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Gowerton is a village and community in Swansea situated about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre, Wales. Gowerton is often known as the gateway to Gower. Gowerton's original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the Gowerton electoral ward of Swansea.
In 1980, the Welsh National Eisteddfod was hosted on the 'Elba' area of the village, the Eisteddfod stone ( Gorsedd stones) is located on the round-about opposite the garage on the road to Penclawdd.
Gowerton is the name of an electoral ward in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after Gowerton village (and community) which falls within the ward.
The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Gowerton, Penclawdd, Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower. It is bordered by Penclawdd and Fairwood to the south west; Killay North and Killay South to the south; Cockett to the east; and Lower Loughor, Upper Loughor, the Loughor estuary and Kingsbridge to the north.
The turnout for Dunvant in the 2012 local council elections was 37.02%. The results were:
|Candidate
|Party
|Votes
|Status
|Susan Mary Jones
Independents
660
Independents hold
|Rob Thomas
Labour
608
|Gordon Howells
Conservative
163
|Les Woodward
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
58