Penderry

Penderry
Area	4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population	12,119 (2011 census)
• Density	3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi)
Principal area	Swansea
Preserved county	West Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Swansea East
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Swansea East
Councillors	Terry Hennegan (Labour) June Elizabeth Burtonshaw (Labour) Hazel Mary Morris (Labour)

Penderry (Welsh: Penderi) is a community and an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Penderry does not have a community council.

Penderry is bordered by the wards of Mynydd-Bach to the east; Cockett and Cwmbwrla to the south; and Kingsbridge, Penllergaer and Llangyfelach to the north.

For the purposes of local council elections, the ward is divided up into a number of polling districts, which are: Blaen-y-Maes, Caereithin, Mynydd Cadle, Penlan West, Penlan East and Clwyd.

Penderry returns three councillors to the local council. The current councillors representing Penderry are: June Burtonshaw (Labour), Doreen Jones (Labour) and Grenville Phillips (Labour).

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Penlan, Portmead, Blaen-y-Maes, Fforesthall, Caereithin and Tre-boeth, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. The ward consists of mainly suburban residential areas.

2012 local council elections

The turnout for the 2012 local council elections in Penderry was 22.23%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Terry Hennegan	Labour	1216	Labour hold
June Elizabeth Burtonshaw	Labour	1182	Labour hold
Hazel Mary Morris	Labour	1092	Labour hold
James Anthony Young	Green Party	470

Districts

Penlan

Penlan is the largest area in the centre of the ward.

Blaen-y-Maes

Blaen-y-Maes is an area to the west of the ward.

Treboeth & Mynydd-bach

A small section of Treboeth and Mynydd-Bach falls towards the North the Penderry Electoral Ward.

The split for Mynydd-Bach is on Heol Ddu from the junction of Clos Ddu which continues to split along neighbouring Roger Street in Treboeth along the junction with Crwys Terrace.