Castle, Swansea facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Castle
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Location of the Castle community within Swansea |
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Population | 15,883 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SS6593 |
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Ceremonial county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SWANSEA |
Postcode district | SA1 |
Dialling code | 01792 |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
EU Parliament | Wales |
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Welsh Assembly |
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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, with Swansea Castle at its centre.
Demographics
The overall population in the Castle ward and community according to the 2011 UK Census was 15,883.
They had an ethnic breakdown of:
Ethnic breakdown:
Ethnic group | Count | % |
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White British | 11,742 | 73.9 |
White Irish | 105 | 0.7 |
White Other | 834 | 5.3 |
Black/African/Caribbean | 400 | 2.5 |
Asian | 1,862 | 11.7 |
Mixed ethnicity | 213 | 1.3 |
Other (e.g. Arab) | 727 | 4.6 |
The number of people identifying themselves as Welsh was 7,321 (46.1%), Considerably lower than the figure for the county as a whole.
Current Representation
The Castle Ward is a four-member ward for the purposes of City and County of Swansea Council elections. Following the 2012 election it is currently represented by four Labour Party councillors.
Castle 2012 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Erika Theresa Kirchner* | 1,629 | |||
Labour | Sybil Crouch | 1,623 | |||
Labour | David Phillips* | 1,610 | |||
Labour | Fiona Margaret Gordon | 1,582 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Peter Jones | 533 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Jeffery | 531 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tanya Auxiliadora May | 511 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Vicky Lewis | 440 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Patrick John Powell | 274 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Gez Couch | 261 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Harri Llwyd Roberts | 254 | |||
Green (UK) | Steve Clegg | 248 | |||
Plaid Cymru | Damian Paul Martin | 248 | |||
Conservative | Paul Raymond Morris | 241 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Joseph Gallagher | 230 | |||
Conservative | Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris | 228 | |||
Conservative | Natasha Rhian Tomaszewski | 207 | |||
Independent | Phil Crayford | 207 | |||
Green (UK) | Ross Walters | 193 | |||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Martin John White | 148 | |||
Turnout | 29.0 | +0.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Alan Lloyd | 1,756 | |||
Labour | Barbara Joyce Hynes | 1,723 | |||
Labour | Dereck John Roberts | 1,623 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Speht | 592 | |||
Green (UK) | Benjamin David Grigg | 515 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Wharrad | 463 | |||
Wales Militant Labour | Mark Evans | 378 | |||
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In 1999, the number of seats increased from three to four. David Phillips had previously represented the Uplands ward.
Castle 1999 | |||||
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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 Democrats | Yvonne Marjorie Holley | 937 | |||
Green (UK) | Benjamin David Grigg | 632 | |||
Conservative | Paul Raymond Morris | 503 | |||
Conservative | Sonya Winifred R. Morris | 477 | |||
United Socialists | David Richard Warren | 273 | |||
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