1999 Cardiff Council election

1999 Cardiff Council election

6 May 1999
All 75 seats to Cardiff Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Russell Goodway Jenny Randerson Gareth Neale Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader's seat Ely Cyncoed Rhiwbina Seats won 51/75 17/75 5/62 Seat change 7 8 4 Popular vote 101,756 72,190 50,099   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Delme Bowen Betty Campbell Party Plaid Cymru Independent Leader's seat Creigiau & St. Fagans Butetown Seats won 1/33 1/1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 21,384 770
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1999 Cardiff Council election was the second election to the post-1996 Cardiff Council following the re-organization of local government in Wales. It was held on Thursday 6 May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 elections. On the same day the first elections to the Welsh Assembly were held as well as elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales. Labour retained a majority of the seats.

Overview

All council seats were up for election. This was the second election to be held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of South Glamorgan County Council. In 1995 the ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous Cardiff City Council but, effective from the 1999 election, The City and County of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 increased the number of wards to 29 and the number of councillors to 75.

Five new seats were created by adding additional seats to five existing wards. Labour won three of the new seats and the Liberal Democrats won the remaining two.

Outcome

The Labour Party won a comfortable majority of seats although it lost some ground compared to the inaugural elections four years previously. Of the 67 councillors elected in 1995, 43 were again returned in 1999 (38 Labour, 4 Liberal Democrat and 1 Plaid Cymru).

Betty Campbell, a community campaigner, former headteacher and Butetown councillor between 1991 and 1995, was the only independent councillor elected.

Cardiff Council election result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	51	3	10	-7	68.0	40.4	101,756
	Liberal Democrats	17	8	0	+8	22.7	28.6	72,190
	Conservative	5	4	0	+4	6.7	19.9	50,099
	Plaid Cymru	1	0	0	0	1.3	8.5	21,384
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.6	3,984
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	1,053
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	604
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	267
	Residents	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	263
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	1.3	0.2	507

Ward Results

Adamstown (2 seats)

Adamsdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells	1,156	50.2	+21.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Dixon	1,010
	Labour	Kenneth Hutchings*	817	35.5	−12.0
	Labour	Catherine Colley	805
	Plaid Cymru	Terence O'Neill	255	11.1	+6.2
	Communist	Rhian Cartwight	74	3.2	+1.4
Turnout				41.0	+0.5
Registered electors			5,374
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Betty Campbell	507	43.1	N/A
	Labour	Mohammed Javed	364	31.0	−47.3
	Plaid Cymru	Neil Sinclair	162	13.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Manuel Dossantos	81	6.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Ronald Thomas	61	5.2	−2.4
Turnout				41.6	+10.5
Registered electors			2,930
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Ernest*	1,280	46.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Gasson*	1,080	39.5	−9.3
	Labour	Julie Mawn	1,009
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Coles	633
	Plaid Cymru	Robert Garland	194	7.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Alan Horwood	178	6.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Wendy Rees	148
Turnout				34.2	−0.7
Registered electors			7,173
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Canton (3 seats)

Canton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Brennan*	2,379	41.6	−10.0
	Labour	Cherry Short*	1,882
	Labour	David Thomas*	1,773
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Bush	1,386	24.3	+15.9
	Conservative	Harold Burns	771	13.5	+3.2
	Conservative	Ronald Trigg	668
	Conservative	Helen Cox	638
	Liberal Democrats	Glenys Hannam	613	10.7	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fawcett	606
	Green	Vivien Turner	566	9.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Jeffreys	484
Turnout				45.2	+3.5
Registered electors			10,315
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (4 seats)

An additional fourth seat was created in this ward.

