City of Cardiff Council elections

City of Cardiff Council in south Wales is elected, as a whole, every 4 years. It came into being as a unitary authority on 1 April 1996, after the passing of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. In 2014 the National Assembly for Wales deferred all local elections in Wales to 2017.^[1] The council is composed of 75 councillors.^[2]

Political control

Since the council was established as a unitary authority in 1996, political control has been held by the following parties:^[3]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1996 - 2004
No overall control	2004 - 2012
Labour	2012 -

Council elections

• City of Cardiff Council election, 1995
• City of Cardiff Council election, 1999
• City of Cardiff Council election, 2004
• City of Cardiff Council election, 2008
• City of Cardiff Council election, 2012

By-election results

Pentyrch By-Election 31 July 2008^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Craig Williams	554	41.9	+7.5
	Labour	Christine Priday	542	41.0	+10.2
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Hughes	129	9.8	-10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alexandria Evans	97	7.3	-0.6
Majority			12	0.9	-2.7
Turnout			1325
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.4

Riverside By-Election 3 March 2011^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Iona Gordon	1700	46.8
	Plaid Cymru	John Garrett	1099	30.3
	Conservative	Robert Roach	369	10.2
	Green	Yvan Maurel	277	7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Gwilym Owen	187	5.1
Majority			601	16.5
Turnout			3653
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Riverside Ward by-election 5 December 2013^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Darren Wiliams	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	+4.4
	TUSC	Joel Beer	70	3.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Donne	58	2.6	-1.2
Majority			347	15.6
Turnout			2,225
	Labour hold		Swing	0.0

Splott Ward by-election 5 December 2013^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Joseph Stubbs	706	39.7	-8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Matthews	604	34.0	+4.0
	UKIP	Brian Morris	209	11.7	+11.7
	Independent	John Elys	94	5.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Daniel Robert Mason	86	4.8	+0.5
	TUSC	Katrine Williams	80	4.4	+1.5
Majority			503	28.27
Turnout			1,779
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.1

Llandaff North by-election 2 October 2014^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Susan White	898	50.1
	Independent	David Coggins-Cogan	419	23.4
	UKIP	Simon Zeigler	204	11.4
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	136	7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Rowland-James	134	7.5
Majority			479	26.7
Turnout			1,791
	Labour hold		Swing

Canton by-election 2 October 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Susan Elsmore	1,201	41.7	-5.9
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Tudur	972	33.7	+14.3
	Conservative	Pam Richards	381	13.2	+2.4
	Green	Jake Griffiths	148	5.1	-10.5
	TUSC	Steffan Bateman	101	3.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Hemsley	80	2.8	+0.3
Majority			229	7.9
Turnout			2,883
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.5

Pentyrch by-election 30 June 2015^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gavin Hill John	561	40.2	-14.2
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wigley	543	39.0	+26.9
	Labour	Paul Fisher	234	16.8	-12.3
	Independent	Munawar Mughal	24	1.7	+1.7
	Green	Ruth Osner	22	1.6	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cadan Ap Tomos	10	0.7	-0.9
Majority			18	1.3	-24.0
Turnout			1,394
	Conservative hold		Swing	-20.6

Riverside by-election 7 October 2015^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Caro Wild	1,071	45.9
	Plaid Cymru	Ruksana Begum	780	33.5
	Conservative	Sean Driscoll	155	6.6
	UKIP	Gareth John Bennett	110	4.7
	Green	Hannah Pudner	109	4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gwilym Owen	85	3.6
	TUSC	Steffan Bateman	21	0.9
Majority			291	12.5
Turnout			2,331
	Labour hold		Swing

Plasnewydd by-election 20 September 2016^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Thomas Rea	1,258	48.1	+15.4
	Labour	Peter Wong	910	34.8	-2.0
	Plaid Cymru	Glenn Charles Page	177	6.8	-5.3
	Conservative	Munawar Ahmed Mughal	115	4.4	-1.2
	Green	Michael David Cope	93	3.6	-9.3
	UKIP	Lawrence Gwynn	62	2.4	+2.4
Majority			348	13.3
Turnout			2,615	23.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+8.7

Grangetown by-election 3 November 2016^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Plaid Cymru	Tariq Awan	1,163	41.1	+7.7
	Labour	Maliika Kaaba	1,049	37.1	-3.1
	Conservative	Michael Bryan	287	10.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Asghar Ali	187	6.6	-4.6
	UKIP	Richard Lewis	141	5.0	N/A
Majority			114	4.0
Turnout
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing	+5.4

References

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2. "Cardiff Councillors". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
3. "Elections 2008 - Cardiff". BBC News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
4. "County Council Election: Pentyrch Electoral Division" (pdf). Cardiff Council. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
5. "Election of a County Councillor: Riverside By-Election" (pdf). Cardiff Council. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
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9. "Canton By Election - Thursday, 2nd October, 2014". City of Cardiff Council. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
10. "Pentyrch Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (pdf). City of Cardiff Council. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
11. "Riverside By Election - Wednesday, 7th October, 2015". Election results for Riverside. Cardiff Council. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
12. "Plasnewydd By Election - Tuesday, 20th September, 2016". Election results for Plasnewydd. Cardiff Council. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
13. David James; Ruth Mosalski (21 September 2016). "Labour has lost a by-election in Cardiff's Roath ward amid a surge in Lib Dem votes". WalesOnline. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
14. "Grangetown By Election - Thursday, 3rd November, 2016". City of Cardiff Council. Retrieved 14 November 2016.