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==Recent History== |
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The first election to the new unitary [[City and County of Swansea Council]] took place in [[City and County of Swansea Council election, 1995|1995]]. All four seats were won by Labour although the Plaid Cymru candidate, local GP [[Dai Lloyd]] also polled strongly. |
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{{Election box begin | title= Cockett 1995}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = '''Lilian Maud Hopkin''' |
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|votes = 2,414 |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = '''Victor Cyril Alexander''' |
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|votes = 2,194 |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = '''David Anthony''' |
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|votes = 2,104 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = '''Denzil Porter''' |
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|votes = 1,953 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party =Plaid Cymru |
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|candidate = [[Dai Lloyd|David Rhys Lloyd]] |
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|votes = 1,240 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = Stuart Ball |
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|votes = 458 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = Ken Shingleton |
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|votes = 411 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = Philip Stanford |
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|votes = 409 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = Arthur Westwood |
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|votes = 316 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Timothy Mark Phillips |
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|votes = 286 |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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In [[City and County of Swansea Council election, 1999|1999]], Dr Dai Lloyd, who had captured a seat from Labour at a by-election topped the poll and Plaid Cymru also captured a second seat. |
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{{Election box begin | title= Cockett 1999}} |
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|party =Plaid Cymru |
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|candidate = '''[[Dai Lloyd|David Rhys Lloyd*]]''' |
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|votes = 2,366 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = '''Lilian Maud Hopkin*''' |
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|votes = 1,902 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party =Plaid Cymru |
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|candidate = '''William Keith Morgan''' |
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|votes = 1,581 |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = '''Victor Cyril Alexander*''' |
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|votes = 1,528 |
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|party =Plaid Cymru |
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|candidate = Adrian Hugh Rees |
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|votes = 1,478 |
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|party =Plaid Cymru |
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|candidate = Nicholas Walsh |
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|votes = 1,381 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Ann Pennock |
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|votes = 1,343 |
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|party =Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Clive Keith Morgan |
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|votes = 1,231 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |
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|candidate = Tudor Richard Donne |
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|votes = 639 |
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|winner = Plaid Cymru |
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|winner = Labour Party (UK) |
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|winner = Plaid Cymru |
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|loser = Labour Party (UK) |
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==Districts of Cockett== |
==Districts of Cockett== |
Revision as of 15:32, 22 January 2015
Cockett (Welsh: Coced) is the name of an electoral ward and a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community does not have a community council.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Cadle, Cwmdu, Coedweig, Gendros, Gors, Fforestfach, Cockett and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The community does not have its own community council. The ward is bounded by the wards of Kingsbridge and Penderry to the north; Cwmbwrla to the east; Townhill to the south east; Sketty and Killay North to the south; and Gowerton to the west.
2012 local council elections
The turnout for Cockett in the 2012 local council elections was 32.89%. The results were:
Candidate | Party | Votes | Status |
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Ann Cook | Labour | 1949 | Labour gain |
Andrew Jones | Labour | 1913 | Labour gain |
Geraint Owens | Labour | 1707 | Labour gain |
Mitchell Theaker | Labour | 1601 | Labour gain |
Dai Lloyd | Plaid Cymru | 895 | |
Nicola Holley | Liberal Democrat | 728 | |
Keith Morgan | Liberal Democrat | 723 | |
Jim Kelleher | Liberal Democrat | 637 | |
Hazel Morgan | Liberal Democrat | 580 | |
Patricia Sanderson | Plaid Cymru | 533 | |
Vanessa Webb | Plaid Cymru | 498 | |
Rhodri Thomas | Plaid Cymru | 484 | |
Veronyca Hughes | Independent | 248 | |
Matthew Johnson | Conservatives | 192 | |
Liam Kelly | Conservatives | 166 | |
Victoria Steventon | Conservatives | 155 | |
Michael Overthrow | Conservatives | 154 |
Recent History
The first election to the new unitary City and County of Swansea Council took place in 1995. All four seats were won by Labour although the Plaid Cymru candidate, local GP Dai Lloyd also polled strongly.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lilian Maud Hopkin | 2,414 | |||
Labour | Victor Cyril Alexander | 2,194 | |||
Labour | David Anthony | 2,104 | |||
Labour | Denzil Porter | 1,953 | |||
Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Lloyd | 1,240 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Ball | 458 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ken Shingleton | 411 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Stanford | 409 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Westwood | 316 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Mark Phillips | 286 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
In 1999, Dr Dai Lloyd, who had captured a seat from Labour at a by-election topped the poll and Plaid Cymru also captured a second seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Plaid Cymru | David Rhys Lloyd* | 2,366 | |||
Labour | Lilian Maud Hopkin* | 1,902 | |||
Plaid Cymru | William Keith Morgan | 1,581 | |||
Labour | Victor Cyril Alexander* | 1,528 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Adrian Hugh Rees | 1,478 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Nicholas Walsh | 1,381 | |||
Labour | Ann Pennock | 1,343 | |||
Labour | Clive Keith Morgan | 1,231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tudor Richard Donne | 639 | |||
Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Districts of Cockett
Cockett
The suburb of Cockett is a residential area in the ward.
Fforest-fach
The suburb of Fforestfach lies immediately north of the suburb of Cockett.
Waunarlwydd
The suburb of Waunarlwydd adjoins Fforestfach and Cockett to the West.