2012 Cardiff Council election

The 2012 Cardiff Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cardiff Council in Wales.^[1] This was the same day as the national 2012 Welsh local elections.^[2] It was preceded by the 2008 election and followed by the 2017 election

2012 Cardiff City and County Council election

← 2008 3 May 2012 2017 →
All 75 seats to Cardiff Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Heather Joyce Rodney Berman David Walker Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader's seat Llanrumney Plasnewydd Lisvane Seats before 14 35 17 Seats won 46/75 16/75 7/74 Seat change 32 19 10 Popular vote 36,148 15,878 17,886 Percentage 37.3% 18.5% 25.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Neil McEvoy Adrian Robson Fenella Bowden Party Plaid Cymru Rhiwbina Independents Heath Independent Leader's seat Fairwater Rhiwbina Heath Seats before 7 3 0 Seats won 2/70 3/3 1/3 Seat change 5 0 1 Popular vote 12,397 4,581 (Rhiwbina) 1,500 (Heath) Percentage 12.8% 4.7% 1.5%
Map showing the results of the 2012 City of Cardiff Council Elections.
Council control before election Lib Dem / Plaid Cymru Coalition Council control after election Labour

Election result

Labour gained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru, after gaining 32 seats.^[3] The Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Berman, lost his seat by 51 votes after two recounts,^[4] bringing Labour's gains to 33. Sixty-one-year-old Labour councillor Heather Joyce, nicknamed 'Supernan' by the local newspaper, became the new council leader.^[5]

Cardiff Council Election 2012^[6][7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	46	32	0	+32	61.3	37.3	36,148	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	16	0	19	-19	21.3	16.4	15,878	-8.3
	Conservative	7	1	11	-10	9.3	18.5	17,886	-8.0
	Independent	4	1	0	0	4.0	4.7	4,581	-0.3
	Plaid Cymru	2	0	4	-4	2.7	12.8	12,397	-0.6
	Green	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	6.5	6,307	+4.3
	Heath/Birchgrove Ind.	1	1	0	+1	1.3	1.5	1,500	N/A
	Llandaff North Ind.	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.6	607	N/A
	TUSC	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.5	456	N/A
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.5	445	+0.1
	Communist	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.3	335	+0.2
	Christian Party (Wales)	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.2	205	N/A
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.1	106	N/A

^A The consolidated vote figures used in the above table appear to represent the total votes cast for the highest placed candidates in each ward. The figures are not the popular vote cast for each party in the 2012 elections.

^B The figures below are the total votes cast for all candidates for each party in the 2012 elections, based on data from The Elections Centre at Plymouth University - Lab: 99,391 (46/75); Con: 45,293 (7/74); LD: 43,418 (16/75); PC: 30,989 (2/70); Rhiwbina Ind: 10,908 (3/3); Green: 8,925 (0/37); Heath Ind: 3,539 (1/3); LN Ind: 1,114 (0/2); Ind: 773 (0/4); TUSC: 456 (0/6); UKIP: 445 (0/2); Communist: 335 (0/4); Christian: 205 (0/3); Socialist Lab: 106 (0/1)^[2]

Manifestos

Cardiff Greens^[8]

Cardiff Labour^[9]

Cardiff Liberal Democrats^[10]

Cardiff Plaid Cymru^[11][12]

Ward results

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Adamsdown (2 seats)

