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Local election in Cardiff, Wales

2012 Cardiff City and County Council election
← 2008 3 May 2012 2017 →
All 75 seats to Cardiff Council
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Heather Joyce Rodney Berman David Walker
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Llanrumney Plasnewydd Lisvane
Seats before 14 35 17
Seats won 46/75 16/75 7/74
Seat change Increase32 Decrease19 Decrease10
Popular vote 36,148 15,878 17,886
Percentage 37.3% 18.5% 25.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Neil McEvoy Adrian Robson Fenella Bowden
Party Plaid Cymru Rhiwbina Independents Heath Independent
Leader's seat Fairwater Rhiwbina Heath
Seats before 7 3 0
Seats won 2/70 3/3 1/3
Seat change Decrease5 Steady0 Increase1
Popular vote 12,397 4,581 (Rhiwbina) 1,500 (Heath)
Percentage 12.8% 4.7% 1.5%
Map showing the results of the 2012 City of Cardiff Council Elections.
Council control before election

Lib Dem / Plaid Cymru Coalition

 Council control after election

Labour

The 2012 Cardiff Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cardiff Council in Wales. This was the same day as the national 2012 Welsh local elections. It was preceded by the 2008 election and followed by the 2017 election

Election result

Labour gained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru, after gaining 32 seats. The Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Berman, lost his seat by 51 votes after two recounts, bringing Labour's gains to 33. Sixty-one-year-old Labour councillor Heather Joyce, nicknamed 'Supernan' by the local newspaper, became the new council leader.

Cardiff Council Election 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 46 32 0 +32 61.3 37.3 36,148 +10.5
  Liberal Democrats 16 0 19 -19 21.3 16.4 15,878 -8.3
  Conservative 7 1 11 -10 9.3 18.5 17,886 -8.0
  Independent 4 1 0 0 4.0 4.7 4,581 -0.3
  Plaid Cymru 2 0 4 -4 2.7 12.8 12,397 -0.6
  Green 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 6.5 6,307 +4.3
  Heath/Birchgrove Ind. 1 1 0 +1 1.3 1.5 1,500 N/A
  Llandaff North Ind. 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.6 607 N/A
  TUSC 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.5 456 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.5 445 +0.1
  Communist 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.3 335 +0.2
  Christian Party (Wales) 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.2 205 N/A
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.1 106 N/A
The consolidated vote figures used in the above table appear to represent the total votes cast for the highest placed candidates in each ward. The figures are not the popular vote cast for each party in the 2012 elections.
The figures below are the total votes cast for all candidates for each party in the 2012 elections, based on data from The Elections Centre at Plymouth University - Lab: 99,391 (46/75); Con: 45,293 (7/74); LD: 43,418 (16/75); PC: 30,989 (2/70); Rhiwbina Ind: 10,908 (3/3); Green: 8,925 (0/37); Heath Ind: 3,539 (1/3); LN Ind: 1,114 (0/2); Ind: 773 (0/4); TUSC: 456 (0/6); UKIP: 445 (0/2); Communist: 335 (0/4); Christian: 205 (0/3); Socialist Lab: 106 (0/1)

Manifestos

Cardiff Greens

Cardiff Labour

Cardiff Liberal Democrats

Cardiff Plaid Cymru

Ward results

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Adamsdown (2 seats)

