List of electoral wards in Swansea

This list of electoral wards in Swansea includes council wards in City and County of Swansea, Wales, which elect councillors to City and County of Swansea Council.

The county is divided into 32 electoral divisions, returning a total of 75 county councillors. Some of these divisions are coterminous with communities (civil parishes) of the same name. Some communities have their own elected community council.

A boundary review changed a number of county wards, affective from the 2022 local elections.

Current wards

Electoral ward map of Swansea (numbered)

City and county wards

The following table lists the post-2022 city and county wards, the numbers of councillors elected and the communities they cover: ^{[1] [2]}

Map #	Ward	County Councillors	Communities (Parishes)	Places covered	Population
1	Bishopston c	1	Bishopston*	Barland Common, Caswell, Bishopston, Clyne Common, Manselfield, Murton, Oldway
2	Bon-y-maen c	2	Bon-y-maen	Pentrechwyth, Pentre Dwr, Winch Wen
3	Castle c	4	Castle	Swansea city centre, Brynmelin, Dyfatty, Mount Pleasant (part) and Sandfields
4	Clydach	3	Clydach*, Mawr* (Craig-Cefn-Parc ward)	Clydach, Craig-cefn-parc, Faerdre, Glais (East) and Penydre
5	Cockett c	3	Cockett	Cadle, Cwmdu (part), Coedweig, Gendros, Gors, Fforestfach
6	Cwmbwrla c	3	Cwmbwrla	Brondeg, Brynhyfryd, Cwmdu, Gendros, Manselton
7	Dunvant and Killay	3	Dunvant, Killay	Dunvant, Killay
8	Fairwood	1	Upper Killay*,Llanrhidian Higher* (Three Crosses ward)	Upper Killay, Three Crosses
9	Gorseinon and Penyrheol	3	Gorseinon*, Grovesend and Waungron	Gorseinon town, Grovesend, Waungron
10	Gower	1	Ilston*, Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton*, Llanrhidian Lower*, Penrice*, Port Eynon*, Reynoldston,* Rhossili*	Cheriton, Fairyhill, Horton, Knelston, Landimore, Llanddewi, Llangennith, Llanmadoc, Llanrhidian, Middleton, Nicholaston, Oldwalls, Overton, Oxwich Green, Oxwich, Penrice, Port Eynon, Reynoldston, Rhossili, Grovesend, Llanmorlais, Pentrebach, Pont-Lliw, Poundffald, Slade
11	Gowerton c	2	Gowerton*	Gowerton village, Penclawdd
12	Landore c	2	Landore	Hafod, Landore, Morfa, Plasmarl
13	Llangyfelach	1	Llangyfelach*, Mawr* (Felindre ward)	Felindre, Llangyfelach, Tyn-y-cwm
14	Llansamlet	4	Llansamlet, Birchgrove	Birchgrove, Glais, Heol Las, Llansamlet, Morriston, Talycoppa, Summerhill and Trallwn
15	Llwchwr c	3	Llwchwr*	Loughor
16	Mayals	1	Mumbles* (Mayals ward)	Blackpill, Mayals
17	Morriston c	5	Morriston	Caemawr, Cwmrhydyceirw, Morriston town, Parc Gwernfadog, Pant-lasau, Ynysforgan and Ynystawe
18	Mumbles	3	Mumbles* (Newton and Oystermouth wards)	Langland, Mumbles, Newton, Oystermouth, Thistleboon
19	Mynydd-bach c	3	Mynyddbach	Clase, Clasemont, Park View Estate, Penfillia Estate, Treboeth, Tirdeunaw, Pinewood, Mynydd Garnlywd and Bryn Rock
20	Pen-clawdd	1	Llanrhidian Higher*	Blue Anchor, Llanmorlais, Penclawdd, Crofty and Wernffrwd
21	Penderry c	3	Penderry	Penlan, Portmead, Blaen-y-Maes, Fforesthall and Caereithin
22	Penllergaer c	1	Penllergaer*	Penllergaer
23	Pennard	1	Pennard*, Ilston	Bishopston, Fairwood Common, Ilston, Kittle, Parkmill, Penmaen, Southgate
24	Pontarddulais	2	Pontarddulais*, Mawr* (Garnswllt ward)	Pontarddulais town, Garnswllt, Pentrebach
25	Pontlliw and Tircoed c	1	Pontlliw and Tircoed*	Pontlliw, Tircoed
26	St. Thomas c	2	St. Thomas	Dan-y-graig, Port Tennant, Kilvey Hill and the Grenfell Park Area, St. Thomas
27	Sketty c	5	Sketty	Carnglas, Clyne Valley (Gwerneinon), Derwen Fawr, Hendrefoilan, Killay, Singleton Park, Sketty village, Tycoch, Cwmgwyn
28	Townhill c	3	Townhill	Cwm-Gwyn, Mayhill, Mount Pleasant, Townhill
29	Uplands c	4	Uplands	Brynmill, St. Helens, Cwmgwyn, Ffynone and The Lons, Uplands
30	Waterfront c	1	Waterfront	Maritime Quarter, SA1 Swansea Waterfront
31	Waunarlwydd c	1	Waunarlwydd	Waunarlwydd
32	West Cross	2	Mumbles* (West Cross ward)	Norton, West Cross

