2022 Cardiff Council election

The 2022 Cardiff Council election is currently taking place as of 5 May 2022[1] to elect 79 members to Cardiff Council. On the same day, elections will be held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous Cardiff all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years.

2022 Cardiff Council election
5 May 2022
All 79 (previously 75) seats to Cardiff Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Huw Thomas Adrian Robson Rhys Taylor
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Splott Rhiwbina Gabalfa
Last election 40 20 11
Seats before 39 21 11
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Neil McEvoy
Party Propel Independent
Leader's seat Fairwater
Last election 0 1
Seats before 3 1
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

TBD

Background

Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2021, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2021 Senedd election. The frequency of the elections was also increased from 4 years to five years to avoid future clashes,[2] meaning (after 2022) the next council election is expected in 2027.

The number of councillors is to be increased from 75 to 79 at the 2022 election, with a number of ward changes to ensure better electoral parity.[3]

The Labour group have been in control of the council since 2012.

The Welsh Cladiators, a residents group campaigning against fire defective buildings, hoped to stand in the Butetown ward.[4]

A by-election was held in the Heath ward in November 2021—historically a ward split evenly between the main parties and seen as a possible indicator of the vote at the all-council election—which was won by the Labour Party with 47% of the vote. The Plaid joint candidate coming fourth with 7%.[5]

Common Ground Alliance
Example of a Cardiff Council ballot paper May 2022.

In September 2021 Plaid Cymru and the Green Party announced an electoral pact, which would see them fielding a joint slate of candidates in Cardiff. Neither party had sitting councillors—Plaid Cymru's councillors elected in 2017 had been either expelled or had quit the party.[1] In this election, the two parties are fielding a common slate of candidates, known as the Common Ground Alliance.[6] Of the 70 Common Ground Alliance candidates, 46 are from Plaid Cymru with the remaining 24 from the Green Party.[7]

Ward changes
Map showing number of councillors per ward.
  2 councillors
  3 councillors
  4 councillors

In October 2021 Cardiff Council accepted a number of ward change proposals made by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, with only slight modification. These were to take effect from the 2022 council election.[8] The changes gave a better parity of representation. Twenty-one wards remained unchanged.[3] Of the other wards:[8][9]

  • Butetown would have an increase from 1 to 3 councillors.
  • Creigiau/St Fagans merges with the Pentyrch ward and is renamed "Pentyrch and St Fagans", with a total increase in councillors from 2 to 3.
  • Grangetown would get an increase from 3 to 4 councillors.
  • Lisvane renamed "Lisvane and Thornhill", with the addition of Thornhill from the neighbouring Llanishen ward and an increase from 1 to 3 councillors.
  • Llanishen sees a decrease in councillors, from 4 to 2, following the transfer of Thornhill to Lisvane.
  • Pentwyn sees a decrease in councillors, from 4 to 3.
  • Pontprennau/Old St Mellons renamed "Pontprennau and Old St Mellons".
  • Radyr would have an increase from 1 to 2 councillors.

Candidates by party

A total of 358 candidates are standing for the 79 seats on the council (an average of 4.5 candidates per seat). Eleven parties or alliances are standing candidates in this election, plus two independent candidates.

Both the Labour and the Conservatives are standing the full 79 candidates. Both the Common Ground Alliance and the Liberal Democrats are standing in all 28 wards, while Propel is standing in 21 wards (75%) and the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition has candidates in 15 wards (54%).

Party Number of candidates Number of wards
Conservative 79 28
Labour 79 28
Common Ground Alliance
(Plaid Cymru and Wales Green Party)		 70 28
Liberal Democrats 67 28
Propel 38 21
TUSC 15 15
Sovereign Party 4 4
Independent 2 1
Communist 1 1
Freedom Alliance 1 1
Volt UK 1 1
Women's Equality 1 1
Total 358 / 79 28

Overview of results

TBD

Ward results

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Adamsdown (2 seats)
Adamsdown[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malik Musaddek Ahmed
Liberal Democrats Yasin Ahmed Chowdhury
Common Ground Phil Doré
Labour Grace Ferguson-Thorne
Labour Owen Llewellyn Jones*
Propel Jimmy Mapstone
Conservative Gurmit Singh Randhawa
Conservative Georgina Webb
TUSC Katrine Williams
Common Ground Marc Owen Williams
Turnout

Butetown (3 seats)
Butetown[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Common Ground Lewis Beecham
Liberal Democrats Sam Cooke
Labour Saeed Ebrahim*
Conservative Declan Aaron Edwards
Conservative Dan French
Common Ground Katie Greenaway
Labour Helen Gunter
Liberal Democrats Majid Karim
Labour Margaret Lewis
Propel Diane McEvoy
Liberal Democrats Marshall Tisdale
Common Ground Helen Rose Westhead
Conservative Howard Wilkins
Turnout

