| Grangetown ward | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward | |
 Location of Grangetown ward within Cardiff | |
| Population | 20,800 (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 | |
| Councillors | 4 |
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.
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]
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 [3] the eventual winner.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Waheeda Abdul Sattar | 1,470 | 47.5% | N/A | |
| Common Ground | Kirstie Kopetzki | 573 | 18.5% | N/A | |
| Conservative | Zak Weaver | 387 | 12.5% | N/A | |
| Propel | Sash Patel | 292 | 9.4% | N/A | |
| Independent | Ahmed Abdillahi Abdi Samater | 205 | 6.6% | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Robin Bear | 123 | 3.9% | N/A | |
| Independent | Andrew Charles Hovord | 44 | 1.4% | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3094 | 20.3 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Following a boundary review the number of seats increased from three to four. The boundaries themselves for this ward remained unchanged.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Awan | 1,511 | 29.5 | N/A | |
| Common Ground | Sarah King | 1,382 | 27.0 | N/A | |
| Common Ground | Luke Nicholas | 1,312 | 25.7 | N/A | |
| Common Ground | Frankie-Rose Taylor | 1,131 | 22.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Joseph Anyaike | 487 | 9.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Conor Holohan | 478 | 9.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Llyr Tomos Powell | 442 | 8.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Vivienne Ward | 425 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Paul Morgan | 266 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Irfan Latif | 258 | 5.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aamir Sheikh | 250 | 4.9 | N/A | |
| Propel | Jonathan Paul Gee | 175 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| Propel | Sailesh Patel | 162 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Propel | Michael James Voyce | 150 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Joe Fathallah | 109 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 5,115 [6] | 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. [7]
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. [8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ashley Lister | 2199 | |||
| Labour | Abdul Sattar | 2198 | |||
| Labour | Lynda Thorne * | 2121 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Tariq Awan * | 1757 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Richard Vaughan | 1438 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Lisa Musa | 1310 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Bryan | 671 | |||
| Conservative | Jenna Malvisi | 604 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Pike | 580 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jahangir Hussain | 350 | |||
| Green | Simon Morton | 272 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Evans | 232 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Muhammed Latif | 194 | |||
| TUSC | Lianne Francis | 65 | |||
| TUSC | Joe Fathallah | 46 | |||
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. [10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Tariq Awan | 1163 | |||
| Labour | Maliika Kaaba | 1049 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Bryan | 287 | |||
| UKIP | Richard Lewis | 141 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ashgar Ali | 127 | |||
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. [12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ashley Govier | 1,812 | |||
| Labour | Chris Lomax | 1,709 | |||
| Labour | Lynda Doreen Thorne | 1,704 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Abdul Sattar | 1,511 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Mohammed Tariq Awan | 1,467 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Luke Nicholas | 1,391 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Francesca Eva Sara Montemaggi * | 505 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Morgan * | 501 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Harding | 489 | |||
| Conservative | Vincent Bailey | 308 | |||
| Conservative | Axel Kaehne | 266 | |||
| Conservative | Karys Oram | 251 | |||
| Green | Sian Best | 215 | |||
| Green | Ken Barker | 205 | |||
| Christian | Clive Stanley Bate | 84 | |||
| Communist | Rick Newnham | 77 | |||
In May 2008, the Liberal Democrats successfully defended their three seats.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Francesca Montemaggi * | 1,357 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Asghar Ali * | 1,319 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Morgan | 1,317 | |||
| Labour | Lynda Doreen Thorne | 1,138 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Brooks | 1,131 | |||
| Labour | David Collins | 1,104 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Farida Alsam | 1,099 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Patrick Daley | 1,009 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Ioan Bellin | 920 | |||
| Conservative | Benjamin Green | 546 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Jones | 533 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Wallbank | 482 | |||
| Communist | Rick Newnham | 111 | |||
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. [14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Winifred Jones | 1,424 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Francesca Montemaggi | 1,417 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Asghar Ali | 1,404 | |||
| Labour | Lynda Doreen Thorne * | 1,122 | |||
| Labour | Iftakhar Mohammad Khan | 1,113 | |||
| Labour | Peter George Perkins * | 1,072 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Patrick Daley | 838 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Abul Faiz M. Belal | 764 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Jason Scott Toby | 749 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Summerhayes | 427 | |||
| Conservative | Adrian John Spinola | 420 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Peter Mendelssohn | 369 | |||
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. [16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Armour Bernard Matthewson | 1,260 | |||
| Conservative | Anthea Jean Thomas * | 1,249 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Peter Stayeley McMullen | 315 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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. [17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib-Lab | John Jenkins | 484 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Upham | 260 | |||
| Turnout | 753 | 61.4 | |||
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*= sitting councillor prior to the election
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