Pen-clawdd (electoral ward)

Pen-clawdd Ward
Pen-clawdd Ward
	Location of Pen-clawdd within the; City and County of Swansea
Area	14.27 km2 (5.51 sq mi)
Population	3,635 (2011 census)
• Density	255/km2 (660/sq mi)
Principal area	Swansea;
Preserved county	West Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Gower;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Gower;
Councillors	Mark Thomas (Labour);
	List of places UK Wales Swansea

Pen-clawdd (formerly Penclawdd) is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after the village of Penclawdd, which falls within the ward.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Blue Anchor, Penclawdd, Llanmorlais, Crofty and Wernffrwd in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. The ward is mainly rural and is fairly sparsely populated. It is bounded by Gower to the south west, and Fairwood; Gowerton to the east and the Loughor estuary to the north.

In 2022 the ward was officially renamed Pen-clawdd on the recommendation of the Welsh Language Commissioner.^[1]

2012 election

For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout was 46.58%. The results were:^{[citation needed]}

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Mark Thomas	Labour	819	Labour gain
David Tucker	Independent	493
Carole Hyde	Conservatives	89

References

^ Richard Youle (30 June 2021). "Swansea is to have three more councillors next year as some boundaries change". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

External links

Welcome to Penclawdd

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[1] Richard Youle (30 June 2021). "Swansea is to have three more councillors next year as some boundaries change". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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