Grangetown (Cardiff electoral ward)

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Grangetown ward
Electoral ward
Cardiff ward location - Grangetown.png
Location of Grangetown ward within Cardiff
Population20,800 (2021 census)
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postcode district CF11
Dialling code +44-29
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors4
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UK
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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.

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Description

The Grangetown ward lies to the south of the city between the rivers Taff and Ely. The ward elects four 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] this rose to 20,800 by the 2021 census

Following a Cardiff boundary review, intended to give better electoral parity, the number of councillors for the Grangetown ward was increased from 3 to 4, effective from the 2022 Cardiff Council election. [2]

Election results

2025 by-election

A by-election was called for the 14 August 2025, following the stepping down of Labour councillor, Sara Robinson. [3] The vacant seat was won by the Green Party, their first ever seat on Cardiff Council and their first ever by-election win in Wales. [4]

2025 Grangetown by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Matt Youde 818 24.4%
Labour Khuram Chowdhry77423.1%
Plaid Cymru Neil Roberts63919.1%
Reform UK Joseph Martin49513.0%
Propel Vincent Yewlett3279.8%
Independent Ahmed Samater1584.7%
Conservative James Hamblin1394.1%
Liberal Democrats Irfan Latif631.8%
Turnout 26.7
Green gain from Labour

2024 by-election

Following the death of Abdul Sattar in February, a by-election was called for 25 April 2024. Seven candidates put themselves forward to fill the vacancy, including Sattar's widow Waheeda Sattar [5] the eventual winner.

2024 Grangetown by-election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Waheeda Abdul Sattar 1,470 47.5% N/A
Common Ground Kirstie Kopetzki57318.5%N/A
Conservative Zak Weaver38712.5%N/A
Propel Sash Patel2929.4%N/A
Independent Ahmed Abdillahi Abdi Samater2056.6%N/A
Liberal Democrats James Robin Bear1233.9%N/A
Independent Andrew Charles Hovord441.4%N/A
Turnout 309420.3
Labour hold

2022

Following a boundary review the number of seats increased from three to four. The boundaries themselves for this ward remained unchanged.

2022 Cardiff Council election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ash Lister* 2,885 56.4 N/A
Labour Sara Elisabeth Robinson 2,733 53.4 N/A
Labour Abdul Sattar* 2,665 52.1 N/A
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne* 2,533 49.5 N/A
Common Ground Tariq Awan1,51129.5N/A
Common Ground Sarah King1,38227.0N/A
Common Ground Luke Nicholas1,31225.7N/A
Common Ground Frankie-Rose Taylor1,13122.1N/A
Conservative Joseph Anyaike4879.5N/A
Conservative Conor Holohan4789.3N/A
Conservative Llyr Tomos Powell4428.6N/A
Conservative Vivienne Ward4258.3N/A
Liberal Democrats David Paul Morgan2665.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Irfan Latif2585.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Aamir Sheikh2504.9N/A
Propel Jonathan Paul Gee1753.4N/A
Propel Sailesh Patel1623.2N/A
Propel Michael James Voyce1502.9N/A
TUSC Joe Fathallah1092.1N/A
Turnout 5,115 [8] 35.8−1.5
Registered electors 14,304
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Abdul Sattar died suddenly aged 53, on 15 February 2024. [9]

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 by a single vote. [10]

2017 Cardiff Council election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Lister2199
Labour Abdul Sattar2198
Labour Lynda Thorne *2121
Plaid Cymru Tariq Awan *1757
Plaid Cymru Richard Vaughan1438
Plaid Cymru Lisa Musa1310
Conservative Michael Bryan671
Conservative Jenna Malvisi604
Conservative Andrew Pike580
Liberal Democrats Jahangir Hussain350
Green Simon Morton272
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Evans232
Liberal Democrats Muhammed Latif194
TUSC Lianne Francis65
TUSC Joe Fathallah46

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. [12]

2016 Grangetown by-election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Tariq Awan1163
Labour Maliika Kaaba1049
Conservative Michael Bryan287
UKIP Richard Lewis141
Liberal Democrats Ashgar Ali127

2012

In May 2012 Labour won back from the Liberal Democrats the three seats they had previously lost in 2004, with Plaid Cymru having a strong surge. [14]

2012 Cardiff Council elections [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Govier1,812
Labour Chris Lomax1,709
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne1,704
Plaid Cymru Abdul Sattar1,511
Plaid Cymru Mohammed Tariq Awan1,467
Plaid Cymru Luke Nicholas1,391
Liberal Democrats Francesca Eva Sara Montemaggi *505
Liberal Democrats David Morgan *501
Liberal Democrats Paul Harding489
Conservative Vincent Bailey308
Conservative Axel Kaehne266
Conservative Karys Oram251
Green Sian Best215
Green Ken Barker205
Christian Clive Stanley Bate84
Communist Rick Newnham77

2008

In May 2008, the Liberal Democrats successfully defended their three seats.

2008 Cardiff Council elections
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Francesca Montemaggi *1,357
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali *1,319
Liberal Democrats David Morgan1,317
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne1,138
Labour Stephen Brooks1,131
Labour David Collins1,104
Plaid Cymru Farida Alsam1,099
Plaid Cymru Patrick Daley1,009
Plaid Cymru Ioan Bellin920
Conservative Benjamin Green546
Conservative Mark Jones533
Conservative Michael Wallbank482
Communist Rick Newnham111

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. [16]

2004 Cardiff Council elections [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Winifred Jones1,424
Liberal Democrats Francesca Montemaggi1,417
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali1,404
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne *1,122
Labour Iftakhar Mohammad Khan1,113
Labour Peter George Perkins *1,072
Plaid Cymru Patrick Daley838
Plaid Cymru Abul Faiz M. Belal764
Plaid Cymru Jason Scott Toby749
Conservative Jean Summerhayes427
Conservative Adrian John Spinola420
Conservative Richard Peter Mendelssohn369

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. [18]

1970 Cardiff City Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Armour Bernard Matthewson 1,260
Conservative Anthea Jean Thomas *1,249
Plaid Cymru Peter Stayeley McMullen315
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. [19]

1890 Cardiff City Council election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab John Jenkins 484
Conservative Robert Upham260
Turnout 75361.4

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. [20] 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. ↑ "Cardiff Final Recommendations". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Peskett, Ted (1 August 2025). "List of Cardiff by-election candidates released". Nation.Cymru . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Peskett, Ted (15 August 2025). "List of Cardiff by-election candidates released". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Peskett, Ted (29 March 2024). "Widow of late councillor among candidates named ahead of Cardiff by-election". Herald Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Election results for Grangetown". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Grangetown". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Report on the May 2022 elections in Wales". Electoral Commission. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Emotional tributes as councillor and beloved community figure dies suddenly". Wales Online. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "The full results from Cardiff council's local elections 2017". Wales Online . 4 May 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Labour loses second Cardiff council seat in two months". Wales Online. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". yourCardiff. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Election results for the division of Grangetown (2012)". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  16. ↑ David James (8 July 2008). "Peter was a key figure in education". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Election results for the division of Grangetown (2004)". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Labour whoop for joy on poll triumph". South Wales Echo . 8 May 1970. p. 13.
  19. ↑ "Cardiff Municipal Elections - Liberal Victory". South Wales Daily News. 3 November 1890. p. 4 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
  20. ↑ "Cardiff New Wards - Determining The Boundaries". The Western Mail. 29 July 1890. p. 6 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
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