anglesey, and Wrexham Councils 5 RCT & Merthyr Tydfil 4 66 Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf Councils (Cwm Taf Health Board) 2 4 Powys 5 11 Powys (Powys Health Board) 6 South East Wales Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, 7 6 89 (Aneurin Bevan Health Board) and Torfaen Councils 1 South Wales West 7 97 Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, and Swansea Councils (Abertawe Bro Morgannwg)