The ward covers an area to the southwest of the town centre, comprising the northern part of Bulwark and the area south of Chepstow Community Hospital and Mounton Road.

[3] Larkfield town councillor, Paul Pavia, was elected mayor of Chepstow for 2016/17.

[5] At the May 2017 elections the ward was won by Paul Pavia for the Conservative Party.

The losing candidate, Phil Hobson of the Liberal Democrats, had been ward councillor since 2004 and most recently deputy leader of the county council.

[6] Prior to 2004 the ward had been won by the Conservatives in 1999 and the Labour Party in 1995.