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2022 City And County Of Swansea Council Election
An election to City and County of Swansea Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. Seventy five seats were up for election across 32 electoral ward, wards. The previous full election took place 2017 City and County of Swansea Council election, in 2017. Background Ward changes As the result of a ward boundary review, the number of wards were reduced from 36 to 32, but with the number of councillors increasing from 72 to 75, effective from the 2022 election. The changes were designed to make the ratio between councillors and voters more equal. Fifteen ward boundaries would be unaffected though a significant number of wards were merged or amended. The Mawr ward ceased to exist, it's communities divied amongst neighbouring wards and a new ward of Pontlliw and Tircoed created. A Mumbles ward was created by merging the Newton, Swansea, Newton and Oystermouth wards. A Llwchwr ward was created by merging Kingsbridge (electoral ward), Kingsbridge, Lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 City And County Of Swansea Council Election
An election to City and County of Swansea Council was held on 4 May 2017 as part of wider local elections across 2017 Welsh local elections, Wales. The election was preceded by the 2012 City and County of Swansea Council election, 2012 election. Labour maintained control of the authority. The next full council elections took place 2022 City and County of Swansea Council election, in May 2022. Summary of results Ward results The following results were announced following the elections. In the case of wards electing more than one councillor the percentage figures reflect the number of ballot papers issued rather than the total number of votes. Bishopston (one seat) Independent Keith Marsh lost the seat he had held for eighteen years. Bonymaen (two seats) Castle (four seats) Clydach (two seats) Cockett (four seats) Cwmbwrla (three seats) Dunvant (two seats) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Loughor
Lower Loughor ( cy, Casllwchwr Isaf) was an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward covered the western part of the town of Loughor in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. It was bounded by the wards of Gowerton to the west; the Loughor estuary to the north and Upper Loughor to the east. Lower Loughour consists of an area of salt marsh south of the A484 road List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European isla ... and a suburban settlement north of the A484. The settlement of Lower Loughor can be traced back to Swansea's early coal mining industry with mines, and an iron foundry dating back to the 1730s. By 1869, the St. David's tinplate works was well established across the river and the village of Loughor had grown significantly by 1876. The constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Liberal Democrats
The Welsh Liberal Democrats ( cy, Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru) are a branch of the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats that operates in Wales. The party is led by Jane Dodds, who served as MP for Brecon and Radnorshire from August to December 2019, and MS for Mid and West Wales since May 2021. The party currently has 1 elected member in the Senedd and no Welsh seats in the UK House of Commons, but does have several members of the House of Lords. The party has around 63 local councilors serving in principal authorities. Mark Williams, then-Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, was defeated at the 2017 general election in his Ceredigion constituency by Ben Lake of Plaid Cymru, whose majority of 104 made the seat one of the most marginal in the country. The result left the party without an MP in Wales; the party and its predecessors had continuously held parliamentary seats in Wales since the formation of the Liberal Party in 1859. Organisation Leader of the Welsh Libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour ( cy, Llafur Cymru) is the branch of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 1922, Senedd election since 1999, and European Parliament election in 1979–2004 and 2014. Welsh Labour holds 22 of the 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 30 of the 60 seats in the Welsh Senedd and 576 of the 1,264 councillors in principal local authorities, including overall control of 10 of the 22 principal local authorities. Structure Welsh Labour is formally part of the Labour Party, not separately registered with the Electoral Commission under the terms of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act. In 2016, the Labour Party Conference voted to institute the office of leader of Welsh Labour, a position currently held by Mark Drakeford. Welsh Labour has autonomy in policy formulation for the areas now devolved to the Senedd a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorseinon And Penyrheol
This list of electoral wards in Swansea includes Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, council wards in Swansea, City and County of Swansea, Wales, which elect councillors to City and County of Swansea Council. The county is divided into 32 Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral divisions, returning a total of 75 county councillors. Some of these divisions are coterminous with Community (Wales), communities (civil parishes) of the same name. Some communities have their own elected community council. A boundary review changed a number of county wards, affective from the 2022 Welsh local elections, 2022 local elections. Current wards City and county wards The following table lists the post-2022 city and county wards, the numbers of councillors elected and the communities they cover: * = Communities which elect a community council c = Ward coterminous with community of the same name Community council wards 2022 ward changes In 2021 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penyrheol (Swansea Electoral Ward)