*= Communities which elect a community council
^c= Ward coterminous with community of the same name

Community council wards

Community	Community Council	Community wards	Community Councillors
Bishopston	Bishopston CC	Bishopston Murton [3]	14
Clydach	Clydach CC	Clydach [4] Graigfelen Vardre	6 4 5
Gorseinon	Gorseinon Town Council [5]	Gorseinon Central Gorseinon East Gorseinon West Penyrheol	3 4 3 5
Gowerton	Gowerton CC	East [6] West	8 5
Grovesend and Waungron	Grovesend and Waungron CC		9 [7]
Ilston	Ilston CC	Ilston [8] Penmaen Nicholaston	5 4 2
Killay
Llangyfelach
Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton	Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton CC	Llangennith [9] Llanmadoc Cheriton	5 3 2
Llanrhidian Higher
Llanrhidian Lower
Llwchwr		Kingsbridge [4] Lower Loughor Upper Loughor	5 4 5
Mawr	Mawr CC	Craig-Cefn-Parc Felindre Garnswllt	12 [10]
Mumbles		Mayals [4] Newton Oystermouth West Cross	3 4 5 6
Penllergaer
Pennard	Pennard CC	Kittle [11] Southgate	3 11
Penrice	Penrice CC	Horton [12] Oxwich Penrice	4 3 2
Pontarddulais	Pontarddulais Town Council [13]	Dulais East Dulais West Talybont Pentrebach Goppa	16
Port Eynon
Reynoldston
Rhossili
Three Crosses
Upper Killay

2022 ward changes

In 2021 a large number of proposals by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales were confirmed, to reduce the number of wards to Swansea Council, from 36 to 32, but with the number of councillors increasing from 72 to 75. This was designed to make the ratio between councillors and voters more equal. ^{[14] [15]}

Fifteen ward boundaries would be unaffected (though with a few name changes): Bishopston, Bonymaen (now Bon-y-maen), Cwmbwrla, Fairwood, Landore, Llansamlet, Mayals, Morriston, Mynyddbach (now Mynydd-bach), Penclawdd, Penderry, Penllergaer, Sketty, Townhill and Uplands. ^[14]

The large Mawr ward ceased to exist, its communities divided amongst neighbouring wards and a new ward of Pontlliw and Tircoed created. A Mumbles ward was created by merging the Newton and Oystermouth wards. A Llwchwr ward was created by merging Kingsbridge, Lower Loughor and Upper Loughor. A new Waterfront ward was created from parts of the Castle ward and St Thomas ward. A new Waunarlwyd ward was created from part of Cockett. ^[15] Dunvant, Killay North and Killay South were merged to create a Dunvant and Killay ward. The Gorseinon and Penyrheol wards were combined to become Gorseinon and Penyrheol.

Pre-2022 wards

Pre-2022 electoral ward map of Swansea

Prior to a 2021 ward boundary review, the city was divided into 36 electoral wards. Most of these wards were coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Each community can have an elected council. The following table lists pre-2022 council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':

