Grangetown (Cardiff electoral ward)

Grangetown is an electoral ward in the city of Cardiff, Wales. It covers its namesake community of Grangetown. The ward was originally created in 1890 as a ward to Cardiff County Borough Council.

Grangetown ward
Electoral ward

Location of Grangetown ward within Cardiff
Population19,385 (2011 census)
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARDIFF
Postcode districtCF11
Dialling code+44-29
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors3

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 Democrats Jahangir Hussain 350
Green Simon Morton 272
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Evans 232
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Francesca Eva Sara Montemaggi * 505
Liberal Democrats David Morgan * 501
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Francesca Montemaggi * 1357
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali * 1319
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Margaret Winifred Jones 1,424
Liberal Democrats Francesca Montemaggi 1,417
Liberal Democrats 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

Cardiff County Borough Council

1970

At the last elections to the pre-1974 county borough council on 7 May 1970, Labour's Bernard Matthewson returned to the council, defeating Grangetown's sitting Conservative councillor after a recount.[10]

1970 Cardiff City Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Armour Bernard Matthewson 1,260
Conservative Anthea Jean Thomas * 1,249
Plaid Cymru Peter Stayeley McMullen 315
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

1890

At the first Grangetown election on 1 November 1890, John Jenkins, a shipwright and a nominee of Cardiff Trades Council, was declared to be the first genuine working man's representative elected to the council. There were a large number of seafaring households in the south of the ward.[11]

1890 Cardiff City Council election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab John Jenkins 484
Conservative Robert Upham 260
Turnout 753 61.4

Ward creation

In July 1890, following the creation of Cardiff County Borough Council, Grangetown was the name of one of the ten new electoral wards created in the county borough.[12] Each of the three councillors took turns to stand for re-election, on a three-yearly cycle.

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

References
  1. "Grangetown - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  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 7 November 2017.
  3. "The full results from Cardiff council's local elections 2017". Wales Online. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. "Labour loses second Cardiff council seat in two months". The Cardiffian. School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. "Labour loses second Cardiff council seat in two months". Wales Online. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". yourCardiff. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  7. "Election results for the division of Grangetown (2012)". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. David James (8 July 2008). "Peter was a key figure in education". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  9. "Election results for the division of Grangetown (2004)". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  10. "Labour whoop for joy on poll triumph". South Wales Echo. 8 May 1970. p. 13.
  11. "Cardiff Municipal Elections - Liberal Victory". South Wales Daily News. 3 November 1890. p. 4 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
  12. "Cardiff New Wards - Determining The Boundaries". The Western Mail. 29 July 1890. p. 6 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
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