Official Name: | Penllergaer Ward |
Static Image Name: | Wm swansea penllergaer.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Unitary Wales: | Swansea |
Lieutenancy Wales: | West Glamorgan |
Country: | Wales |
Constituency Westminster: | Gower |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Gower |
Councillor1: | Wendy Fitzgerald |
Party1: | Independent |
Population: | 2,868 |
Population Ref: | (2011 census) |
Area Total Km2: | 6.01 |
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Penllergaer is the name of an electoral ward (and a community) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It has its own elected community council.
The electoral ward consists of Penllergaer, East and West, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. It is a mainly rural ward with grassland to the south and woodland to the north. It is bordered by the wards of Llangyfelach to the northeast; Penderry to the south; Kingsbridge to the south west; Gorseinon to the west, Penyrheol to the north west.
In the 2008 local council elections, the turnout for Penllergaer was 45.56%. The results were:
Candidate | Party | Votes | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wendy Fitzgerald | Independent | 873 | Independents hold | |
Nigel Mark Rees | Labour | 56 | ||
Paul Werner Sivertsen | Conservative | 48 | ||
Carol Smith | Green Party | 27 |
In the 2012 local council elections, the turnout for Penllergaer was 42.47%. The results were:
Candidate | Party | Votes | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wendy Fitzgerald | Independents | 744 | Independents hold | |
Tom Hoyles | Labour | 183 | ||
Lyndon Richard Jones | Conservative | 25 |