Dunvant is an electoral ward coterminous with a community

Community council

A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies...

 of the same name 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

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, UK

United Kingdom

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. The community does not have a community council. It is named after the village of Dunvant

Dunvant

Dunvant is a suburban district in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant ward. It is situated in a valley some 4.5 miles west of Swansea city centre.-History:...

 which lies within the ward.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas, Derlwyn, Dunvant

Dunvant

Dunvant is a suburban district in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant ward. It is situated in a valley some 4.5 miles west of Swansea city centre.-History:...

, Killay

Killay

Killay is the name of a suburb and local government community in Swansea, Wales. Killay has its own community council. The village is set high above sea level, about 3.5 miles west of Swansea city centre....

, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West

Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

. It is bounded by Fairwood

Fairwood, Swansea

The electoral ward of Fairwood, City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK consists of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Upper Killay, Poundffald and Three Crosses in the parliamentary constituency of Gower....

 to the east; Gowerton

Gowerton

The village of Gowerton is situated about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to Gower. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin...

 to the north; Killay North

Killay North

Killay North is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales which consists of some or all of the following areas: Killay, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West...

 to the east and Killay South

Killay South

Killay South is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward is mainly rural and consists of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Sketty and Upper Killay in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West....

to the south.

In the 2008 local council elections the turnout for Dunvant was 45.59%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
John Newbury	Liberal Democrats	992	Liberal Democrats hold
Nicholas John Tregoning	Liberal Democrats	855	Liberal Democrats hold
Roy Thomas Adams	Independents	262
Christine Mary Hosgood-Jones	Labour	254
Peter Leonard Rowlands	Labour	198
James Barrington Geen Harding	Conservatives	192
Rowland Bevan	Independents	165
David Rudolf Heinrich	Conservatives	143