Adamsdown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Howells* 731 39.8 −13.5
Labour Manzoor Ahmed 719 39.2 +14.4
Liberal Democrats John Dixon* 683
Labour Sian Thomas 681
Green Matthew Townsend 117 6.4 N/A
Plaid Cymru Phillip Evans 97 5.3 +1.5
TUSC Dave Bartlett 68 3.7 N/A
Plaid Cymru Dean Minto 67
Conservative Joel Jackson 53 2.9 −6.3
Communist Fran Rawlings 50 2.7 N/A
Conservative Robert Price 37
Turnout 1,771 28.7 +1.5
Registered electors 6,182
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ali Ahmed 777 37.3 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Delme Greening* 673 32.3 −8.5
Plaid Cymru Liz Musa 386 18.5 N/A
Conservative Laura Pike 126 6.0 −10.9
Green Sam Roads 72 3.5 N/A
UKIP Simon Zeigler 49 2.4 N/A
Turnout 2,096 30.3 +1.4
Registered electors 6,918
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Bradbury 1,390 58.4 +27.5
Labour Elaine Simmons 1,290
Liberal Democrats Jacqui Gasson* 417 17.5 −31.0
Liberal Democrats Roger Burley* 318
Plaid Cymru Stuart Cosslet 240 10.1 +1.3
Conservative Clive Williams 198 8.3 −3.5
Conservative Alec Burns 186
Plaid Cymru Ruksana Begum 160
Green Anne Greagsby 134 5.6 N/A
Turnout 4,333 29.3 −2.3
Registered electors 7,722
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Canton (3 seats)

Canton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ramesh Patel* 2,230 47.6 +11.0
Labour Cerys Furlong* 2,130
Labour Richard Cook* 2,128
Plaid Cymru Sian Powell 910 19.4 −5.9
Plaid Cymru Lieu Williams 837
Plaid Cymru Ben Foday 824
Green David Griffiths 730 15.6 +5.2
Green Nigel Pugh 564
Conservative Robert Cadman 505 10.8 −6.5
Green Stephanie Griggs 503
Conservative Pamela Richards 468
Conservative Hussain Bayoomi 426
Liberal Democrats Matthew Dixon 118 2.5 −4.8
Socialist Labour Simon Parsons 106 2.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matthew O'Grady 98
TUSC Ross Saunders 90 1.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hyde 84
Turnout 4,461 41.3 −2.9
Registered electors 10,814
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cathays (4 seats)

Cathays
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Merry 877 29.7 +12.4
Labour Sam Knight 873
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Clark* 810 27.5 −14.9
Labour Chris Weaver 807
Liberal Democrats Matthew Smith 794
Labour Peter Wong 786
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Aylwin* 775
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali 702
Green Jack Parker 633 21.5 +8.7
Green Sam Coates 593
Green Sian Howson 526
Green Sebastian Power 469
Plaid Cymru Emyr Gruffydd 266 9.0 −6.1
Plaid Cymru Cerith Jones 244
Plaid Cymru Glenn Page 235
Conservative Jennifer Ankers 228 7.7 −4.8
Conservative Oliver Wannell 214
Conservative Ryan Hunter 207
Plaid Cymru Andrew Pearce 204
Conservative George Carrol 189
Independent Adrian Norris 135 4.6 N/A
Turnout 2,788 17.6 +1.2
Registered electors 15,853
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Thomas 648 38.2 +15.1
Plaid Cymru Wynford Owen 623 36.7 −25.4
Labour Sarah-Anne Evans 321 18.9 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Hilary Borrow 53 3.1 −1.8
Green Timothy Jones 52 3.1 N/A
Turnout 1,702 42.9 −6.3
Registered electors 3,966
Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kate Lloyd* 1,809 44.7 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jones* 1,727
Liberal Democrats David Rees* 1,698
Conservative Ross England 1,093 27.0 −4.8
Conservative Michael Flynn 1,006
Conservative Lee Gonzalez 966
Labour Samsunear Ali 683 16.9 +5.5
Labour Robert Sherrington 661
Labour Shukri Masseri 614
Plaid Cymru Alun Ogwen 241 6.0 −0.1
Green Geraldine Allen-Manson 217 5.4 N/A
Plaid Cymru Gwenno Williams 177
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Edwards 168
Turnout 8,782 43.3 −6.4
Registered electors 8,782
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ely (3 seats)

