The 2004 Cardiff Council election was the third election to the post-1996
Cardiff Council
Cardiff Council, formally the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Cyngor Sir Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The principal area and its council were established ...
following the re-organization of local government in Wales. It was held on 10 June 2004.
It was preceded by the
1999 election and followed by the
2008 elections. On the same day, elections were held for the European Parliament as well as to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the
2004 Welsh local elections
The 2004 Welsh local elections took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of all twenty-two local authorities
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particu ...
.
Overview
Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2003, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the
2003 Wales Assembly elections.
All 75 council seats were up for election. Labour lost its majority at this election. The Labour group leader also resigned after it became clear he would be defeated in an election for the post by Llandaff councillor Greg Owens.
Independent Butetown councillor,
Betty Campbell
Betty Campbell (6 November 1934 – 13 October 2017, born Rachel Elizabeth Johnson) was a Welsh community activist, who was Wales' first black head teacher. Born into a poor household in Butetown, she won a scholarship to the Lady Margaret Hi ...
, narrowly lost her seat to Labour amid claims of 'dirty tricks' during the campaign.
Ward Results
Adamstown (2 seats)
Butetown (1 seat)
Caerau (2 seats)
Canton (3 seats)
Cathays (4 seats)
Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)
Cyncoed (3 seats)
Ely (3 seats)
Fairwater (3 seats)
Gabalfa (2 seats)
The Liberal Democrats had won a seat in this ward at a by-election.
Grangetown (3 seats)
Heath (3 seats)
Lisvane (1 seat)
Llandaff (2 seats)
Llandaff North (2 seats)
Llanishen (4 seats)
Llanrumney (3 seats)
Pentwyn (4 seats)
Cubitt previously represented Pontprennau. Woodman had previously held the seat for the Liberal Democrats at a by-election on 11 September 2003.
Pentyrch (1 seat)
Penylan (3 seats)
Plasnewydd (4 seats)
Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons (2 seats)
Radyr (1 seat)
Rhiwbina (3 seats)
Riverside (3 seats)
Rumney (2 seats)
Splott (3 seats)
Trowbridge (3 seats)
Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)
By-elections between 2004 and 2008
There were no by-elections.
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2004
2004
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
2000s in Cardiff