Caerau (2 seats)
Caerau[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Joseph Boyle
Labour Peter Bradbury*
Propel Peter Crumb
Propel Brendan Curran
Common Ground Emyr Gruffydd
Conservative Dave Medlam
TUSC Dave Reid
Labour Elaine Simmons*
Conservative Rob Sutton
Turnout

Canton (3 seats)
Canton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Common Ground John ap Steffan
Labour Jasmin Chowdhury
Labour Stephen Cunnah*
Labour Susan Elsmore*
Propel John Gabb
Common Ground Matthew Hawkins
Common Ground Eleri Lewis
Propel Osman Marks
Liberal Democrats Henry George Mayall
Liberal Democrats Ian John Newton
Conservative Bhupendra Pathak
Conservative Muhammad Raz
Conservative Jonathon Segarty
Propel Lucy Sarah Stayt
TUSC Taryn Tarrant-Cornish
Turnout

Cathays (4 seats)
Cathays[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ali Ahmed*
Liberal Democrats James Bear
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bird
Conservative Daniel Martin Burton
Common Ground Ceri John Davies
Common Ground Attah Essien
Independent Dougie Gentles
Conservative Aled John Jones-Pritchard
Conservative Janine Jones-Pritchard
Conservative Richard Mackay-Stewart
Labour Norma Mackie*
Labour Sarah Merry*
Liberal Democrats Hugh Minor
Common Ground Deio Sion Llewelyn Owen
TUSC George Phillips
Communist Noah Russell
Liberal Democrats Deborah Stux
Independent Paulus Thurlbeck
Common Ground Lowri Tudur
Labour Chris Weaver*
Turnout

Cyncoed (3 seats)
Cyncoed[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Baldwin
Labour Ian Bounds
Conservative Jasmin Cogin
Common Ground Maralyn Joy Davies
Propel Tim Dill-Peterson
Conservative Jack Goodwin
Liberal Democrats Robert James Hopkins*
Labour Madhu Khanna-Davies
Common Ground James Peter Kenneth Meiklejohn
Liberal Democrats Bablin Molik*
Conservative Edward Sumner
Common Ground Siân Wyn
Liberal Democrats Daniel Edward Waldron
Turnout

Ely (3 seats)
Ely[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russell Vivian Goodway*
Common Ground David Peter Griffin
Labour Irene May Humphreys
Labour Kaaba Maliika
Propel Ellie Kamanda
Liberal Democrats Clive John Mann
Propel Ceri McEvoy
Conservative Michelle Michaelis
Common Ground Shaun Hew Phillips
Propel Jamie Pugh
Conservative Waseem Qazi
TUSC Ross Saunders
Conservative George Michael Welsh
Turnout

Fairwater (3 seats)
Fairwater[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Adams
Labour Saleh Ahmed
Labour Claudia Boes
Common Ground Philip Christopher Croxall
Propel Lisa Ford*
Liberal Democrats Eleri Kathryn Kibale
Conservative Natalie Matthews
Propel Neil McEvoy*
Propel Keith Parry*
Liberal Democrats Mark Andrew Rees
Common Ground Neil Roberts
Labour Lorna Stabler
Conservative Clive Williams
Common Ground Erik Williams
Turnout

Sitting councillors, McEvoy, Ford and Parry, were elected for Plaid Cymru at the 2017 election. McEvoy was expelled, Ford and Parry later resigned and sat as Independents.[11] McEvoy later founded a new party, Propel.

Gabalfa (2 seats)
Gabalfa[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Common Ground Sam Coates
Conservative Margaret Fegan
TUSC Michael Charles Frazier
Women's Equality Bethan Louise Fry
Conservative David Stewart Gow
Labour Leo Holmes
Labour Claire O'Shea
Liberal Democrats Rhys Taylor*
Liberal Democrats Ashley Kalum Wood*
Turnout

Grangetown (4 seats)
Grangetown[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Anyaike
Common Ground Tariq Awan
TUSC Joe Fathallah
Propel Jonathan Paul Gee
Conservative Conor Holohan
Common Ground Sarah King
Liberal Democrats Irfan Latif
Labour Ash Lister*
Liberal Democrats David Paul Morgan
Common Ground Luke Nicholas
Propel Sailesh Patel
Conservative Llyr Tomos Powell
Labour Sara Elisabeth Robinson
Labour Abdul Sattar*
Liberal Democrats Aamir Sheikh
Common Ground Frankie-Rose Taylor
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne*
Propel Michael James Voyce
Conservative Vivienne Ward
Turnout

Heath (3 seats)
Heath[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Ash-Edwards
Common Ground Gwennol Haf
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hill
Labour Graham Hinchey*
Conservative Lyn Hudson*
Conservative Peter Hudson
Common Ground Catherine Jane Lewis
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Lock
Labour Julie Sangani*
Conservative Heather Ward
Liberal Democrats Alun Williams
Turnout

Sitting councillor, Julie Sangani, had been elected at a by-election in November 2021, following the retirement of a long standing Independent councillor.[12]

Lisvane and Thornhill (3 seats)

Candidates John Lancaster and Sian-Elin Melbourne were councillors for the Llanishen ward prior to this election.

