Penyrheol is the name of an electoral ward and a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 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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, UK

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.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Penyrheol

Penyrheol, Swansea

Penyrheol is the name of an electoral ward and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK.The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Penyrheol, Grovesend and Waun Gron, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower...

, Grovesend

Grovesend

Grovesend is a village in the community of Grovesend and Waungron , City and County of Swansea in Wales. The community has a population of 1,181....

 and Waun Gron, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower

Gower (UK Parliament constituency)

Gower is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system....

. It is bordered by the Loughor estuary to the north west; and the wards of Pontarddulais

Pontarddulais (electoral ward)

Pontarddulais is a name of an electoral ward and parish of the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. The parish of Pontarddulais has its own elected town council....

 to the north; Llangyfelach

Llangyfelach (electoral ward)

Llangyfelach is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the county of Swansea, Wales, UK. The community has its own elected community council....

 to the east; and Upper Loughor

Upper Loughor

Upper Loughor is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward covers the eastern part of the town of Loughor in the parliamentary constituency of Gower....

, Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge (electoral ward)

Kingsbridge , is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. Kingsbridge is part of the Llwchwr Town council area.The Kingsbridge ward is bordered by the wards of Gowerton, Cockett and Penderry to the south; Gorseinon and Penllergaer to the north and Upper Loughor to the west.The...

, Gorseinon

Gorseinon (electoral ward)

Gorseinon is the name of an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales.The Gorseinon community comprises the electoral ward of Gorseinon and part of the Penyrheol ward. Gorseinon has its own elected town council....

 and Penllergaer

Penllergaer (electoral ward)

Penllergaer is the name of an electoral ward, a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Penllergaer has its own elected community council....

to the south.

For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout was 35.71%. The results were:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Status
David Islwyn Elfet Jones	Labour	574	Labour hold
Alan Jopling	Independent	553	Independent gain
Alison Marsha Seabourne	Labour	531
Peter William Woollard	Independent	502
Sandra Eileen Monk	Plaid Cymru	349
Martin Werner Sivertsen	Conservatives	233
Robert Bradshaw Wilkinson	Conservatives	215