Llanishen (electoral ward)

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Llanishen ward
Community/Electoral ward
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Location of Llanishen ward within Cardiff
Population17,417 (2011 census) [1]
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postcode district CF14
Dialling code +44-29
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Llanishen is the name of an electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers the community of Llanishen (and until 2022 Thornhill, which was created from the northern half of Llanishen in 2016).

Contents

Llanishen is bordered to the north by the Lisvane and Thornhill ward, to the west by Rhiwbina, to the south by the Heath ward and to the southeast by Cyncoed.

The Llanishen ward elects two (formerly four) councillors to Cardiff Council and has been represented by a mixture of Conservative and Labour councillors.

Between 2014 and 2017 Llanishen councillor Phil Bale was the leader of Cardiff Council. [2] On 2 August 2019 Phil Bale announced he was stepping down as councillor triggering a by-election on 21 November 2019. [3] Labour subsequently lost its seat to the Conservative Party.

2020 boundary review

Following a Cardiff boundary review, intended to give better electoral parity, the new community of Thornhill was transferred from the Llanishen ward to the neighbouring Lisvane ward, effective from the 2022 Cardiff Council election. As a result, Llanishen's representation reduced from 4 to 2 councillors. [4]

Representation

Representation 1973 date [5] [6]
 ConservativeRatepayer
197360
197651
ElectionConservative   Labour   
197960
198330
198730
1991 21
199513
199904
200440
200840
201213
201731
2019BE40
2022 02

BE= overall standing in the ward following a by-election

One of the four Conservative councillors who had represented the ward since 2004, Bob Smith, resigned from the Conservative party in November 2011, to sit as an Independent. This was in protest at not being re-selected to fight the seat at the May 2012 elections. [7]

Cardiff Council elections

2017

2017 Cardiff Council election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shaun Michael Jenkins 2,890 12%  
Labour Co-op Phillip David Bale * 2,805 11%  
Conservative John Gustaf Lancaster 2,804 11%  
Conservative Thomas Alexander Parkhill 2,528 10%  
Labour Co-op Garry Hunt *2,52310%
Conservative Daniel Pablo Ruff2,38310%
Labour Co-op Jacqueline Margarete Jones2,2829%
Labour Co-op Masudah Ali2,2549%
Plaid Cymru Lona Roberts6663%
Liberal Democrats Karl Anthony Mudd5933%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Elizabeth Bridges5752%
Liberal Democrats Anabella Rees5432%
Green Michael David Cope5282%
Liberal Democrats Robert Miles Godfrey4492%
UKIP Lawrence Gwynn3231%
UKIP Crispin Anthony John2401%
UKIP Vivian Evans2201%
UKIP John Hill1801%
Turnout 50%

2019 by-election

A by-election took place on 21 November 2019, caused by the resignation of the remaining Labour councillor, Phil Bale. The seat was won by the Conservatives. [9]

2019 Cardiff Council Llanishen By-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sian Elin-Melbourne 1,566 43%  
Labour Co-op Garry Hunt1,25435%
Liberal Democrats Will Ogbourne38711%
Plaid Cymru Chris Haines2096%
Green Michael David Cope1384%
Independent Lawrence Douglas Gwynn592%
Turnout 361327%

*= sitting councillor prior to the election

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