2017 Cardiff Council election

The 2017 Cardiff Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the national 2017 Welsh local elections. The elections were preceded by the 2012 elections and were followed by the 2022 elections.^[1]

2017 Cardiff Council election

← 2012 4 May 2017 2022 →
All 75 seats to Cardiff Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Phil Bale David Walker Elizabeth Clark Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Llanishen Lisvane Cathays Seats before 44 7 17 Seats won 40/75 20/74 11/75 Seat change 4 13 6 Popular vote 113,025 72,920 44,823 Percentage 39.5% 25.5% 15.7% Swing 3.2% 7.6% 0.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Neil McEvoy Fenella Bowden Party Plaid Cymru Heath & Birchgrove Independents Leader's seat Fairwater Heath Seats before 3 1 Seats won 3/60 1/3 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 41,243 3,810 (Heath) Percentage 14.8% 1.3% Swing 2.0% 0.2%
Map showing the results of the 2017 City of Cardiff Council Elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Election result

Labour maintained control of the authority following these elections, gaining their highest popular vote since 1995, but ending up with a reduced number of seats. The Conservatives achieved their best result since the unitary council was created in 1995, winning twenty seats and replacing the Liberal Democrats as the official opposition on the council. Plaid Cymru also secured their highest popular vote, despite standing in fewer seats than in 2012, but only won three seats. The Liberal Democrats in Cardiff suffered their worst election result in terms of total seats won (eleven) since 1995, whilst the local Green Party failed to win its first seat on the council, suffering a fall in support when compared to the 2012 election. The only independent candidate to be elected was Fenella Bowden in the Heath ward, who would become Cardiff Council's longest serving Independent councillor during the council term.^[2]

The only member of the original council elected in 1995 who had served continuously since then is Russell Goodway, former leader of the Council, who was again returned for the Ely ward. Others elected in 1995 but who had not remained members continuously included Graham Hinchey, Susan Lent, Sarah Merry, Lynda Thorne (Labour) and Fenella Bowden (LD/Independent).

Leader of the Plaid Cymru group, Neil McEvoy, was the only party leader to remain in post immediately after the election. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Elizabeth Clark lost her Cathays seat to Labour. Conservative group leader, David Walker, also stood down immediately after the elections.^[3] Council leader and leader of the Labour group prior to the election, Phil Bale, was replaced by Splott councillor Huw Thomas.^[4]

City of Cardiff Council Composition 2017

Cardiff Council Election 2017^[5]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	40	4	8	-4	53.3	39.5	113,025	+3.2
	Conservative	20	13	0	+13	26.6	25.5	72,920	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	11	0	5	-6	14.6	15.7	44,823	-0.7
	Plaid Cymru	3	1	1	±0.0	4.0	14.8	42,352	+2.0
	Heath/Birchgrove Ind.	1	0	0	±0.0	1.3	1.3	3,810	-0.2
	Green	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	1.3	3,822	-5.2
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.8	2,373	+0.3
	Independent	0	0	3	-3	0.0	0.7	2,056	N/A
	TUSC	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.3	810	-0.2

Manifestos

The four largest political groups on Cardiff Council produced manifestos for the 2017 local election campaign. The Heath Independents committed to six pledges ahead of the election.^[6]

The South Wales Echo also interviewed the four largest political group leaders prior to election day.

Cardiff Labour^[7][8][9]
Cardiff Conservatives^[10][11]
Cardiff Liberal Democrats^[12][13][14]
Plaid Cymru^[15][16][17]

Ward results

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Adamsdown (2 seats)

