Cwmbwrla is the name of an electoral ward, a community

Community council

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 and a suburb

Suburb

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 in the City and County of Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

, Wales

Wales

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. The community does not have a community council.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following settlements: Brondeg, Brynhyfryd

Brynhyfryd, Swansea

Brynhyfryd is a small village in Swansea, Wales mostly falling within the Cwmbwrla ward. The area is mostly residential. Brynhyfryd approximates to the area around Llangyfelach Road where it intersects with Brynhyfryd Road....

, Cwmbwrla

Cwmbwrla

Cwmbwrla is a residential area of Swansea in Wales, falling within the Cwmbwrla ward of the city. Located on rising ground about 1 mile north of the city centre, it takes its name from the valley of the Burlais Brook which flows down from here to join the River Tawe immediately northeast of...

, Cwmdu

Cwmdu

Cwmdu may refer to:*Cwmdu, Swansea*Cwmdu, Carmarthenshire*Cwmdu, PowysCwmdu may refer to:*Cwmdu, Swansea*Cwmdu, Carmarthenshire*Cwmdu, PowysCwmdu may refer to:*Cwmdu, Swansea*Cwmdu, Carmarthenshire*Cwmdu, Powys...

, Gendros

Gendros

Gendros is a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Cockett ward. Gendros approximates to the settlement northwest of Carmarthen Road between Cwmdu and Ravenhill. Other areas surrounding Gendros are Blaen-y-Maes, Cwmbwrla, Cockett, Fforestfach and Mayhill...

 and Manselton

Manselton

Manselton is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales falling within the Cwmbwrla ward. Manselton approximates to the area to the west of Llangyfelach Road just north of the railway line from Landore depot to west Wales....

, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East

Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry, and St.Thomas...

. The ward is bounded by the wards of Cockett

Cockett (electoral ward)

Cockett is the name of an electoral ward and a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community does not have a community council....

 to the west; Castle

Castle, Swansea

Castle 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...

 and Townhill

Townhill (electoral ward)

Townhill is an electoral ward and a community of Swansea, Wales, UK. Townhill does not have a community council.The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Cwm-Gwyn, Mayhill, Mount Pleasant and Townhill in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West...

 to the south; Landore to the east; and Penderry

Penderry

Penderry is the name of an electoral ward and a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Penderry does not have a community council....

 and Mynydd-Bach to the north.

For the purposes of local elections, Cwmbwrla is broken down into the following polling districts: Manselton South, Cwmdu, Manselton North and Brynhyfryd. The ward returns 3 councillors to the local council. The ward is currently represented by: Peter Black

Peter Black (Welsh politician)

Peter Black is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the South Wales West Region.-Background:...

 (Lib Dems

Liberal Democrats

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), Chris Holley (Lib Dems) and Graham Thomas (Lib Dems).

2008 local council elections

The results of the 2008 local council elections for Cwmbwrla were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Peter Malcolm Black Peter Black (Welsh politician) Peter Black is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the South Wales West Region.-Background:...	Liberal Democrats	1804	Liberal Democrats hold
Christopher Ashleigh Holley	Liberal Democrats	1662	Liberal Democrats hold
Lewis Graham Thomas	Liberal Democrats	1335	Liberal Democrats hold
Cyril Anderson	Labour	526
Peter David Meehan	Labour	453
Terence James Hennegan	Labour	403
Peter James Demery	Conservative	139
Joanne Harvey	Conservative	111
Margaret Chegwin Jones	Conservative	103