Plymouth is an electoral ward in the town of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It covers the more affluent part of the town south of the town centre. It stretches either side of Lavernock Road which includes Lower Penarth and Cosmeston (including Glamorganshire Golf Club and Cosmeston Lakes). The ward elects two county councillors to Vale of Glamorgan Council and four councillors to Penarth Town Council. A majority of its councillors represent the Conservative Party.
The name of the ward refers to Plymouth Road, and to the Earls of Plymouth, who were major landowners in the area.
According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward was 5,836.
Following The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 the county ward of Alexandra was divided to become St Augustine's and Plymouth wards, effective from October 2003 for preliminary electoral proceedings, but fully effective at the May 2004 Vale of Glamorgan Council elections. However, Plymouth had been a community ward for elections to Penarth Town Council prior to that.
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Councillor Ben Gray (elected in 2017) left the Conservative party and sat as an Independent. On 19 February 2026 a by-election was held in the ward, after Gray was disqualified from the council for not attending meetings for 6 months. The by-election was won by Zak Weaver for Reform UK, with 38& of the vote, despite Weaver having initially stood for the Conservative Party and appearing on the ballot as Conservative. He had changed party and joined Reform UK a week before the election.
At the Penarth Town Council election on 4 May 2017, two long-standing councillors, Anthony Ernest and Clive Williams, lost their seats after choosing to stand as Independents. Williams had been de-selected by the Conservatives in favour of Martin Turner and Kathryn McCaffer. Two other sitting councillors, Ian Courtney (Labour) and Wendy van den Brom (Conservative), were also replaced by the voters.
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