Map #	Ward	County Councillors	Communities (Parishes)	Places covered	Population [16]	Land Area (km2)
1	Bishopston c	1	Bishopston*	Barland Common, Caswell, Bishopston, Clyne Common, Manselfield, Murton, Oldway	3,341	5.89
2	Bon-y-maen c	2	Bon-y-maen	Pentrechwyth, Pentre Dwr, Winch Wen	6,342	8.47
3	Castle c	4	Castle	Swansea city centre, Brynmelin, Dyfatty, Maritime Quarter, parts of Mount Pleasant and Sandfields	11,933	3.03
4	Clydach c	2	Clydach*	Clydach, Faerdre, Glais (East) and Penydre	7,320	8.46
5	Cockett c	4	Cockett	Cadle, Cwmdu, Coedweig, Gendros, Gors, Fforestfach, Waunarlwydd	12,586	8.6
6	Cwmbwrla c	3	Cwmbwrla	Brondeg, Brynhyfryd, Cwmdu, Gendros, Manselton	8,217	1.5
7	Dunvant c	2	Dunvant	Dunvant, Killay	4,679	2.41
8	Fairwood	1	Upper Killay*, Three Crosses ward of the community of Llanrhidian Higher*	Upper Killay, Three Crosses	2,774	13.44
9	Gorseinon	1	Gorseinon Central and Gorseinon East wards of the community of Gorseinon*	Gorseinon town	3,275	2.23
10	Gower	1	Ilston*, Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton *, Llanrhidian Lower*, Penrice*, Port Eynon*, Reynoldston,* Rhossili*	Cheriton, Fairyhill, Horton, Knelston, Landimore, Llanddewi, Llangennith, Llanmadoc, Llanrhidian, Middleton, Nicholaston, Oldwalls, Overton, Oxwich Green, Oxwich, Parkmill, Penmaen, Penrice, Port Eynon, Reynoldston, Rhossili, Grovesend, Llanmorlais, Pentrebach, Pont-Lliw, Poundffald, Slade	3,654	113.2
11	Gowerton c	1	Gowerton*	Gowerton village, Penclawdd, Waunarlwydd	4,928	7.55
12	Killay North	1	Killay* (North ward)	Carnglas, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd	3,436	1.99
13	Killay South	1	Killay* (South ward)	Dunvant, Ilston, Sketty	2,297	1.24
14	Kingsbridge	1	Llwchwr* (Garden Village and Kingsbridge wards)	Garden Village, Stafford Common	4,089	4.82
15	Landore c	2	Landore	Hafod, Landore, Morfa, Plasmarl	6,121	2.23
16	Llangyfelach	1	Llangyfelach*, Pontlliw*	Pantlasau, Tircoed	4,426	17.12
17	Llansamlet	4	Llansamlet, Birchgrove	Birchgrove, Glais, Heol Las, Llansamlet, Morriston, Talycoppa, Summerhill and Trallwn	12,003	15.54
18	Lower Loughor	1	Llwchwr* (Lower Loughor ward)	Loughor	2,146	1.61
19	Mawr c	1	Mawr*	Felindre, Craigcefnparc, Garnswllt, Ryhdypandy	1,800	57.81
20	Mayals	1	Mumbles* (Mayals ward)	Blackpill, Mayals, West Cross	2,834	4.52
21	Morriston c	5	Morriston	Caemawr, Cwmrhydyceirw, Morriston town, Parc Gwernfadog, Pant-lasau, Ynysforgan and Ynystawe	16,781	7.32
22	Mynydd-Bach c	3	Mynydd-Bach	Clase, Clasemont, Park View Estate, Penfillia Estate, Treboeth, Tirdeunaw, Pinewood, Mynydd Garnlywd and Bryn Rock	8,756	3.57
23	Newton	1	Mumbles* (Newton ward)	Caswell, Langland Bay	3,150	2.36
24	Oystermouth	1	Mumbles* (Oystermouth ward)	Norton, Mumbles, Thistleboon	4,315	2.01
25	Penclawdd	1	Llanrhidian Higher* (Llanmorlais and Penclawdd wards)	Blue Anchor, Llanmorlais, Penclawdd, Crofty and Wernffrwd	3,672	14.3
26	Penderry c	3	Penderry	Penlan, Portmead, Blaen-y-Maes, Fforesthall and Caereithin	10,981	4.04
27	Penllergaer	1	Penllergaer*	Penllergaer and part of Gorseinon	2,434	6.01
28	Pennard c	1	Pennard*	Bishopston, Fairwood Common, Kittle, Parkmill, Southgate	2,648	11.64
29	Penyrheol	2	Grovesend*, Gorseinon* (Gorseinon West and Penyrheol wards)	Grovesend and Waun Gron	5,780	8.61
30	Pontarddulais c	2	Pontarddulais*	Pontarddulais town	5,293	15.61
31	St. Thomas c	2	St. Thomas	Bon-y-maen, Dan-y-graig, Landore, Port Tennant, SA1 Waterfront, Swansea Docks, Kilvey Hill and the Grenfell Park Area, St. Thomas	6,373	5.91
32	Sketty c	5	Sketty	Carnglas, Clyne Valley (Gwerneinon), Derwen Fawr, Hendrefoilan, Killay, Singleton Park, Sketty village, Tycoch, Cwmgwyn	13,799	6.87
33	Townhill c	3	Townhill	Cwm-Gwyn, Mayhill, Mount Pleasant, Townhill	8,443	1.8
34	Uplands c	4	Uplands	Brynmill, St. Helens, Cwmgwyn, Ffynone and The Lons, Uplands	13,355	2.31
35	Upper Loughor	1	Llwchwr* (Upper Loughor ward)	Loughor	2,845	1.61
36	West Cross	2	Mumbles* (West Cross ward)	Norton, Mumbles and Newton, West Cross	6,475	2.48

*= Communities which elect a community council
^c= Ward coterminous with community of the same name

See also

• List of electoral wards in Wales

References

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16. 2001 Census