Adamsdown^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells*	731	39.8	−13.5
	Labour	Manzoor Ahmed	719	39.2	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Dixon*	683
	Labour	Sian Thomas	681
	Green	Matthew Townsend	117	6.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Phillip Evans	97	5.3	+1.5
	TUSC	Dave Bartlett	68	3.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Dean Minto	67
	Conservative	Joel Jackson	53	2.9	−6.3
	Communist	Fran Rawlings	50	2.7	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Price	37
Turnout			1,771	28.7	+1.5
Registered electors			6,182
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ali Ahmed	777	37.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Delme Greening*	673	32.3	−8.5
	Plaid Cymru	Liz Musa	386	18.5	N/A
	Conservative	Laura Pike	126	6.0	−10.9
	Green	Sam Roads	72	3.5	N/A
	UKIP	Simon Zeigler	49	2.4	N/A
Turnout			2,096	30.3	+1.4
Registered electors			6,918
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradbury	1,390	58.4	+27.5
	Labour	Elaine Simmons	1,290
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Gasson*	417	17.5	−31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burley*	318
	Plaid Cymru	Stuart Cosslet	240	10.1	+1.3
	Conservative	Clive Williams	198	8.3	−3.5
	Conservative	Alec Burns	186
	Plaid Cymru	Ruksana Begum	160
	Green	Anne Greagsby	134	5.6	N/A
Turnout			4,333	29.3	−2.3
Registered electors			7,722
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Canton (3 seats)

Canton^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramesh Patel*	2,230	47.6	+11.0
	Labour	Cerys Furlong*	2,130
	Labour	Richard Cook*	2,128
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Powell	910	19.4	−5.9
	Plaid Cymru	Lieu Williams	837
	Plaid Cymru	Ben Foday	824
	Green	David Griffiths	730	15.6	+5.2
	Green	Nigel Pugh	564
	Conservative	Robert Cadman	505	10.8	−6.5
	Green	Stephanie Griggs	503
	Conservative	Pamela Richards	468
	Conservative	Hussain Bayoomi	426
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Dixon	118	2.5	−4.8
	Socialist Labour	Simon Parsons	106	2.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew O'Grady	98
	TUSC	Ross Saunders	90	1.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hyde	84
Turnout			4,461	41.3	−2.9
Registered electors			10,814
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (4 seats)

Cathays^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Merry	877	29.7	+12.4
	Labour	Sam Knight	873
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Clark*	810	27.5	−14.9
	Labour	Chris Weaver	807
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Smith	794
	Labour	Peter Wong	786
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Aylwin*	775
	Liberal Democrats	Asghar Ali	702
	Green	Jack Parker	633	21.5	+8.7
	Green	Sam Coates	593
	Green	Sian Howson	526
	Green	Sebastian Power	469
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Gruffydd	266	9.0	−6.1
	Plaid Cymru	Cerith Jones	244
	Plaid Cymru	Glenn Page	235
	Conservative	Jennifer Ankers	228	7.7	−4.8
	Conservative	Oliver Wannell	214
	Conservative	Ryan Hunter	207
	Plaid Cymru	Andrew Pearce	204
	Conservative	George Carrol	189
	Independent	Adrian Norris	135	4.6	N/A
Turnout			2,788	17.6	+1.2
Registered electors			15,853
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Thomas	648	38.2	+15.1
	Plaid Cymru	Wynford Owen	623	36.7	−25.4
	Labour	Sarah-Anne Evans	321	18.9	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Borrow	53	3.1	−1.8
	Green	Timothy Jones	52	3.1	N/A
Turnout			1,702	42.9	−6.3
Registered electors			3,966
	Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Lloyd*	1,809	44.7	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Jones*	1,727
	Liberal Democrats	David Rees*	1,698
	Conservative	Ross England	1,093	27.0	−4.8
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	1,006
	Conservative	Lee Gonzalez	966
	Labour	Samsunear Ali	683	16.9	+5.5
	Labour	Robert Sherrington	661
	Labour	Shukri Masseri	614
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Ogwen	241	6.0	−0.1
	Green	Geraldine Allen-Manson	217	5.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Gwenno Williams	177
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Edwards	168
Turnout			8,782	43.3	−6.4
Registered electors			8,782
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ely (3 seats)

