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Cwmbwrla is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, including the suburb of the same name. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following settlements: Brondeg [1] , Brynhyfryd , Cwmbwrla , Cwmdu , Gendros and Manselton , in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East .
The new Swansea district was created on 1 April 1974 and covered the area of the former county borough of Swansea and the Gower Rural District, from the administrative county of Glamorgan. The new district inherited the city status of the former county borough and so was styled as the "City of Swansea", and was governed by Swansea City Council ...
Swansea County Borough Council was the local authority from 1889 until 1974. It gained city status in 1969, allowing the council to call itself Swansea City Council. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Swansea became a lower-tier district council, with the new West Glamorgan County Council providing county-level
Swansea Civic Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Ddinesig Abertawe) – formerly known as County Hall – is the principal administrative centre of Swansea Council.Standing some 800 m southwest of Swansea city centre, by the seafront and overlooking Swansea Bay, the complex houses – in addition to the council chamber and offices – a public cafe, the central library, an exhibition space, archives ...
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
Pre-2022 electoral ward map of Swansea. Prior to a 2021 ward boundary review, the city was divided into 36 electoral wards. Most of these wards were coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Each community can have an elected council. The following table lists pre-2022 council wards, communities and associated geographical areas.
The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) includes obligations of the occupants or (in the case of vacant properties and houses of multiple occupation) the owners of properties in the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) to pay Council Tax.
Local government in Wales is primarily undertaken by the twenty-two principal councils.The councils are unitary authorities, meaning they are responsible for providing local government services within their principal area, including education, social work, environmental protection, and most highway maintenance.