Castle, Swansea
Coordinates: 51°37′10″N 3°57′05″W / 51.61958°N 3.95142°W
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| Population | 11,933 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SS6593 |
| Community | Castle |
| Principal area | Swansea |
| Ceremonial county | West Glamorgan |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SWANSEA |
| Postcode district | SA1 |
| Dialling code | 01792 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Swansea West |
| Welsh Assembly | Swansea West |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Swansea | |
Castle (Welsh: Castell) is an electoral ward and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Castle covers most of the heart of the City of Swansea. The community does not have its own community council.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Swansea city centre, Brynmelin, Dyfatty, Greenhill, Maritime Quarter, parts of Mount Pleasant, Sandfields and Waun Wen in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The ward borders the wards of St. Thomas to the east; Landore and Cwmbwrla to the north; Townhill and Uplands; and Swansea Bay to the south.
For electoral purposes, Castle is divided into a number of polling districts: City Centre, Sandfields, George Street, Mount Pleasant, XE1 High Street, XE2 High Street, North Hill, Baptist Well, XH1 Brynmelin and XH2 Brynmelin. Castle returns 4 councillors to the local council.
The Castle ward is a Communities First area.
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[edit] Demographics
The overall population in the castle ward is: 11,933.
Ethnic breakdown:[1]
| Ethnic group | Count | % |
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| White British | 10,784 | 90.37 |
| White Irish | 132 | 1.11 |
| White Other | 284 | 2.38 |
| Black or Mixed Black and White | 60 | 0.5 |
| South Asian or Mixed Asian and White | 490 | 4.12 |
| Chinese or Other (including mixed race) | 183 | 1.53 |
The number of people identifying themselves as Welsh was 1,578 (13.22%).
[edit] Politics
As of October 2011, the current City and County of Swansea councillors for Castle Ward are:
Following the death in September 2011 of Councillor Barbara Hynes, who had represented Castle for 21 years, there is a vacancy for one councillor in the ward.[1] A byelection has yet to be announced.
The Castle ward is a major Labour stronghold with all seats currently occupied by Labour councillors. In the 2008 local elections, there were 21 candidates, each hoping to secure one of four seats. All four sitting Labour councillors were looking to retain their seats. However, the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats were all fielding four candidates each. The other candidate who was hoping to take a seat represented the Socialist Party.
In the 2008 local elections for Castle, the turnout was 28.33%. There results were:
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Status |
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| Robert Alan Lloyd | Labour | 1105 | Labour hold |
| David Phillips | Labour | 1029 | Labour hold |
| Erika Theresa Kirchner | Labour | 1009 | Labour hold |
| Barbara Joyce Hynes | Labour | 999 | Labour hold |
| Gareth Peter Jones | Liberal Democrats | 735 | |
| Stephanie David | Liberal Democrats | 726 | |
| Tanya Auxiliadora May | Liberal Democrats | 724 | |
| David Gerald Joseph | Liberal Democrats | 702 | |
| Rhys Aeron Jones | Plaid Cymru | 520 | |
| Hugh Nigel Parsons | Plaid Cymru | 484 | |
| Patrick John Powell | Plaid Cymru | 478 | |
| Harri Lloyd Davies | Conservatives | 432 | |
| Harri Lloyd Roberts | Plaid Cymru | 411 | |
| Paul Raymond Morris | Conservatives | 388 | |
| Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris | Conservatives | 353 | |
| Alexander Stonor | Conservatives | 350 | |
| Alec Thraves | Socialist Alternative | 172 | |
| Colin John Davies | Independent | 151 | |
| David Mark Davies | Independent | 115 | |
| Michael Gilbert Carty | Wales Communist Party | 112 | |
| Moodie Rachid Khaldi | The Left Party | 95 |
