Splott (electoral ward)

Splott ward
Electoral ward
Population 13,261 (2011 census)[1]
Community
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postcode district CF24
Dialling code +44-29
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
Councillors 3

Splott is the name of an electoral ward in the south of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers the communities of Splott and Tremorfa (which was created from the northeastern part of Splott in 2016).

The Splott ward is bordered to the north by the Penylan and Rumney wards, to the northwest by Adamsdown, to the southwest by the Butetown ward. To the southeast is the Severn Estuary.

The Splott ward elected two councillors to Cardiff Council in 1995 and has elected three councillors since 1999. It has been represented by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.[2] In May 2012 all three seats were won by a new team of Labour councillors,[3] after a bitter campaign where the Liberal Democrats making a complaint to the police that Labour candidate, Luke Holland, had given a misleading address on his notice of poll.[4]

Splott councillor Huw Thomas became leader of the Labour-controlled Cardiff Council in May 2017.[5]

County councillors

Representation 1995 – date [2]
Election    Labour      Lib Dem  
2017 3 -
2012 3 -
2008 2 1
2004 1 2
1999 3 -
1995 2 -

References

  1. ↑ "Splott - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. 1 2 "Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ↑ "Fresh faces in Cardiff's Splott ward as Labour paint the area red at Election 2012". Wales Online. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  4. ↑ "Labour candidate referred to police in Cardiff address row". Wales Online. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. ↑ Ruth Mosalski (8 May 2017). "Cardiff Labour group picks Huw Thomas as its new leader". Wales Online. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  • "Interview with Fred Harry volunteered as a councillor for Splott, Cardiff in the 1950s". People's Collection Wales. 26 August 2016.
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