Ely
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Irene Goddard* 1,597 56.3 +9.7
Labour James Murphy 1,481
Labour Russell Goodway* 1,468
Plaid Cymru Lynda Sullivan 791 27.9 +2.8
Plaid Cymru Neil Branson 776
Plaid Cymru Peter Sullivan 767
Conservative Rhodri Jones-Pritchard 237 8.4 −10.8
Conservative Joshua Noon 236
Conservative Vivienne Ward 230
Green Delyth Horle 115 4.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sian Cliff 95 3.4 −5.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Donne 83
Liberal Democrats John Richards 75
Turnout 2,795 29.2 +0.5
Registered electors 9,579
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Neil McEvoy* 1,643 42.8 −5.8
Plaid Cymru Lisa Ford 1,562
Labour Paul Mitchell 1,412 36.8 +12.2
Labour Joseph Monks 1,384
Plaid Cymru Keith Parry* 1,341
Labour Ryan Williams 1,315
Conservative Sean Driscoll 539 14.0 −7.7
Conservative James Roach 419
Conservative David Morrison 387
Green Brian Pearce 176 4.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Randerson 68 1.8 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Scullion 64
Liberal Democrats Molik Ahmed 62
Turnout 3,653 37.9 +2.9
Registered electors 9,632
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Gabalfa (2 seats)

Gabalfa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Bridges* 936 51.1 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Gareth Holden 891
Labour Clare Jones 500 27.3 +7.7
Labour Gerald Crocker 497
Plaid Cymru Brian Coman 125 6.8 −2.5
Conservative Jonathan Breeze 115 6.3 −5.2
Green Edward Mason 106 5.8 −1.0
Conservative Purdey Miles 91
Plaid Cymru Stuart Evans 86
TUSC David Hamblin 51 2.8 N/A
Turnout 1,756 25.6 −0.1
Registered electors 6,859
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Grangetown (3 seats)

Grangetown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley Govier 1,812 40.2 +13.5
Labour Chris Lomax 1,709
Labour Lynda Thorne 1,704
Plaid Cymru Abdul Sattar 1,511 33.5 +7.7
Plaid Cymru Mohammed Awan 1,467
Plaid Cymru Luke Nicholas 1,391
Liberal Democrats Francesca Montemaggi* 505 11.2 −20.7
Liberal Democrats David Morgan* 501
Liberal Democrats Paul Harding 489
Conservative Vincent Bailey 308 6.8 −6.0
Conservative Axel Kaehne 266
Conservative Karys Oram 251
Green Sian Best 215 4.8 N/A
Green Ken Barker 205
Christian Clive Bate 84 1.9 N/A
Communist Rick Newnham 77 1.7 −1.0
Turnout 4,427 34.1 −2.7
Registered electors 13,002
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Heath (3 seats)

Fenella Bowden, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008, stood as a Heath & Birchgrove Independent.

Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Heath Independent Fenella Bowden* 1,500 29.3 N/A
Labour Graham Hinchey* 1,416 27.7 +12.5
Conservative Lyn Hudson 1,277 24.9 −12.6
Conservative Ron Page* 1,242
Labour Marie John 1,240
Heath Independent Steve Bowden 1,151
Labour Ewan Moor 1,116
Conservative Mark Branton 1,101
Heath Independent Katrin O'Malley 888
Liberal Democrats Jim James 349 6.8 −25.1
Plaid Cymru Mali Rowlands 325 6.3 −1.7
Heath Independent Robert Smith 262
Green Tom Coates 253 4.9 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Price 175
Liberal Democrats Ashley Wood 140
Turnout 4,318 44.1 −7.7
Registered electors 9,799
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Walker* 999 73.1 −6.8
Labour Joshua Lovell 231 16.9 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Myfanwy Price 61 4.5 −3.6
Plaid Cymru Anthony Couch 49 3.6 N/A
Green Rosa Thomas 27 2.0 N/A
Turnout 1,368 47.7 −8.3
Registered electors 2,868
Conservative hold Swing

Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Davies* 1,121 31.5 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Gareth Aubrey* 1,081
Labour Catherine Antippas 989 27.7 +1.3
Labour Simon Jones 932
Conservative Jason Griffin 809 22.7 −6.1
Conservative Oliver Owen 791
Plaid Cymru Gillian Green 335 9.4 −2.4
Plaid Cymru Heulwen James 312
Green Benedict Frude 132 3.7 N/A
Independent Steve West 114 3.2 N/A
Christian Party (Wales) Derek Thomson 64 1.8 N/A
Turnout 3,436 46.8 −3.6
Registered electors 7,342
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Siobhan Corria 1,244 47.4 +15.2
Labour Dilwar Ali 1,156
Independent David Cogan 607 23.2 N/A
Independent Megan Price 507
Liberal Democrats Ann Rowland-James* 375 14.3 −26.5
Liberal Democrats Jacqui Hooper* 356
Conservative Joe Trigg 154 5.9 −13.0
Plaid Cymru Wyn Jones 141 5.4 −2.7
Green Tim Ware 101 3.9 N/A
Turnout 2,448 42.7 +0.5
Registered electors 5,734
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Llanishen (4 seats)

Llanishen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Garry Hunt 2,394 41.0 +11.3
Labour Phil Bale 2,362
Labour Julia Magill 2,302
Conservative Andrew Graham 2,033 34.8 −14.3
Labour James Brinning 1.992
Conservative Richard Foley* 1,980
Conservative Chris O'Brien 1,948
Conservative Richard John 1,782
Plaid Cymru Gwynfor Davies 418 7.2 −2.8
UKIP Lawrence Gwynn 396 6.8 N/A
Plaid Cymru Lona Roberts 384
Green Linda Atkins 313 5.4 N/A
Plaid Cymru Emma Caresimo 308
Liberal Democrats Molly Hughes 286 4.9 −6.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Rees 268
Plaid Cymru Vito Caresimo 246
Liberal Democrats Ann Hyde 222
Liberal Democrats Judith Ahmed 215
Turnout 5,315 37.1 −9.1
Registered electors 13,400
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Heather Joyce* 1,671 68.0 +25.7
Labour Keith Jones 1,653
Labour Derrick Morgan* 1,643
Conservative John Driscoll 353 14.4 −10.0
Conservative Wes Jones 318
Conservative Dai Lowsy 291
Plaid Cymru Colin Lewis 269 11.0 −17.2
Plaid Cymru Baindu Foday 186
Plaid Cymru David Reeves 134
Green Bethan Lloyd 94 3.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Evans 69 2.8 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Matthew Batten 66
Liberal Democrats Michael Rees 62
Turnout 2,386 29.6 −3.4
Registered electors 8,049
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pentwyn (4 seats)

Pentwyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Woodman* 1,633 43.8 −6.3
Liberal Democrats Joseph Carter* 1,563
Liberal Democrats Keith Hyde* 1,557
Liberal Democrats Paul Chaundy* 1,546
Labour David Haines 1,406 37.7 +13.5
Labour Michael Imperato 1,267
Labour Bernie Bowen-Thomson 1,262
Labour Jasminc Chowdhury 1,249
Conservative Kathleen Fisher 256 6.9 −8.7
Conservative Michael Prothero 254
Conservative Susan Williams 232 2.4 −13.2
Conservative Lizzie Lumley 217
Plaid Cymru Gwenno George 173 4.6 N/A
Green Megan David 167 4.5 N/A
Plaid Cymru Elin Llyr 150
Plaid Cymru Meic Peterson 146
Plaid Cymru John Roberts 134
Communist Steve Williams 91 2.4 N/A
Turnout 3,604 31.0 −3.5
Registered electors 10,774
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig Williams 772 54.4 +20.0
Labour Christine Priday 413 29.1 −1.7
Plaid Cymru Penri Williams 171 12.1 −7.7
Green Lucy Hiscox 40 2.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Adam Evans 22 1.6 −6.3
Turnout 1,426 52.3 +1.5
Registered electors 2,729
Conservative hold Swing

Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tricia Burfoot* 2,173 48.1 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Kelloway* 2,131
Liberal Democrats Joe Boyle 2,101
Labour Michael Fogg 1,176 26.0 +11.3
Labour Reece Emmitt 1,158
Labour Akbar Mookhtiar 929
Conservative Peter Hudson 446 9.9 −6.7
Conservative Roland Hemingway 440
Conservative Michael Wallbank 379
Green Kathryn Brock 377 8.3 N/A
Plaid Cymru Kelvin Evans 349 7.7 +0.1
Plaid Cymru Ann Miles 268
Plaid Cymru Malachy McEvoy 237
Turnout 4,215 41.5 −3.3
Registered electors 10,161
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Plasnewydd (4 seats)

