Castle, Swansea
{{Short description|Community and electoral ward in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| static_image_name = SwanseaCastlePlaza.jpg
| static_image_caption = Castle Plaza
| static_image_width = 260px
| welsh_name = Castell
| coordinates =
| official_name = Castle
| community_wales = Castle
| unitary_wales = Swansea
| lieutenancy_wales = West Glamorgan
| constituency_westminster = Swansea West
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Swansea West
| post_town = SWANSEA
| postcode_district = SA1
| postcode_area = SA
| dial_code = 01792
| os_grid_reference = SS6593
| population = 15,883
| population_ref = (2011)
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
Castle ({{langx|cy|Castell}}) is an community and electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Castle covers most of the heart of the City of Swansea, with Swansea Castle at its centre.
Description
The electoral ward matches the community boundaries and consists of some or all of the following areas: Swansea city centre, Brynmelin, Dyfatty, Greenhill, parts of Mount Pleasant, Sandfields and Waun Wen in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The ward borders the wards of St. Thomas to the east; Landore and Cwmbwrla to the north; Townhill and Uplands; and Waterfront to the south.
For electoral purposes, Castle is divided into a number of polling districts: City Centre, Sandfields, George Street, Mount Pleasant, XE1 High Street, XE2 High Street, North Hill, Baptist Well, XH1 Brynmelin and XH2 Brynmelin. Castle returns 4 councillors to the local council.
The Castle ward is a Communities First area.
The community does not have its own community council.
=2021 boundary review=
Following a local government boundary review, the Maritime Quarter area of Castle was removed to form part of a new Waterfront ward (and community), effective from the 2022 local elections.{{cite news |work =Swansea Bay News |url=https://swanseabaynews.com/2021/06/30/more-councillors-but-fewer-wards-after-council-boundary-changes-in-swansea/ |title =More councillors but fewer wards after council boundary changes in Swansea |date = 30 June 2021| access-date =24 May 2022}} Despite being reduced in size, Castle ward continues to elect four county councillors.
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:{{NOMIS2011|id=1170221819|title=Castle Parish|accessdate=2018-02-18}}
Ethnic breakdown:
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Ethnic group !Count !% |
| 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.
Local election results
Since 1995 the Castle Ward has been a four-member ward for the purposes of City and County of Swansea Council elections. The ward is a major Labour Party stronghold.
=2017=
{{Election box begin | title= Castle 2017}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sybil Edith Crouch*
|votes = 1,820
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Erika Theresa Kirchner*
|votes = 1,772
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Fiona Margaret Gordon*
|votes = 1,763
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Phillips*
|votes = 1,716
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Raymond Morris
|votes = 568
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris
|votes = 534
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mohammad Amin Doha
|votes = 425
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Akshit Sanjiv Khanna
|votes = 411
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Shan Couch
|votes = 349
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Damian Paul Martin
|votes = 254
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Stan Robinson
|votes = 247
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Charlene Anika
|votes = 237
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Owen John Roberts
|votes = 235
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = David John Smith
|votes = 220
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|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Harri Llwyd Roberts
|votes = 210
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Davies
|votes = 203
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|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = David Richards
|votes = 191
|percentage =
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Benjamin James Williams
|votes = 191
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Alec Thraves
|votes = 112
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Claire Louise Job
|votes = 97
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Colin Thomas John
|votes = 89
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 29.8
|change = +0.8
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=2012=
Following the May 2012 election the ward was represented by four Labour Party councillors:
{{Election box begin | title= Castle 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Erika Theresa Kirchner*
|votes = 1,629
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sybil Crouch
|votes = 1,623
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Phillips*
|votes = 1,610
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Fiona Margaret Gordon
|votes = 1,582
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Peter Jones
|votes = 533
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alan Jeffery
|votes = 531
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Tanya Auxiliadora May
|votes = 511
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Vicky Lewis
|votes = 440
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Patrick John Powell
|votes = 274
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Gez Couch
|votes = 261
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Harri Llwyd Roberts
|votes = 254
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Steve Clegg
|votes = 248
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Damian Paul Martin
|votes = 248
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Raymond Morris
|votes = 241
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Joseph Gallagher
|votes = 230
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sonya Winifred Rachel Morris
|votes = 228
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Natasha Rhian Tomaszewski
|votes = 207
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Phil Crayford
|votes = 207
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ross Walters
|votes = 193
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Martin John White
|votes = 148
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 29.0
|change = +0.7
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
Prior to the 2012 election the City and County of Swansea councillors for Castle Ward were:
Councillor Barbara Hynes, who had represented Castle for 21 years, died in September 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=45928 |title=City and County of Swansea - Notice of Vacancy in Office of Councillor |accessdate=2011-10-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017182321/http://swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=45928 |archivedate=2011-10-17 }} resulting in a byelection.
=2008=
In the 2008 local elections, there were 21 candidates, each hoping to secure one of four seats. All four sitting Labour councillors were looking to retain their seats. However, the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats were all fielding four candidates each. The other candidate who was hoping to take a seat represented the Socialist Party.
=1999=
In 1999, the number of seats increased from three to four. David Phillips had previously represented the Uplands ward.
{{Election box begin | title= Castle 1999}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Lloyd*
|votes = 1,622
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Joyce Hynes*
|votes = 1,579
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Phillips
|votes = 1,477
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dereck John Roberts*
|votes = 1,440
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Yvonne Marie Davies
|votes = 1,111
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Yvonne Marjorie Holley
|votes = 937
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Benjamin David Grigg
|votes = 632
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Raymond Morris
|votes = 503
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sonya Winifred R. Morris
|votes = 477
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate minor party
|party = United Socialists
|candidate = David Richard Warren
|votes = 273
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=1995=
The first election to the new unitary City and County of Swansea Council took place in 1995. All three seats were won by Labour.
{{Election box begin | title= Castle 1995}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Lloyd
|votes = 1,756
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Joyce Hynes
|votes = 1,723
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dereck John Roberts
|votes = 1,623
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Speht
|votes = 592
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Benjamin David Grigg
|votes = 515
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Cynthia Wharrad
|votes = 463
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate minor party
|party = Wales Militant Labour
|candidate = Mark Evans
|votes = 378
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=1889=
Castle was one of the ten wards created to Swansea County Borough Council, electing two representatives in the November 1889 elections. The election was fought on local issues and the winning candidates had no party affiliation.{{cite news|title=County Borough of Swansea - Election of Councillors|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3338403/3338406/18 |newspaper=The Cambrian|date=8 November 1889 |via=Welsh Newspapers Online}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015202/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/pdf/castle.pdf Castle ward]
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