2017 Cardiff Council election

2017 Cardiff Council election

4 May 2017
All 75 seats to Cardiff Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Phil Bale David Walker Elizabeth Clark Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Llanishen Lisvane Cathays Seats before 44 7 17 Seats won 40/75 20/74 11/75 Seat change 4 13 6 Popular vote 113,025 72,920 44,823 Percentage 39.5 25.5 15.7 Swing 3.2% 7.6% 0.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Neil McEvoy Fenella Bowden Party Plaid Cymru Heath & Birchgrove Independents Leader's seat Fairwater Heath Seats before 3 1 Seats won 3/60 1/3 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 41,243 3,810 (Heath) Percentage 14.8 1.3 Swing 2.0% 0.2%
Map showing the results of the 2017 City of Cardiff Council Elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2017 Cardiff Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the national 2017 Welsh local elections. The elections were preceded by the 2012 elections and were followed by the 2022 elections.

Election result

Labour maintained control of the authority following these elections, gaining their highest popular vote since 1995, but ending up with a reduced number of seats. The Conservatives achieved their best result since the unitary council was created in 1995, winning twenty seats and replacing the Liberal Democrats as the official opposition on the council. Plaid Cymru also secured their highest popular vote, despite standing in fewer seats than in 2012, but only won three seats. The Liberal Democrats in Cardiff suffered their worst election result in terms of total seats won (eleven) since 1995, whilst the local Green Party failed to win its first seat on the council, suffering a fall in support when compared to the 2012 election. The only independent candidate to be elected was Fenella Bowden in the Heath ward, who would become Cardiff Council's longest serving Independent councillor during the council term.

The only member of the original council elected in 1995 who had served continuously since then is Russell Goodway, former leader of the Council, who was again returned for the Ely ward. Others elected in 1995 but who had not remained members continuously included Graham Hinchey, Susan Lent, Sarah Merry, Lynda Thorne (Labour) and Fenella Bowden (LD/Independent).

Leader of the Plaid Cymru group, Neil McEvoy, was the only party leader to remain in post immediately after the election. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Elizabeth Clark lost her Cathays seat to Labour. Conservative group leader, David Walker, also stood down immediately after the elections. Council leader and leader of the Labour group prior to the election, Phil Bale, was replaced by Splott councillor Huw Thomas.

City of Cardiff Council Composition 2017

Cardiff Council Election 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	40	4	8	-4	53.3	39.5	113,025	+3.2
	Conservative	20	13	0	+13	26.6	25.5	72,920	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	11	0	5	-6	14.6	15.7	44,823	-0.7
	Plaid Cymru	3	1	1	±0.0	4.0	14.8	42,352	+2.0
	Heath/Birchgrove Ind.	1	0	0	±0.0	1.3	1.3	3,810	-0.2
	Green	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	1.3	3,822	-5.2
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.8	2,373	+0.3
	Independent	0	0	3	-3	0.0	0.7	2,056	N/A
	TUSC	0	0	0	±0.0	0.0	0.3	810	-0.2

Manifestos

The four largest political groups on Cardiff Council produced manifestos for the 2017 local election campaign. The Heath Independents committed to six pledges ahead of the election.

The South Wales Echo also interviewed the four largest political group leaders prior to election day.

Cardiff Labour
Cardiff Conservatives
Cardiff Liberal Democrats
Plaid Cymru

Ward results

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Adamsdown (2 seats)

Adamsdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells*	917	42.8	+3.0
	Labour	Owen Jones	913	42.6	+3.4
	Labour	Gwenda Owen	874
	Liberal Democrats	John Dixon	863
	Conservative	Catherine Hemingway	107	5.0	+2.1
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Mason	105	4.9	−0.4
	Plaid Cymru	Esyllt Meurig	100
	Green	Mark Pritchard	99	4.6	−1.8
	Conservative	Pauline Ambani	97
	TUSC	David Reid	27	1.3	−2.4
Turnout			2,144	36.1	+7.4
Registered electors			5,946
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saeed Ebrahim	1,462	56.3	+19.0
	Plaid Cymru	Arreyeh-Naasir Aadan	462	17.8	−0.7
	Conservative	Heather Ward	356	13.7	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michail Arapis	237	9.1	−23.2
	Green	Neil Monteiro	85	3.3	−0.3
Turnout			2,597	34.9	+4.6
Registered electors			7,438
	Labour hold		Swing

Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradbury*	1,340	51.1	−7.2
	Labour	Elaine Simmons*	1,152
	Plaid Cymru	Matthew Harvey	881	33.6	+23.5
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Swan	788
	Conservative	Edna Huntley	382	14.6	+6.3
	Conservative	Kolawole Ponnle	277
	Liberal Democrats	John Speake	71	2.7	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Speake	61
	TUSC	John Williams	28	1.1	N/A
Turnout			2,623	33.4	+4.1
Registered electors			7,859
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canton (3 seats)

Canton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Elsmore*	2,370	42.3	−5.3
	Labour	Stephen Cunnah	2,314
	Labour	Ramesh Patel*	2,301
	Plaid Cymru	Rhys Ab Owen	2,105	37.5	+17.3
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Tudur	1,944
	Plaid Cymru	John Lowes	1,867
	Conservative	David Davies	666	11.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Barbara Davies	649
	Liberal Democrats	Morgan Griffith-David	376	6.7	+4.2
	Conservative	Aileen Ashmore	363
	Green	Daniel McGowan	363	6.5	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harding	281
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Owen	274
Turnout			5,607	51.3	+10.0
Registered electors			10,929
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cathays (4 seats)

Labour won all four seats. Ali Ahmed previously represented Butetown.

Cathays

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Merry*	1,639	50.3	+20.6
	Labour	Ali Ahmed	1,581
	Labour	Chris Weaver*	1,468
	Labour	Norma Mackie	1,458
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Clark*	976	30.0	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Satterthwaite	843
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Pilliner	834
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bailey	809
	Green	Helen Westhead	416	12.8	−8.7
	Plaid Cymru	Daniel Bryant	318	9.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Emily Higham	308	9.4	+1.7
	Conservative	Simon Rees	300
	Conservative	Joseph Ventre	297
	Plaid Cymru	Peter Davies	280
	Plaid Cymru	Emily Cole	274
	Plaid Cymru	Emyr Gruffydd	250
	Conservative	Callum Sloper	244
	TUSC	Calum Glanville-Ellis	81	2.5	N/A
	TUSC	Sebastian Robyns-Landricombe	63
Turnout			3,256	28.1	+10.5
Registered electors			11,589
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Thomas*	948	47.0	+9.8
	Plaid Cymru	Wynford Owen	644	31.9	−4.8
	Labour	John Yarrow	334	16.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Borrow	91	4.5	+1.4
Turnout			2,018	50.3	+7.4
Registered electors			4,011
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Congreve	1,874	39.9	−4.8
	Conservative	Kathryn Kelloway	1,852	39.4	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bablin Molik	1,769
	Conservative	Lee Canning	1,737
	Conservative	Lee Gonzalez	1,733
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Lutwyche	1,727
	Labour	Ian Bounds	996	21.2	+4.3
	Labour	Alvin Shum	757
	Labour	Louise Thomas	710
	Green	Timothy Jones	415	8.8	+3.4
Turnout			4,696	56.3	+13.0
Registered electors			8,344
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ely (3 seats)

Ely

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Goddard*	1,472	51.4	−4.9
	Labour	James Murphy*	1,380
	Labour	Russell Goodway*	1,269
	Plaid Cymru	Lowri Brown	786	27.4
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Newth	745
	Plaid Cymru	Andrea Gibson	622
	Conservative	Owen Robbins	509	17.8	+9.4
	Conservative	Leighton McEwan	507
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Amoss	267	9.3	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Rees	97
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Hemsley	84
	TUSC	Richard Edwards	64	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,864	29.5	+0.8
Registered electors			9,710
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy*	2,414	56.3	+13.5
	Plaid Cymru	Lisa Ford*	2,349
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Parry	2,017
	Labour	Paul Mitchell*	1,160	27.1	−9.7
	Labour	John Bayliss	1,101
	Labour	Irene Humphreys	1,039
	Conservative	John Williams	535	12.5	−1.5
	Conservative	Alan Hill	533
	Conservative	Ronald Michaelis	450
	Liberal Democrats	Eleri Randerson	203	4.7	+2.9
	Green	Phillip Croxall	190	4.4	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rees	92
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Townsend	92
	TUSC	Ross Saunders	73	1.7	N/A
Turnout			4,287	44.5	+3.7
Registered electors			9,639
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru hold		Swing
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

Gabalfa (2 seats)

Gabalfa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rhys Taylor	922	44.1	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Wood	920
	Labour	Joycelyn Coughlin	818	39.1	+11.8
	Labour	Matthew Hexter	719
	Plaid Cymru	Sioned Treharne	178	8.5	+1.7
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Kennard-Holden	169
	Conservative	Niall Piercy	165	7.9	+1.6
	Conservative	Margaret Evans	149
Turnout			2,091	35.7	+10.1
Registered electors			5,863
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grangetown (3 seats)

Plaid Cymru lost a seat they had gained in a by-election in November 2016.

Grangetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashley Lister	2,199	44.7	+4.5
	Labour	Abdul Sattar	2,198
	Labour	Lynda Thorne*	2,121
	Plaid Cymru	Tariq Awan*	1,758	35.7	+2.2
	Plaid Cymru	David Vaughan	1,438
	Plaid Cymru	Elizabeth Musa	1,310
	Conservative	Michael Bryan	671	13.6	+6.8
	Conservative	Jenna Malvisi	604
	Conservative	Andrew Pike	580
	Liberal Democrats	Jahangir Hussain	350	7.1	−4.1
	Green	Simon Morton	272	5.5	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Evans	232
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammad Latif	194
	TUSC	Lianne Francis	65	1.3	N/A
	TUSC	Joseph Fathallah	46
Turnout			4,924	37.3	+0.5
Registered electors			13,215
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath (3 seats)

The independent candidates stood again as Heath & Birchgrove Independents.

Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Hinchey*	2,010	38.2	+10.5
	Conservative	Lyn Hudson*	1,830	34.8	+9.9
	Heath Independent	Fenella Bowden*	1,737	33.0	+3.7
	Labour	Penelope Owen	1,704
	Labour	Michael Ash-Edwards	1,667
	Conservative	Peter Hudson	1,602
	Conservative	Michelle Michaelis	1,477
	Heath Independent	Steven Bowden	1,143
	Heath Independent	Jane Reece	930
	Plaid Cymru	Helen Smith	410	7.8	+1.5
	Green	Christopher Von Ruhland	251	4.8	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Randerson	244	4.6	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wijdan Said	163
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Schmeising-Barnes	119
Turnout			5,264	55.1	+11.0
Registered electors			9,490
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Heath Independent hold		Swing

Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker*	1,232	75.6	+2.5
	Labour	Jessica Taylor	219	13.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Myfanwy Price	130	8.0	+3.5
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Couch	49	3.0	−0.6
Turnout			1,635	56.3	+8.6
Registered electors			2,903
	Conservative hold		Swing

Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Driscoll	1,370	35.7	+13.0
	Conservative	Philipa Hill-John	1,169
	Plaid Cymru	Judith Allan	1,087	28.3	+18.9
	Plaid Cymru	Angharad Llwyd	1,017
	Labour Co-op	Catherine Antippas	944	24.6	−3.1
	Labour Co-op	Keith Jackson	853
	Independent	Mike Baker	349	9.1	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Meredith	270	7.0	−24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Lutwyche	259
	Green	Benjamin Smith	130	3.4	−0.3
Turnout			3,836	55.6	+9.9
Registered electors			6,903
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dilwar Ali*	1,400	55.2	+7.8
	Labour	Jennifer Burke-Davies	1,349
	Conservative	Elizabeth Morgan	531	20.9	+15.0
	Plaid Cymru	Steffan Webb	439	17.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Diana Abuzaid	422
	Plaid Cymru	Gillian Griffin	394
	Liberal Democrats	Elinor Dixon	171	6.7	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Dixon	104
	Independent	Jonathan Bishop	56	2.2	−21.0
	TUSC	Gwilym Evans	39	1.5	N/A
Turnout			2,537	43.9	+3.3
Registered electors			5,782
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Llanishen (4 seats)

Llanishen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shaun Jenkins	2,890	43.8	+9.0
	Labour Co-op	Phillip Bale*	2,805	42.5	+1.5
	Conservative	John Lancaster	2,804
	Conservative	Thomas Parkhill	2,528
	Labour Co-op	Garry Hunt*	2,523
	Conservative	Daniel Ruff	2,383
	Labour Co-op	Jacqueline Jones	2,282
	Labour Co-op	Masudah Ali	2,254
	Plaid Cymru	Lona Roberts	666	10.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Mudd	593	9.0	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bridges	575
	Liberal Democrats	Anabella Rees	543
	Green	Michael Cope	528	8.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Godfrey	449
	UKIP	Lawrence Gwynn	323	4.9	−1.9
	UKIP	Crispin John	240
	UKIP	Vivian Evans	220
	UKIP	John Hill	180
Turnout			6,594	50.0	+12.9
Registered electors			13,175
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Jones*	1,269	56.1	−11.9
	Labour	Heather Joyce*	1,258
	Labour	Lee Bridgeman	1,195
	Conservative	Giles Cross	551	24.4	+10.0
	Conservative	Maria Hill	484
	Conservative	Aled Jones-Pritchard	432
	UKIP	Gary Oldfield	255	11.3	N/A
	UKIP	Teresa Davies	207
	Plaid Cymru	Trevor Keane	200	8.8
	UKIP	Robert Lewis	151
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Street	126	5.6	+2.8
	Plaid Cymru	Colin Lewis	114
	Plaid Cymru	Ceri Ann Tegwyn	96
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Bird	77
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Rees	73
Turnout			2,260	29.2	−0.4
Registered electors			7,744
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Pentwyn (4 seats)

Pentwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Carter*		45.6
		Emma-Janey Sandry
		Daniel Naughton
		Frank Jacobsen		35.3
		Michael Fogg	1,409
		Jonathan Shimmin	1,346
		Samsunear Ali	1,325
		Margaret Thomas	1,119
		Kathleen Fisher	663	16.6
		Munawar Mughal	623
		Nathan Watson	559
		Jack Sellers	530
		Andrew Morgan	236	5.9
		Pauline Morgan	228
		Martin Pollard	202
		Huw Hughes	172
		Steve Williams	98	2.5
Turnout			3,994	37.6
Registered electors			10,623
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gavin Hill-John*		47.4
		Hywel Wigley	518	33.5
		Richard Hughes	234	15.1
		Caroline Morris	63	4.1
Turnout			1,548	55.4
Registered electors			2,790
	hold		Swing

Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joe Boyle*		25.6
		Rodney Berman
		Asghar Ali
		Louise Westlake	1,317	13.4
		Bethan Proctor	1,231
		Sajad Nazari	1,044
		Sara Canning	855	8.7
		Rhys Gadsby	743
		Sophie Tyrill	723
		Nicholas Carter	543	5.5
		Huw Burrows	495	5.0
		Leigh Worrall	316	3.2
Turnout			9,897	50.1
Registered electors			9,897
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Plasnewydd (4 seats)

The Liberal Democrats lost a seat they had gained in a by-election.

Plasnewydd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Susan Lent*		52.2
		Daniel De'ath*
		Mary McGarry*
		Peter Wong
		Manzoor Ahmed	1,545	33.5
		Robin Rea*	1,531
		Cadan Ap Tomos	1,410
		Richard Jerrett	1,300
		Daniel Ward	560	12.1
		Mariana Montiel	371	8.0
		Angharad Lewis	346
		Matthew Lloyd	331
		Enid Harries	297	6.4
		Lucy Golding	289
		Rowland Hemingway	252
		Marc Gonzalez	223
Turnout			4,611	38.9
Registered electors			11,851
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Pontprennau and Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dianne Rees*		57.6
		Joel Williams
		Georgina Phillips*	1,134	35.3
		Shane Andrews	891
		David Davies	200	6.2
		Mary Naughton	176	5.5
		David Keigwin	167
Turnout			3,216	44.5
Registered electors			7,221
	hold		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roderick McKerlich*		43.1
		Michael Deem	999	36.1
		Mohammed Islam	358	12.9
		Hilary Borrow	218	7.9
Turnout			2,772	53.4
Registered electors			5,195
	hold		Swing

Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Two of the three Independent councillors elected in 2012 rejoined the Conservatives in 2015 and the third Independent was defeated by a Conservative in this election.

Rhiwbina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jayne Cowan*		63.0
		Adrian Robson*
		Oliver Owen
		Eleanor Sanders*	1,565	27.4
		Meurig Williams	1,524	26.7
		Clare Jones	1,500
		Alan Golding	1,159
		Stephen Lake	402	7.0
		Jonathan Land	371	6.5
		Philippa Willmot	198
		Dale Hargrove	170
Turnout			5,710	61.9
Registered electors			9,219
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing

Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Iona Gordon*		53.2
		Caro Wild*
		Kanaya Singh
		Ruksana Begum	1,126	26.3
		Richard Williams	1,054
		Mubashar Sawati	959
		Jason Griffin	510	11.9
		Leon Bancroft	464
		Gaener Davies	415
		Alun Williams	401	9.3
		Kenneth Barker	400	9.3
		Molik Ahmed	255
		Callum Littlemore	218
		Ahmed Alsisi	86	2.0
Turnout			4,283	44.6
Registered electors			9,595
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Rumney (2 seats)

Rumney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Derbyshire*		46.3
		Jacqueline Parry*
		Gareth Lloyd	871	39.2
		James Roach	684
		John Ireland	221	9.9
		Wayne Cashin	204
		Peter Amoss	104	4.7
		Hugh Minor	91
		Emily Stables	39	1.8
Turnout			2,222	33.5
Registered electors			6,629
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Splott (3 seats)