Adamsdown^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells*	917	42.8	+3.0
	Labour	Owen Jones	913	42.6	+3.4
	Labour	Gwenda Owen	874
	Liberal Democrats	John Dixon	863
	Conservative	Catherine Hemingway	107	5.0	+2.1
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Mason	105	4.9	−0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Esyllt Meurig	100
	Green	Mark Pritchard	99	4.6	−1.8
	Conservative	Pauline Ambani	97
	TUSC	David Reid	27	1.3	−2.4
Turnout			2,144	36.1	+7.4
Registered electors			5,946
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saeed Ebrahim	1,462	56.3	+19.0
	Plaid Cymru	Arreyeh-Naasir Aadan	462	17.8	−0.7
	Conservative	Heather Ward	356	13.7	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michail Arapis	237	9.1	−23.2
	Green	Neil Monteiro	85	3.3	−0.3
Turnout			2,597	34.9	+4.6
Registered electors			7,438
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradbury*	1,340	51.1	−7.2
	Labour	Elaine Simmons*	1,152
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Harvey	881	33.6	+23.5
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Swan	788
	Conservative	Edna Huntley	382	14.6	+6.3
	Conservative	Kolawole Ponnle	277
	Liberal Democrats	John Speake	71	2.7	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Speake	61
	TUSC	John Williams	28	1.1	N/A
Turnout			2,623	33.4	+4.1
Registered electors			7,859
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canton (3 seats)

Canton^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Elsmore*	2,370	42.3	−5.3
	Labour	Stephen Cunnah	2,314
	Labour	Ramesh Patel*	2,301
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Ab Owen	2,105	37.5	+17.3
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Tudur	1,944
	Plaid Cymru	John Lowes	1,867
	Conservative	David Davies	666	11.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Barbara Davies	649
	Liberal Democrats	Morgan Griffith-David	376	6.7	+4.2
	Conservative	Aileen Ashmore	363
	Green	Daniel McGowan	363	6.5	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harding	281
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Owen	274
Turnout			5,607	51.3	+10.0
Registered electors			10,929
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (4 seats)

Labour won all four seats. Ali Ahmed previously represented Butetown.

Cathays^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Merry*	1,639	50.3	+20.6
	Labour	Ali Ahmed	1,581
	Labour	Chris Weaver*	1,468
	Labour	Norma Mackie	1,458
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Clark*	976	30.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Satterthwaite	843
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Pilliner	834
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bailey	809
	Green	Helen Westhead	416	12.8	−8.7
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel Bryant	318	9.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Emily Higham	308	9.4	+1.7
	Conservative	Simon Rees	300
	Conservative	Joseph Ventre	297
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Davies	280
	Plaid Cymru	Emily Cole	274
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Gruffydd	250
	Conservative	Callum Sloper	244
	TUSC	Calum Glanville-Ellis	81	2.5	N/A
	TUSC	Sebastian Robyns-Landricombe	63
Turnout			3,256	28.1	+10.5
Registered electors			11,589
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Thomas*	948	47.0	+9.8
	Plaid Cymru	Wynford Owen	644	31.9	−4.8
	Labour	John Yarrow	334	16.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Borrow	91	4.5	+1.4
Turnout			2,018	50.3	+7.4
Registered electors			4,011
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Congreve	1,874	39.9	−4.8
	Conservative	Kathryn Kelloway	1,852	39.4	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bablin Molik	1,769
	Conservative	Lee Canning	1,737
	Conservative	Lee Gonzalez	1,733
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Lutwyche	1,727
	Labour	Ian Bounds	996	21.2	+4.3
	Labour	Alvin Shum	757
	Labour	Louise Thomas	710
	Green	Timothy Jones	415	8.8	+3.4
Turnout			4,696	56.3	+13.0
Registered electors			8,344
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ely (3 seats)

Ely^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Goddard*	1,472	51.4	−4.9
	Labour	James Murphy*	1,380
	Labour	Russell Goodway*	1,269
	Plaid Cymru	Lowri Brown	786	27.4
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Newth	745
	Plaid Cymru	Andrea Gibson	622
	Conservative	Owen Robbins	509	17.8	+9.4
	Conservative	Leighton McEwan	507
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Amoss	267	9.3	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Rees	97
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hemsley	84
	TUSC	Richard Edwards	64	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,864	29.5	+0.8
Registered electors			9,710
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy*	2,414	56.3	+13.5
	Plaid Cymru	Lisa Ford*	2,349
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Parry	2,017
	Labour	Paul Mitchell*	1,160	27.1	−9.7
	Labour	John Bayliss	1,101
	Labour	Irene Humphreys	1,039
	Conservative	John Williams	535	12.5	−1.5
	Conservative	Alan Hill	533
	Conservative	Ronald Michaelis	450
	Liberal Democrats	Eleri Randerson	203	4.7	+2.9
	Green	Phillip Croxall	190	4.4	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rees	92
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Townsend	92
	TUSC	Ross Saunders	73	1.7	N/A
Turnout			4,287	44.5	+3.7
Registered electors			9,639
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Gabalfa (2 seats)