Penyrheol is the name of an electoral ward and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Penyrheol, Grovesend and Waun Gron, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. It is bordered by the Loughor estuary to the north west; and the wards of Pontarddulais to the north; Llangyfelach to the east; and Upper Loughor, Kingsbridge, Gorseinon and Penllergaer Penllergaer ( cy, Penlle'r-gaer) is a village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, to the east of Gorseinon, within the electoral ward of the same name. It is situated about 4.5 miles north west of Swansea city centre, near jun ... to the south. For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout was 34.16%. The results were: In 2012 the result was as follows: {{coord, 51.68076, N, 4.05531, W, region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SN580000), display=title Swansea electoral wards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorseinon (electoral Ward)
Gorseinon is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The Gorseinon community comprises the electoral ward of Gorseinon and part of the Penyrheol ward. Gorseinon has its own elected town council. The electoral ward consists of Gorseinon town and the surrounding rural areas, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. The ward and community are coterminous with each other and encompass the town. Prior to local government re-organisation in 1996, the town of Gorseinon was administered as part of the Lliw Valley district. Since 1996, Gorseinon has been governed by the City and County of Swansea council. The ward is bounded by Penyrheol to the north west, Penllergaer to the east and Kingsbridge to the south. The community of Gorseinon, together with the community of Llwchwr is twinned with Ploermel in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunvant And Killay
Dunvant and Killay, formerly Dunvant ( cy, Dyfnant), is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after the village of Dunvant and neighbouring Killay, which lie within the ward. The electoral ward consisted of some or all of the following areas, Derlwyn, Dunvant, Killay, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. It is bounded by Fairwood to the west; Gowerton to the north; Sketty to the east. 2022 boundary changes Until 2022, Dunvant and Killay consisted of three wards: Dunvant represented by two councillors; Killay North and Killay South Killay South ( cy, Cilâ - De) was an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward was mainly rural and consisted of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Swansea, Killay, Sketty and Upper Killay in t ... represented by one councillor each. Following a local authority ward boundary review, the three wards were merged to become 'Dunvant and Killay' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killay South
Killay South ( cy, Cilâ - De) was an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward was mainly rural and consisted of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Swansea, Killay, Sketty and Upper Killay in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency), Swansea West. It was bounded by the wards of Dunvant (electoral ward), Dunvant and Killay North to the north; Sketty (electoral ward), Sketty to the east; Mayals (electoral ward), Mayals to the south; and Fairwood, Swansea, Fairwood to the west. For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout for Killay south was 43.73%. The results were: {{coord, 51.61836, N, 4.02360, W, region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SS6093), display=title Former electoral wards of Swansea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killay North
Killay North ( cy, Cilâ - Gogledd) is a former electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales which consisted of some or all of the following areas: Killay, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The village of Killay is located mainly in this ward, set high above sea level, about 3.5 miles west of Swansea city centre. Killay North was bounded by Gowerton and Cockett to the north; Sketty to the east; Killay South to the south and Dunvant Dunvant ( cy, Dyfnant) (Dyfn - deep; nant - stream or brook) is a suburban district and community (parish) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant ward. It is situated in a valley some 4.5 miles west of Swansea cit ... to the west. For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout in Killay North was 22.66%. The results were: {{coord, 51.61836, N, 4.02360, W, region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SS6093), display=title Former electoral wards of Swansea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockett (electoral Ward)
Cockett ( cy, Coced) is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The ward is coterminous with the Cockett community. It elects three councillors. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Cadle, Cwmdu, Coedweig, Gendros, Gors, Fforestfach and Cockett, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The ward is bounded by the wards of Kingsbridge and Penderry to the north; Cwmbwrla to the east; Townhill to the south east; Sketty and Killay North to the south; and Gowerton to the west. Following a local government boundary review, effective from the 2022 local elections, Waunarlwydd was removed from the Cockett ward to become its own ward (and community). As a result the number of councillors elected in Cockett reduced from four to three. Local Council Elections 2022 Turnout for the 2022 local election was 27.7%. 2017 Turnout for the 2017 local election was 32.73%. 2015 by-election The 2015 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waunarlwydd
Waunarlwydd ( en, The Lord's Meadow – ''arlwydd'' is a local variant of ''arglwydd'') is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, within the newly formed Waunarlwydd ward in 2021. Wendy Lewis Labour is the first elected councillor for the newly created ward which she comfortably won in the 2022 local elections. In 2022 Waunarlwydd became a community. Transport Buses are provided by First Cymru: these are the 15 or 16 Swansea - Waunarlwydd and Swansea - Gorseinon. The main road in and out of the village is the B4295. The nearest motorway junction is 47 Swansea West (Penllergaer) on the M4. The original main road from Swansea was Waunarlwydd Road, which starts from Cockett Road (A4216) at the Cockett Inn pub and runs to the meeting point of Cwmbach Road and Swansea Road at the old Lamb & Flag pub. Although the West Wales Line runs through the village, there is no actual railway station: the nearest is Gowerton. Economy Waunarlwydd was the home of an aluminium rolling op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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