Covingham and Dorcan is an electoral ward in the

Borough of Swindon The Borough of Swindon is a unitary authority area with borough status in Wiltshire, England. Centred on Swindon, it is the most north-easterly district of South West England. History The first borough of Swindon was a municipal borough, ...

, England. Since

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, the ward has elected three councillors to

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History

The ward was created in 2012.

Geography

The ward covers the areas of

Covingham Covingham is an eastern area of Swindon, England, which was developed in the 1960s as part of Swindon's eastward expansion towards the A419. St Paul's Church was built in 1971 and is the home of a partnership between the Church of England and ...

and

Dorcan Dorcan is an area in the east of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, located close to the A419 (). The population of the Dorcan electoral ward taken at the 2011 census was 8,684. Taking its name from the nearby ''Dorkerne'' (now ''Dorcan'') brook, Do ...

. The ward is part of the Swindon South parliamentary constituency.

Demographics

In the 2021 census, the population of the ward was 10,635.

History

Geography

Demographics

References

See also