Cockett (electoral ward)

Cockett Ward
Location of Cockett ward within the City and County of Swansea
Area	8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population	13,362 (2011 census)
• Density	1,556/km2 (4,030/sq mi)
Principal area	Swansea
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Swansea West
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Swansea West
Councillors	Mike Durke (Labour) Oliver James (Labour) Elliot King (Labour) Wendy Lewis (Labour)

Cockett (Welsh: Coced) is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The ward is coterminous with the Cockett community.

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 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.

Local Council Elections

2017 local council elections

Turnout for the local election was 32.73.

Labour changed three of their candidates for the election through their selection process. 30 Cockett Ward members voted to replace Ann Cook, Andrew Jones and Geraint Owens with three local candidates: Mike Durke, Oliver James and Wendy Lewis. Labour then increased their share of the vote in the ward and increased their lead over the traditional main opposition parties within the ward: Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats.

Ann Cook went on to stand in neighbouring Cwmbrwlla Ward only to lose to the Liberal Democrats by 1430 votes (Chris Holley) to 674 (Ann Cook). Geraint Owens went on to stand in neighbouring ward, Sketty, only to lose to both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

Candidate	Party	Votes
DURKE, Mike	Labour	1839
Wendy Lewis	Labour	1792
Oliver James	Labour	1714
Elliott King	Labour	1528
Keith Hedges	Conservative	791
Deidre Lomer-Hedges	Conservative	721
Jack Powell	Conservative	674
Jack Huang	Conservative	622

2015 local council by election

The 2015 by election results were announced at the LC2 in the Swansea Maritime Quarter alongside the 2015 UK General Election. The turnout for the Cockett by election in the 2015 was 6253 out of 10528 registered electors, hence 59.4% almost double the 2012 election. [1]

The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Status
KING, Elliott John	Welsh Labour	2741	44%	Duly Elected
LLOYD, Dr Dai	Plaid Cymru	1345	22%
SINGH, Rebecca	Welsh Conservative Party Candidate	899	14%
HOLLEY, Nicola Anne	Welsh Liberal Democrats	776	12%
WHITTALL, Mike	Green Party	314	5%
PHILLIPS, Dave	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	128	2%
TOTAL	SPOILT VOTES	50	1%

2012 local council election

The turnout for Cockett in the 2012 local council elections was 32.89%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
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

1999 local council election

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.

Cockett 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	David Lloyd*	2,366
	Labour	Lilian Hopkin*	1,902
	Plaid Cymru	William Morgan	1,581
	Labour	Victor Alexander*	1,528
	Plaid Cymru	Adrian Rees	1,478
	Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Walsh	1,381
	Labour	Ann Pennock	1,343
	Labour	Clive Morgan	1,231
	Liberal Democrats	Tudor Donne	639
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1995 local council election

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.

Cockett 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Hopkin	2,414
	Labour	Victor Alexander	2,194
	Labour	David Anthony	2,104
	Labour	Denzil Porter	1,953
	Plaid Cymru	David 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 Phillips	286
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
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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.