Rhiwbina_(electoral_ward)
Rhiwbina (electoral ward)
Community/Electoral ward in Wales
Rhiwbina is the name of an electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers the community of the same name.
| Rhiwbina ward | |
|---|---|
| Community/Electoral ward | |
Location of Rhiwbina ward within Cardiff | |
| Population | 11,369 (2011 census)[1] |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARDIFF |
| Postcode district | CF14 |
| Dialling code | +44-29 |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| Councillors | 3 |
Rhiwbina became a ward to Cardiff City Council in 1967, after it was transferred from the Cardiff Rural District.[2] It elected Conservative councillors for 28 years, until the 1995 elections to the new City and County of Cardiff Council saw Labour win all three seats.[3]
Rhiwbina is both an electoral ward, and a community. There is no community council for the area.
The Rhiwbina ward is bordered to the west by the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais, to the east by the Llanishen and Lisvane wards. To the south is Cardiff's Heath ward, while Caerphilly's St Martins ward is immediately to the north.
The Rhiwbina ward elects three councillors to Cardiff Council. Since 1999 it has been represented by the Conservative Party or ex-Conservative Party members standing as Independents. In May 2012 independent councillor Jayne Cowan attracted more votes (3,808) than any other local election candidate in Wales.[4] In June 2015 she rejoined the Conservative Party in the hope of standing in the Welsh Assembly elections.[4] Fellow Rhiwbina councillor (also husband of Cllr Cowan) Adrian Robson also rejoined the Tories, in the hope of taking control of Cardiff Council from the Labour Party.[5]
| Representation 1995 – date [6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Conservative | Independent | Labour | |||
| 2017 | 3 | |||||
| 2012 | 3 | |||||
| 2008 | 3 | |||||
| 2004 | 3 | |||||
| 1999 | 3 | |||||
| 1995 | 3 | |||||
May 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jayne Louise Cowan ** | 3,595 | 22% | ||
| Conservative | Adrian Robert Robson ** | 3,230 | 20% | ||
| Conservative | Oliver William Owen | 2,565 | 16% | ||
| Independent | Eleanor Sanders ** | 1,565 | 10% | ||
| Labour | Meurig Williams | 1,524 | 9% | ||
| Labour | Clare Frances Jones | 1,500 | 9% | ||
| Labour | Alan Golding | 1,159 | 7% | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Stephen Edward Lake | 402 | 2% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Land | 371 | 3% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philippa Wendy Willmot | 198 | 1% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dale Hargrove | 170 | 1% | ||
| Turnout | 62% | ||||
** = sitting councillor prior to the election, elected as an Independent at the previous election
- "Rhiwbina - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "All eyes on Whitchurch and Rhiwbina - Newcomers hold the key to power". South Wales Echo. 9 May 1967. p. 6.
- "Victory ends 28-year Tory strangehold". South Wales Echo. 5 May 1995. p. 5.
Labour broke the Tory strangehold on Heath and Rhiwbina with a landslide victory. The result means the end of a 28-year Conservative reign of power in the wards... Labour won three seats from the Tories in Rhiwbina and two in Heath... Several high-ranking Tories were among the losers in Rhiwbina.
- Martin Shipton (23 June 2015). "Former Independent councillor Jayne Cowan aims to become Tory AM for Cardiff North". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- Ruth Mosalski (8 June 2015). "Husband and wife councillor team announce they will re-join Conservative group in bid to take control of Cardiff council". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "Election results for Rhiwbina - Cardiff Council Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 12 January 2018.