Mayals

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| population = 2,600

| population_ref = (Dec 2022)

| os_grid_reference = SS6090

| postcode_district = SA3

| dial_code = 01792

| community_wales = Mumbles

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Swansea West

| postcode_area = SA

| coordinates = {{coord|51.6047|-4.0049|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Mayals

| post_town = SWANSEA

| constituency_westminster = Swansea West

| unitary_wales = Swansea

| lieutenancy_wales = West Glamorgan

}}

Mayals is an electoral ward and suburb of Swansea, Wales. It is located about 6 kilometers west of Swansea City Centre. Mayals is considered a part of the larger district of Mumbles, along with the nine other settlements within the community council region.{{Cite web |title=List of Cities, Towns, Villages and Settlements in Swansea (Abertawe), Wales, Google Maps and Street Views, Geographic.org |url=https://geographic.org/streetview/wales/swansea_abertawe/index.html |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=geographic.org}} In 2022, Mayals had a population of 2,600,{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Swansea |year=2022 |title=MAYALS WARD PROFILE |url=https://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/3168/Mayals-ward-profile/pdf/Mayals_Ward_Profile_Apr22.pdf?m=1653667789317 }} compared with the 2011 census, at which point Mayals had a population of 2,676. Mayals borders the areas of Sketty, Killay, Fairwood, Bishopston, and West Cross. The majority of Mayals is situated within the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which was the first AONB to be established in 1956.{{Cite web |title=Overview map of the UK's Areas of Outstanding Beauty |url=https://landscapesforlife.org.uk/about-aonbs/aonbs/overview |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=landscapesforlife.org.uk}}

The suburb of Mayals is a mostly residential area, containing Clyne Gardens, Clyne Golf Club, and Mayals Primary School. Clyne Gardens is a 19-hectare botanical garden, which has an 18th-century castle, Clyne Castle,{{Cite web |date=2016-04-19 |title=1 bedroom Ground Flat for sale in Swansea |url=http://www.fineandcountry.com/uk/property-for-sale/Swansea/SA3+5BW/50028931 |access-date=2023-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419210325/http://www.fineandcountry.com/uk/property-for-sale/Swansea/SA3+5BW/50028931 |archive-date=19 April 2016 }} a Japanese-style bridge and adjoining pond, and a large gazebo. The gardens also contain an extensive plant collection, with over 2,000 different plants including over 800 rhododendrons for which the gardens are renowned. Clyne Gardens is popular with local dog owners, with many walking their dogs within the gardens daily.

There is another park within the Mayals area, known locally as West Cross Woodland, despite being situated within the Mayals area. The park is next to Mayals Primary School, and across the street from the West Cross Co-op store, a former pub which was refitted in late 2019.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Nino |date=2019-10-02 |title=Popular Swansea pub that shut down suddenly now reopening as something new |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/popular-swansea-pub-shut-down-17013339 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}} This park contains a small play facility for children, and a small woodland. This park is considerably smaller than Clyne Gardens.

Education

Mayals houses its own primary school, [https://www.mayalsprimary.co.uk/ Mayals Primary School], which takes in students aged 4-11, or Nursery, Infants, and Juniors. There are 247 students as of 2022.{{Cite web |title=Mayals Primary |url=https://mylocalschool.gov.wales/School/6702076#0 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=mylocalschool.gov.wales}} The school was last inspected by Estyn in 2022, and are currently under review.{{Cite web |title=Mayals Primary School {{!}} Estyn |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/provider/6702076 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.estyn.gov.wales |language=en}}

Mayals is located within the Bishopston Comprehensive School catchment area. Students within the area are also given the option of post 16 education, with Gower College Swansea being in close proximity, along with Swansea University for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Demographics

The overall population in the Mayals ward according to the 2011 census was 2,676.

They had the following ethnic breakdown in 2011{{Cite web |last=Services |first=Good Stuff IT |title=Mayals - UK Census Data 2011 |url=https://www.ukcensusdata.com/mayals-w05000534 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=UK Census Data}}

class="wikitable"

!Ethnic Group

!Count

White British

|2,440

|91.2

White Irish

|16

|0.6

White Other

|53

|1.98

Asian British

|93

|3.5

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British

|0.1

Mixed ethnicity

|43

|1.6

Other (e.g. Arab)

|27

|1.0

Local Election Results

Since 1997 Mayals has been a single-member ward for the purposes of City and County of Swansea Council elections.

= 2022 =

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Wales Green Party|candidate=Chris Evans|votes=457|percentage=40.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Louise Thomas|votes=332|percentage=29.4|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Pam Erasmus|votes=280|percentage=24.8|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Daniel Guttery|votes=62|percentage=5.5|change=|}}

{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Wales Green Party|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,138|percentage=51.4|change=–0.9|}}{{Election box end}}Chris Evans was the first Green Party candidate to gain a seat in the Swansea Council elections, winning the seat from the Conservatives by 125 votes.{{Cite web |last1=Mosalski |first1=Ruth |last2=Hayward |first2=Will |last3=Youle |first3=Richard |date=2022-05-06 |title=Swansea local election result 2022: Labour holds onto power |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/full-results-swansea-council-elections-23845661 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}

= 2017 =

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Tyler-Lloyd*|votes=627|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Helen Mitchell|votes=271|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Fitton|votes=207|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}

= 2012 =

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Tyler-Lloyd|votes=283|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Peter Geoffrey Birch|votes=264|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Keith Jones|votes=257|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Rowlands|votes=163|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=David Charles Evans|votes=29|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}

= 2008 =

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rene Harwood Kinzett|votes=545|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Peter Geoffrey Birch|votes=465|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Juliet Anne Fortey|votes=190|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=Liberal Democrats (UK)|swing=}}

{{Election box end}}Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2004, Rene Harwood Kinzett joined the Conservatives prior to the 2008 election.

= 2004 =

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Rene Harwood Kinzett|votes=708|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Dorian Gerald Rowbottom|votes=206|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=David Charles Evans*|votes=179|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jeffrey William Walton|votes=64|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Plaid Cymru|candidate=Eiry Miles|votes=56|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Philip Joel Swinnerton|votes=33|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|loser=Independent (politician)|swing=}}

= 1999 =

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=David Charles Evans|votes=386|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael George Shellard|votes=358|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Neil Sinclair Lewis|votes=273|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David Ian Collins|votes=209|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Independent (politician)|loser=Liberal Democrats (UK)|swing=}}

= 1995 =

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Beryl Marshall|votes=529|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Valerio|votes=260|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=David Charles Evans|votes=219|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Bob Sykes|votes=172|percentage=|change=|}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|swing=}}

References

Category:Districts of Swansea

Category:Mumbles