Penyrheol (electoral Ward)
Penyrheol is the name of an electoral ward and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Penyrheol, Grovesend and Waun Gron, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. It is bordered by the Loughor estuary to the north west; and the wards of Pontarddulais to the north; Llangyfelach to the east; and Upper Loughor, Kingsbridge, Gorseinon and Penllergaer to the south.
For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout was 34.16%. The results were:
Candidate | Party | Votes | Status |
---|---|---|---|
David Cole | Labour | 1036 | Labour hold |
Jan Curtice | Labour | 904 | Labour gain |
Jim Dunckley | Plaid Cymru | 346 | |
Hannah Lowe | Plaid Cymru | 248 | |
Victor Bruno | Independent | 200 |
In 2012 the result was as follows:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David William Cole | 1,036 | |||
Labour | Jan Curtice | 904 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Jim Dunckley | 346 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Hannah Lowe | 248 | |||
Independent | Victor Bruno | 200 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 34.2 |