Plasnewydd
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Lent 1,535 36.8 +7.5
Labour Daniel De'ath 1,438
Labour Mary McGarry 1,436
Labour Mohammad Javed 1,413
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman* 1,362 32.7 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Nichols 1,314
Liberal Democrats Richard Jerrett* 1,297
Liberal Democrats Elgan Morgan* 1,236
Green Anthony Matthews 535 12.8 −0.4
Plaid Cymru Mohammed Ali 505 12.1 −1.2
Plaid Cymru Mohammed Hannan 434
Plaid Cymru Ned Parish 344
Plaid Cymru Ian Mullis 338
Conservative Enid Harries 232 5.6 −4.1
Conservative Hannah Moscrop 193
Conservative Aled Jones-Pritchard 174
Conservative Marc Gonzalez 171
Turnout 3,815 27.7 +0.6
Registered electors 13,792
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Pontprennau and Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Georgina Phillips 1,326 49.0 +8.4
Conservative Dianne Rees* 1,004 37.1 −13.5
Labour Mark Watkins 993
Conservative Jane Rogers* 940
Liberal Democrats Edward Wilson 141 5.2 −3.6
Plaid Cymru Mauro Caresimo 130 4.8 N/A
Green Matthew Lovett 107 4.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Charles Woodman 79
Plaid Cymru Ceri Tegwyn 73
Turnout 2,538 35.9 −4.4
Registered electors 7,063
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr and Morganstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roderick McKerlich* 1,215 53.3 −6.9
Labour Moray Grant 738 32.4 +12.7
Plaid Cymru Ian Hughes 164 7.2 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Laura Pearcy 95 4.2 −6.3
Green Zabelle Aslanyan 68 3.0 N/A
Turnout 2,278 45.7 −5.8
Registered electors 4,986
Conservative hold Swing

Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Rhiwbina
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jayne Cowan* 3,808 68.9 +13.8
Independent Adrian Robson* 3,680
Independent Eleanor Sanders 3,420
Conservative Adam Johns 643 11.6 −14.3
Labour Andrew Newton 631 11.4 +2.5
Labour Geraint Denison 611
Conservative Leslie Hopkins 560
Labour Steven Cushen 521
Conservative John Lancaster 507
Plaid Cymru Christopher Davies 225 4.1 +0.1
Green Daniel Bearpark 140 2.5 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Borrow 78 1.4 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Emma-Jayne Sandrey 67
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Lightman 52
Turnout 5,087 55.2 −7.1
Registered electors 9,220
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Iona Gordon 1,731 46.7 +14.3
Labour Cecilia Love 1,555
Labour Phil Hawkins 1,431
Plaid Cymru Mohammed Islam* 1,153 31.1 −12.8
Plaid Cymru Jaswant Singh* 944
Plaid Cymru Haf Roberts 940
Green Ceri Hughes 294 7.9 N/A
Conservative Jennifer Lay 286 7.7 −4.5
Conservative Michael Bryan 276
Green Yvan Maurel 272
Conservative Gaener Davies 263
Green Jan Tucker 189
Liberal Democrats Gwilym Owen 142 3.8 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Townsend 129
Liberal Democrats Eleri Randerson 122
TUSC Garmon Gruffudd 99 2.7 N/A
Turnout 3,468 37.2 −2.7
Registered electors 9,327
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing

Rumney (2 seats)

Duncan Macdonald had been elected as a Conservative in 2008.

