Butetown (electoral ward)

Butetown ward
Electoral ward
Population 10,125 (2011 census)
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postcode district CF10
Dialling code +44-29
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
Councillors 1

The Butetown electoral ward of Cardiff covers the Cardiff Bay area of the city, electing a councillor to Cardiff Council.

Description

The Butetown ward includes the areas of Butetown and Atlantic Wharf. It is located in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth and the Welsh Assembly constituency of the same name. Butetown ward is bounded by the wards of Grangetown (and the River Taff) to the west; Cathays and Adamsdown to the north; Splott to the northeast. The ward also covers the island of Flat Holm, which is part of Cardiff though several miles off the coast.[1]

According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 10,125.[2]

Representatives

Butetown elects one Councillor to Cardiff Council. The ward has been represented by Cllr Saeed Ebrahim (Labour) since May 2017.

Councillors since 1995

[3]

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Ben Foday Labour
1999 Betty Campbell Independent
2004 Vaughan Gething Labour
2008 Delme Greening Liberal Democrat
2012 Ali Ahmed Labour
2017 Saeed Ebrahim [4] Labour

Under-representation

When elected in 2012 Councillor Ahmed raised concerns that the Butetown ward, with only one councillor for a diverse area, was under-represented on Cardiff Council.[5] The issue was raised again in 2016 by the Atlantic Wharf Residents’ Association, who demanded that Atlantic Wharf be made into a ward of its own with its approximately 1500 houses and flats. Butetown ward had a population similar to the Cardiff wards of Llanrumney and Cyncoed, which each elected three councillors.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Election Maps, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  2. ↑ Area: Butetown (Ward) - Key Statistics, Office of National Statistics. Retrieved 2016-11-04
  3. ↑ http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Cardiff-1995-2012.pdf
  4. ↑ http://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=892
  5. ↑ Malone, Sam (4 May 2012). "Labour takes Cardiff's Butetown ward from the Lib Dems". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  6. ↑ Huw Silk (2 November 2016) "Residents complain Cardiff Bay is under-represented on city council", South Wales Echo, page 9.
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