Gabalfa^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Taylor	922	44.1	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Wood	920
	Labour	Joycelyn Coughlin	818	39.1	+11.8
	Labour	Matthew Hexter	719
	Plaid Cymru	Sioned Treharne	178	8.5	+1.7
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Kennard-Holden	169
	Conservative	Niall Piercy	165	7.9	+1.6
	Conservative	Margaret Evans	149
Turnout			2,091	35.7	+10.1
Registered electors			5,863
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grangetown (3 seats)

Plaid Cymru lost a seat they had gained in a by-election in November 2016.

Grangetown^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashley Lister	2,199	44.7	+4.5
	Labour	Abdul Sattar	2,198
	Labour	Lynda Thorne*	2,121
	Plaid Cymru	Tariq Awan*	1,758	35.7	+2.2
	Plaid Cymru	David Vaughan	1,438
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Musa	1,310
	Conservative	Michael Bryan	671	13.6	+6.8
	Conservative	Jenna Malvisi	604
	Conservative	Andrew Pike	580
	Liberal Democrats	Jahangir Hussain	350	7.1	−4.1
	Green	Simon Morton	272	5.5	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Evans	232
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammad Latif	194
	TUSC	Lianne Francis	65	1.3	N/A
	TUSC	Joseph Fathallah	46
Turnout			4,924	37.3	+0.5
Registered electors			13,215
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath (3 seats)

The independent candidates stood again as Heath & Birchgrove Independents.^[18]

Heath^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Hinchey*	2,010	38.2	+10.5
	Conservative	Lyn Hudson*	1,830	34.8	+9.9
	Heath Independent	Fenella Bowden*	1,737	33.0	+3.7
	Labour	Penelope Owen	1,704
	Labour	Michael Ash-Edwards	1,667
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	1,602
	Conservative	Michelle Michaelis	1,477
	Heath Independent	Steven Bowden	1,143
	Heath Independent	Jane Reece	930
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Smith	410	7.8	+1.5
	Green	Christopher Von Ruhland	251	4.8	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Randerson	244	4.6	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wijdan Said	163
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Schmeising-Barnes	119
Turnout			5,264	55.1	+11.0
Registered electors			9,490
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Heath Independent hold		Swing

Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker*	1,232	75.6	+2.5
	Labour	Jessica Taylor	219	13.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Myfanwy Price	130	8.0	+3.5
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Couch	49	3.0	−0.6
Turnout			1,635	56.3	+8.6
Registered electors			2,903
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Driscoll	1,370	35.7	+13.0
	Conservative	Philipa Hill-John	1,169
	Plaid Cymru	Judith Allan	1,087	28.3	+18.9
	Plaid Cymru	Angharad Llwyd	1,017
	Labour Co-op	Catherine Antippas	944	24.6	−3.1
	Labour Co-op	Keith Jackson	853
	Independent	Mike Baker	349	9.1	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Meredith	270	7.0	−24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Lutwyche	259
	Green	Benjamin Smith	130	3.4	−0.3
Turnout			3,836	55.6	+9.9
Registered electors			6,903
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dilwar Ali*	1,400	55.2	+7.8
	Labour	Jennifer Burke-Davies	1,349
	Conservative	Elizabeth Morgan	531	20.9	+15.0
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Webb	439	17.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Diana Abuzaid	422
	Plaid Cymru	Gillian Griffin	394
	Liberal Democrats	Elinor Dixon	171	6.7	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Dixon	104
	Independent	Jonathan Bishop	56	2.2	−21.0
	TUSC	Gwilym Evans	39	1.5	N/A
Turnout			2,537	43.9	+3.3
Registered electors			5,782
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanishen (4 seats)

