2022 Cardiff Council election

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2022 Cardiff Council election
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All 79 (previously 75) seats to Cardiff Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Huw Thomas Adrian Robson Rhys Taylor
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Splott Rhiwbina Gabalfa
Seats before 39 21 11
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Neil McEvoy
Party Propel Independent
Leader's seat Fairwater
Seats before 3 1
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

TBD

The 2022 Cardiff Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022[1] to elect 79 members to Cardiff Council. On the same day, elections will be held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous Cardiff all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years.

Background[]

Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2021, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2021 Senedd election. The frequency of the elections was also increased from 4 years to five years to avoid future clashes,[2] meaning (after 2022) the next council election is expected in 2027.

The number of councillors is to be increased from 75 to 79 at the 2022 election, with a number of ward changes to ensure better electoral parity.[3]

The Labour group have been in control of the council since 2012.

In September 2021 Plaid Cymru and the Green Party announced an electoral pact, which would see them fielding a joint slate of candidates in Cardiff. Neither party had sitting councillors—Plaid Cymru's councillors elected in 2017 had been either expelled or had quit the party.[1] A by-election was held in the Heath ward in November 2021—historically a ward split evenly between the main parties and seen as a possible indicator of the vote at the all-council election—which was won by the Labour Party with 47% of the vote. The Plaid joint candidate coming fourth with 7%.[4]

The Welsh Cladiators, a residents group campaigning against fire defective buildings, hoped to stand in the Butetown ward.[5]

Ward changes[]

In October 2021 Cardiff Council accepted a number of ward change proposals made by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, with only slight modification. These were to take effect from the 2022 council election.[6] The changes gave a better parity of representation. Twenty-one wards remained unchanged.[3] Of the other wards:[6][7]

  • Butetown would have an increase from 1 to 3 councillors.
  • Creigiau/St Fagans merges with the Pentyrch ward and is renamed "Pentyrch and St Fagans", with a total increase in councillors from 2 to 3.
  • Grangetown would get an increase from 3 to 4 councillors.
  • Lisvane renamed "Lisvane and Thornhill", with the addition of Thornhill from the neighbouring Llanishen ward and an increase from 1 to 3 councillors.
  • Llanishen sees a decrease in councillors, from 4 to 2, following the transfer of Thornhill to Lisvane.
  • Pentwyn sees a decrease in councillors, from 4 to 3.
  • Pontprennau/Old St Mellons renamed "Pontprennau and Old St Mellons".
  • Radyr would have an increase from 1 to 2 councillors.

Overview of results[]

TBD

Ward results[]

TBD

Adamsdown (2 seats)[]

Butetown (3 seats)[]

Caerau (2 seats)[]

Canton (3 seats)[]

Cathays (4 seats)[]

Cyncoed (3 seats)[]

Ely (3 seats)[]

Fairwater (3 seats)[]

Gabalfa (2 seats)[]

Grangetown (4 seats)[]

Heath (3 seats)[]

Lisvane and Thornhill (3 seats)[]

Llandaff (2 seats)[]

Llandaff North (2 seats)[]

Llanishen (2 seats)[]

Llanrumney (3 seats)[]

Pentwyn (3 seats)[]

Pentyrch and St Fagans (3 seats)[]

Penylan (3 seats)[]

Plasnewydd (4 seats)[]

Pontprennau and Old St Mellons (2 seats)[]

Radyr (2 seats)[]

Rhiwbina (3 seats)[]

Riverside (3 seats)[]

Rumney (2 seats)[]

Splott (3 seats)[]

Trowbridge (3 seats)[]

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Plaid Cymru and Greens form Cardiff council election pact". BBC News. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mosalski, Ruth (24 September 2019). "The date of the next council elections in Wales has moved". Wales Online. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cardiff Council Boundary Reforms Confirmed". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ Alex Seabrook (12 November 2021). "Labour wins by-election in Cardiff gaining a councillor in Heath and Birchgrove". Wales Online. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ Graham-Brown, Daisy (30 November 2021). "Campaigners appeal for cladding victims to stand at council elections". The Cardiffian. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b Alex Seabrook (5 October 2021). "Cardiff will get four extra councillors in May as electoral ward boundaries redrawn". Wales Online. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Cardiff Final Recommendations". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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