Grangetown (Cardiff electoral ward)

Grangetown ward
Electoral ward
Population 19,385 (2011 census)
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postcode district CF11
Dialling code +44-29
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
Councillors 3

Grangetown is an electoral ward in the city of Cardiff, Wales. It covers its namesake community of Grangetown.

Description

The Grangetown ward lies to the south of the city between the rivers Taff and Ely. The ward elects three councillors to Cardiff Council. Traditionally represented by the Labour Party it has, in the 2000s, also elected Liberal Democrat and Plaid Cymru councillors.

According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 19,385.[1]

Election results

2017

At the May 2017 County Council elections Labour won all three seats, winning back the seat lost to Plaid Cymru in November 2016. Ashley Lister, grandson of the late councillor Chris Lomax (who died in September 2016) topped the poll.[2]

2017 Cardiff Council election [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ashley Lister 2199
Labour Abdul Sattar 2198
Labour Lynda Thorne * 2121
Plaid Cymru Tariq Awan * 1757
Plaid Cymru Richard Vaughan 1438
Plaid Cymru Lisa Musa 1310
Conservative Michael Bryan 671
Conservative Jenna Malvisi 604
Conservative Andrew Pike 580
Liberal Democrat Jahangir Hussain 350
Green Simon Morton 272
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Evans 232
Liberal Democrat Muhammed Latif 194
TUSC Lianne Francis 65
TUSC Joe Fathallah 46

2016 by-election

Following the death of Labour councillor Chris Lomax a by-election was held on 3 November 2016 which was won by Plaid Cymru candidate Tariq Awan, though by only 114 votes.[4]

2016 Grangetown by-election [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Plaid Cymru Tariq Awan 1163
Labour Maliika Kaaba 1049
Conservative Michael Bryan 287
UKIP Richard Lewis 141
Liberal Democrat Ashgar Ali 127

2012

In May 2012 Labour won back from the Liberal Democrats the three seats they'd previously lost in 2004, with Plaid Cymru making a very strong surge.[6]

2012 Cardiff Council elections [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ashley Govier 1,812
Labour Chris Lomax 1,709
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne 1,704
Plaid Cymru Abdul Sattar 1,511
Plaid Cymru Mohammed Tariq Awan 1,467
Plaid Cymru Luke Nicholas 1,391
Liberal Democrat Francesca Eva Sara Montemaggi * 505
Liberal Democrat David Morgan * 501
Liberal Democrat Paul Harding 489
Conservative Vincent Bailey 308
Conservative Axel Kaehne 266
Conservative Karys Oram 251
Green Sian Best 215
Green Ken Barker 205
Christian Clive Stanley Bate 84
Communist Rick Newnham 77

2008

In May 2008 the Liberal Democrats successfully defended their three seats.

2008 Cardiff Council elections
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Francesca Montemaggi * 1357
Liberal Democrat Asghar Ali * 1319
Liberal Democrat David Morgan 1317
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne 1138
Labour Stephen Brooks 1131
Labour David Collins 1104
Plaid Cymru Farida Alsam 1099
Plaid Cymru Patrick Daley 1009
Plaid Cymru Ioan Bellin 920
Conservative Benjamin Green 546
Conservative Mark Jones 533
Conservative Michael Wallbank 482
Communist Rick Newnham 111

2004

In May 2004 the Liberal Democrats won all three seats from the Labour Party. Labour councillor Peter Perkins had represented the area since 1981, initially for the Marl ward before it became part of Grangetown.[8]

2004 Cardiff Council elections [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Winifred Jones 1,424
Liberal Democrat Francesca Montemaggi 1,417
Liberal Democrat Asghar Ali 1,404
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne * 1,122
Labour Iftakhar Mohammad Khan 1,113
Labour Peter George Perkins * 1,072
Plaid Cymru Patrick Daley 838
Plaid Cymru Abul Faiz M. Belal 764
Plaid Cymru Jason Scott Toby 749
Conservative Jean Summerhayes 427
Conservative Adrian John Spinola 420
Conservative Richard Peter Mendelssohn 369

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

References

  1. ↑ "Grangetown - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  2. ↑ Pascale Hughes (5 May 2017). "Councillor wins back his late grandfather's seat: 'If he could see me now he'd be grinning'". i News. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  3. ↑ "The full results from Cardiff council's local elections 2017". Wales Online. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. ↑ "Labour loses second Cardiff council seat in two months". The Cardiffian. School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. ↑ "Labour loses second Cardiff council seat in two months". Wales Online. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  6. ↑ "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". yourCardiff. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  7. ↑ "Election results for the division of Grangetown (2012)". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. ↑ David James (8 July 2008). "Peter was a key figure in education". Wales Online. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  9. ↑ "Election results for the division of Grangetown (2004)". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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