Landore Ward
Area	2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Population	6,168 (2011 census)
• Density	2,766/km2 (7,160/sq mi)
Principal area	Swansea
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Swansea East
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Swansea East
Councillors	Beverly Hopkins (Labour) Mike White (Labour)
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Landore (Welsh: Glandŵr) is the name of 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.^[1]

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:

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.^[2]