Penderry

Penderry (Welsh: Penderi) is the name of an electoral ward and a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Penderry does not have a community council.

Penderry is bordered by the wards of Mynydd-Bach to the east; Cockett and Cwmbwrla to the south; and Kingsbridge, Penllergaer and Llangyfelach 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), Doreen Jones (Labour) and Grenville Phillips (Labour).

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Penlan, Portmead, Blaen-y-Maes, Fforesthall and Caereithin, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. 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

Districts

Penlan

Penlan is the largest area in the centre of the ward.

Blaen-y-Maes

Blaen-y-Maes is an area to the west of the ward.