Creigiau & St Fagans
51°30′50″N 3°16′48″W / 51.514°N 3.280°W
| Creigiau & St. Fagans | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward | |
 | |
| Population | 5,153 (2011 census) |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARDIFF |
| Postcode district | CF5 |
| Dialling code | +44-29 |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| Councillors | 1 |
Creigiau & St. Fagans was a rural electoral ward on the western edge of Cardiff, Wales.
Description[edit]
The ward covered the villages of St. Fagans and Creigiau (in the community of Pentyrch) and the surrounding rural area. The Creigiau/St Fagans ward elected a councillor to Cardiff Council.
The ward fell within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff West. It was bounded by Rhondda Cynon Taff to the northwest; Pentyrch and Radyr & Morganstown to the northeast; Llandaff and Fairwater to the east; Ely to the southeast; and the Vale of Glamorgan to the southwest.
According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward was 5,153.[1]
Until the 2012 council elections, the ward was represented by the Plaid Cymru Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Delme Bowen.[2]
Election results[edit]
2017[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Thomas | 948 | 47% | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Wynford Ellis Owen | 644 | 32% | ||
| Labour | John Yarrow | 334 | 17% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Borrow | 91 | 5% | ||
2012[edit]
In a surprise result, the Conservatives won the seat from Plaid Cymru by 25 votes. The seat had been previously held by Plaid Cymru's Delme Bowen, who stood down after serving a tenure as Cardiff's Lord Mayor.[4] Bowen had been a Plaid Cymru councillor since 1995.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Thomas | 648 | 38% | ||
| Plaid Cymru | Wynford Ellis Owen | 623 | 36% | ||
| Labour | S. Evans | 321 | 19% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | H. Borrow | 53 | 3% | ||
| Green | T. Jones | 52 | 3% | ||
Merger[edit]
In October 2021 Cardiff Council accepted a number of ward change proposals made by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. These included the merger of Creigiau/St Fagans with the Pentyrch ward to form a new ward of "Pentyrch and St Fagans". This would take effect from the 2022 council election.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Creigiau/St. Fagans - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Peter Law (2 May 2012) "Key battlegrounds in the race to run Cardiff Council", Wales Online. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ^ "Election results for Creigiau & St Fagans - Cardiff Council Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". yourCardiff. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Delme Bowen becomes first Plaid lord mayor of Cardiff". BBC News. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Alex Seabrook (5 October 2021). "Cardiff will get four extra councillors in May as electoral ward boundaries redrawn". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
