Cockett (electoral ward)

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Cockett Ward
Swansea UK ward location - Cockett.png
Location of pre-2022 Cockett ward within the
City and County of Swansea
Area8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population13,362 (2011 census)
  Density 1,556/km2 (4,030/sq mi)
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
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Swansea

Cockett (Welsh : Coced) is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The ward is coterminous with the Cockett community. It elects three councillors.

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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 and Penderry to the north; Cwmbwrla to the east; Townhill to the south east; Sketty and Killay North to the south; and Gowerton 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). [1] 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%.

Cockett 2022 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Durke 1,414
Labour Oliver James 1,378
Labour Elliott King 1,310
Green Marie Greaves408
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Samuel395
Conservative Steve Norman394
Liberal Democrats Rhian Russell318
Freedom Alliance Kim Brooker167
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2017

Turnout for the 2017 local election was 32.73%.

CandidatePartyVotes
Mike DurkeLabour1839
Wendy LewisLabour1792
Oliver JamesLabour1714
Elliott KingLabour1528
Keith HedgesConservative791
Deidre Lomer-HedgesConservative721
Jack PowellConservative674
Jack HuangConservative622

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. [3]

The results were:

CandidatePartyVotesShareStatus
Elliott KingWelsh Labour274144%Elected
David LloydPlaid Cymru134522%
Rebecca SinghWelsh Conservative Party Candidate89914%
Nicola HolleyWelsh Liberal Democrats77612%
Mike WhittalGreen Party3145%
Dave PhillipsTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1282%
Spoilt votes501%
Total6253

2012

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

CandidatePartyVotesStatus
Ann CookLabour1949Labour gain
Andrew JonesLabour1913Labour gain
Geraint OwensLabour1707Labour gain
Mitchell TheakerLabour1601Labour gain
Dai LloydPlaid Cymru895
Nicola HolleyLiberal Democrat728
Keith MorganLiberal Democrat723
Jim KelleherLiberal Democrat637
Hazel MorganLiberal Democrat580
Patricia SandersonPlaid Cymru533
Vanessa WebbPlaid Cymru498
Rhodri ThomasPlaid Cymru484
Veronyca HughesIndependent248
Matthew JohnsonConservatives192
Liam KellyConservatives166
Victoria SteventonConservatives155
Michael OverthrowConservatives154

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.

Cockett 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru David Lloyd* 2,366
Labour Lilian Hopkin*1,902
Plaid Cymru William Morgan1,581
Labour Victor Alexander*1,528
Plaid Cymru Adrian Rees1,478
Plaid Cymru Nicholas Walsh1,381
Labour Ann Pennock1,343
Labour Clive Morgan1,231
Liberal Democrats Tudor Donne639
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

1995

The first election to the new unitary City and County of Swansea Council took place in 1995. All four seats were won by Labour although the Plaid Cymru candidate, local GP Dai Lloyd also polled strongly.

Cockett 1995
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lilian Hopkin2,414
Labour Victor Alexander2,194
Labour David Anthony2,104
Labour Denzil Porter1,953
Plaid Cymru David Lloyd 1,240
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ball458
Liberal Democrats Ken Shingleton411
Liberal Democrats Philip Stanford409
Liberal Democrats Arthur Westwood316
Conservative Timothy Phillips286
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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.

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References

  1. "More councillors but fewer wards after council boundary changes in Swansea". Swansea Bay News. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. Ruth Mosalski; Will Hayward; Richard Youle (6 May 2022). "Swansea local election result 2022: Labour holds onto power". Wales Online . Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. Cockett by-election 7 May 2015, City and County of Swansea Council.

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