Splott (electoral ward)

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Splott ward
Electoral ward
Location of Splott ward within Cardiff
Population 13,261 (2011 census) [1]
Community
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 3
List of places
UK
Wales
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Splott is the name of an electoral ward in the south of Cardiff , capital city of Wales . It covers the communities of Splott and Tremorfa (which was created from the northeastern part of Splott in 2016).

Description [ edit ]

The Splott ward is bordered to the north by the Penylan and Rumney wards, to the northwest by Adamsdown , to the southwest by the Butetown ward. To the southeast is the Severn Estuary .

The Splott ward elected two councillors to Cardiff Council in 1995 and has elected three councillors since 1999. It has been represented by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats . [2] In May 2012 all three seats were won by a new team of Labour councillors, [3] after a bitter campaign where the Liberal Democrats making a complaint to the police that Labour candidate, Luke Holland, had given a misleading address on his notice of poll. [4]

Splott councillor Huw Thomas became leader of the Labour-controlled Cardiff Council in May 2017. [5] Lord Jack Brooks , who became leader of South Glamorgan County Council , was a Splott councillor during the 80s and 90s. [6]

Cardiff's first ethnic minority councillor, Manuel Delgado, was elected for Labour in the Splott ward in May 1967. [7] Of Cape Verdean heritage, Delgado is also claimed as the first black councillor in Wales. He also became Cardiff's first black magistrate in 1969. [8]

County councillors [ edit ]

Representation 1995 – date [2]
Election    Labour      Lib Dem  
2017 3 -
2012 3 -
2008 2 1
2004 1 2
1999 3 -
1995 2 -

Cardiff County Borough Council [ edit ]

Prior to 1890 the Splott area was covered by the East ward of Cardiff. In July 1890, following the creation of Cardiff County Borough Council , Splott was the name of one of the ten new electoral wards created in the county borough. [9] Each of the three councillors took turns to stand for re-election, on a three-yearly cycle.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Splott - Key Stats" . UKcensusdata.com . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
  2. ^ a b "Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF) . The Elections Centre . Retrieved 18 January 2018 .
  3. ^ "Fresh faces in Cardiff's Splott ward as Labour paint the area red at Election 2012" . Wales Online . 4 May 2012 . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
  4. ^ "Labour candidate referred to police in Cardiff address row" . Wales Online . 20 April 2012 . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
  5. ^ Ruth Mosalski (8 May 2017). "Cardiff Labour group picks Huw Thomas as its new leader" . Wales Online . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
  6. ^ "Jack Brooks" , South Wales Echo , 25 February 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Tories in control of the major power centres - 18 seat lead in Cardiff for Tories". South Wales Echo . 12 May 1967. p. 1. And Mr. Manuel Delgado, the victor of Splott, becomes the first coloured member of the city council.
  8. ^ Sinclair, Meil M. C. (1993?2017), Endangered Tiger: The Tiger Bay Story , Wordcatcher Publishing, p. 259, ISBN   978-1-911265214
  9. ^ "Cardiff New Wards - Determining The Boundaries" . The Western Mail . 29 July 1890. p. 6 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.

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