Splott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Elizabeth Henshaw		55.3
		Huw Thomas*
		Edward Stubbs*
		Robert Lawrence	416	13.6
		Zara England	413	13.5
		Gail Morgan	401
		Stephanie Greedy	398	13.1
		Rhys Cisuelo	385
		Vivienne Ward	373
		Philip Dore	356
		James Bear	322
		Favour Egbekayi	292
		Samuel Patterson	170	5.6
		Katrine Williams	70	2.3
		David Bartlett	67
		Jioao Felix	50
Turnout			3,047	33.1
Registered electors			9,211
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Trowbridge (3 seats)

Ralph Cook was elected as a Labour candidate in 2012.

Trowbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher Lay		42.0
		Mary Bowen-Thomson
		Michael Costas-Michael*
		Ralph Cook*	741	25.1
		Richard Foley	692	23.4
		Thomas Harrison	620	21.0
		Janine Jones-Pritchard	584
		Jade Smith	540
		Russell Tysoe	479
		Thomas Hall	249
		Cerith Griffiths	235	8.0
		Catrin Davies	211
		Patrick Daley	196
		Richard Lewis	193
		Lawrence Lado	172
Turnout			2,951	26.6
Registered electors			11,089
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Phillips		41.5
		Timothy Davies
		Linda Morgan
		Michael Jones-Pritchard
		Hannah Buckingham	2,700	38.6
		Marc Palmer	2,488
		Norman Gettings	2,461
		Maliika Kaaba	2,234
		Mali Rowlands	962	13.8
		Daniel Allsobrook	951
		Glenys Evans	885
		Julia Burns	856
		Lynne Barrett-Lee	540	7.7
		Dominic Eggbeer	516
		Geraldine Nichols	365
		Usman Bukhari	312
Turnout			6,994	55.6
Registered electors			12,589
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing
	gain from		Swing

By-elections between 2017 and 2022

Ely

Ely by-election, 21 February 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrea Gibson		43.1
		Irene Humphreys	779	40.4
		Gavin Brookman	271	14.1
		Richard Jerrett	46	2.4
Majority			52	2.7
Turnout			1,927	20.3
Registered electors			9,482
	gain from		Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Jim Murphy on 1 December 2018.

Cyncoed

Cyncoed by-election 16 July 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Hopkins		55.3
		Peter Hudson	838	24.1
		Madhu Khanna-Davies	560	16.1
		Morgan Rogers	152	4.4
Majority			1,082	31.1
Turnout			3,484	42.1
Registered electors			8,268
	hold		Swing	+15.4

The by-election was caused by the death of Liberal Democrat Councillor Wendy Congreve on 14 May 2019.

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais by-election 3 October 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mia Rees		36.4
		Marc Palmer	1,190	28.0
		Dan Allsobrook	674	15.9
		Sian Donne	588	13.9
		David Griffin	248	5.8
Majority			354	8.4
Turnout			4,244	33.7
Registered electors			12,589
	hold		Swing	+2.7

The by-election was caused by the death of Conservative councillor Tim Davies on 4 June 2019.

Llanishen

Llanishen by-election 21 November 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Siân-Elin Melbourne		43.4
		Garry Hunt	1,254	34.7
		Will Ogborne	387	10.7
		Chris Haines	209	5.8
		Michael Cope	138	3.8
		Lawrence Gwynn	59	1.6
Majority			312	8.7
Turnout			3,613	27.3
Registered electors			13,227
	gain from		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Phil Bale in Autumn 2019.

Heath

Heath by-election 11 November 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Julie Sangani		47.1
		Peter Hudson	1,128	30.8
		Kathryn Lock	561	15.3
		Gwennol Haf	250	6.8
Majority			601	16.3
Turnout			3,668	38.4
Registered electors			9,552
	gain from		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Councillor Fenella Bowden, who stepped down for health reasons in September 2021.

Other changes between 2017 and 2021

Neil McEvoy was expelled by Plaid Cymru for 18 months on 19 March 2018, and then sat under the label "Fairwater Cardiff West". In February 2020 he formed the Welsh National Party, later to become "Propel" along with 3 other former Plaid Cymru councillors. One of those, Ely councillor Andrea Gibson, later left the party and sat as an Independent.

An Electoral Review undertaken by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales recommended an increase to the total number of council seats in Cardiff from 75 to 79 ahead of the next election. The changes were accepted with only slight modification, to take effect from the 2022 council election.