Ely^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Goddard*	1,597	56.3	+9.7
	Labour	James Murphy	1,481
	Labour	Russell Goodway*	1,468
	Plaid Cymru	Lynda Sullivan	791	27.9	+2.8
	Plaid Cymru	Neil Branson	776
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Sullivan	767
	Conservative	Rhodri Jones-Pritchard	237	8.4	−10.8
	Conservative	Joshua Noon	236
	Conservative	Vivienne Ward	230
	Green	Delyth Horle	115	4.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Cliff	95	3.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Donne	83
	Liberal Democrats	John Richards	75
Turnout			2,795	29.2	+0.5
Registered electors			9,579
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy*	1,643	42.8	−5.8
	Plaid Cymru	Lisa Ford	1,562
	Labour	Paul Mitchell	1,412	36.8	+12.2
	Labour	Joseph Monks	1,384
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Parry*	1,341
	Labour	Ryan Williams	1,315
	Conservative	Sean Driscoll	539	14.0	−7.7
	Conservative	James Roach	419
	Conservative	David Morrison	387
	Green	Brian Pearce	176	4.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Randerson	68	1.8	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Scullion	64
	Liberal Democrats	Molik Ahmed	62
Turnout			3,653	37.9	+2.9
Registered electors			9,632
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Gabalfa (2 seats)

Gabalfa^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Bridges*	936	51.1	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Holden	891
	Labour	Clare Jones	500	27.3	+7.7
	Labour	Gerald Crocker	497
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Coman	125	6.8	−2.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Breeze	115	6.3	−5.2
	Green	Edward Mason	106	5.8	−1.0
	Conservative	Purdey Miles	91
	Plaid Cymru	Stuart Evans	86
	TUSC	David Hamblin	51	2.8	N/A
Turnout			1,756	25.6	−0.1
Registered electors			6,859
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grangetown (3 seats)

Grangetown^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashley Govier	1,812	40.2	+13.5
	Labour	Chris Lomax	1,709
	Labour	Lynda Thorne	1,704
	Plaid Cymru	Abdul Sattar	1,511	33.5	+7.7
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammed Awan	1,467
	Plaid Cymru	Luke Nicholas	1,391
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Montemaggi*	505	11.2	−20.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan*	501
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Harding	489
	Conservative	Vincent Bailey	308	6.8	−6.0
	Conservative	Axel Kaehne	266
	Conservative	Karys Oram	251
	Green	Sian Best	215	4.8	N/A
	Green	Ken Barker	205
	Christian	Clive Bate	84	1.9	N/A
	Communist	Rick Newnham	77	1.7	−1.0
Turnout			4,427	34.1	−2.7
Registered electors			13,002
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Heath (3 seats)

Fenella Bowden, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008, stood as a Heath & Birchgrove Independent.

Heath^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Heath Independent	Fenella Bowden*	1,500	29.3	N/A
	Labour	Graham Hinchey*	1,416	27.7	+12.5
	Conservative	Lyn Hudson	1,277	24.9	−12.6
	Conservative	Ron Page*	1,242
	Labour	Marie John	1,240
	Heath Independent	Steve Bowden	1,151
	Labour	Ewan Moor	1,116
	Conservative	Mark Branton	1,101
	Heath Independent	Katrin O'Malley	888
	Liberal Democrats	Jim James	349	6.8	−25.1
	Plaid Cymru	Mali Rowlands	325	6.3	−1.7
	Heath Independent	Robert Smith	262
	Green	Tom Coates	253	4.9	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Price	175
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Wood	140
Turnout			4,318	44.1	−7.7
Registered electors			9,799
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker*	999	73.1	−6.8
	Labour	Joshua Lovell	231	16.9	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Myfanwy Price	61	4.5	−3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Couch	49	3.6	N/A
	Green	Rosa Thomas	27	2.0	N/A
Turnout			1,368	47.7	−8.3
Registered electors			2,868
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Davies*	1,121	31.5	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Aubrey*	1,081
	Labour	Catherine Antippas	989	27.7	+1.3
	Labour	Simon Jones	932
	Conservative	Jason Griffin	809	22.7	−6.1
	Conservative	Oliver Owen	791
	Plaid Cymru	Gillian Green	335	9.4	−2.4
	Plaid Cymru	Heulwen James	312
	Green	Benedict Frude	132	3.7	N/A
	Independent	Steve West	114	3.2	N/A
	Christian Party (Wales)	Derek Thomson	64	1.8	N/A
Turnout			3,436	46.8	−3.6
Registered electors			7,342
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siobhan Corria	1,244	47.4	+15.2
	Labour	Dilwar Ali	1,156
	Independent	David Cogan	607	23.2	N/A
	Independent	Megan Price	507
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rowland-James*	375	14.3	−26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Hooper*	356
	Conservative	Joe Trigg	154	5.9	−13.0
	Plaid Cymru	Wyn Jones	141	5.4	−2.7
	Green	Tim Ware	101	3.9	N/A
Turnout			2,448	42.7	+0.5
Registered electors			5,734
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llanishen (4 seats)

