Landore (electoral ward) explained

Official Name:Landore Ward
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Unitary Wales:Swansea
Lieutenancy Wales:West Glamorgan
Country:Wales
Constituency Westminster:Swansea East
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Swansea East
Councillor1:Beverly Hopkins
Party1:Labour
Councillor2:Mike White
Party2:Labour
Population:6,168
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Area Total Km2:2.23
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Landore (Welsh: Glandŵr) is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

Description

Landore is bounded by the wards of Castle to the south west; Cwmbwrla to the west; Mynydd-Bach to the north west; Morriston to the north; Bonymaen to the east; and St. Thomas to the south east.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Castle Graig, Brynhyfryd, Hafod, Landore, Morfa and Plasmarl, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. However the Landore ward can be split into three chief areas from north to south: Plasmarl, Landore and Hafod.[1]

For electoral purposes, Landore is divided into a number of polling districts: Plasmarl, Cnap Llwyd, Glandwr and Hafod.

The Elected Councillors for the Landore Ward are Cllr Viv Abbott (Liberal Democrat) and Cllr Rob Speht (Liberal Democrat).

Districts

LandoreLandore is a residential area. It has seen a number of new developments during the early millennium decade, such as the Liberty Stadium, now the Swansea.com Stadium, which opened in 2005 and a new out-of-town retail park built around the same time.
MorfaMorfa is a former area of light industry, which is now dominated by a retail park in the north western part of the ward.
HafodHafod is a small area to the far south of the ward.

2012 local council elections

For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout in Landore was 35.10%. The results were:

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Beverly Hopkins Labour1040 Labour gain
Mike White Labour1030Labour gain
Vivian Abbott Liberal Democrat472
Rob Speht Liberal Democrat423
Roger Berry Independent77
Kate Horton Conservatives39
Henri Lloyd Davies Conservatives28

Swansea County Borough Council

Landore was one of the ten wards created to Swansea County Borough Council, electing two representatives in the November 1889 elections.[2]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/pdf/q/h/Landore_Ward_Profile__May_2008.pdf Landore Ward Profile
  2. News: County Borough of Swansea - Election of Councillors. The Cambrian. 8 November 1889 . Welsh Newspapers Online.