Landore (electoral ward)

Landore Ward

Area	2.23 km² (0.86 sq mi)
Population	6,168 (2011 census)
– density	2,766/km² (7,160/sq mi)
Principal area	Swansea
Ceremonial county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Swansea East
Welsh Assembly	Swansea East
Councillors	Beverly Hopkins (Labour)
	Mike White (Labour)
List of places UK Wales Swansea

Landore (Welsh: Glandŵr) is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

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.

References

↑ Landore Ward Profile

External links

Electoral wards of the City and County of Swansea council

Swansea East Constituency	Bonymaen Cwmbwrla Landore Llansamlet Morriston Mynyddbach Penderry St. Thomas

Swansea West Constituency	Castle Cockett Dunvant Killay North Killay South Mayals Sketty Townhill Uplands

Gower Constituency	Bishopston Clydach Fairwood Gorseinon Gower Gowerton Kingsbridge Llangyfelach Lower Loughor Mawr Newton Oystermouth Penclawdd Penllergaer Pennard Penyrheol Pontarddulais Upper Loughor West Cross

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

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