Llanishen^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Garry Hunt	2,394	41.0	+11.3
	Labour	Phil Bale	2,362
	Labour	Julia Magill	2,302
	Conservative	Andrew Graham	2,033	34.8	−14.3
	Labour	James Brinning	1.992
	Conservative	Richard Foley*	1,980
	Conservative	Chris O'Brien	1,948
	Conservative	Richard John	1,782
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Davies	418	7.2	−2.8
	UKIP	Lawrence Gwynn	396	6.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Lona Roberts	384
	Green	Linda Atkins	313	5.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Emma Caresimo	308
	Liberal Democrats	Molly Hughes	286	4.9	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Rees	268
	Plaid Cymru	Vito Caresimo	246
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Hyde	222
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Ahmed	215
Turnout			5,315	37.1	−9.1
Registered electors			13,400
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Joyce*	1,671	68.0	+25.7
	Labour	Keith Jones	1,653
	Labour	Derrick Morgan*	1,643
	Conservative	John Driscoll	353	14.4	−10.0
	Conservative	Wes Jones	318
	Conservative	Dai Lowsy	291
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Lewis	269	11.0	−17.2
	Plaid Cymru	Baindu Foday	186
	Plaid Cymru	David Reeves	134
	Green	Bethan Lloyd	94	3.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Evans	69	2.8	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Batten	66
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Rees	62
Turnout			2,386	29.6	−3.4
Registered electors			8,049
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentwyn (4 seats)

Pentwyn^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Woodman*	1,633	43.8	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Carter*	1,563
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Hyde*	1,557
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Chaundy*	1,546
	Labour	David Haines	1,406	37.7	+13.5
	Labour	Michael Imperato	1,267
	Labour	Bernie Bowen-Thomson	1,262
	Labour	Jasminc Chowdhury	1,249
	Conservative	Kathleen Fisher	256	6.9	−8.7
	Conservative	Michael Prothero	254
	Conservative	Susan Williams	232	2.4	−13.2
	Conservative	Lizzie Lumley	217
	Plaid Cymru	Gwenno George	173	4.6	N/A
	Green	Megan David	167	4.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Llyr	150
	Plaid Cymru	Meic Peterson	146
	Plaid Cymru	John Roberts	134
	Communist	Steve Williams	91	2.4	N/A
Turnout			3,604	31.0	−3.5
Registered electors			10,774
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Williams	772	54.4	+20.0
	Labour	Christine Priday	413	29.1	−1.7
	Plaid Cymru	Penri Williams	171	12.1	−7.7
	Green	Lucy Hiscox	40	2.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Evans	22	1.6	−6.3
Turnout			1,426	52.3	+1.5
Registered electors			2,729
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Burfoot*	2,173	48.1	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Kelloway*	2,131
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Boyle	2,101
	Labour	Michael Fogg	1,176	26.0	+11.3
	Labour	Reece Emmitt	1,158
	Labour	Akbar Mookhtiar	929
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	446	9.9	−6.7
	Conservative	Roland Hemingway	440
	Conservative	Michael Wallbank	379
	Green	Kathryn Brock	377	8.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Kelvin Evans	349	7.7	+0.1
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Miles	268
	Plaid Cymru	Malachy McEvoy	237
Turnout			4,215	41.5	−3.3
Registered electors			10,161
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Plasnewydd (4 seats)

