Whitchurch & Tongwynlais
51°31′12″N 3°13′41″W / 51.520°N 3.228°W
| Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward | |
 Location of Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward within Cardiff | |
| Population | 17,595 (2001 census) |
| OS grid reference | ST181780 |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARDIFF |
| Postcode district | CF15, CF14 |
| Dialling code | +44-29 |
| UK Parliament |
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| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament |
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| Councillors | 4 (all Labour) |
Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (Welsh: Yr Eglwys Newydd a Thongwynlais) is an electoral ward of Cardiff, Wales. It covers some or all of the following areas: Coryton, Tongwynlais and Whitchurch in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff North. It is bounded by Caerphilly county borough to the north; Rhiwbina and Heath to the east; Llandaff North to the south; Radyr & Morganstown and Pentyrch to the west.
Government
[edit]Senedd
[edit]Whitchurch & Tongwynlais is in the Cardiff North constituency for the Senedd. Since 2011 it has been represented by Julie Morgan MS, a member of the Labour Party
Houses of Parliament
[edit]The Westminster constituency of Cardiff North was represented by the Conservative Party's Craig Williams MP until the 2017 election, when Labour's Anna McMorrin won the seat.
Local Government
[edit]The ward has elected four councillors to the post-1996 Cardiff Council[1] and, prior to that, four (Conservative) councillors to Cardiff City Council since the ward's creation in 1983.[2]
| Representation 1983 – date [1][2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Conservative | Labour | ||
| 1983 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1987 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2017[3] | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022[4] | 0 | 4 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Election results for Whitchurch & Tongwynlais: Cardiff Council Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Cardiff local election results 2022: Labour leader describes party victory as 'historic' as it grows seat number". Wales Online. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.