Lisvane and Thornhill[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Chinnick
Common Ground Gwynfor Davies
Common Ground Jonathan Mark Draper
Liberal Democrats Claire Louise Halliwell
Conservative John Lancaster*
Conservative Sian-Elin Melbourne*
Labour Spencer Pearson
Labour Georgina Ann Phillips
Conservative Emma Reid-Jones
Liberal Democrats Robert Corry Woodward
Turnout

Llandaff (2 seats)
Llandaff[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Common Ground Judith Allan
Propel Charlotte Dommett
Conservative Sean Driscoll*
Liberal Democrats Ann Margaret Hyde
Liberal Democrats Keith Charles Hyde
Labour Peter Huw Jenkins
Propel Mal McEvoy
Sovereign Party Gruffydd Meredith
Labour Laura Rochefort
Conservative Matt Smith
Common Ground Steffan Webb
Turnout

Llandaff North (2 seats)

#

Llandaff North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dilwar Ali*
Labour Jennifer Burke-Davies*
Liberal Democrats Elinor Claire Dixon
Liberal Democrats Matthew Thomas Dixon
Common Ground Gill Griffin
Propel Janet Hayde
Propel Kevin Hayde
Conservative Felix Milbank
TUSC Helen Perriam
Common Ground Paul Rock
Conservative Craig Teale-Jones
Turnout

Llanishen (2 seats)
Llanishen[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Common Ground Betsan Angell
Common Ground Michael David Cope
Propel Andrew John Edwards
Conservative Lawrence Douglas Gwynn
Labour Garry Hunt
Conservative Jens Mario Kaiser
Liberal Democrats Mary Rose Naughton
Labour Bethan Eluned Proctor
Liberal Democrats Peter Frederick Randerson
Turnout

Llanrumney (3 seats)
Llanrumney][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Edward Bridgeman*
Common Ground Jan Deem
Conservative Alan Hill
Labour Keith Phillip Jones*
Labour Heather Christine Joyce*
Propel Colin Lewis
Propel Charlene Manley
Conservative Kristopher David Roche
TUSC Danielle Louise Smith
Liberal Democrats John Speake
Liberal Democrats Laura Speake
Conservative Mason Steed
Liberal Democrats Wayne Street
Turnout

Pentwyn (3 seats)
Pentwyn[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Stewart Bryan
Sovereign Party Darren Bryant
Liberal Democrats Joe Carter*
Propel Dean Febbo
Conservative Joseph Thomas Kidd
Labour Hannah McCarthy
Common Ground Paul Morgan
Labour Jess Moultrie
Conservative Munawar Ahmed Mughal
Liberal Democrats Dan Naughton*
TUSC Catherine Anne Peace
Common Ground Eluned Marion Press
Liberal Democrats Emma Sandrey*
Common Ground Elliot Stitfall
Labour Simon Woolston
Turnout

Pentyrch and St Fagans (3 seats)

Common Ground candidate Andrea Gibson was elected as a Plaid Cymru councillor for Ely in a by-election in February 2019.[13] Gibson left Plaid Cymru in October 2019[11] and later sat as an independent.[14]

Pentyrch and St Fagans[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shane Peter Andrew
Conservative Catriona Brown-Reckless
Volt UK David Frank Davies
Conservative Gary Dixon
Propel Gareth Dommett
Labour Lexi Joanna Gauci
Common Ground Andrea Gibson
Common Ground Rhys Owain Livesy
Liberal Democrats Caroline Morris
Propel Andrew Pugh
Conservative Jena Quilter
Liberal Democrats David Rees
Liberal Democrats Trisha Rees
Common Ground John Rowlands
Propel Claire Venables
Labour John Yarrow
Turnout

Penylan (3 seats)
Penylan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman*
Labour Elin Bold
Common Ground Nick Carter
Common Ground Dewi John
Conservative Harry Jones
Liberal Democrats Imran Latif
Propel Marc Phillips
Conservative Tomos John Povey
Labour Emlyn James Pratt
Liberal Democrats Jon Shimmin
Conservative Frank Smith
Labour Jonathan Mark Wilson
Turnout

