Gower electoral ward is an electoral ward in Britain. It is a ward of 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...

, and comprises the western part of the Gower Peninsula

Gower Peninsula

Gower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...

. It lies within the UK 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....

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The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following villages and areas: Cheriton, Horton, Ilston, Knelston, Landimore, Llandewi, Llangennith

Llangennith

Llangennith is a village in Gower, in the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. It sits at a crossroads in northwest Gower: Moor Lane leads westwards to a caravan park near Rhossili Bay; while Burrows Lane leads northwards to a caravan park overlooking Broughton Bay. The village has a...

, Llanmadoc, Llanrhidian, Middleton, Nicholaston, Oldwalls, Overton, Oxwich Green, Oxwich, Parkmill

Parkmill

The village of Parkmill is a small rural settlement in the Gower Peninsula , South Wales , midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston , about eight miles west of Swansea , and about one mile from the north coast of the Bristol Channel...

, Penmaen, Penrice, Port Eynon

Port Eynon

Port Eynon is a village and community in the city and county of Swansea, Wales. The community has its own elected community council...

, Reynoldston, Rhossili

Rhossili

Rhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula near Swansea in Wales. Since the 1970s it has fallen within the boundaries of Swansea. It is within an area designated as the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom...

, Slade, Scurlage.

It also includes the communities of Ilston, "Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton

Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton

Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton are villages in Swansea, south Wales. Together they share a community council.-External links:**...

", Llanrhidian Lower

Llanrhidian Lower

Llanrhidian Lower is a community in Swansea, south Wales. The community has its own elected community council.-Source:*...

, Penrice, Swansea, Port Eynon

Port Eynon

Port Eynon is a village and community in the city and county of Swansea, Wales. The community has its own elected community council...

, Reynoldston and Rhossili

Rhossili

Rhossili is a small village and community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula near Swansea in Wales. Since the 1970s it has fallen within the boundaries of Swansea. It is within an area designated as the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom...

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Neighboring wards are 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 east, 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 and Pennard to the south east.

2008 local council elections

Local council elections for Gower were held on 1 May 2008, along with wards in all local authorities in Wales. The turn-out for Gower was 52.99%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Richard David Lewis	Independents	771	Independents hold
Marjorie Jennifer Stubbings	Conservatives	587
Michael John Shaw	Labour	144
David Charles Howells	Green Party	136

Although elected as an Independent, Lewis has since joined the Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

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National Assembly for Wales

Gower returns one constituency member to the National Assembly for Wales

National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...

 - currently Edwina Hart

Edwina Hart

Edwina Hart, MBE, AM is a Welsh Labour politician who has represented the constituency of Gower since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Hart was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government in May 2007.-Background:Hart was born and raised in...

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It votes in the South Wales West region, which elects four list members.

Swansea Airport

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...

is based in the district of Fairwood in Gower, about 6.5 miles west of Swansea city centre.