Plasnewydd

Coordinates: 51°29′28″N 3°10′01″W / 51.491°N 3.167°W / 51.491; -3.167

Plasnewydd electoral ward of Cardiff

Plasnewydd (English: New Manor) is a community and electoral ward of Cardiff, Wales. It falls within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff Central. It is bounded by the electoral wards of Cyncoed to the north; Penylan to the northeast; Adamsdown to the southwest; and Cathays to the west. It mainly covers the district of Roath. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 18,166.^[1]

Plasnewydd ward elects four councillors to sit on Cardiff Council.^[2] The Council's Liberal Democrat leader Rodney Berman represented the Plasnewydd ward until he was defeated, following two recounts, in the May 2012 Council elections.^[3] All four seats were then represented by the Labour Party.^[2]

Notable Places

Mackintosh Community Centre
Shelly Gardens
Plasnewydd Community Hall
Saint Peter's RC Primary School

References

↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
1 2 "Date announced for Cardiff council by-election in Roath", Wales Online, 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
↑ "Cardiff council's Rodney Berman toppled in cull of leaders", BBC News, 4 May 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

External links

Plasnewydd Ward Information

Communities of Cardiff

Adamsdown Butetown Caerau Canton Castle Cathays Cyncoed Ely Fairwater Gabalfa Grangetown Heath Lisvane Llandaff Llandaff North Llanishen Llanrumney Pentwyn Pentyrch Plasnewydd Pontprennau Radyr and Morganstown Rhiwbina Riverside Roath Rumney St Fagans Old St Mellons Splott Tongwynlais Trowbridge Whitchurch

Politics and Government in Cardiff

Local Government	City of Cardiff Council County Hall City Hall Elections

Local Government Electoral wards	Adamsdown Butetown Caerau Canton Cathays Creigiau & St Fagans Cyncoed Ely Fairwater Gabalfa Grangetown Heath Llanishen Lisvane Llandaff Llandaff North Llanrumney Pentwyn Pentyrch Penylan Plasnewydd Pontprennau & Old St Mellons Radyr & Morganstown Rhiwbina Riverside Rumney Splott Trowbridge Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

National Assembly for Wales Constituencies and AMs	Cardiff Central (Jenny Rathbone Lab) Cardiff North (Julie Morgan Lab) Cardiff West (Mark Drakeford Lab) Cardiff South and Penarth (Vaughan Gething Lab) South Wales Central (Andrew RT Davies - David Melding - Eluned Parrott - Leanne Wood)

Devolved Administration in Wales Institutions and Venues	National Assembly for Wales (Senedd Tŷ Hywel) Welsh Government Crown Building (Cathays Park))

House of Commons Constituencies and MPs	Cardiff Central (Jo Stevens Lab) Cardiff North (Jonathan Evans Con) Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan Lab) Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty Lab)

European Parliament Constituencies and MEPs	Wales (Jill Evans Plaid) (Kay Swinburne Con) (Nathan Gill UKIP) (Derek Vaughan Lab)

Police and crime commissioner	South Wales (Alun Michael Lab)

Headquarters	Plaid Cymru Wales Green Party Welsh Conservative Party Welsh Labour Welsh Liberal Democrats

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