Morriston (electoral ward)

Morriston Ward

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for SS6698
Geography
Principal locality	Morriston
Total population	16,781 (2001 census)
Land area (km²)	7.32 (2001 census)
Administration
Local council:	City and County of Swansea
Number of councillors:	5
Nation:	Wales
Post office and telephone
Postcode(s):	SA5, SA6
Dialling code:	+44-1792
Politics
Welsh Assembly:	Swansea East
UK Parliament:	Swansea East
European Parliament:	Wales

Morriston ((Welsh:Treforys or Treforus)) is an electoral ward in Swansea, Wales. Morriston is one of two five member wards in the City and County of Swansea local authority area. In population terms, it is the largest ward in the Welsh Assembly constituency of Swansea East and it is the largest ward the City and County of Swansea.^[1]

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Caemawr, Cwmrhydyceirw, Graig Felen, Morriston, Parc Gwernfadog, Pant-lasau, Ynysforgan and Ynystawe, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. The ward is bounded by the wards of Llansamlet and Clydach to the east; Bonymaen and Landore to the south; Mynydd-Bach and Llangyfelach to the west; and Mawr to the north.

The ward is broken down into a number of polling districts by the local council. These are: Parc-y-Duc, Glantawe, Pentrepoeth, Tircanol, Caemawr, Cwmrhydyceirw East, Cwmrhydyceirw West, Parc Gwernfadog and Ynystawe.

Morriston is one of only two wards in Swansea which returns five councillors to the local council. The other being Sketty. Morriston currently returns five Labour councillors: Mike Hedges, Robert Francis-Davies, John Davies, Bob Lloyd and Rob Stewart.

In the 2008 local election the Ward will be contested by all five incumbent Labour Councillors, and by five Liberal Democrats, five Conservatives, two Plaid Cymru candidates and one British National Party candidate. The poll will take place on 1 May 2008, along with elections in every other ward of Swansea.

The turnout of the 2008 local elections in Morriston was 34.53%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Michael John Hedges	Labour	2159	Labour hold
Robert John Lloyd	Labour	1776	Labour hold
Robert Charles Stewart	Labour	1768	Labour hold
William John Francis Davies	Labour	1741	Labour hold
Robert Francis-Davies	Labour	1669	Labour hold
Helen Ceri Clarke	Liberal Democrats	1528
Jonathan Clarke	Liberal Democrats	1427
Owen Roberts	Liberal Democrats	1223
Rachael Elizabeth Hitchinson	Liberal Democrats	1214
Robert Morrison Samuel	Liberal Democrats	1142
Richard Jones Jones	Plaid Cymru	778
Alan Bateman	BNP	678
Hywel Rhys Couch	Plaid Cymru	619
Michael James Byrne	Conservatives	584
Robert Ivor James	Conservatives	574
Paul Frank Briggs	Conservatives	557
Thomas Patrick Caradog Morgan	Conservatives	523
Sheila Morgan	Conservatives	500

References

1. ^ Morriston: Electoral Division Profile

External links

• Morriston statistics

Coordinates: 51°39′53″N 3°56′20″W / 51.66475°N 3.93890°W / 51.66475; -3.93890