The electoral ward of Fairwood, 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 consists of some or all of the following areas: 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:...

, Upper Killay, Poundffald and Three Crosses in the parliamentary constituency of Gower

Gower (UK Parliament constituency)

Gower is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system....

.

The ward is bounded by the wards of Gower

Gower (electoral ward)

Gower electoral ward is an electoral ward in Britain. It is a ward of the City and County of Swansea, and comprises the western part of the Gower Peninsula...

 and Pennard

Pennard

Pennard is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Pennard has its own community council....

 to the south west; Penclawdd

Penclawdd (electoral ward)

Penclawdd is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after the village of Penclawdd, which falls within the ward....

 to the north west; Gowerton

Gowerton (electoral ward)

Gowerton is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after Gowerton village which falls within the ward....

 to the north east; Dunvant

Dunvant (electoral ward)

Dunvant is an electoral ward coterminous with a community of the same name in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community does not have a community council. It is named after the village of Dunvant which lies within the ward....

 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 east; Mayals

Mayals (electoral ward)

Mayals is the name of an electoral ward of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is also part of the Mumbles Community.The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Blackpill, Mayals and part of West Cross, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West...

 to the south west and Bishopston

Bishopston (electoral ward)

Bishopston is the name of an electoral ward and coterminous community of the same name in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The community has its own community council. Most of the area is rural consisting of farmland and small villages...

 to the south.

The village of Upper Killay is located in the Fairwood ward about 3.5 miles west of Swansea City Centre.

Local council elections 2008

In the United Kingdom local council elections for 2008, the voter turnout in Fairwood was 52.38%. The results of voting were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Paxton Richard Hood-Williams	Cons	607	Conservative hold
David Henry Owen Elliott	Liberal Democrats	304
John Gunther Bushell	Independents	158
Elisabeth Ann Davies	Independents	66
Ana Rosa Boyain-Y-Goitia Griffiths	Green Party	48

Fairwood Common

Despite the name, Fairwood Common and Swansea Airport

Swansea Airport

Swansea Airport is an airport located at Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula west south-west of Swansea, Wales.-Operations:Swansea Airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee...

 actually falls within the Gower

Gower (electoral ward)

Gower electoral ward is an electoral ward in Britain. It is a ward of the City and County of Swansea, and comprises the western part of the Gower Peninsula...

electoral ward.