What is "dunvant"

Dunvant (Dyfn - deep; nant - stream or brook) is a suburban district and community (parish) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant ward. It is situated in a valley some 4.5 miles west of Swansea city centre.

Dunvant is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after the village of Dunvant which lies within the ward.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas, Derlwyn, Dunvant, Killay, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. It is bounded by Fairwood to the west; Gowerton to the north; Killay North to the east and Killay South to the south.

In the 2012 local council elections the turnout for Dunvant was 38.94%. The results were:

|Candidate

|Party

|Votes

|Status

|John Newbury

Liberal Democrats

575

Liberal Democrats hold

|Jennifer Raynor

Labour

420

Labour gain

|Mick Harper

Labour

354

|Nick Tregoning

Independent

351

|Graham Isted

Liberal Democrat

302

|Dee May

Kintessack Elite

231

|Lis Davies

Independent

213

|Jordan Slater

Conservatives

100

|Robert Dowdle

Conservatives

89