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Splott (electoral ward)

Field	Value
official_name	Splott ward
country	Wales
type	Electoral ward
static_image_name	Cardiff ward location - Splott.png
static_image_width	260px
static_image_caption	Location of Splott ward within Cardiff
population	13,261
population_ref	(2011 census)
community_wales	Splott/Tremorfa
post_town	CARDIFF
postcode_area	CF
postcode_district	CF24
dial_code	+44-29
constituency_westminster	Cardiff South and Penarth
unitary_wales	Cardiff
constituency_welsh_assembly	Cardiff South and Penarth
councillors	3
hide_services	yes

Splott is an electoral ward in the south of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers the communities of Splott and Tremorfa (which was created from the northeastern part of Splott in 2016).

Description

The Splott ward is bordered to the north by the Penylan and Rumney wards, to the northwest by Adamsdown, to the southwest by the Butetown ward. To the southeast is the Severn Estuary.

The Splott ward elected two councillors to Cardiff Council in 1995 and has elected three councillors since 1999. It has been represented by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats. In May 2012 all three seats were won by a new team of Labour councillors, after a bitter campaign where the Liberal Democrats making a complaint to the police that Labour candidate, Luke Holland, had given a misleading address on his notice of poll.

Splott councillor Huw Thomas became leader of the Labour-controlled Cardiff Council in May 2017. Lord Jack Brooks, who became leader of South Glamorgan County Council, was a Splott councillor during the 80s and 90s.

Cardiff's first ethnic minority councillor, Manuel Delgado, was elected for Labour in the Splott ward in May 1967. Of Cape Verdean heritage, Delgado is also claimed as the first black councillor in Wales. He also became Cardiff's first black magistrate in 1969.

County councillors

Representation 1995 – date	Election	Labour	Lib Dem	3	-	3	-	2	1	1	2	3	-	2	-
2017
2012
2008
2004
1999
1995

Cardiff County Borough Council

Prior to 1890 the Splott area was covered by the East ward of Cardiff. In July 1890, following the creation of Cardiff County Borough Council, Splott was the name of one of the ten new electoral wards created in the county borough. Each of the three councillors took turns to stand for re-election, on a three-yearly cycle.

References

"Splott - Key Stats".
"Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012". The Elections Centre.
(4 May 2012). "Fresh faces in Cardiff's Splott ward as Labour paint the area red at Election 2012". Wales Online.
(20 April 2012). "Labour candidate referred to police in Cardiff address row". Wales Online.
Ruth Mosalski. (8 May 2017). "Cardiff Labour group picks Huw Thomas as its new leader". Wales Online.
[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jack+Brooks.-a0129310428 "Jack Brooks"], ''[[South Wales Echo]]'', 25 February 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
(12 May 1967). "Tories in control of the major power centres - 18 seat lead in Cardiff for Tories". South Wales Echo.
Sinclair, Meil M. C.. (1993–2017). "Endangered Tiger: The Tiger Bay Story". Wordcatcher Publishing.
(29 July 1890). "Cardiff New Wards - Determining The Boundaries". The Western Mail.

Wikipedia Source

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