Llanishen^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shaun Jenkins	2,890	43.8	+9.0
	Labour Co-op	Phillip Bale*	2,805	42.5	+1.5
	Conservative	John Lancaster	2,804
	Conservative	Thomas Parkhill	2,528
	Labour Co-op	Garry Hunt*	2,523
	Conservative	Daniel Ruff	2,383
	Labour Co-op	Jacqueline Jones	2,282
	Labour Co-op	Masudah Ali	2,254
	Plaid Cymru	Lona Roberts	666	10.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Mudd	593	9.0	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bridges	575
	Liberal Democrats	Anabella Rees	543
	Green	Michael Cope	528	8.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Godfrey	449
	UKIP	Lawrence Gwynn	323	4.9	−1.9
	UKIP	Crispin John	240
	UKIP	Vivian Evans	220
	UKIP	John Hill	180
Turnout			6,594	50.0	+12.9
Registered electors			13,175
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Jones*	1,269	56.1	−11.9
	Labour	Heather Joyce*	1,258
	Labour	Lee Bridgeman	1,195
	Conservative	Giles Cross	551	24.4	+10.0
	Conservative	Maria Hill	484
	Conservative	Aled Jones-Pritchard	432
	UKIP	Gary Oldfield	255	11.3	N/A
	UKIP	Teresa Davies	207
	Plaid Cymru	Trevor Keane	200	8.8
	UKIP	Robert Lewis	151
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Street	126	5.6	+2.8
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Lewis	114
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri Ann Tegwyn	96
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Bird	77
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Rees	73
Turnout			2,260	29.2	−0.4
Registered electors			7,744
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentwyn (4 seats)

Pentwyn^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Carter*	1,822	45.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Emma-Janey Sandry	1,627
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Naughton	1,548
	Labour	Frank Jacobsen	1,411	35.3	−2.4
	Labour	Michael Fogg	1,409
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Shimmin	1,346
	Labour	Samsunear Ali	1,325
	Labour	Margaret Thomas	1,119
	Conservative	Kathleen Fisher	663	16.6	+9.7
	Conservative	Munawar Mughal	623
	Conservative	Nathan Watson	559
	Conservative	Jack Sellers	530
	Plaid Cymru	Andrew Morgan	236	5.9	+1.3
	Plaid Cymru	Pauline Morgan	228
	Plaid Cymru	Martin Pollard	202
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Hughes	172
	TUSC	Steve Williams	98	2.5	N/A
Turnout			3,994	37.6	+6.6
Registered electors			10,623
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Hill-John*	733	47.4	−7.0
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wigley	518	33.5	+21.4
	Labour	Richard Hughes	234	15.1	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Morris	63	4.1	+2.5
Turnout			1,548	55.4	+3.1
Registered electors			2,790
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Boyle*	2,519	25.6	−22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman	2,195
	Liberal Democrats	Asghar Ali	2,078
	Labour	Louise Westlake	1,317	13.4	−12.6
	Labour	Bethan Proctor	1,231
	Labour	Sajad Nazari	1,044
	Conservative	Sara Canning	855	8.7	−1.2
	Conservative	Rhys Gadsby	743
	Conservative	Sophie Tyrill	723
	Plaid Cymru	Nicholas Carter	543	5.5	−2.2
	Green	Huw Burrows	495	5.0	−3,3
	Independent	Leigh Worrall	316	3.2	N/A
Turnout			9,897	50.1	+8.6
Registered electors			9,897
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Plasnewydd (4 seats)

The Liberal Democrats lost a seat they had gained in a by-election.

