Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

51.520°N 3.228°W / 51.520; -3.228

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward
Electoral ward
Location of Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward within Cardiff
Population	17,595 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	ST181780
Principal area	Cardiff
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARDIFF
Postcode district	CF15, CF14
Dialling code	+44-29
UK Parliament	Cardiff North (Labour)
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Cardiff North (Labour)
Councillors	4 (all Labour)
List of places UK Wales Cardiff

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (Welsh: Yr Eglwys Newydd a Thongwynlais) is an electoral ward of Cardiff, Wales. It covers some or all of the following areas: Coryton, Tongwynlais and Whitchurch in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff North. It is bounded by Caerphilly county borough to the north; Rhiwbina and Heath to the east; Llandaff North to the south; Radyr & Morganstown and Pentyrch to the west.

Government

Senedd

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais is in the Cardiff North constituency for the Senedd. Since 2011 it has been represented by Julie Morgan MS, a member of the Labour Party

Houses of Parliament

The Westminster constituency of Cardiff North was represented by the Conservative Party's Craig Williams MP until the 2017 election, when Labour's Anna McMorrin won the seat.

Local Government

The ward has elected four councillors to the post-1996 Cardiff Council^[1] and, prior to that, four (Conservative) councillors to Cardiff City Council since the ward's creation in 1983.^[2]

Representation 1983 – date [1][2]
Election		Conservative		Labour
1983		4		0
1987		4		0
1991		4		0
1995		0		4
1999		1		3
2004		3		1
2008		4		0
2012		0		4
2017[3]		4		0
2022[4]		0		4