Fairwater (Cardiff electoral ward)

Fairwater is the name of an electoral ward in the west of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers Fairwater and Pentrebane on the outskirts of the urban area.

Fairwater ward
Electoral ward

Location of Fairwater ward within Cardiff
Population12,981 (2011 census)[1]
Community
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARDIFF
Postcode districtCF5
Dialling code+44-29
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors3

The Fairwater ward is bordered to the west by Creigiau & St Fagans, to the east by Llandaff and to the south by the Ely ward.

Background

Fairwater has elected three councillors to Cardiff Council since 1995, being represented by the Labour Party until May 2008 when all three seats were taken by Plaid Cymru.[2] Plaid lost a seat in May 2012[3] but regained it in 2017. Representatives have included Labour councillor Michael Michael, who was deputy leader of the Cardiff Council until 2008[4] and Plaid Cymru's Neil McEvoy, who was deputy leader of the council from 2008 to 2012. McEvoy had previously been a Labour Party councillor for the Riverside ward in the city and was also elected as a Plaid Cymru Assembly Member in the Wales Government in 2016.[5]

Plaid Cymru (Fairwater and Pentrebane Voice) and Labour (Fairwater and Pentrebane Fightback) both issue local campaigning newsletters containing allegations and counter-allegations against one another.[6] These have included accusations that Cllr Michael Michael, a hairdresser, was profiting from a council leased building[7] and allegations about Cllr McEvoy's expenses.[6]

During the 2008 election campaign former MP Rod Richards, who lived in Fairwater, was arrested after assaulting a fellow Conservative Party campaigner.[8]

County councillors
Representation 1995 – date [2]
Election    Labour     Plaid Cymru 
2017 - 3
2012 1 2
2008 - 3
2004 3 -
1999 3 -
1995 3 -

May 2017
2017 Cardiff Council election [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Neil John McEVOY * 2,414
Plaid Cymru Lisa FORD * 2,349
Plaid Cymru Keith Harvey PARRY 2,017
Labour Paul Donnell Eugene MITCHELL * 1,160
Labour John Charles BAYLISS 1,101
Labour Irene May HUMPHREYS 1,039
Conservative John Clive WILLIAMS 535
Conservative Alan John HILL 533
Conservative Ronald MICHAELIS 450
Liberal Democrats Eleri Kathryn RANDERSON 203
Green Phillip Christopher CROXALL 190
Liberal Democrats Mark REES 92
Liberal Democrats Oliver Benedict TOWNSEND 92
TUSC Ross SAUNDERS 73
Turnout 44.5%

* = sitting councillor prior to the election

References
  1. "Fairwater - Key Stats". UKcensusdata.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. "Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. "Cardiff council elections: The story in each ward". yourCardiff. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. "Concerns over councillor Michael Michael's Cardiff council deal". BBC News. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. Ruth Mosalski (16 April 2017). "Who is Neil McEvoy, the Plaid politician who thinks he can be the next leader of Cardiff council?". Wales Online. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. Hannah Waldram (12 April 2011). "Cardiff candidate lashes out at 'Labour lies' as election spat continues". theguardian.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. "Hairdresser's demand over plan meeting". South Wales Echo. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. "Ex-Welsh minister cautioned after canvasser assaulted". Daily Post. North Wales. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. "Election results for Fairwater - Cardiff Council Elections 2017 - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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