Landore (electoral ward)


Landore is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

Description

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.
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 and Cllr Rob Speht.

Districts

;Landore
Landore is a residential area. It has seen a number of new developments during the early millennium decade, such as the Liberty Stadium, now the Swansea.com 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.

2012 local council elections

For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout in Landore was 35.10%. The results were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Beverly HopkinsLabour1040Labour gain
Mike WhiteLabour1030Labour gain
Vivian AbbottLiberal Democrat472
Rob SpehtLiberal Democrat423
Roger BerryIndependent77
Kate HortonConservatives39
Henri Lloyd DaviesConservatives28

Swansea County Borough Council

Landore was one of the ten wards created to Swansea County Borough Council, electing two representatives in the November 1889 elections.