Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on City and County of Swansea Council
Upper Killay is run by City and County of Swansea Council. Labour has a majority on City and County of Swansea Council. Its MP is Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour), member for Gower.
£2,238
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Upper Killay’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on City and County of Swansea Council
Labour holds a majority on City and County of Swansea Council: 45 of its 75 seats as elected. The Liberal Democrats hold 12, the Conservatives 6, independents 5, Uplands 4, Independents @ Swansea 2 and the Greens 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and Welsh Government council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 38 of Swansea’s 75 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour45
- Liberal Democrat12
- Conservative6
- Independent5
- Uplands4
- Independents @ Swansea2
- Green1
Latest election: May 2022.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Upper Killay
One council runs every main service in a Welsh county or county borough.
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Every part of Wales is in a community; many have a community or town council, which the county council lists. Upper Killay’s communities: Upper Killay.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Upper Killay, from the most recent elections.
- 1City and County of Swansea Council1 ward · 1 councillorBeth Rowe
- 2Police and crime commissionerSouth Wales Police · elected May 2024Emma Wools
- 3SeneddGŵyr Abertawe · 6 membersMike HedgesGwyn WilliamsFrancesca O'BrienSafa ElhassanSteven RodawayJohn Davies
- 4House of CommonsGower
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Beth RoweLiberal Democrat · May 2026 · by-election
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairwood34% in Upper Killay · 937 residents1 seat · May 2026 | 1 | Beth Roweby-election | May 2026 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. City and County of Swansea Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Swansea council election, May 2022
Results in the wards that make up Upper Killay, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Upper Killay’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,070 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Upper Killay is in Gower constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Upper Killay).
47,229 votes for candidates · majority 11,567
Labour, MP since 8 June 2017.
turnout in July 2024: 47,229 votes from 76,123 registered voters. Wales: 56%.
Majority 11,567 of 47,229 votes (24.5%): wider than in 81% of Wales’s 32 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Members of the Senedd for Upper Killay
Wales’s parliament: health, education, local government and transport in Wales. Elected 7 May 2026 under the new system of 16 six-member constituencies.
Votes are cast for party lists; seats go to lists in proportion (the D’Hondt method). Bars show seats won: list vote totals aren’t in the data yet.
All of Upper Killay is in Gŵyr Abertawe.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Constituencies from ONS (Senedd constituencies 2026).
Upper Killay’s Band D council tax is £2,238 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
City and County of Swansea Council sets £1,807.38 of a Band D bill (81%); the rest goes to community councils and the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner.
Your bill by band
The average Band D home in Swansea, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Revenue budgets 2026–27 including schools (Wales has no academies), Welsh Government; per resident on the Welsh Government’s population. Police and fire are budgeted separately.
Band D: Welsh Government, Council tax levels April 2026 to March 2027.
Having a say in how Upper Killay is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
swansea.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
swansea.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Upper Killay is run
Who is the MP for Upper Killay?
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour) is the MP for Gower, which covers Upper Killay.
How many councillors does Upper Killay have?
1 ward councillors represent Upper Killay’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Upper Killay?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Upper Killay’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029; the next Senedd election is due in May 2030.
How much is council tax in Upper Killay?
Band D council tax in Upper Killay is £2,238 for 2026–27 (the council average). Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls City and County of Swansea Council?
Labour has a majority: 45 of 75 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2022 council election in Upper Killay?
In Upper Killay’s wards on 5 May 2022, Conservative 1 of the 1 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 40.6%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency and Senedd constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · Welsh Government council tax levels and revenue budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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