Labour won all 5 seats when the ward last voted, in May 2022, with 84 per cent of the vote. Earlier contests were led by Labour in 2017 and won by Labour in 2015. 6 candidates stood.
Every ward and councillor, who runs the council, and each by-election since May.
Swansea council page →| Party | Share |
|---|---|
| Labour | 35.2% |
| Reform UK | 31.8% |
| Plaid Cymru | 21.9% |
| Green | 4.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3.6% |
| Conservative | 3.4% |
| Result | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Plaid Cymru | Independents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | 9% | 84% | 4% | - | 4% |
| May 2017 | 31% | 62% | - | 6% | - |
| May 2015 | 20% | 56% | 5% | 19% | - |
Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.
Swansea is a Welsh council: it runs every local service. Current control: Labour.
Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by Independents @ Swansea, Uplands and independents at elections since 2022.
How every council in Britain stands →
Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.
Gŵyr Abertawe Senedd seat, May 2026: Plaid Cymru 32%, Reform UK 27%, Labour 14%.
The ward is part of the Swansea West constituency. Labour MP Torsten Bell won it at the 2024 general election with 41 per cent of the vote.