Rumney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Parry 1,095 48.4 +6.8
Labour Robert Derbyshire 1,087
Conservative John Ireland* 625 27.7 −21.5
Conservative Phillip James 473
Independent Duncan MacDonald* 262 11.6 N/A
Plaid Cymru Ian Jones 78 3.4 N/A
Plaid Cymru Chad Rickard 63
Christian Party (Wales) Dave Pritchard 57 2.5 N/A
Green Jack Price 53 2.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Anabella Rees 48 2.1 −7.1
TUSC Andrew Wilkes 43 1.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Woodman 37
Turnout 2,067 31.5 −3.0
Registered electors 6,565
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Splott (3 seats)

Splott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Luke Holland 1,686 47.9 +8.3
Labour Huw Thomas 1,624
Labour Gretta Marshall 1,432
Liberal Democrats Gavin Cox* 1,055 30.0 −9.7
Liberal Democrats Bablin Molik 815
Liberal Democrats Anna White 775
Plaid Cymru Jebun Choudhury 250 7.1 −0.2
Plaid Cymru Ioan Bellin 197
Plaid Cymru Patrick Daley 167
Green Kelda Rimington 157 4.5 N/A
Conservative Margaret Evans 151 4.3 −5.6
Conservative Janine Jones-Pritchard 137
Conservative Kyle Smith 130
Communist Robert Griffiths 117 3.3 −0.1
TUSC James Connolly 105 3.0 N/A
Turnout 3,161 33.5 −4.9
Registered electors 9,426
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Trowbridge (3 seats)

Trowbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Cook 1,619 58.5 +22.0
Labour Monica Walsh 1,535
Labour Michael Costas-Michael 1,380
Liberal Democrats Emma Woodman 388 14.0 −19.3
Conservative Michelle Michaelis 372 13.4 −1.3
Conservative Pamela Cunningham 367
Conservative Wayne Cashin 358
Plaid Cymru Leanne Lennox 292 10.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jacqui Sullivan 255
Liberal Democrats Ian Walton 244
Plaid Cymru Leigh Canham 188
Plaid Cymru Joshua Parry 178
Green Piers Leveroni 98 3.5 N/A
Turnout 2,614 23.6 −6.9
Registered electors 11,094
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathan Evans 2,529 41.2 +4.7
Labour Chris Davis 2,454
Labour Benjamin Thomas 2,354
Labour David Groves 2,290
Conservative Linda Morgan* 2,206 36.0 −4.5
Conservative Timothy Davies* 2,144
Conservative Brian Griffiths* 2,080
Conservative Michael Jones-Pritchard* 2,080
Plaid Cymru John Rowlands 641 10.4 −0.2
Plaid Cymru Heulwen Jones 623
Plaid Cymru Ceri Morgan 600
Plaid Cymru Dewi Owen 588
Green Paul Atkins 495 8.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Joyce Lentern 265 4.3 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Harries 233
Liberal Democrats Ruth Abbott 226
Liberal Democrats Mark Rees 183
Turnout 5,894 45.4 −7.7
Registered electors 12,970
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections between 2012 and 2017

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 5 December 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darren Williams 1,120 50.3 +3.6
Plaid Cymru Elizabeth Gould 773 34.7 +3.6
Conservative Aled Crow 107 4.8 −2.9
UKIP Simon Zeigler 97 4.4 N/A
TUSC Christopher Beer 70 3.1 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Sian Donne 58 2.6 −1.2
Majority 347 15.6 ±0.0
Turnout 2,225 22.6 −14.6
Registered electors 9,860
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Phil Hawkins for personal reasons.

Splott

Splott by-election, 5 December 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Stubbs 706 39.1 −8.7
Liberal Democrats Jamie Matthews 604 33.5 +3.5
UKIP George Morris 209 11.6 N/A
Independent Elys John 94 5.2 N/A
Conservative Daniel Mason 86 4.8 +0.5
TUSC Katrine Williams 80 6.1 +3.2
Majority 102 5.6 −12.3
Turnout 1,779 18.1 −15.4
Registered electors 9,846
Labour hold Swing

A by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Luke Holland following accusations of non-attendance at council meetings. He stated that he planned to move to London.

