Penyrheol (Swansea electoral ward) explained

Official Name:Penyrheol Ward
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Unitary Wales:Swansea
Lieutenancy Wales:West Glamorgan
Country:Wales
Constituency Westminster:Gower
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Gower
Councillor1:David Cole
Party1:Labour
Councillor2:Jan Curtice
Party2:Labour
Population:5,523
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Area Total Km2:8.61
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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 to the south.

For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout was 34.16%. The results were:

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
David Cole Labour1036 Labour hold
Jan Curtice Labour904 Labour gain
Jim Dunckley Plaid Cymru346
Hannah Lowe Plaid Cymru248
Victor Bruno Independent200

In 2012 the result was as follows:

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