Riverside (Cardiff electoral ward)

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Riverside ward
Electoral ward
Cardiff ward location - Riverside.png
Location of Riverside ward within Cardiff
Population13,771 (2011 census) [1]
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postcode district CF11
Dialling code +44-29
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors3
List of places
UK
Wales
Cardiff

The Riverside electoral ward of Cardiff covers the Riverside and Pontcanna areas of the city, electing three councillors to Cardiff Council. The ward was originally created in 1890, as a ward to Cardiff County Borough Council.

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Description

The Riverside ward includes the communities of Riverside and Pontcanna, which are located immediately west of Cardiff city centre and the River Taff. According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 13,771. [1]

The boundary of the electoral ward initially matched that of the Riverside community. However, Pontcanna saw itself as distinctly different, with its smart Victorian houses and villas surrounding Cathedral Road despite these existing in other, 'less desirable', parts of Riverside like Fitzhamon Embankment or Lower Cathedral Road. [2] [3] In November 2016 the northern two-thirds of the ward became a separate Pontcanna community. [4] [5]

Riverside is bounded by the wards of Cathays to the east, Grangetown to the south; Canton and Llandaff to the west. There is no community council for the area.

It is located in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff West and the Senedd constituency of the same name.

Representatives

2017

2017 Cardiff Council election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iona Gordon *2,27819%
Labour Caro Wild *2,05017%
Labour Kanaya Singh1,94116%
Plaid Cymru Ruksana Begum1,1269%
Plaid Cymru Richard Williams1,0549%
Plaid Cymru Mubashar Khan9598%
Conservative Jason Griffin5104%
Conservative Leon Bancroft4644%
Conservative Gaener Davies4153%
Liberal Democrats Alun Williams4013%
Green Ken Barker4003%
Liberal Democrats Molik Ahmed2252%
Liberal Democrats Callum Littlemore2182%
Independent Ahmed Alsisi861%
Turnout 45%

2015 by-election

Labour councillor Cecilia Love resigned her seat in August 2015 for family reasons [7] causing a by-election, which was won on 7 October 2015 by Labour candidate Caro Wild. [8]

2012

After a "bitter" campaign Plaid Cymru lost their remaining two ward seats to the Labour Party, with sitting Labour councillor Iona Gordon topping the poll. [9]

2012 Cardiff Council election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iona Gordon *1,73118%
Labour Cecilia Love1,55516%
Labour Philip Hawkins1,43115%
Plaid Cymru Mohammed Islam *1,15312%
Plaid Cymru Jaswant Singh *94410%
Plaid Cymru Haf Roberts94010%
Green Ceri Hughes2943%
Conservative Jennifer Lay2863%
Conservative Michael Bryan2763%
Green Yvan Maurel2723%
Conservative Gaener Davies2633%
Green Janet Tucker1892%
Liberal Democrats Gwilym Owen1421%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Townsend1291%
Liberal Democrats Eleri Randerson1221%
TUSC Garmon Gruffydd991%

2011 by-election

Plaid Cymru councillor Gwenllian Lansdown resigned her seat in January 2011 after six years representing Riverside, because she had moved from Cardiff to live in Powys. [11] The resulting by-election took place on 3 March 2011, which was won unexpectedly by the Labour candidate, Iona Gordon. The turnout was 39.8%. [12]

2008

2008 Cardiff Council election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Plaid Cymru Gwenllian Lansdown *1,06443.9%
Plaid Cymru Mohammed S. Islam *1,064
Plaid Cymru Jaswant Singh991
Labour Mark Drakeford 78632.4%
Labour A. Ahmed743
Labour S. Evans707
Conservative R. Cotty29512.2%
Liberal Democrats M. Hughes28011.5%
Liberal Democrats P. Bale250
Liberal Democrats M. Hyde235
Conservative S. Awan209
Conservative A. Awan206
Turnout 39.9% [12]

Ward creation

In July 1890, following the creation of Cardiff County Borough Council, Riverside was the name of one of the ten new electoral wards created in the county borough. It was briefly known as "Canton South", having been split from the existing Canton ward, which had been growing rapidly. [14] Each of the three councillors took turns to stand for re-election, on a three-yearly cycle.

1890

The first election on 1 November 1890 was unusual because there were contests to elect two councillors rather than one. This was because sitting Conservative Cllr Smith had recently died and an election was needed to elect a replacement. Both elections saw the Liberal Party gain seats from the Conservatives, by small majorities. Noah Rees won Cllr Smith's seat and Dr James defeated sitting councillor, Mr R. Price. [15]

1890 Cardiff County Borough Council election (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dr James 638
Conservative R. Price *615
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
1890 Cardiff County Borough Council election (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Noah Rees 635
Conservative Mr Evans605
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

*= sitting councillor prior to the election

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