Cockett ( cy, Coced) is the name of an
electoral ward in the City and County of
Swansea,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
,
UK. The ward is coterminous with the
Cockett community
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. It elects three councillors.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Cadle,
Cwmdu, Coedweig,
Gendros, Gors,
Fforestfach and
Cockett, in the parliamentary constituency of
Swansea West. The ward is bounded by the wards of
Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge is a market town and tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of 6,116 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards bear the name of ''Kingsbridge'' (East & North). Their combined population at the ab ...
and
Penderry to the north;
Cwmbwrla to the east;
Townhill to the south east;
Sketty
The suburban district of Sketty ( cy, Sgeti) is about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea. It is also a community.
Description
The area approximates to the Vi ...
and
Killay North to the south; and
Gowerton
Gowerton ( cy, Tregŵyr) is a large village and community, about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsula. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the ...
to the west.
Following a local government boundary review, effective from the
2022 local elections,
Waunarlwydd 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
2015 UK General Election 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
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, 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 City and County of Swansea Council
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took place in 1995
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. All four seats were won by Labour although the Plaid Cymru candidate, local GP Dai Lloyd
David Rees "Dai" Lloyd (born 2 December 1956 in Tywyn, Gwynedd) is a retired Welsh politician and GP. He was the Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales West from 1999 to 2011 and again between 2016 and 2021.
Lloyd was latterly Plai ...
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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Swansea electoral wards