Cardiff Council elections

Cardiff Council elections take place for the whole council every five years, to Cardiff Council (officially the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff) in south Wales. It came into being as a unitary authority on 1 April 1996, after the passing of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. In 2014 the National Assembly for Wales deferred all local elections in Wales to 2017.^[1] The council is composed of 75 councillors.^[2]

Between 1974 and 1996 Cardiff Council was a district council of South Glamorgan (the city also electing councillors to the county council). Prior to 1974 Cardiff Council governed a county borough, separate from the county of Glamorgan.

Political control

Since the current council was established as a unitary authority in 1995, political control has been held by the following parties:^[3]

Party in control			Party in minority lead
	Labour	1995–2004
	No overall control	2004–2012		Liberal Democrats	2004–2012
	Labour	2012-

Leadership

The leaders of Cardiff Council since 1996 have been:^[4]

Councillor	Party		From	To
Russell Goodway		Labour	1 April 1996	1 Jul 2004
Rodney Berman		Liberal Democrats	1 Jul 2004	6 May 2012
Heather Joyce		Labour	17 May 2012	27 Mar 2014
Phil Bale		Labour	27 Mar 2014	25 May 2017
Huw Thomas		Labour	25 May 2017

Council elections

• 1987 Cardiff City Council election
• 1991 Cardiff City Council election
• 1995 Cardiff Council election
• 1999 Cardiff Council election
• 2004 Cardiff Council election
• 2008 Cardiff Council election
• 2012 Cardiff Council election
• 2017 Cardiff Council election
• 2022 Cardiff Council election

City result maps

election results

• 
  2012 results map
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  2017 results map
• 
  2022 results map

By-election results

1995–1999

Fairwater

Fairwater by-election, 10 April 1997^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Michael	1,527	70.9	−1.5
	Conservative		388	18.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats		237	11.0	+1.2
Majority			1,139	52.9	N/A
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Plasnewydd

Plasnewydd by-election, 18 September 1997^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Mungham	1,944	46.3	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats		1,398	33.3	+21.5
	Conservative		457	10.9	+3.9
	Green		260	6.2	−3.9
	Socialist Labour		140	3.3	N/A
Majority			546	13.0	N/A
Turnout				30.3	−4.9
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the election of Cllr. Julie Morgan as the Member for the Parliamentary constituency of Cardiff North.

Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina by-election, 3 September 1998^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Neale	1,881	45.5	+9.7
	Labour		1,096	26.5	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats		966	23.3	+9.0
	Plaid Cymru		189	4.5	−0.9
Majority			785	19.0	N/A
Turnout				43.3	−11.2
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1999–2004

Cyncoed

Cyncoed by-election, 30 November 2000^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Rees	1,902	54.3	+1.0
	Conservative		1,132	32.3	+12.7
	Labour		271	7.7	−5.6
Majority			770	22.0	N/A
Turnout				39.8	−19.4
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jenny Randerson.

Canton

Canton by-election, 7 June 2001^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramesh Patel	3,130	48.0	+9.2
	Conservative		1,266	19.4	+6.1
	Plaid Cymru		1,170	18.0	−18.8
	Liberal Democrats		950	14.6	+9.2
Majority			1,960	28.6	N/A
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the election of Cllr. Kevin Brennan as the Member for the Parliamentary constituency of Cardiff West.

Llandaff North

Llandaff North by-election, 7 June 2001^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Bewes	2,115	57.1	+2.1
	Conservative		664	17.9	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats		566	15.3	+1.6
	Plaid Cymru		362	9.8	−7.2
Majority			1,549	39.2	N/A
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Gabalfa

Gabalfa by-election, 7 February 2002^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Pearcy	925	55.3	+31.5
	Labour		451	26.9	−10.3
	Conservative		138	8.2	−6.9
	Plaid Cymru		116	6.9	−16.9
	Socialist Alliance		44	2.6	N/A
Majority			474	28.4	N/A
Turnout				25.0	−11.0
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Pentwyn

Pentwyn by-election, 11 September 2003^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Woodman	1,836	66.5	+31.4
	Labour	Luke Holland	673	24.4	−17.5
	Conservative		169	6.1	−3.7
	Socialist Alliance		81	2.9	N/A
Majority			1,163	42.1	N/A
Turnout				28.9	−8.9
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Bill Cookson.

