Pennard (electoral ward)

Coordinates: 51°34′20″N 4°05′37″W / 51.57217°N 4.09370°W

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Pennard Ward
Location of Pennard ward within the City and County of Swansea
Area	11.64 km² (4.49 sq mi)
Population	2,688 (2011 census)
• Density	231/km² (600/sq mi)
Principal area	Swansea
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Gower
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Gower
Councillors	Lynda James (Independent)
List of places UK Wales Swansea

Pennard is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It is coterminous with the community of Pennard.^[1]

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following places: Bishopston, Fairwood Common, Kittle, Parkmill, Pennard and Southgate in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. Part of Three Cliffs Bay falls within the ward.

Pennard is bounded by the wards of Gower to the west; Fairwood to the north and Bishopston to the east. The Bristol Channel borders Pennard to the south.

Pennard also elects a community council. For electoral purposes to Pennard Community Council, Pennard is divided into the polling wards of Southgate and Kittle.

Pennard ward returns one councillor to the City and County of Swansea council. Since May 2012 it has been represented by Lynda James (Independent).

In the 2012 local council elections, the voter turnout was 52.31%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Lynda James	Independent	442	Independents gain from Tories
Peter Lanfear	Independent	215
Patrick Morgan	Conservative	211
Terry Scales	Labour	131
Arthur Rogers	Plaid Cymru	116
Andrew Thomas	Liberal Democrats	35

Councillor James successfully defended her seat at the May 2017 elections.^[2]

References

^ Election Maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "These are your councillors in Swansea after yesterday's local elections". Wales Online. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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Swansea East Constituency	Bon-y-maen Cwmbwrla Landore Llansamlet Morriston Mynydd-bach Penderry St. Thomas Waterfront (part)
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