Plasnewydd^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Lent	1,535	36.8	+7.5
	Labour	Daniel De'ath	1,438
	Labour	Mary McGarry	1,436
	Labour	Mohammad Javed	1,413
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman*	1,362	32.7	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Nichols	1,314
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jerrett*	1,297
	Liberal Democrats	Elgan Morgan*	1,236
	Green	Anthony Matthews	535	12.8	−0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammed Ali	505	12.1	−1.2
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammed Hannan	434
	Plaid Cymru	Ned Parish	344
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Mullis	338
	Conservative	Enid Harries	232	5.6	−4.1
	Conservative	Hannah Moscrop	193
	Conservative	Aled Jones-Pritchard	174
	Conservative	Marc Gonzalez	171
Turnout			3,815	27.7	+0.6
Registered electors			13,792
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pontprennau and Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Georgina Phillips	1,326	49.0	+8.4
	Conservative	Dianne Rees*	1,004	37.1	−13.5
	Labour	Mark Watkins	993
	Conservative	Jane Rogers*	940
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Wilson	141	5.2	−3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Mauro Caresimo	130	4.8	N/A
	Green	Matthew Lovett	107	4.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Woodman	79
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri Tegwyn	73
Turnout			2,538	35.9	−4.4
Registered electors			7,063
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr and Morganstown^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick McKerlich*	1,215	53.3	−6.9
	Labour	Moray Grant	738	32.4	+12.7
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Hughes	164	7.2	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Pearcy	95	4.2	−6.3
	Green	Zabelle Aslanyan	68	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,278	45.7	−5.8
Registered electors			4,986
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Rhiwbina^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jayne Cowan*	3,808	68.9	+13.8
	Independent	Adrian Robson*	3,680
	Independent	Eleanor Sanders	3,420
	Conservative	Adam Johns	643	11.6	−14.3
	Labour	Andrew Newton	631	11.4	+2.5
	Labour	Geraint Denison	611
	Conservative	Leslie Hopkins	560
	Labour	Steven Cushen	521
	Conservative	John Lancaster	507
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Davies	225	4.1	+0.1
	Green	Daniel Bearpark	140	2.5	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Borrow	78	1.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Emma-Jayne Sandrey	67
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Lightman	52
Turnout			5,087	55.2	−7.1
Registered electors			9,220
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iona Gordon	1,731	46.7	+14.3
	Labour	Cecilia Love	1,555
	Labour	Phil Hawkins	1,431
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammed Islam*	1,153	31.1	−12.8
	Plaid Cymru	Jaswant Singh*	944
	Plaid Cymru	Haf Roberts	940
	Green	Ceri Hughes	294	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	Jennifer Lay	286	7.7	−4.5
	Conservative	Michael Bryan	276
	Green	Yvan Maurel	272
	Conservative	Gaener Davies	263
	Green	Jan Tucker	189
	Liberal Democrats	Gwilym Owen	142	3.8	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Townsend	129
	Liberal Democrats	Eleri Randerson	122
	TUSC	Garmon Gruffudd	99	2.7	N/A
Turnout			3,468	37.2	−2.7
Registered electors			9,327
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Rumney (2 seats)

Duncan Macdonald had been elected as a Conservative in 2008.

