Penderry


Penderry is a community and an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Penderry does not have a community council.
Penderry is bordered by the wards of Mynydd-Bach to the east; Cockett and Cwmbwrla to the south; and Kingsbridge, Penllergaer and Llangyfelach to the north.
For the purposes of local council elections, the ward is divided up into a number of polling districts, which are: Blaen-y-Maes, Caereithin, Mynydd Cadle, Penlan West, Penlan East and Clwyd.
Penderry returns three councillors to the local council. The current councillors representing Penderry are: June Burtonshaw, Doreen Jones and Grenville Phillips.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Penlan, Portmead, Blaen-y-Maes, Fforesthall, Caereithin and Tre-boeth, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. The ward consists of mainly suburban residential areas.

2012 local council elections

The turnout for the 2012 local council elections in Penderry was 22.23%. The results were:
CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Terry HenneganLabour1216Labour hold
June Elizabeth BurtonshawLabour1182Labour hold
Hazel Mary MorrisLabour1092Labour hold
James Anthony YoungGreen Party470

Districts

Penlan

is the largest area in the centre of the ward.

Blaen-y-Maes

is an area to the west of the ward.

Treboeth & Mynydd-bach

A small section of Treboeth and Mynydd-Bach falls towards the North the Penderry Electoral Ward.
The split for Mynydd-Bach is on Heol Ddu from the junction of Clos Ddu which continues to split along neighbouring Roger Street in Treboeth along the junction with Crwys Terrace.