Cockett ( cy, Coced) is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea,

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, UK. The ward is coterminous with the

Cockett Cockett ( cy, Y Cocyd) is a district and community in Swansea, Wales falling within Cockett ward. It is located about north-west of Swansea city centre. It includes the eastern half of Gowerton. Cockett, in common with much of western Swans ...

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. It elects three councillors. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Cadle, Cwmdu, Coedweig,

Gendros Gendros is a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Cockett ward. Gendros approximates to the settlement northwest of Carmarthen Road (A483 road) between Cwmdu and Penlan. Other areas surrounding Gendros a ...

, Gors, Fforestfach and

, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The ward is bounded by the wards of

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and Penderry to the north;

Cwmbwrla Cwmbwrla ( en, Bwrla valley) is a residential area and community of Swansea in Wales, within the Cwmbwrla ward of the city. Located on rising ground about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the city centre, it takes its name from the valley of the Bur ...

to the east; Townhill to the south east; Sketty and

Killay North Killay North ( cy, Cilâ - Gogledd) is a former electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales which consisted of some or all of the following areas: Killay, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West ...

to the south; and Gowerton to the west. Following a local government boundary review, effective from the 2022 local elections,

Waunarlwydd Waunarlwydd ( en, The Lord's Meadow – ''arlwydd'' is a local variant of ''arglwydd'') is a village and community in Swansea, Wales, within the newly formed Waunarlwydd ward in 2021. Wendy Lewis Labour is the first elected councillor for the ...

was removed from the Cockett ward to become its own ward (and community). As a result the number of councillors elected in Cockett reduced from four to three.

Local Council Elections

2022

Turnout for the 2022 local election was 27.7%.

2017

Turnout for the 2017 local election was 32.73%.

2015 by-election

The 2015 by-election results were announced alongside the

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results, in the Swansea Maritime Quarter. The turnout was 6253 out of 10528 registered electors, i.e. 59.4%: almost double the 2012 turnout.Cockett by-election 7 May 2015
City and County of Swansea Council. The results were:

2012

The turnout for Cockett in the 2012 local council elections was 32.89%. The results were:

1999

In 1999, Dr Dai Lloyd, who had captured a seat from Labour at a by-election topped the poll and Plaid Cymru also captured a second seat.

1995

The first election to the new unitary

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took place in

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. All four seats were won by Labour although the Plaid Cymru candidate, local GP Dai Lloyd also polled strongly.

Districts of Cockett

The suburb of Cockett is a residential area in the ward. The suburb of Fforestfach lies immediately north of the suburb of Cockett.

References

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