Butetown (electoral ward)

Electoral ward in Wales

Butetown ward

Electoral ward

Location of Butetown ward within Cardiff

Population| 10,125 (2011 census)
Principal area|

* Cardiff

Country| Wales
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| CARDIFF
Postcode district| CF10
Dialling code| +44-29
UK Parliament|

* Cardiff South and Penarth

Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament|

* Cardiff South and Penarth

Councillors| 1

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

## Description

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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

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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

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Election | Member | Party

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| 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

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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

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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]

Election | Member | Party

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

## References

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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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