Cockett (electoral ward)

Cockett Ward
Cockett Ward
	Location of pre-2022 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;
	List of places UK Wales Swansea

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. It elects three councillors.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Cadle, Cwmdu, Coedweig, Gendros, Gors, Fforestfach and Cockett, 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.

Following a local government boundary review, effective from the 2022 local elections, Waunarlwydd was removed from the Cockett ward to become its own ward (and community).^[1] As a result, the number of councillors elected in Cockett reduced from four to three.

Local Council Elections

2022

Turnout for the 2022 local election was 27.7%.

Cockett 2022^[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Mike Durke	1,414
Labour	Oliver James	1,378
Labour	Elliott King	1,310
Green	Marie Greaves	408
Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Samuel	395
Conservative	Steve Norman	394
Liberal Democrats	Rhian Russell	318
Freedom Alliance	Kim Brooker	167
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

2017

Turnout for the 2017 local election was 32.73%.

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mike Durke	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 by-election

The 2015 by-election results were announced alongside the 2015 UK General Election results, in the Swansea Maritime Quarter. The turnout was 6253 out of 10528 registered electors, i.e. 59.4%: almost double the 2012 turnout.^[3]

The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Status
Elliott King	Welsh Labour	2741	44%	Elected
David Lloyd	Plaid Cymru	1345	22%
Rebecca Singh	Welsh Conservative Party Candidate	899	14%
Nicola Holley	Welsh Liberal Democrats	776	12%
Mike Whittal	Green Party	314	5%
Dave Phillips	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	128	2%
Spoilt votes		50	1%
Total		6253

2012

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

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
	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

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
	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)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Districts of Cockett

The suburb of Cockett is a residential area in the ward.

The suburb of Fforestfach lies immediately north of the suburb of Cockett.

References

^ "More councillors but fewer wards after council boundary changes in Swansea". Swansea Bay News. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ Ruth Mosalski; Will Hayward; Richard Youle (6 May 2022). "Swansea local election result 2022: Labour holds onto power". Wales Online. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ Cockett by-election 7 May 2015, City and County of Swansea Council.

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[1] "More councillors but fewer wards after council boundary changes in Swansea". Swansea Bay News. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[2] Ruth Mosalski; Will Hayward; Richard Youle (6 May 2022). "Swansea local election result 2022: Labour holds onto power". Wales Online. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[3] Cockett by-election 7 May 2015, City and County of Swansea Council.

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