title: Landore (electoral ward)
text: # Landore (electoral ward)
  
  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.
  
  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:
  
  | Candidate | Party | Votes | Status |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Beverly Hopkins | Labour | 1040 | Labour gain |
  | Mike White | Labour | 1030 | Labour gain |
  | Vivian Abbott | Liberal Democrat | 472 | |
  | Rob Speht | Liberal Democrat | 423 | |
  | Roger Berry | Independent | 77 | |
  | Kate Horton | Conservatives | 39 | |
  | Henri 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.
  
  