Landore () is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.

Description Landore is bounded by the wards of Castle to the south west; Cwmbwrla to the west; Mynydd-Bach to the north west; Morriston to the north; Bonymaen to the east; and St. Thomas to the south east.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Castle Graig, Brynhyfryd, Hafod, Landore, Morfa and Plasmarl, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. However the Landore ward can be split into three chief areas from north to south: Plasmarl, Landore and Hafod.Landore Ward Profile

For electoral purposes, Landore is divided into a number of polling districts: Plasmarl, Cnap Llwyd, Glandwr and Hafod.

The Elected Councillors for the Landore Ward are Cllr Viv Abbott (Liberal Democrat) and Cllr Rob Speht (Liberal Democrat).

Districts Landore Landore is a residential area. It has seen a number of new developments during the early millennium decade, such as the Liberty Stadium, now the Swansea.com Stadium, which opened in 2005 and a new out-of-town retail park built around the same time.

Morfa Morfa is a former area of light industry, which is now dominated by a retail park in the north western part of the ward.

Hafod Hafod is a small area to the far south of the ward.

2012 local council elections For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout in Landore was 35.10%. The results were: CandidatePartyVotesStatusBeverly Hopkins Labour 1040 Labour gainMike White Labour 1030 Labour gainVivian Abbott Liberal Democrat 472Rob Speht Liberal Democrat 423Roger Berry Independent 77Kate Horton Conservatives 39Henri Lloyd Davies Conservatives 28

Swansea County Borough Council Landore was one of the ten wards created to Swansea County Borough Council, electing two representatives in the November 1889 elections.

See also Lower Swansea valley

References

External links Hafod & The Swansea Valley Archeological Trail Archaeology in Wales:Yorkshire Imperial Metals Site, Landore, Swansea 2002 Local Councillor website