Creigiau & St Fagans

Creigiau & St. Fagans is a rural electoral ward on the western edge of Cardiff, Wales.

Creigiau & St. Fagans
Electoral ward
Population5,153 (2011 census)
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARDIFF
Postcode districtCF5
Dialling code+44-29
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
  • Cardiff West
Councillors1

Description

The ward covers the villages of St. Fagans and Creigiau and the surrounding rural areas (though Creigiau is in the community of Pentyrch it is not in the Pentyrch ward). The Creigiau/St Fagans ward elects a councillor to Cardiff Council.

The ward falls within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff West. It is 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

2017
2017 Cardiff Council election [3]
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

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]

2012 Cardiff Council election
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%

References
  1. "Creigiau/St. Fagans - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. Peter Law (2 May 2012) "Key battlegrounds in the race to run Cardiff Council", Wales Online. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  3. "Election results for Creigiau & St Fagans - Cardiff Council Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". yourCardiff. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. "Delme Bowen becomes first Plaid lord mayor of Cardiff". BBC News. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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