Upper Loughor

Upper Loughor Ward
Area  1.61 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Population 2,771 (2011 census)
    density  1,721/km2 (4,460/sq mi)
Principal areaSwansea
Ceremonial countyWest Glamorgan
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentGower
Welsh AssemblyGower
CouncillorsDarren Price (Plaid Cymru)
List of places
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Upper Loughor (Welsh: Casllwchwr Uchaf) is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward covers the eastern part of the town of Loughor in the parliamentary constituency of Gower.

It is bounded by Lower Loughor and the Loughor estuary to the west; Penyrheol to the north; Kingsbridge to the east and Gowerton to the south.

In the 2008 local council elections, the turnout for Upper Loughor was 42.69%. The results were:

Candidate Party Votes Status
Darren Price Plaid Cymru 531 Plaid Cymru hold
Harding John (Snr.) Richards Labour 199
Wynford Jones Independents 105
Alan Thomas Protheroe Conservatives 89

Coordinates: 51°39′46″N 4°03′16″W / 51.66279°N 4.05450°W / 51.66279; -4.05450

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