City and County of Swansea Council

Swansea Council Welsh: Cyngor Abertawe
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1996
Preceded by	West Glamorgan County Council Swansea City Council Lliw Valley Borough Council
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Paxton Hood-Williams, Conservative since 17 May 2024[1]
Leader	Rob Stewart, Labour since 9 September 2014
Chief Executive	Martin Nicholls since 21 November 2022[2]
Structure
Seats	75 councillors
Political groups	Administration   Labour (45) Other parties (20)   Liberal Democrats (11)   Conservative (6)   Independent (6)   Uplands (4)   Independents@Swansea (2)   Green (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	5 May 2022
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
Guildhall, Swansea
Website
www.swansea.gov.uk

The City and County of Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe), or simply Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Abertawe), is the local authority for the city and county of Swansea, one of the principal areas of Wales. The principal area also includes rural areas to the north of the built-up area of Swansea and the Gower Peninsula to the west. The council consists of 75 councillors representing 32 electoral wards.

Since 2012 the council has been controlled by the Labour Party.