Plasnewydd (4 seats)
Plasnewydd[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel De'Ath*
Conservative Luke Doherty
Liberal Democrats James Clare
Liberal Democrats Richard Anthony Jerrett
Liberal Democrats Phil Jones
Common Ground Adam James Layzell
Labour Sue Lent*
Sovereign Party Justin Lilley
Common Ground Owen Benedict Ruari McArdle
Conservative James McClean
Labour Mary McGarry*
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Nichols
Common Ground Ned Parish
Conservative Nigel Richards
Common Ground Morgan Meurig Rogers
Conservative Zach Stubbings
TUSC John Aaron Williams
Labour Pete Wong*
Turnout

Pontprennau and Old St Mellons (2 seats)
Pontprennau and Old St Mellons[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Freedom Alliance Teresa Browning
Labour Khuram Chowdhry
Common Ground Steve George
Common Ground Ceri Hughes
Conservative Peter Littlechild
Liberal Democrats Nigel Mackerras
Liberal Democrats Sarah Elizabeth Mackerras
Labour Nicola Savage
Conservative Joel Williams*
Turnout

Radyr (2 seats)
Radyr[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Calum Tudur James Davies
Labour Tyrone Davies
Common Ground Michael Deem
Conservative Chris Harries
Labour Helen Margaret Lloyd Jones
Liberal Democrats Matthew Peter Morgan
Common Ground Radha Nair-Roberts
Propel Craig Ollerton
Liberal Democrats Annabelle Rees
Propel Steve West
Turnout

Rhiwbina (3 seats)
Rhiwbina[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Common Ground Cenric Clement-Evans
Conservative Jayne Louise Cowan*
Labour Morgan Fackrell
Labour Bev Hampson
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Land
Common Ground Rhys Llewellyn Williams
Common Ground Alice Bethan Macintosh
Liberal Democrats Anne Morgan
Conservative Oliver William Owen*
Conservative Adrian Robson*
Labour Christopher James Walburn
Turnout

Riverside (3 seats)
Riverside[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Propel Amir Alsisi
Propel Amira Alsisi
Common Ground Ken Barker
Conservative Terry Brooks
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Chaloner
Propel Philip Fotiatis
TUSC Lianne Francis
Liberal Democrats Mahmood Hassan
Sovereign Party Darrin Lee Hughes
Common Ground James Sioned
Conservative Ron Michaelis
Conservative Kola Ponnle
Common Ground Rachel Susan Roberts
Labour Kanaya Singh
Labour Leonora Hope Thomson
Labour Caro Wild*
Liberal Democrats Alun Williams
Turnout

Rumney (2 seats)
Rumney[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali
Propel Roy Colley
TUSC Rhys Hywel Davies
Labour Bob Derbyshire*
Common Ground David Fitzpatrick
Conservative Gareth Llewellyn Lloyd
Labour Jackie Parry*
Conservative Rhydian Thomas Payne
Turnout

Splott (3 seats)
Splott[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TUSC Dave Bartlett
Common Ground Pip Beattie
Common Ground Tom Coates
Propel Anthony Eedy
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Evans
Labour Jane Henshaw
Conservative Thomas Harry James
Common Ground Alex Jamieson
Conservative Christopher Kirkham
Conservative Bob Lawrence
Labour Ed Stubbs*
Labour Huw Thomas*
Liberal Democrats Gary Van Der Walt
Turnout

Trowbridge (3 seats)
Trowbridge[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernie Bowen-Thomson*
Propel Bernard Llewelyn Carleton
TUSC Joanna Chojnicka
Liberal Democrats Chris Cogger
Conservative Catherine Elizabeth Dart
Conservative Christopher Anthony Dart
Common Ground Beca Evans
Labour Chris Lay*
Propel Leanne Lennox
Labour Michael Michael*
Conservative Geraint Hywel Payne
Common Ground Jonathan Rhys Williams
Common Ground Martin Williams
Turnout

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)
Whitchurch and Tongwynlais[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Carr
Liberal Democrats Dominic Eggbeer
Common Ground Marc Flagg
Liberal Democrats Robert Godfrey
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Marie Grant
Labour Jamie Green
Common Ground Gruffudd Jones
Labour Jackie Jones
Conservative Mike Jones-Pritchard*
Common Ground Tessa Hannah Marshall
Conservative Linda Morgan*
Conservative Sharon Owen
Labour Marc Palmer
Conservative Mike Phillips*
Common Ground Kate Prosser
Liberal Democrats Pippa Shimmin
Turnout

See also

References
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  2. Mosalski, Ruth (24 September 2019). "The date of the next council elections in Wales has moved". Wales Online. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. "Cardiff Council Boundary Reforms Confirmed". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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  6. Owen, Twm. "Plaid Cymru launch local election campaign on Tory ground". The National. The National. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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  9. "Cardiff Final Recommendations". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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