Bishopston ( cy, Llandeilo Ferwallt) is the name of an

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in the City and County of

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. Most of the area is

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consisting of farmland and small villages. The ward is named after the village (and coterminous

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) of Bishopston which falls within the ward. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Barland Common, Caswell,

Clyne Common Clyne Common ( Welsh: ''Comin Clun'') is a lowland area of common land in the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Clyne Common is the easternmost of a set of commons that includes Fairwood Common, Forest Common, Pengwern Common, and Welsh Moor. This grou ...

, Bishopston, Manselfield, Murton, Oldway, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. It is bounded by the

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to the south; and the wards of:

Pennard Pennard (previously Llanarthbodu) is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea. The Pennard community includes the larger ...

to the west; Fairwood to the north; and Mayals,

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and Newton to the east.

Current Representation

The Bishopston Ward is a single-member ward for the purposes of City and County of Swansea Council elections. Following the

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election it is currently represented by

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councillor Lyndon Richard Jones who defeated long-serving Independent Keith Marsh.

Bishopston (one seat)

Recent history

The first election to the new unitary

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took place in

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. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrats. In

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, the seat was won by an Independent who was returned unopposed. Keith Marsh comfortably held the seat in

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, Keith Marsh was again returned but with a reduced majority. Keith Marsh was returned for a fourth time at the

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election.

References

External links

Bishopston.org.uk
Community Website {{coord, 51.61958, N, 3.95142, W, region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SS6593), display=title Swansea electoral wards