Cathays

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Aylwin	2,439	36.4	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Hornblow*	2,285
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Reece	2,060
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wakefield	1,992
	Labour	Sarah Merry*	1,555	23.2	−17.4
	Labour	Kathryn Slade*	1,466
	Labour	David Hagendyk	1,437
	Plaid Cymru	Carwyn Fowler	1,257	18.8	+9.8
	Labour	Reginald Surridge	1,173
	Green	Nick Clark	838	12.5	+2.6
	Conservative	Kim Summerhayes	422	6.3	N/A
	Conservative	William Selwood	202
	Communist	John Lent	193	2.9	+0.1
Turnout				39.6	+1.8
Registered electors			12,825
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	818	53.7	+10.5
	Conservative	Diana Abuzaid	342	22.5	+12.5
	Labour	Michael Kelly	227	14.9	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Borrow	135	8.9	+6.5
Turnout				52.7	+4.1
Registered electors			2,908
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing

Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Randerson*	3,028	53.3	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Owen Pryce*	2,507
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Lloyd	2,418
	Conservative	Joan Gibby	1.113	19.6	−3.9
	Conservative	Peter Meyer	1,088
	Conservative	Vivian Pearcey	1,048
	Labour	Adrian Matthewson	754	13.3	−0.6
	Labour	Malcolm Marshall	601
	Labour	Prabhat Verma	580
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Lewis	534	9.4	+6.1
	Green	Dianne Corker	255	4.5	+1.9
Turnout				59.2	+7.0
Registered electors			8,740
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ely (3 seats)

Ely

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Finn*	1,809	50.5	−27.1
	Labour	Charles Gale*	1,793
	Labour	Russell Goodway*	1,452
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Davies	728	20.3	+12.7
	Plaid Cymru	Harri Parri	531	14.8	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Fawcett	521
	Conservative	Michael Rees	513	14.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roydon Leyshon	50
Turnout				30.4	+1.4
Registered electors			10,125
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maxwell Phillips*	1,968	48.7	−23.7
	Labour	Michael Michael*	1,774
	Labour	Derek Rees*	1,598
	Conservative	Dorothy Marks	717	17.7	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Pye	690	17.1	+7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Diana Bianchi	669	16.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Borrow	665
	Liberal Democrats	Nia Roberts	645
Turnout				36.3	+2.3
Registered electors			9,692
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gabalfa (2 seats)

An additional second seat was created in this ward.

Gabalfa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Ian Brown	948	37.2	−33.0
	Labour	Jean Wilkinson*	867
	Plaid Cymru	Alan Jobbins	607	23.8	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Pearcy	607	23.8	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Gubbin	573
	Conservative	Graham Thomas	385	15.1	+4.2
	Conservative	Alexandra Mortimer	364
Turnout				36.0	+3.3
Registered electors			6,639
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

Grangetown (3 seats)

Grangetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith*	1,859	52.6	−5.9
	Labour	Lynda Thorne*	1,831
	Labour	Peter Perkins*	1,742
	Plaid Cymru	Patrick Daley	608	17.2	+11.6
	Conservative	Jean Summerhayes	547	15.5	−0.5
	Conservative	Frances Arnold	546
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Horton	518	14.7	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Feeney	505
	Conservative	Douglas Gentles	503
	Liberal Democrats	Desmond Sanford	398
Turnout				34.7	−1.1
Registered electors			9,649
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath (3 seats)

Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John James	1,826	29.7	−3.9
	Labour	Graham Hinchey*	1,763	28.7	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Harris	1,760
	Conservative	Greville Tatham	1,479	24.0	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Meikle	1,424
	Labour	Gloria Jenkins	1,415
	Conservative	Howard Philpott	1,336
	Conservative	Wayne Warlow	1,237
	Labour	Gerard Moreton	1,189
	Plaid Cymru	Nans Couch	706	11.5	+7.7
	Green	Chris Von Ruhland	376	6.1	+1.9
Turnout				62.1	+8.0
Registered electors			9,338
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker	1,005	61.6	+5.9
	Labour	Marie Pryce	270	16.6	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Peter Saunders	251	15.4	+1.3
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Couch	105	6.4	+2.8
Turnout				62.5	+22.7
Registered electors			2,664
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregory Owens*	1,525	36.5	−7.5
	Labour	John Sheppard*	1,409
	Conservative	Julius Hermer	1,357	32.5	−0.4
	Conservative	Andrew Gretton	1,226
	Plaid Cymru	Gwen Jones	659	15.8	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffery Evans	637	15.2	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Stewart	516
Turnout				55.7	+8.5
Registered electors			7,164
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Earle*	1,520	55.2	−16.5
	Labour	Philip Robinson*	1,251
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri James	429	15.6	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann James	417	15.2	+5.4
	Conservative	Ceri-Ann Fox	386	14.0	+3.6
	Conservative	John Marshall	337
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Lewis	274
Turnout				42.7	+1.2
Registered electors			5,990
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanishen (4 seats)

An additional fourth seat was created in this ward.