2004–2008

There were no by-elections.^[5]

2008–2012

Pentyrch

Pentyrch by-election, 31 July 2008^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Williams	554	41.9	+7.5
	Labour	Christine Priday	542	41.0	+10.2
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Hughes	129	9.8	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandria Evans	97	7.3	−0.6
Majority			12	0.9	N/A
Turnout				48.2	−2.6
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.3

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Simon Roberts.

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 3 March 2011^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iona Gordon	1,700	46.8	+14.4
	Plaid Cymru	Steve Garrett	1,099	30.3	−13.6
	Conservative	James Roach	369	10.2	−2.0
	Green	Yvan Maurel	277	7.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gwilym Owen	187	5.1	−6.4
Majority			601	16.5	N/A
Turnout			3,655	39.8	−0.1
Registered electors			9,188
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gwenllian Lansdown.

2012–2017

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 5 December 2013^[5][7]

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.^[8]

Splott

Splott by-election, 5 December 2013^[5][7]

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.^[8]

Canton

Canton by-election, 21 February 2014^[5][7]

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.^[9][10]

Llandaff North

Llandaff North by-election, 2 October 2014^[5][7]

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.^[11]

Pentyrch

Pentyrch by-election, 30 June 2015^[5][7]

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 Labour Councillor Craig Williams, following his election as MP for Cardiff North.^[12]

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 7 October 2015^[5][7]

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.^[13]

Plasnewydd

Plasnewydd by-election, 20 September 2016^[5][7]

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.^[14]

Grangetown

Grangetown by-election, 3 November 2016^[5][7]

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.^[15]

2017–2022

Ely

Ely by-election, 21 February 2019^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Andrea Gibson	831	43.1	+17.8
	Labour	Irene Humphreys	779	40.4	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jerrett	46	2.4	−6.2
	Conservative	Gavin Brookman	271	14.1	−2.4
Majority			52	2.7	N/A
Turnout			1,927	20.3	−9.2
Registered electors			9,482
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Jim Murphy on 1 December 2018.^[17]

Cyncoed

Cyncoed by-election 16 July 2019^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hopkins	1,920	55.3	+18.9
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	838	24.1	−11.9
	Labour	Madhu Khanna-Davies	560	16.1	−3.3
	Plaid Cymru	Morgan Rogers	152	4.4	N/A
Majority			1,082	31.1	+13.4
Turnout			3,484	42.1	−1.2
Registered electors			8,268
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+15.4

The by-election was caused by the death of Liberal Democrat Councillor Wendy Congreve on 14 May 2019.^[19][20]

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais by-election 3 October 2019^[21][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mia Rees	1,544	36.4	−4.5
	Labour	Marc Palmer	1,190	28.0	−10.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dan Allsobrook	674	15.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Donne	588	13.9	+6.3
	Green	David Griffin	248	5.8	−2.3
Majority			354	8.4	+3.2
Turnout			4,244	33.7	−11.7
Registered electors			12,589
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

The by-election was caused by the death of Conservative councillor Tim Davies on 4 June 2019.^[23]

Llanishen

Llanishen by-election 21 November 2019^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Siân-Elin Melbourne	1,566	43.4	+6.3
	Labour	Irene Humphreys	1,254	34.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Will Ogborne	387	10.7	+3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Haines	209	5.8	−2.7
	Green	Michael Cope	138	3.8	−3.0
	Independent	Lawrence Gwynn	59	1.6	N/A
Majority			312	8.7	N/A
Turnout			3,613	27.3	−18.9
Registered electors			13,227
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Phil Bale in Autumn 2019.^[26]

Heath

Heath by-election, 11 November 2021^[5][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Sangani	1,729	47.1	+16.1
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	1,128	30.8	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Lock	561	15.3	+11.5
	Plaid Cymru	Steve Garrett	250	6.8	+0.5
Majority			599	16.3	N/A
Turnout			3,668	38.2	−16.9
Registered electors			9,596
	Labour gain from Heath Independent		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Fenella Bowden who resigned for health reasons.^[28]

2022–2026

See also

• 1889 Cardiff County Borough Council election