Castle, Swansea

Castle
Welsh: Castell

Castle Plaza
Castle
 Castle shown within Swansea
Population 15,883 (2011)
OS grid referenceSS6593
CommunityCastle
Principal areaSwansea
Ceremonial countyWest Glamorgan
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SWANSEA
Postcode district SA1
Dialling code 01792
Police South Wales
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentSwansea West
Welsh AssemblySwansea West
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Coordinates: 51°37′10″N 3°57′05″W / 51.61958°N 3.95142°W

Castle (Welsh: Castell) is an electoral ward and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Castle covers most of the heart of the City of Swansea. The community does not have its own community council.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Swansea city centre, Brynmelin, Dyfatty, Greenhill, Maritime Quarter, parts of Mount Pleasant, Sandfields and Waun Wen in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The ward borders the wards of St. Thomas to the east; Landore and Cwmbwrla to the north; Townhill and Uplands; and Swansea Bay to the south.

For electoral purposes, Castle is divided into a number of polling districts: City Centre, Sandfields, George Street, Mount Pleasant, XE1 High Street, XE2 High Street, North Hill, Baptist Well, XH1 Brynmelin and XH2 Brynmelin. Castle returns 4 councillors to the local council.

The Castle ward is a Communities First area.

Demographics

The overall population in the castle ward is: 11,933.

Ethnic breakdown:

Ethnic group Count %
White British 10,784 90.37
White Irish 132 1.11
White Other 284 2.38
Black or Mixed Black and White 60 0.5
South Asian or Mixed Asian and White 490 4.12
Chinese or Other (including mixed race) 183 1.53

The number of people identifying themselves as Welsh was 1,578 (13.22%).

Recent History

The first election to the new unitary City and County of Swansea Council took place in 1995. All three seats were won by Labour.

Castle 1995
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Lloyd 1,756
Labour Barbara Joyce Hynes 1,723
Labour Dereck John Roberts 1,623
Liberal Democrat Robert Speht 592
Green Benjamin David Grigg 515
Liberal Democrat Cynthia Wharrad 463
Wales Militant Labour Mark Evans 378
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

In 1999, the number of seats increased from three to four. David Phillips had previously represented the Uplands ward.

Castle 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Lloyd* 1,622
Labour Barbara Joyce Hynes* 1,579
Labour David Phillips* 1,477
Labour Dereck John Roberts* 1,440
Plaid Cymru Yvonne Marie Davies 1,111
Liberal Democrat Yvonne Marjorie Holley 937
Green Benjamin David Grigg 632
Conservative Paul Raymond Morris 503
Conservative Sonya Winifred R. Morris 477
United Socialists David Richard Warren 273
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Politics

Castle ward

As of October 2011, the current City and County of Swansea councillors for Castle Ward are:

Following the death in September 2011 of Councillor Barbara Hynes, who had represented Castle for 21 years, there is a vacancy for one councillor in the ward.[1] A byelection has yet to be announced.

The Castle ward is a major Labour stronghold with all seats currently occupied by Labour councillors. In the 2008 local elections, there were 21 candidates, each hoping to secure one of four seats. All four sitting Labour councillors were looking to retain their seats. However, the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats were all fielding four candidates each. The other candidate who was hoping to take a seat represented the Socialist Party.

In the 2012 local elections for Castle, the turnout was 28.98%. There results were:

Candidate Party Votes Status
Erika Kirchner Labour 1629 Labour hold
Sybil Crouch Labour 1623 Labour hold
David Phillips Labour 1610 Labour hold
Fiona Gordon Labour 1582 Labour hold
Gareth Peter Jones Liberal Democrats 533
Allan Jeffery Liberal Democrats 531
Tanya Auxiliadora May Liberal Democrats 511
Vicky Lewis Liberal Democrats 440
Patrick Powell Plaid Cymru 274
Gez Couch Plaid Cymru 261
Harri Roberts Plaid Cymru 254
Steve Clegg Green Party 248
Damian Martin Plaid Cymru 248
Paul Raymond Morris Conservatives 241
Stephen Gallagher Conservatives 230
Sonya Morris Conservatives 228
Natasha Tomaszewski Conservatives 207
Phil Crayford Independent 207
Ross Walters Green Party 193
Martin White Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 148

References

  1. ↑ http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=45928

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