Llanishen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Butler*	2,436	39.4	−18.5
	Labour	Garry Hunt*	2,427
	Labour	Christopher Bettinson*	2,363
	Labour	Gretta Albinus	2,354
	Conservative	Yvonne Jenkins	1,608	26.0	−0.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Roberts	1,608
	Conservative	Stephen Gardener	1,486
	Conservative	Robert Trethewey	1,385
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hampton	1,081	17.5	+6.9
	Plaid Cymru	Lona Roberts	1,052	17.0	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hallett	1,016
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Hallett	1,011
	Liberal Democrats	John Frankham-Barnes	1,002
Turnout				50.0	+1.4
Registered electors			11,645
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour win (new seat)

Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Bird*	1,705	54.4	−13.0
	Labour	Brian James*	1,514
	Labour	Christine James	1,403
	Plaid Cymru	C. Lewis	613	19.6	+14.6
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Hoyle	493
	Plaid Cymru	David Reeves	481
	Conservative	Stephen Woods	386	12.3	+4.9
	Conservative	Hayley Lewis	343
	Conservative	Francis Prew	318
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Hill	314	10.0	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bramhall	283
	Liberal Democrats	W. Jeremy	281
	Socialist Alternative	D. Bartlett	115	3.7	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	G. Evans	69
	Socialist Alternative	K. Williams	56
Turnout				36.9	+0.6
Registered electors			8,109
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Pentwyn (4 seats)

An additional fourth seat was created in this ward.

Pentwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vita Jones*	1,880	41.9	−27.8
	Labour	Brian Pinnell*	1,745
	Labour	James Regan*	1,658
	Liberal Democrats	William Cookson	1,575	35.1	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Fletcher	1,559
	Labour	D. Richards	1,522
	Liberal Democrats	B. Parsons	1,386
	Liberal Democrats	G. Horton	1,351
	Plaid Cymru	D. Henry	589	13.1	+6.1
	Conservative	J. Goodwin	439	9.8	+2.0
	Conservative	G. Hughes	423
Turnout				37.8	+6.5
Registered electors			10,692
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Priday*	547	38.9	−4.3
	Plaid Cymru	Penri Williams	456	32.5	+2.6
	Conservative	A. Walker	286	20.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R. Burley	116	8.3	+7.1
Turnout				51.6	−1.3
Registered electors			2,726
	Labour hold		Swing

Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Kelloway	2,846	52.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Burfoot	2,774
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Salway*	2,700
	Labour	J. Anderson	1,173	21.5	−5.4
	Labour	C. Bewes	977
	Labour	J. Imperato	965
	Conservative	L. Johnson	733	13.4	−1.6
	Plaid Cymru	C. Pugh	700	12.8	−6.6
	Conservative	Peter Meyer	688
	Conservative	V. Stocqueler	591
Turnout				54.2	+13.0
Registered electors			9,515
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Plasnewydd (4 seats)

Plasnewydd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		A. Cox*		30.9
		H. Douglas		28.4
		Susan Lent*
		P. Morris*
		Mark Stephens	1,860
		V. Snell	1,727
		Geoff Mungham*	1,529
		E. Parish	1,259	18.1
		Rodney Berman	1,042
		P. Ward	871	12.5
		G. Donaldson	506	7.3
		V. Palmer	439
		S. O'Brien	194	2.8
Turnout				38.7
Registered electors			13,693
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		P. Cubitt		35.2
		Georgina Phillips
		Dianne Rees	728	30.0
		S. Whiting	627
		A. Evans	510	21.0
		D. Jenkins	336	13.8
		L. Fletcher	327
Turnout				45.7
Registered electors			5,017
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Marion Drake		59.9
		C. Kolmar	427	19.7
		D. Garrow-Smith	318	14.7
		M. Goode	123	5.7
Turnout				59.8
Registered electors			3,620
	hold		Swing

Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Rhiwbina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gareth Neale*		40.1
		Jayne Cowan
		Jack Scherer
		P. Owen*	1,770	28.1
		P. Hunt	1,647
		N. Watson	1,534
		A. Evans	1,213	19.3
		S. Spear	1,113
		J. Richards	1,070
		Falmai Griffiths	786	12.5
Turnout				56.5
Registered electors			9,350
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		P. Mitchell		30.7
		D. Sharpe
		Neil McEvoy
		A. Balcombe	1,103	20.3
		J. Singh*	777	14.3
		P. Lukes	695	12.8
		A. Wigley	517	9.5
		D. Forward	465
		R. Hewlett	457
		M. Evans	420	7.7
		W. Donaldson	411
		C. Trigg	323
		A. Conchar	263	4.8
Turnout				41.9
Registered electors			9,204
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Rumney (2 seats)

Rumney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Derbyshire		47.7
		S. Pantak*
		R. Hollands-Roberts	611	24.0
		L. Morgan	503
		D. Owen	366	14.4
		D. Hourahane	353	13.9
		D. Rees	347
Turnout				37.0
Registered electors			6,571
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Splott (3 seats)

An additional third seat was created in this ward.

Splott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Clarissa Holland*		54.2
		G. Houlston*
		Martin Holland
		A. O'Neill	614	18.9
		K. Chubb	497	15.3
		M. Mathias	431
		S. Reece	329
		J. McCarthy	278	8.5
		B. Jeffreys	269
		C. Prew	214
		D. Reid	101	3.1
Turnout				35.2
Registered electors			8,133
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Trowbridge (3 seats)

An additional third seat was created in this ward.

Trowbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. Cook		52.7
		L. Ackerman
		D. English*
		D. Williams	502	18.6
		A. Northmore-Thomas	427	15.8
		A. Thomas	427
		H. Northmore-Thomas	385
		B-A Jenkins	347	12.9
		A. Cox	316
Turnout				28.4
Registered electors			9,185
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	win (new seat)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sophie Howe		28.0
		W. Griffiths		27.8
		K. Price*
		R. Pearson*
		W. Thomas	2,131
		Brian Griffiths	2,039
		Timothy Davies	2,028
		D. Williams-Masinda	1,608
		W. Salmon*	1,053	12.9
		G. Lewis	1,049	12.8
		Colin Palfrey	998
		John Rowlands	965
		Delwyn Sion	944
		A. Leavers	869	10.6
		G. Mellen	743
		P. Azzopardi	684
		D. Wright	663
		S. Martin	383	4.7
		Victor Riley	263	3.2
Turnout				57.1
Registered electors			12,145
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

By-elections between 1999 and 2004

Cyncoed

Cyncoed by-election, 30 November 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Rees		54.3
			1,132	32.3
			271	7.7
Majority			770	22.0
Turnout				39.8
Registered electors
	hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Jenny Randerson.

Canton

Canton by-election, 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ramesh Patel		48.0
			1,266	19.4
			1,170	18.0
			950	14.6
Majority			1,960	28.6
Turnout
Registered electors
	hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the election of Cllr. Kevin Brennan as the Member for the Parliamentary constituency of Cardiff West.

Llandaff North

Llandaff North by-election, 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. Bewes		57.1
			664	17.9
			566	15.3
			362	9.8
Majority			1,549	39.2
Turnout
Registered electors
	hold		Swing

Gabalfa

Gabalfa by-election, 7 February 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cathy Pearcy		55.3
			451	26.9
			138	8.2
			116	6.9
			44	2.6
Majority			474	28.4
Turnout				25.0
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Pentwyn

Pentwyn by-election, 11 September 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Judith Woodman		66.5
			673	24.4
			169	6.1
			81	2.9
Majority			1,163	42.1
Turnout				28.9
Registered electors
	hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Bill Cookson.