Plasnewydd^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Lent*	2,408	52.2	+15.4
	Labour	Daniel De'ath*	2,311
	Labour	Mary McGarry*	2,159
	Labour	Peter Wong	2,055
	Liberal Democrats	Manzoor Ahmed	1,545	33.5	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Rea*	1,531
	Liberal Democrats	Cadan Ap Tomos	1,410
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jerrett	1,300
	Green	Daniel Ward	560	12.1	−0.7
	Plaid Cymru	Mariana Montiel	371	8.0	−4.1
	Plaid Cymru	Angharad Lewis	346
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Lloyd	331
	Conservative	Enid Harries	297	6.4	+0.8
	Conservative	Lucy Golding	289
	Conservative	Rowland Hemingway	252
	Conservative	Marc Gonzalez	223
Turnout			4,611	38.9	+13.3
Registered electors			11,851
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pontprennau and Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dianne Rees*	1,851	57.6	+21.7
	Conservative	Joel Williams	1,760
	Labour	Georgina Phillips*	1,134	35.3	−13.7
	Labour	Shane Andrews	891
	Plaid Cymru	David Davies	200	6.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Naughton	176	5.5	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Keigwin	167
Turnout			3,216	44.5	+10.4
Registered electors			7,221
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick McKerlich*	1,193	43.1	−10.2
	Plaid Cymru	Michael Deem	999	36.1	+28.9
	Labour	Mohammed Islam	358	12.9	−19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Borrow	218	7.9	+3.7
Turnout			2,772	53.4	+7.6
Registered electors			5,195
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Two of the three Independent councillors elected in 2012 rejoined the Conservatives in 2015^[19] and the third Independent was defeated by a Conservative in this election.

Rhiwbina^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jayne Cowan*	3,595	63.0	+51.4
	Conservative	Adrian Robson*	3,230
	Conservative	Oliver Owen	2,565
	Independent	Eleanor Sanders*	1,565	27.4	−41.5
	Labour	Meurig Williams	1,524	26.7	+15.3
	Labour	Clare Jones	1,500
	Labour	Alan Golding	1,159
	Plaid Cymru	Stephen Lake	402	7.0	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Land	371	6.5	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Willmot	198
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Hargrove	170
Turnout			5,710	61.9	+7.8
Registered electors			9,219
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iona Gordon*	2,278	53.2	+6.5
	Labour	Caro Wild*	2,050
	Labour	Kanaya Singh	1,941
	Plaid Cymru	Ruksana Begum	1,126	26.3	−4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Williams	1,054
	Plaid Cymru	Mubashar Sawati	959
	Conservative	Jason Griffin	510	11.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Leon Bancroft	464
	Conservative	Gaener Davies	415
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Williams	401	9.3	+5.5
	Green	Kenneth Barker	400	9.3	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Molik Ahmed	255
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Littlemore	218
	Independent	Ahmed Alsisi	86	2.0	N/A
Turnout			4,283	44.6	+9.4
Registered electors			9,595
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rumney (2 seats)

Rumney^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Derbyshire*	1,030	46.3	−2.1
	Labour	Jacqueline Parry*	1,017
	Conservative	Gareth Lloyd	871	39.2	+11.5
	Conservative	James Roach	684
	UKIP	John Ireland	221	9.9	N/A
	UKIP	Wayne Cashin	204
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Amoss	104	4.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Minor	91
	TUSC	Emily Stables	39	1.8	−0.1
Turnout			2,222	33.5	+3.6
Registered electors			6,629
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Splott (3 seats)

Splott^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Henshaw	1,685	55.3	+7.4
	Labour	Huw Thomas*	1,658
	Labour	Edward Stubbs*	1,656
	Conservative	Robert Lawrence	416	13.6	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Zara England	413	13.5	−16.5
	Conservative	Gail Morgan	401
	Plaid Cymru	Stephanie Greedy	398	13.1	+6.0
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Cisuelo	385
	Conservative	Vivienne Ward	373
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Dore	356
	Liberal Democrats	James Bear	322
	Plaid Cymru	Favour Egbekayi	292
	Green	Samuel Patterson	170	5.6	−1.1
	TUSC	Katrine Williams	70	2.3	−0.7
	TUSC	David Bartlett	67
	TUSC	Jioao Felix	50
Turnout			3,047	33.1	+3.0
Registered electors			9,211
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Trowbridge (3 seats)

Ralph Cook was elected as a Labour candidate in 2012.

