Cwmbwrla is an
electoral ward
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in the City and County of
Swansea
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,
Wales
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, including the suburb
of the same name.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following settlements:
Brondeg
Brynhyfryd,
Cwmbwrla
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
A city centre, also known as an urban core, is the Commerce, commer ...
,
Cwmdu,
Gendros and
Manselton
Manselton () is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales
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, in the parliamentary constituency of
Swansea East. The ward is bounded by the wards of
Cockett
Cockett () 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 Swansea, was the ...
to the west;
Castle
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and
Townhill to the south;
Landore to the east; and
Penderry and
Mynydd-Bach to the north.
For the purposes of local elections, Cwmbwrla is broken down into the following polling districts: Manselton South, Cwmdu, Manselton North and Brynhyfryd. The ward returns 3 councillors to the local council. The ward is currently represented by:
Peter Black (
Lib Dems), Chris Holley (Lib Dems) and Graham Thomas (Lib Dems).
2012 local council elections
The results of the 2012 local council elections for Cwmbwrla were:
The electorate turnout was 35.21%
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Swansea electoral wards