Official Name: | Landore Ward |
Static Image Name: | Wm swansea landore.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
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.
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).
For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout in Landore was 35.10%. The results were:
Candidate | Party | Votes | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beverly Hopkins | Labour | 1040 | Labour gain | |
Mike White | Labour | 1030 | Labour gain | |
Vivian Abbott | Liberal Democrat | 472 | ||
Rob Speht | Liberal Democrat | 423 | ||
Roger Berry | Independent | 77 | ||
Kate Horton | Conservatives | 39 | ||
Henri Lloyd Davies | Conservatives | 28 |
Landore was one of the ten wards created to Swansea County Borough Council, electing two representatives in the November 1889 elections.[2]