Trowbridge^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Lay	1,239	42.0	−16.5
	Labour	Mary Bowen-Thomson	1,145
	Labour	Michael Costas-Michael*	1,061
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Cook*	741	25.1	+11.1
	Conservative	Richard Foley	692	23.4	+10.0
	UKIP	Thomas Harrison	620	21.0	N/A
	Conservative	Janine Jones-Pritchard	584
	Liberal Democrats	Jade Smith	540
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Tysoe	479
	Conservative	Thomas Hall	249
	Plaid Cymru	Cerith Griffiths	235	8.0	−2.5
	Plaid Cymru	Catrin Davies	211
	Plaid Cymru	Patrick Daley	196
	UKIP	Richard Lewis	193
	UKIP	Lawrence Lado	172
Turnout			2,951	26.6	+4.6
Registered electors			11,089
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Phillips	2,905	41.5	+0.3
	Conservative	Timothy Davies	2,900
	Conservative	Linda Morgan	2,856
	Conservative	Michael Jones-Pritchard	2,753
	Labour	Hannah Buckingham	2,700	38.6	−2.6
	Labour	Marc Palmer	2,488
	Labour	Norman Gettings	2,461
	Labour	Maliika Kaaba	2,234
	Plaid Cymru	Mali Rowlands	962	13.8	+3.4
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel Allsobrook	951
	Plaid Cymru	Glenys Evans	885
	Plaid Cymru	Julia Burns	856
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Barrett-Lee	540	7.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Eggbeer	516
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Nichols	365
	Liberal Democrats	Usman Bukhari	312
Turnout			6,994	55.6	+13.1
Registered electors			12,589
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

By-elections between 2017 and 2022

Ely

Ely by-election, 21 February 2019^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Andrea Gibson	831	43.1	+17.8
	Labour	Irene Humphreys	779	40.4	−7.1
	Conservative	Gavin Brookman	271	14.1	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jerrett	46	2.4	−6.2
Majority			52	2.7	N/A
Turnout			1,927	20.3	−9.2
Registered electors			9,482
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Jim Murphy on 1 December 2018.^[21]

Cyncoed

Cyncoed by-election 16 July 2019^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hopkins	1,920	55.3	+18.9
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	838	24.1	−11.9
	Labour	Madhu Khanna-Davies	560	16.1	−3.3
	Plaid Cymru	Morgan Rogers	152	4.4	N/A
Majority			1,082	31.1	+13.4
Turnout			3,484	42.1	−1.2
Registered electors			8,268
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+15.4

The by-election was caused by the death of Liberal Democrat Councillor Wendy Congreve on 14 May 2019.^[23][24]

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais by-election 3 October 2019^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mia Rees	1,544	36.4	−4.5
	Labour	Marc Palmer	1,190	28.0	−10.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dan Allsobrook	674	15.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Donne	588	13.9	+6.3
	Green	David Griffin	248	5.8	−2.3
Majority			354	8.4	+3.2
Turnout			4,244	33.7	−11.7
Registered electors			12,589
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

The by-election was caused by the death of Conservative councillor Tim Davies on 4 June 2019.^[27]

Llanishen

Llanishen by-election 21 November 2019^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Siân-Elin Melbourne	1,566	43.4	+6.3
	Labour	Garry Hunt	1,254	34.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Will Ogborne	387	10.7	+3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Haines	209	5.8	−2.7
	Green	Michael Cope	138	3.8	−3.0
	Independent	Lawrence Gwynn	59	1.6	N/A
Majority			312	8.7	N/A
Turnout			3,613	27.3	−18.9
Registered electors			13,227
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Phil Bale in Autumn 2019.^[30]

Heath

Heath by-election 11 November 2021^[31][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Sangani	1,729	47.1	+16.1
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	1,128	30.8	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Lock	561	15.3	+11.5
	Plaid Cymru	Gwennol Haf	250	6.8	+0.5
Majority			601	16.3	N/A
Turnout			3,668	38.4	−16.6
Registered electors			9,552
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Councillor Fenella Bowden, who stepped down for health reasons in September 2021.^[33]

Other changes between 2017 and 2021

Neil McEvoy was expelled by Plaid Cymru for 18 months on 19 March 2018,^[34] and then sat under the label "Fairwater Cardiff West".^[35] In February 2020 he formed the Welsh National Party, later to become "Propel"^[36] along with 3 other former Plaid Cymru councillors.^[37] One of those, Ely councillor Andrea Gibson, later left the party and sat as an Independent.

An Electoral Review undertaken by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales recommended an increase to the total number of council seats in Cardiff from 75 to 79 ahead of the next election.^[38][39] The changes were accepted with only slight modification, to take effect from the 2022 council election.^[40]

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