Butetown (electoral ward)

The Butetown electoral ward of Cardiff covers the Cardiff Bay area of the city, electing a councillor to Cardiff Council.

Butetown ward
Electoral ward
Location of Butetown ward within Cardiff
Population10,125 (2011 census)
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARDIFF
Postcode districtCF10
Dialling code+44-29
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Councillors1

Description

The Butetown ward includes the areas of Butetown and Atlantic Wharf. It is located in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth and the Senedd constituency of the same name. Butetown ward is bounded by the wards of Grangetown (and the River Taff) to the west, Cathays and Adamsdown to the north, Splott to the northeast. The ward also covers the island of Flat Holm, which is part of Cardiff though several miles off the coast.[1]

According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 10,125.[2]

Representatives

Butetown elects one Councillor to Cardiff Council. The ward has been represented by Cllr Saeed Ebrahim (Labour) since May 2017.

Following the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales' recommendations, the number of Butetown councillors will be increased from 1 to 3, effective from the 2022 Cardiff Council elections.[3]

Councillors since 1995

[4]

ElectionMemberParty
1995 Ben Foday Labour
1999 Betty Campbell Independent
2004 Vaughan Gething Labour
2008 Delme Greening Liberal Democrat
2012 Ali Ahmed Labour
2017 Saeed Ebrahim [5] Labour
2022 Saeed Ebrahim[6]
Helen Gunter
Margaret Lewis.		 Labour
Labour
Labour

Under-representation

When elected in 2012 Councillor Ahmed raised concerns that the Butetown ward, with only one councillor for a diverse area, was under-represented on Cardiff Council.[7] The issue was raised again in 2016 by the Atlantic Wharf Residents’ Association, who demanded that Atlantic Wharf be made into a ward of its own with its approximately 1500 houses and flats. Butetown ward had a population similar to the Cardiff wards of Llanrumney and Cyncoed, which each elected three councillors.[8] Following a 2020 Cardiff boundary review, Butetown was promised an increase from 1 to 3 councillors.

Cardiff City Council 1983-1996

Between 1983 and the council's dissolution in 1996, Butetown was the name of the ward to Cardiff City Council[9] (prior to that it had been part of the South ward). The ward's first councillor, Gaynor Legall, was also the first black female local councillor in Wales.[10]

ElectionMemberParty
1983 Gaynor Legall Labour
1987 Gaynor Legall Labour
1991 Betty Campbell Independent

References
  1. Election Maps Archived 20 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  2. Area: Butetown (Ward) - Key Statistics Archived 5 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Office of National Statistics. Retrieved 2016-11-04
  3. Alex Seabrook (5 October 2021). "Cardiff will get four extra councillors in May as electoral ward boundaries redrawn". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Councillor details - Councillor Saeed Ebrahim : City of Cardiff Council". Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. "Election results for Butetown, 5 May 2022 : Cardiff Council". Cardiff Council. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. Malone, Sam (4 May 2012). "Labour takes Cardiff's Butetown ward from the Lib Dems". WalesOnline. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  8. Huw Silk (2 November 2016) "Residents complain Cardiff Bay is under-represented on city council" Archived 5 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, South Wales Echo, page 9.
  9. "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  10. Gaynor Legall Archived 28 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 100welshwomen.wales. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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