Plasnewydd
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Plasnewydd (meaning New Manor or New Place in English) is an electoral ward (and formerly the name of a community) of Cardiff, Wales. It falls within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff Central. It is bounded by the electoral wards of Cyncoed (Roath Park) to the north; Penylan to the northeast; Adamsdown (main Newport Road) to the southwest; and Cathays (Cardiff to Caerphilly railway) to the west. It covers what is now the community of Roath.
The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 18,166.[1]
History
Plasnewydd takes its name from a 17th century house called "The New Place", originally a home of Edwards Richard and, in 1890, given to the local people.[2] It later became the Mackintosh Community Centre. Roath and Plasnewydd were absorbed into Cardiff in 1875. The main road through the village, Castle Road, was renamed City Road in 1905 to mark Cardiff's new city status.[2]
Plasnewydd was previously the name of the Roath community until the Boundary Commission renamed it in the 2010s.[3]
Electoral ward
| Plasnewydd ward | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward | |
 | |
| Population | 18,166 (2011 Census)[1] |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARDIFF |
| Postcode district | CF24 |
| Dialling code | +44-29 |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| Councillors | 4 |
Plasnewydd ward elects four councillors to sit on Cardiff Council.[4] In 2010 a Boundary Commission report was published recommending a number of boundary changes and ward renaming in Cardiff. Amongst them was a proposal to change the name of Plasnewydd electoral division to "Roath".[5] Ultimately the changes weren't taken forward.
Local elections
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Susan Janet Lent * | 2,408 | 14% | ||
| Labour | Daniel Martin De'Ath * | 2,311 | 13% | ||
| Labour | Deborah Mary Samothrakis | 2,159 | 12% | ||
| Labour | Peter Wong | 2,055 | 12% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Manzoor Ahmed | 1,545 | 9% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Thomas Rea * | 1,531 | 9% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Cadan Dyfynnog Hedd Ap Tomos | 1,410 | 8% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Anthony Jerrett | 1,300 | 7% | ||
| Green | Daniel Stuart William Ward | 560 | 3% | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Mariana Diaz Montiel | 371 | 2% | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Angharad Florence Price Lewis | 346 | 2% | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Matthew Gwyn Lloyd | 331 | 2% | ||
| Conservative | Enid Margaret Harries | 297 | 2% | ||
| Conservative | Lucy Golding | 289 | 2% | ||
| Conservative | Rowland Hemingway | 252 | 1% | ||
| Conservative | Marc Gonzalez | 223 | 1% | ||
| Turnout | 4,611 | 39% | |||
* = sitting councillor prior to the election
2016 by-election
Following the death of Labour councillor, Mohammed Javed, early in 2016, a by-election was held for the vacant seat. It was won by the Liberal Democrats with a 15% increase on their 2012 vote.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Thomas Rea | 1,258 | 48% | ||
| Labour | Peter Wong | 910 | 34% | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Glenn Charles Page | 177 | 7% | ||
| Conservative | Munawar Ahmed Mughal | 115 | 5% | ||
| Green | Michael David Cope | 93 | 4% | ||
| UKIP | Lawrence Gwynn | 62 | 2% | ||
| Turnout | 2,615 | 23% | |||
2012
The Council's Liberal Democrat leader Rodney Berman had previously represented the Plasnewydd ward until he was defeated, following two recounts, in the May 2012 Council elections.[9] Following the election, all four seats were represented by the Labour Party.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Plasnewydd - Key Stats". UK Census Data. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b "The History Of Cardiff's Suburbs - Plasnewydd incorporating part of Roath". Cardiffians. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "A Roath by any other name would smell just as sweet". Wales Online. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Date announced for Cardiff council by-election in Roath", Wales Online, 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "New super-wards to be created in West Cardiff". yourCardiff. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Election results for Plasnewydd - Cardiff Council Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Labour has lost a by-election in Cardiff's Roath ward amid a surge in Lib Dem votes". Wales Online. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Plasnewydd - Plasnewydd By Election - Tuesday, 20th September, 2016". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Cardiff council's Rodney Berman toppled in cull of leaders", BBC News, 4 May 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2016.