Canton

Canton by-election, 21 February 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Elsmore 1,201 41.7 −5.9
Plaid Cymru Elin Tudur 972 33.7 +14.3
Conservative Pamela Richards 381 13.2 +2.4
Green David Griffiths 148 5.1 −10.5
TUSC Steffan Bateman 101 3.5 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Hemsley 80 2.8 +0.3
Majority 229 8.0 −20.2
Turnout 2,883 24.3 −17.0
Registered electors 11,915
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour Councillor Cerys Furlong on 30 December 2013.

Llandaff North

Llandaff North by-election, 2 October 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan White 898 50.1 +2.7
Independent David Coggins-Cogan 419 23.4 +0.2
UKIP Simon Zeigler 204 11.4 N/A
Conservative Peter Hudson 136 7.6 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Ann Rowland-James 134 7.5 −6.8
Majority 479 26.7 +2.5
Turnout 1,791 30.0 −12.7
Registered electors 5,991
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Siobhan Corria for personal reasons.

Pentyrch

Pentyrch by-election, 30 June 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gavin Hill-John 561 40.5 −12.5
Plaid Cymru Hywel Wigley 543 39.2 +26.7
Labour Paul Fisher 234 16.9 −13.4
Independent Munawar Mughal 24 1.7 N/A
Green Ruth Osner 22 1.6 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Cadan ap Tomos 10 0.7 −0.9
Majority 18 1.3 −24.0
Turnout 1,394 49.9 −2.4
Registered electors 2,800
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Conservative Councillor Craig Williams, following his election as MP for Cardiff North.

Riverside

Riverside by-election, 7 October 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caro Wild 1,071 45.9 −0.8
Plaid Cymru Ruksana Begum 780 33.5 +2.3
Conservative Sean Driscoll 155 6.6 −1.1
UKIP Gareth Bennett 110 4.7 N/A
Green Hannah Pudner 109 4.7 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Gwilym Owen 85 3.6 −0.2
TUSC Steffan Bateman 21 0.9 −1.8
Majority 291 12.4 −3.2
Turnout 2,331 23.9 −13.3
Registered electors 9,758
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Cecilia Love for family reasons.

Plasnewydd

Plasnewydd by-election, 20 September 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Rea 1,258 48.1 +16.9
Labour Peter Wong 910 34.8 −0.3
Plaid Cymru Glenn Page 177 6.8 −4.8
Conservative Munawar Mughal 115 4.4 −5.5
Green Michael Cope 93 3.6 −8.7
UKIP Lawrence Gwynn 62 2.4 N/A
Majority 348 13.3 N/A
Turnout 2,615 23.1 −4.6
Registered electors 11,356
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Mohammed Javed.

Grangetown

Grangetown by-election, 3 November 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Tariq Awan 1,163 42.0 +8.5
Labour Maliika Kaaba 1,049 37.9 −2.2
Conservative Michael Bryan 287 10.4 +3.5
UKIP Richard Lewis 141 5.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali 127 4.6 −6.6
Majority 114 4.1 N/A
Turnout 2,767 21.7 −12.4
Registered electors 12,754
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Chris Lomax.

Defections 2012–17

  • In April 2013 Gabalfa Councillor Gareth Holden resigned from The Lib Dems to sit as an independent and later joined Plaid Cymru.
  • In June 2015 Rhiwbina Councillors Jayne Cowan and Adrian Robson both rejoined the Conservatives.
  • In January 2016 Trowbridge Councillor Ralph Cook left Labour to sit as an independent. In 2017 he contested his seat for the Lib Dems.
  • In May 2016 Llanrumny Councillor Derrick Morgan left the Labour group and sat as an independent.
  • In August 2016 Splott Councillor Gretta Marshell resigned from Labour to sit as an independent and later joined Plaid Cymru
  • In early 2017 Adamsdown Councillor Manzoor Ahmed was deselected by Labour and joined the Lib Dems.

Vacant seats by 2017 local election

Three seats were vacant by the end of the term caused by the resignation of Margaret Jones (Lib Dem) in Cyncoed, the resignation of Susan White (Labour) in Llandaff North and the death of Derrick Morgan (elected as Labour, then sitting as an Independent) in Llanrumny, all of happened within six months of the 2017 election, so no by-elections were held.

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