Killay South is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

, Wales

Wales

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. The ward is mainly rural and consists of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant

Dunvant

Dunvant is a suburban district 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.-History:...

, Ilston, Killay

Killay

Killay is the name of a suburb and local government community in Swansea, Wales. Killay has its own community council. The village is set high above sea level, about 3.5 miles west of Swansea city centre....

, Sketty

Sketty

Sketty is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community is coterminous with the electoral ward....

 and Upper Killay in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West

Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

.

It is bounded by the wards of Dunvant

Dunvant (electoral ward)

Dunvant is an electoral ward coterminous with a community of the same name in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community does not have a community council. It is named after the village of Dunvant which lies within the ward....

 and Killay North

Killay North

Killay North is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales which consists of some or all of the following areas: Killay, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West...

 to the north; Sketty to the east; Mayals

Mayals (electoral ward)

Mayals is the name of an electoral ward of the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is also part of the Mumbles Community.The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following geographical areas: Blackpill, Mayals and part of West Cross, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West...

 to the south; and Fairwood

Fairwood, Swansea

The electoral ward of Fairwood, City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK consists of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Upper Killay, Poundffald and Three Crosses in the parliamentary constituency of Gower....

to the west.

For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout for Killay south was 50.53%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
Jeffrey William Jones	Liberal Democrats	463	Liberal Democrats hold
Martyn Ford	Conservatives	247
Michael Edward Harper	Labour	168
Peter Kenneth Jones	Green Party	119