§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Attorney-General if he will publish a table indicating for each magistrates' bench in 292W Wales the number of magistrates on the bench and the number of those who are regarded as (a) having a political affiliation and (b) those regarded as having no political affiliation.
§ The Solicitor-GeneralRecords are not kept of the political affiliations of magistrates, but appended is a table giving the number who have indicated their political views and the number who have not or are uncommitted.
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Bench Political view No view/Uncommitted South Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan 67 19 Cardiff 162 32 Mid Glamorgan Cynon valley 19 14 Lower Rhymney valley 35 8 Merthyr Tydfil 38 3 Miskin 56 45 Newcastle and Ogmore 75 20 Upper Rhymney valley 9 5 Gwynedd Bangor 9 8 Caernarfon 20 7 Conwy/Llandudno 17 6 Eifionydd 4 3 Nant Conwy 7 4 Pwllheli 5 9 North Anglesey 15 9 South Anglesey 10 11 Ardudwy-is-Artro 2 5 Ardudwy-Uch-Artro 5 8 Estaminer 5 2 Penllyn 5 7 Talybont — 7 Gwent Abergavenny 17 1 Bedwellty 45 34 Chepstow 14 5 Cwmbran 17 7 Monmouth 8 2 Newport 146 29 Pontypool 14 6 Usk 5 4 Powys Newton 12 1 Llanidloes 3 3 Welshpool 15 2 Machynlleth 7 — Rhayader 6 — East Radnor 5 5 Llandrindid Wells 4 2 Builth 6 3 Ystradgynlais 8 1 Talgarth 7 — Crickhowel 6 — Brecon 11 1 Dyfed—Ceridigion Aberaeron 5 1 Aberstwyth 14 3 Cardigan 6 1 Lampeter 4 — Llandysul 3 2 Tregaron 4 — Rhydlewis 1 2 Dyfed—Carmarthen—Pembroke Amman valley 12 2 Carmarthen 22 2 Cemais 4 2
Bench Political view No view/Uncommitted Dewsland 5 2 Fishguard 6 1 Haverford West 11 3 Llandeilo 4 3 Llandovery 7 2 Llanelli 24 17 Milford Haven 7 6 Narberth 4 2 Newcastle Emlyn 4 — Pembroke 12 4 Pencader 5 1 St. Clears 5 — Tenby 11 2 Whitland 3 1 Clwyd Berwyn 13 5 Colwyn 29 2 Dyffryn Clwyd 15 5 Flint 18 5 Hawarden 27 2 Mold 22 8 Rhuddlan 37 5 Wrexham Maelor 78 9 West Glamorgan Afan 48 15 Lliw valley 18 19 Neath 42 19 Swansea 134 7