Ynysybwl (electoral ward)

Ynysybwl is the name of an electoral ward covering the valley of the Nant Clydach in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It elects two councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.

Its boundaries are coterminous with the community of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, which as the name suggests includes the villages of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, but stretching northwest to include the whole area of the Nant Clydach valley. According to the 2011 UK Census, the population of Ynysybwl ward was 4,664. In 2012 the registered electorate was 3,557.

Background
The Ynysybwl ward was created in 1898 for elections to Mountain Ash Urban District Council.

Ynysybwl was a ward to Cynon Valley Borough Council from its inaugural election in 1973, electing two district councillors.

Since the creation of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council and the 1995 election to the council, Ynysybwl has been a ward for the county borough, electing one county borough councillor. Following a local government boundary review, the number of councillors was increased to two, effective from the 2022 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election. The electorate to councillor ratio had been 50% above the recommended average, though with two councillors the ratio was 25% below the recommended average.

2022
Former Labour councillor Sue Pickering, who had been elected multiple times for the ward, did not stand for re-election.