Llanishen (electoral ward)

Llanishen ward
Community/Electoral ward
Location of Llanishen ward within Cardiff
Population	17,417 (2011 census) [1]
Principal area	Cardiff
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARDIFF
Postcode district	CF14
Dialling code	+44-29
UK Parliament	Cardiff North
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Cardiff North
Councillors	2
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Llanishen is 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).

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]
		Conservative		Ratepayer
1973		6		0
1976		5		1
Election		Conservative		Labour
1979		6		0
1983		3		0
1987		3		0
1991		2		1
1995		1		3
1999		0		4
2004		4		0
2008		4		0
2012		1		3
2017		3		1
2019BE		4		0
2022		0		2

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 *	2,523	10%
	Conservative	Daniel Pablo Ruff	2,383	10%
	Labour Co-op	Jacqueline Margarete Jones	2,282	9%
	Labour Co-op	Masudah Ali	2,254	9%
	Plaid Cymru	Lona Roberts	666	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Anthony Mudd	593	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Elizabeth Bridges	575	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Anabella Rees	543	2%
	Green	Michael David Cope	528	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Miles Godfrey	449	2%
	UKIP	Lawrence Gwynn	323	1%
	UKIP	Crispin Anthony John	240	1%
	UKIP	Vivian Evans	220	1%
	UKIP	John Hill	180	1%
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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sian Elin-Melbourne	1,566	43%
	Labour Co-op	Garry Hunt	1,254	35%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Ogbourne	387	11%
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Haines	209	6%
	Green	Michael David Cope	138	4%
	Independent	Lawrence Douglas Gwynn	59	2%
Turnout			3613	27%

*= sitting councillor prior to the election

References

1. "Llanishen - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
2. "Phil Bale named as new leader of Cardiff council's Labour group and is set to be new leader of city's council". Wales Online. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
3. "Former leader of Cardiff Council Phil Bale to step away from politics". WalesOnline. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
4. "Cardiff Final Recommendations". Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
5. "Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
6. "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
7. "Cardiff councillor quits in protest over re-selection". Wales Online. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
8. "Election results for Llanishen - Cardiff Council Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
9. "Conservatives beat Labour in Llanishen by-election". Wales Online. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
10. "Election results for Llanishen - Cardiff Council Elections 2019 - Thursday, 21st November 2019". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 22 November 2019.