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==Political makeup==
==Political makeup==
Elections take place every four years. The last election was 1 May 2008.<ref>[http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2867%2C3597&parent_directory_id=2865 Cardiff - Home, Voter Registration and Elections, Electoral Services<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Elections take place every four years. The last election was 1 May 2008.<ref>[http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2867%2C3597&parent_directory_id=2865 Cardiff - Home, Voter Registration and Elections, Electoral Services<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

=== Current composition ===
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! colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | '''Group affiliation'''<ref>[http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2872%2C4274%2C4283&parent_directory_id=2865]</ref>
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|style="width: 4px" bgcolor={{Liberal Democrats/meta/color}}|
| style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | [[Liberal Democrats|{{Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname}}]]
| 35
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|{{Party name with color|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| 17
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|{{Party name with color|Labour Party (UK)}}
| 13
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| style="text-align: left;" scope="row" | [[Plaid Cymru|{{Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname}}]]
| 7
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|style="background-color:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}"| &nbsp;
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] <br />
| 3
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! colspan="2" rowspan="1" | &nbsp;Total<br />
! 75
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=== Historic results ===


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Revision as of 18:56, 22 May 2010

Cardiff Council
Cardiff Council logo
The logo of City and County of Cardiff council

The arms of City and County of Cardiff
Control Liberal Democrats/Plaid Cymru
MPs
Constituency AMs
Official Website http://www.cardiff.gov.uk

The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The council consists of 75 councillors, representing 29 electoral wards. The authority is properly styled as The County Council of the City and County of Cardiff or in common use Cardiff Council.[1]. No other style is sanctioned for use on Council Documents although it does occasionally appear wrongly as Cardiff County Council on documents and signage. The City & County itself is usually simply referred to as Cardiff.

After the 2004 election, which changed the control of the Council from Labour to No Overall Control, the Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration, led by Cllr Rodney Berman. The Liberal Democrats remained the largest party following the 2008 local election, and currently form an administration with Plaid Cymru.

Political makeup

Elections take place every four years. The last election was 1 May 2008.[2]

Current composition

Group affiliation[3] Members
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| [[Liberal Democrats|Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] 35
Conservative 17
Labour 13
style="width: 4px" bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| [[Plaid Cymru|Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/shortname]] 7
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|   Independent
3
 Total
 75

Historic results

Year Lib Dem Con Labour Plaid Independent
2008 35 17 13 7 3
2004 33 12 27 3 0
1999 18 5 50 1 1
1995 9 1 61 1 0

The council was in Labour between 1995 - 2004. The Liberal Democrats ran a minority administration from 2004-2008.

Following the 2008 local elections in Cardiff there is still no party with an overall majority. The Lib Dems gained three, increasing their total number of councillors to 35, and have formed an administration with Plaid Cymru, with Rodney Berman as leader of the Council. The Conservatives replaced Labour as the official opposition, having gained five councillors - the Labour party suffered badly, losing 14 councillors and reducing their total number to 13. Plaid Cymru gained four councillors, increasing their representation to seven. Three independent councillors were elected; two former Conservatives who had left the group in 2006 being joined by an additional member.

History

The City of Cardiff is the county town of Glamorgan, although this role has diminished since council reorganisation in 1974 paired Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan together as the new county of South Glamorgan. Further local government restructuring in 1996 resulted in Cardiff City's district council becoming a unitary authority - the present Cardiff Council.

Mayoralty

The first Mayor of Cardiff is listed by the County Borough Records as Ralph "Prepositus de Kardi" who took up office in 1126. In 1835, Thomas Revel Guest became the first elected Mayor of Cardiff when the first council elections were held. When Cardiff was granted city status in 1905 Cardiff's First Citizen became 'Lord Mayor'. Robert Hughes, the Mayor in 1904, was re-elected to become Cardiff's first Lord Mayor in the following year. The Lord Mayor was granted the right to the style "The Right Honourable". The Lord Mayor now bears the style "The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Cardiff".[4]

Municipal Year Lord Mayor Deputy Lord Mayor
2009-2010 Brian Griffiths (Con) Keith Hyde (Lib Dem)
2008-2009 Kate Lloyd (Lib Dem) Jaswant Singh (Plaid)
2007-2008 Gill Bird (Lab) Brian Griffiths (Con)
2006-2007 Gareth Neale (Con) Kate Lloyd (Lib Dem)
2005-2006 Freda Salway (Lib Dem) Monica Walsh (Lab)
2004-2005 Jacqui Gasson (Lib Dem) Delme Bowen (Plaid)

Electoral divisions

The unitary authority area is divided into 29 electoral wards. Most of these wards are coterminous with communities of the same name. Each community can have an elected council. The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':

Electoral ward map of Cardiff


Ward Communities Other geographic areas
1 Adamsdown Adamsdown Cardiff city centre, Roath
2 Butetown Butetown Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff city centre, Tiger Bay
3 Caerau Caerau Cyntwell, Culverhouse Cross
4 Canton Canton Cardiff city centre, Leckwith, Victoria Park
5 Cathays Cathays and Castle Blackweir, Cardiff city centre, Cathays, Cathays Park, Maindy
6 Creigiau & St. Fagans Pentyrch* (Creigiau ward) and St Fagans* Coedbychan, Capel Llanilltern, Rhydlafar
7 Cyncoed Cyncoed Roath Park, Lakeside
8 Ely Ely Culverhouse Cross, Michaelston-super-Ely
9 Fairwater Fairwater Pentrebane
10 Gabalfa Gabalfa Mynachdy, Maindy, Heath
11 Grangetown Grangetown Cardiff Bay, Cardiff city centre, Saltmead
12 Heath Heath Birchgrove
13 Lisvane Lisvane*
14 Llandaff Llandaff Danescourt
15 Llandaff North Llandaff North Hailey Park, Lydstep Park, Mynachdy, Gabalfa
16 Llanishen Llanishen Thornhill
17 Llanrumney Llanrumney
18 Pentwyn Pentwyn Llanedeyrn
19 Pentyrch Pentyrch* (Gwaelod-y-Garth and Pentyrch wards)
20 Penylan Roath
21 Plasnewydd Plasnewydd Roath, Cardiff city centre
22 Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons Old St. Mellons* and Pontprennau Llanedeyrn Village
23 Radyr & Morganstown Radyr & Morganstown* Morganstown
24 Rhiwbina Rhiwbina Pantmawr, Rhydwaedlyd, Wenallt
25 Riverside Riverside Cardiff city centre, Llandaff Fields, Pontcanna, Sophia Gardens
26 Rumney Rumney
27 Splott Splott Pengam Green, Splott, Tremorfa
28 Trowbridge Trowbridge St Mellons estate, Cefn Mably, Wentloog
29 Whitchurch & Tongwynlais Tongwynlais* and Whitchurch Blaengwynlais, Bwlch-y-cwm, Coedcefngarw, Coryton, Cwmnofydd, Graig-goch, Llandaff North

See also

References

  1. ^ Council Constitution
  2. ^ Cardiff - Home, Voter Registration and Elections, Electoral Services
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Lord Mayor - A History". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 2007-08-18.

External links

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