Rumney^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Parry	1,095	48.4	+6.8
	Labour	Robert Derbyshire	1,087
	Conservative	John Ireland*	625	27.7	−21.5
	Conservative	Phillip James	473
	Independent	Duncan MacDonald*	262	11.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Jones	78	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Chad Rickard	63
	Christian Party (Wales)	Dave Pritchard	57	2.5	N/A
	Green	Jack Price	53	2.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anabella Rees	48	2.1	−7.1
	TUSC	Andrew Wilkes	43	1.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Woodman	37
Turnout			2,067	31.5	−3.0
Registered electors			6,565
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Splott (3 seats)

Splott^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Holland	1,686	47.9	+8.3
	Labour	Huw Thomas	1,624
	Labour	Gretta Marshall	1,432
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Cox*	1,055	30.0	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bablin Molik	815
	Liberal Democrats	Anna White	775
	Plaid Cymru	Jebun Choudhury	250	7.1	−0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Ioan Bellin	197
	Plaid Cymru	Patrick Daley	167
	Green	Kelda Rimington	157	4.5	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Evans	151	4.3	−5.6
	Conservative	Janine Jones-Pritchard	137
	Conservative	Kyle Smith	130
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	117	3.3	−0.1
	TUSC	James Connolly	105	3.0	N/A
Turnout			3,161	33.5	−4.9
Registered electors			9,426
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trowbridge (3 seats)

Trowbridge^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cook	1,619	58.5	+22.0
	Labour	Monica Walsh	1,535
	Labour	Michael Costas-Michael	1,380
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Woodman	388	14.0	−19.3
	Conservative	Michelle Michaelis	372	13.4	−1.3
	Conservative	Pamela Cunningham	367
	Conservative	Wayne Cashin	358
	Plaid Cymru	Leanne Lennox	292	10.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Sullivan	255
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Walton	244
	Plaid Cymru	Leigh Canham	188
	Plaid Cymru	Joshua Parry	178
	Green	Piers Leveroni	98	3.5	N/A
Turnout			2,614	23.6	−6.9
Registered electors			11,094
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Evans	2,529	41.2	+4.7
	Labour	Chris Davis	2,454
	Labour	Benjamin Thomas	2,354
	Labour	David Groves	2,290
	Conservative	Linda Morgan*	2,206	36.0	−4.5
	Conservative	Timothy Davies*	2,144
	Conservative	Brian Griffiths*	2,080
	Conservative	Michael Jones-Pritchard*	2,080
	Plaid Cymru	John Rowlands	641	10.4	−0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Heulwen Jones	623
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri Morgan	600
	Plaid Cymru	Dewi Owen	588
	Green	Paul Atkins	495	8.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Lentern	265	4.3	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Harries	233
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Abbott	226
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rees	183
Turnout			5,894	45.4	−7.7
Registered electors			12,970
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 2012 and 2017

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 5 December 2013^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Williams	1,120	50.3	+3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Gould	773	34.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Aled Crow	107	4.8	−2.9
	UKIP	Simon Zeigler	97	4.4	N/A
	TUSC	Christopher Beer	70	3.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Donne	58	2.6	−1.2
Majority			347	15.6	±0.0
Turnout			2,225	22.6	−14.6
Registered electors			9,860
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Phil Hawkins for personal reasons.^[15]

Splott

Splott by-election, 5 December 2013^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Stubbs	706	39.1	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Matthews	604	33.5	+3.5
	UKIP	George Morris	209	11.6	N/A
	Independent	Elys John	94	5.2	N/A
	Conservative	Daniel Mason	86	4.8	+0.5
	TUSC	Katrine Williams	80	6.1	+3.2
Majority			102	5.6	−12.3
Turnout			1,779	18.1	−15.4
Registered electors			9,846
	Labour hold		Swing

A by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Luke Holland following accusations of non-attendance at council meetings. He stated that he planned to move to London.^[15]

Canton

Canton by-election, 21 February 2014^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Elsmore	1,201	41.7	−5.9
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Tudur	972	33.7	+14.3
	Conservative	Pamela Richards	381	13.2	+2.4
	Green	David Griffiths	148	5.1	−10.5
	TUSC	Steffan Bateman	101	3.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hemsley	80	2.8	+0.3
Majority			229	8.0	−20.2
Turnout			2,883	24.3	−17.0
Registered electors			11,915
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour Councillor Cerys Furlong on 30 December 2013.^[16][17]

