Landore (electoral ward)

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Landore Ward
Area2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Population6,168 (2011 census)
• Density2,766/km2 (7,160/sq mi)
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors
  • Beverly Hopkins (Labour)
  • Mike White (Labour)
List of places
UK
Wales
Swansea


Landore (Welsh: Glandŵr) is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community does not have a community council.

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).

2012 local council elections

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

Districts

Landore

Landore is a residential area. It has seen a number of new developments during the early millennium decade, such as the new Liberty Stadium, which opened in 2005 and a new out-of-town retail park built around the same time.

Morfa

Morfa is a former area of light industry, which is now dominated by a retail park in the north western part of the ward.

Hafod

Hafod is a small area to the far south of the ward.

See also

References

  1. ^ Landore Ward Profile

External links


51°38′48″N 3°56′17″W / 51.64678°N 3.93813°W / 51.64678; -3.93813

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