Penderry is the name of an electoral ward and a community

Community council

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 in the City and County of Swansea

Swansea

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, Wales

Wales

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, UK

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. Penderry does not have a community council.

Penderry is bordered by the wards of Mynydd-Bach to the east; 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....

 and Cwmbwrla

Cwmbwrla (electoral ward)

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

 to the south; and Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge (electoral ward)

Kingsbridge , is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Kingsbridge is part of the Llwchwr Town council area.The Kingsbridge ward is bordered by the wards of Gowerton, Cockett and Penderry to the south; Gorseinon and Penllergaer to the north and Upper Loughor to the west.The...

, Penllergaer

Penllergaer (electoral ward)

Penllergaer is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Penllergaer has its own elected community council....

 and Llangyfelach

Llangyfelach (electoral ward)

Llangyfelach is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community has its own elected community council....

 to the north.

For the purposes of local council elections, the ward is divided up into a number of polling districts, which are: Blaen-y-Maes, Caereithin, Mynydd Cadle, Penlan West, Penlan East and Clwyd.

Penderry returns three councillors to the local council. The current councillors representing Penderry are: June Burtonshaw (Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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), Doreen Jones (Labour) and Grenville Phillips (Labour).

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Penlan

Penlan

Penlan is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales falling within the Penderry ward. The area is set on top of a hill, which overlooks Townhill, Kilvey Hill and Swansea Bay.-Leisure:...

, Portmead

Portmead

Portmead is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales which falls within the Penderry ward. Portmead is mostly residential and approximates to the area either side of north western part of Petregethin Road....

, Blaen-y-Maes

Blaen-y-Maes

Blaen-y-Maes is a local authority maintained housing estate of the City and County Swansea, Wales. It falls within the Penderry ward.Blaen-y-Maes is a Communities First area....

, Fforesthall and Caereithin, 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 consists of mainly suburban residential areas.

2008 local council elections

The turnout for the 2008 local council elections in Penderry was 23.15%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Grenville Phillips	Labour	931	Labour hold
June Elizabeth Burtonshaw	Labour	921	Labour hold
Hazel Mary Morris	Labour	850	Labour hold
James Anthony Young	Green Party	470
Vivienne Anne Samuel	Liberal Democrats	455
Linda Beynon	Green Party	411
Matthew James O'Grady	Liberal Democrats	387
Claire Margaret Smalley	Liberal Democrats	328

Blaen-y-Maes

Blaen-y-Maes

Blaen-y-Maes

Blaen-y-Maes is a local authority maintained housing estate of the City and County Swansea, Wales. It falls within the Penderry ward.Blaen-y-Maes is a Communities First area....

is an area to the west of the ward.