| Cathays ward | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward | |
 Location of the Cathays ward withinCardiff | |
| Population | 20,021 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST181780 |
| 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 | 4 |
TheCathays (/kəˈteɪz/kə-TAYZ)[2]electoral ward ofCardiff, created in 1890, which since 1974 has covered theCathays andCastle communities. There is nocommunity council for the area and it has elected four councillors since 1999.
The Cathays ward includes some or all of the following areas:Blackweir,Cardiff city centre,Cathays Park andMaindy in theUK Parliament constituency ofCardiff South and Penarth andSenedd constituency ofCardiff Central. It is bounded byGabalfa andBirchgrove to the north;Plasnewydd andAdamsdown to the east;Butetown to the south; andRiverside to the west. TheRiver Taff forms its western boundary to where it meets theSouth Wales Main Line, the South Wales Main Line forms the southern boundary to where it meets the Valley Lines northbound branch, this railway line then forms the eastern boundary as far as theA48 road. The Northern boundary follows the A48 as far as Allensbank Road where it follows this road south then turns north again along Whitchurch Road. It turns west along Crown Way, then south along the A470 until North Road where it bears west, passing just south of the student halls, until it meets the River Taff. The tallest building in Wales is here and is also part of the Cardiff's CBD.
The ward contains a large number of Cardiff's landmarks including:
The ward has traditionally had one of the highest percentages of student residents. In 2011 70% of adults in the ward (between 16 and 74) were students.[3]
In 1995 the Cathays ward elected three councillors and, since 1999 four councillors to theCardiff Council unitary authority.[4]
At the May 2017 elections all four seats were won by theLabour Party.[5]
Between 1974 and 1996 the Cathays ward was represented onCardiff City Council by three councillors.[6] These includedMike German, leader of theLiberal Democrats on the council; and Derek Allinson, Lord Mayor in 1992.
The ward was represented mainly by the Labour Party, until 1983 when the Liberal Democrats, Mike German and Fred Hornblow, won two of the seats. Between 1983 and 1996 the ward was represented by councillors German, Hornblow and Allinson.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Michael J. German | 1,742 | |||
| Alliance | Fred J. Hornblow | 1,639 | |||
| Labour | Derek R. Allinson | 1,531 | |||
| Alliance | D. W. T. Rees | 1,524 | |||
| Labour | M. F. Harris | 1,496 | |||
| Labour | W. C. Laing | 1,335 | |||
| Conservative | F. Moorcraft | 961 | |||
| Conservative | S. Phillips | 909 | |||
| Conservative | E. Robinson | 861 | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Owen John Thomas | 261 | |||
| Ecology | K. J. Pearson | 225 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Alliancegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Alliancegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
In July 1890, following the creation ofCardiff County Borough Council, Cathays was the name of one of the ten new electoral wards created in the county borough.[8] It covered an area northeast of theTaff Vale Railway (with much of what is nowadays the Cathays ward, west of the railway, being part of theCentral ward).
Each of the three councillors took turns to stand for re-election, on a three-yearly (later a nine-yearly) cycle.
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