List of electoral wards in Cardiff explained

This list of electoral wards in Cardiff includes electoral wards in the city and county of Cardiff, Wales. It also includes Community Council wards. There were further ward changes effective from the May 2022 Cardiff Council election, as a result of a 2020 boundary review.

Current county wards

The unitary authority area is divided into 28 electoral wards. Many of these wards are coterminous with communities of the same name.^[1] The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with an asterisk.

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

Ward changes 2022

In October 2021 Cardiff Council accepted a large number ward change proposals of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, with only slight modification. These were to take effect from the 2022 council election.^[2]

Twenty-one wards were to remain unchanged: Adamsdown, Caerau, Canton, Cathays, Cyncoed, Ely, Fairwater, Gabalfa, Heath, Llandaff, Llandaff North, Llanrumney, Penylan, Plasnewydd, Pontprennau/Old St Mellons (but renamed "Pontprennau and Old St Mellons"), Rhiwbina, Riverside, Rumney, Splott, Trowbridge, Whitchurch and Tongwynlais.^[3]

Of the other wards:^{[2] [4]}

• Butetown (electoral ward) would have an increase from 1 to 3 councillors.
• Creigiau/St Fagans would be merged with the Pentyrch ward and renamed "Pentyrch and St Fagans", with a total increase in councillors from 2 to 3.
• Grangetown would have an increase from 3 to 4 councillors.
• Lisvane to be renamed "Lisvane and Thornhill" with the addition of Thornhill from the neighbouring Llanishen ward and an increase from 1 to 3 councillors.
• Llanishen would see a decrease in councillors, from 4 to 2, following the transfer of Thornhill to Lisvane.
• Pentwyn would see a decrease in councillors, from 4 to 3.
• Radyr would have an increase from 1 to 2 councillors.

County wards 1995 to 2022

The post-1996 unitary authority of the City and County of Cardiff has since 1999 been divided into 29 electoral wards returning 75 councillors to Cardiff Council. Many of these wards are coterminous with communities (civil parishes) of the same name.^[5] The following table lists council wards, numbers of councillors, associated communities and geographical areas:

Ward		County councillors	Communities	Other geographic areas
1	Adamsdown c	2	Adamsdown
2	Butetown c	1	Butetown	Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff city centre (part), Tiger Bay, Flatholm
3	Caerau c	2	Caerau	Culverhouse Cross
4	Canton c	3	Canton	Leckwith, Victoria Park
5	Cathays	4	Cathays and Castle	Blackweir, Cardiff city centre, Cathays, Cathays Park, Maindy
6	Creigiau & St. Fagans	1	Pentyrch (part: Creigiau ward) and St Fagans*	Coedbychan, Capel Llanilltern, Rhydlafar
7	Cyncoed c	3	Cyncoed	Roath Park, Lakeside
8	Ely c	3	Ely	Culverhouse Cross, Michaelston-super-Ely
9	Fairwater c	3	Fairwater	Pentrebane
10	Gabalfa c	2	Gabalfa	Mynachdy, Maindy, Heath
11	Grangetown c	3	Grangetown	Cardiff Bay (part), Saltmead, International Sports Village
12	Heath c	3	Heath	Birchgrove
13	Lisvane c	1	Lisvane	Cefn Onn
14	Llandaff c	2	Llandaff	Danescourt
15	Llandaff North c	2	Llandaff North	Hailey Park, Lydstep Park, Mynachdy, Gabalfa
16	Llanishen	4	Llanishen and Thornhill
17	Llanrumney c	3	Llanrumney
18	Pentwyn	4	Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn (since 2016)
19	Pentyrch	1	Pentyrch (part: Gwaelod-y-Garth and Pentyrch wards)	Gwaelod-y-Garth
20	Penylan c	3	Penylan
21	Plasnewydd	4	Roath	Cardiff city centre (part)
22	Pontprennau / Old St Mellons	2	Old St. Mellons and Pontprennau	Llanedeyrn Village
23	Radyr	1	Radyr & Morganstown	Morganstown, Radyr
24	Rhiwbina c	3	Rhiwbina	Pantmawr, Rhydwaedlyd, Wenallt
25	Riverside	3	Riverside and Pontcanna	part of Cardiff city centre, Llandaff Fields, Sophia Gardens
26	Rumney c	2	Rumney
27	Splott	3	Splott and Tremorfa	Pengam Green
28	Trowbridge c	3	Trowbridge	St Mellons estate, Cefn Mably, Wentloog
29	Whitchurch & Tongwynlais	4	Tongwynlais and Whitchurch	Blaengwynlais, Bwlch-y-cwm, Coedcefngarw, Coryton, Cwmnofydd, Graig-goch, Llandaff North

* = Community which elects a community council
^c = County ward coterminous with community of the same name

1995

Prior to the 1999 election, Lisvane and (Old) St Mellons were combined in a "Lisvane and St Mellons" ward, returning 1 councillor. Radyr was combined with St Fagans in a "Radyr and St Fagans" ward, returning 1 councillor. Creigiau returned its own councillor.

Community wards

The communities of Lisvane, Pentyrch and Creigiau, Radyr and St Fagans elect their own community councils.

• Lisvane Community Council comprises 10 community councillors elected from the community ward of Lisvane.^[6]
• Pentyrch Community Council comprises 13 community councillors elected from the community wards of Creigiau, Gwaelod-y-Garth and Pentyrch.^[7]
• Radyr and Morganstown Community Council comprises 11 community councillors elected from the community wards of Morganstown, Radyr North and Radyr South.^[8]
• St Fagans Community Council comprises 9 community councillors elected from the community ward of St Fagans.^[9]

1890

Following the creation of Cardiff County Borough Council in 1889, in 1890 the number of electoral wards was increased from 5 to 10. Each ward was represented by 3 councillors.^[10]

• Adamsdown
• Canton
• Cathays
• Central
• Grangetown
• Park
• Riverside
• Roath
• South
• Splott

See also

• List of electoral wards in Wales

Notes and References

1. Web site: The City and County of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 . Legislation.gov.uk. 18 October 2021 . 31 July 2022.
2. News: Alex Seabrook . Cardiff will get four extra councillors in May as electoral ward boundaries redrawn . Wales Online . 5 October 2021 . 27 November 2021 .
3. Web site: Cardiff Council Boundary Reforms Confirmed . . 1 October 2021 . 27 November 2021 .
4. Web site: Cardiff Final Recommendations . . 5 November 2020 . 27 November 2021 .
5. Web site: Election maps . . 27 November 2021 .
6. https://lisvanecommunity.org.uk/members-of-lisvane-community-council/ Members of Lisvane Community Council
7. http://www.pentyrch.cc/?page_id=72 Councillors
8. https://www.radyrandmorganstown.org/councillors-and-staff.html Councillors and staff
9. http://www.stfaganscommunitycouncil.org.uk/St-Fagans-Cc/Community_Council_9441.aspx Community Council
10. News: Municipal Election At Cardiff . The South Wales Star . 7 . 6 November 1891 . Welsh Newspapers Online .