Bon-y-maen is the name of an electoral ward, a community

Community council

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 and a village

Village

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 in the City and County of Swansea

Swansea

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, Wales

Wales

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, UK

United Kingdom

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The ward is bounded by Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot

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 county borough to the east and the Swansea wards of Llansamlet and Morriston

Morriston (electoral ward)

Morriston is an electoral ward in Swansea, Wales. Morriston is one of two five member wards in the City and County of Swansea local authority area...

 to the north; St. Thomas

St. Thomas (electoral ward)

St. Thomas is the name of an electoral ward and a community of Swansea, Wales.The electoral ward of St. Thomas consists of the following areas: Dan-y-graig, Port Tennant, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, St. Thomas, Swansea Docks, Kilvey Hill and the Grenfell Park Area, in the parliamentary constituency of...

 to the south; and Landore to the west.

For the purposes of elections Bonymaen is divided into several polling districts: Winch Wen, Pentre Dwr, Hanover Square and Pentrechwyth. Bonymaen returns 2 councillors to the local council. The current councillors are Mair Gibbs (Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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) and John Hague (independent).

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Bon-y-maen

Bon-y-maen

Bon-y-maen, sometimes spelt Bonymaen, is a community in Swansea, Wales located about north east of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Bonymaen ward. Immediately above Bon-y-maen on the top of Kilvey Hill is the main TV transmitter for Swansea. The local rugby team is Bonymaen RFC....

, Cefn Hengoed

Cefn Hengoed, Swansea

Cefn Hengoed is a suburban district in the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling into the Bon-y-maen ward. Cefn Hengoed is set on the top of a hill near the village of Bon-y-maen....

, Copper Quarter, Crymlyn Bog

Crymlyn Bog

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, Morfa

Morfa, Swansea

Morfa is a district of Swansea, Wales. It straddles the Bon-y-maen and Landore wards and generally covers the eastern part of the district of Landore. Morfa was mainly an area of light industry in the late 20th Century...

, Pentrechwyth

Pentrechwyth

Pentrechwyth is a village in Swansea, Wales falling within the Bon-y-maen ward. The village approximates to the built up area around Jersey Road just uphill from the junction with the A4217 road and most recently the Copper Quarter development on the old Addis site....

, Pentre Dwr

Pentre Dwr

Pentre Dwr is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Bon-y-maen ward. The village approximates to the settlement west of Winch Wen and south of Trallwn along Crymlyn Road....

, Winch Wen

Winch Wen

Winch Wen is a suburban district in the Bon-y-maen ward of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It lies some 3.5 miles north-east of Swansea city centre....

, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East

Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :The constituency comprises the electoral wards of Bonymaen, Cwmbwrla, Landore, Llansamlet, Morriston, Mynydd-Bach, Penderry, and St.Thomas...

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For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout for Bonymaen was 34.23%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Mair Eluned Gibbs	Labour	1052	Labour hold
John Hague	Independent	893	Independent hold
Sion Lynford Owens	BNP	447