Llandaff North

Llandaff North by-election, 2 October 2014^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan White	898	50.1	+2.7
	Independent	David Coggins-Cogan	419	23.4	+0.2
	UKIP	Simon Zeigler	204	11.4	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	136	7.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rowland-James	134	7.5	−6.8
Majority			479	26.7	+2.5
Turnout			1,791	30.0	−12.7
Registered electors			5,991
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Siobhan Corria for personal reasons.^[18]

Pentyrch

Pentyrch by-election, 30 June 2015^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Hill-John	561	40.5	−12.5
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wigley	543	39.2	+26.7
	Labour	Paul Fisher	234	16.9	−13.4
	Independent	Munawar Mughal	24	1.7	N/A
	Green	Ruth Osner	22	1.6	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cadan ap Tomos	10	0.7	−0.9
Majority			18	1.3	−24.0
Turnout			1,394	49.9	−2.4
Registered electors			2,800
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Conservative Councillor Craig Williams, following his election as MP for Cardiff North.^[19]

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 7 October 2015^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caro Wild	1,071	45.9	−0.8
	Plaid Cymru	Ruksana Begum	780	33.5	+2.3
	Conservative	Sean Driscoll	155	6.6	−1.1
	UKIP	Gareth Bennett	110	4.7	N/A
	Green	Hannah Pudner	109	4.7	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gwilym Owen	85	3.6	−0.2
	TUSC	Steffan Bateman	21	0.9	−1.8
Majority			291	12.4	−3.2
Turnout			2,331	23.9	−13.3
Registered electors			9,758
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Cecilia Love for family reasons.^[20]

Plasnewydd

Plasnewydd by-election, 20 September 2016^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Rea	1,258	48.1	+16.9
	Labour	Peter Wong	910	34.8	−0.3
	Plaid Cymru	Glenn Page	177	6.8	−4.8
	Conservative	Munawar Mughal	115	4.4	−5.5
	Green	Michael Cope	93	3.6	−8.7
	UKIP	Lawrence Gwynn	62	2.4	N/A
Majority			348	13.3	N/A
Turnout			2,615	23.1	−4.6
Registered electors			11,356
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Mohammed Javed.^[21]

Grangetown

Grangetown by-election, 3 November 2016^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Tariq Awan	1,163	42.0	+8.5
	Labour	Maliika Kaaba	1,049	37.9	−2.2
	Conservative	Michael Bryan	287	10.4	+3.5
	UKIP	Richard Lewis	141	5.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Asghar Ali	127	4.6	−6.6
Majority			114	4.1	N/A
Turnout			2,767	21.7	−12.4
Registered electors			12,754
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Chris Lomax.^[22]

Defections 2012–17

• In April 2013 Gabalfa Councillor Gareth Holden resigned from The Lib Dems to sit as an independent^[23] and later joined Plaid Cymru.^[24]
• In June 2015 Rhiwbina Councillors Jayne Cowan and Adrian Robson both rejoined the Conservatives.^[25]
• In January 2016 Trowbridge Councillor Ralph Cook left Labour ^[26] to sit as an independent. In 2017 he contested his seat for the Lib Dems.
• In May 2016 Llanrumny Councillor Derrick Morgan left the Labour group and sat as an independent.^[27]
• In August 2016 Splott Councillor Gretta Marshell resigned from Labour to sit as an independent and later joined Plaid Cymru ^[28]
• In early 2017 Adamsdown Councillor Manzoor Ahmed was deselected by Labour^[29] and joined the Lib Dems.^[30]

Vacant seats by 2017 local election

Three seats were vacant by the end of the term caused by the resignation of Margaret Jones (Lib Dem) in Cyncoed,^[31] the resignation of Susan White (Labour) in Llandaff North^[32] and the death of Derrick Morgan^[33] (elected as Labour, then sitting as an Independent) in Llanrumny, all of happened within six months of the 2017 election, so no by-elections were held.