The Butetown

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covers the

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area of the city, electing a councillor to

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Description

The Butetown ward includes the areas of

Butetown Butetown (or ''The Docks'', cy, Tre-biwt) is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early 19th century by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose t ...

and

Atlantic Wharf Atlantic Wharf ( cy, Glanfa Iwerydd) is a southern area of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is primarily an area of new houses and apartments located on the west side of the disused Bute East Dock and to the east of Lloyd George Avenue. It also ...

. It is located in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth and the

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constituency of the same name. Butetown ward is bounded by the wards of Grangetown (and the River Taff) to the west;

Cathays Cathays ( ; Welsh: officially ''Cathays'' but also , 'the constant meadow') is a district and community in the centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is very densely populated and contain ...

and

Adamsdown Adamsdown ( cy, Waunadda or ) is an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Adamsdown is generally located between Newport Road, to the north and the mainline railway to the south. The area includes ...

to the north;

Splott Splott ( cy, Y Sblot) is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, just east of the city centre. It was built up in the late 19th century on the land of two farms of the same name: Upper Splott and Lower ...

to the northeast. The ward also covers the island of

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, which is part of Cardiff though several miles off the coast. According to the 2011 census the population of the ward was 10,125.

Representatives

Butetown elects one Councillor to

. 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

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Councillors since 1995

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. 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 Cyncoed ( ); is an affluent and exclusive community in the northeast of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. With many properties in the area fetching over £1 million, Cyncoed is considered to have some of the highest property prices in the country. Cy ...

, which each elected three councillors. 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 Cardiff City Council was the local government district authority that administered the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, from 1974 until 1996. The district council replaced the pre-1974 county borough council. It was succeeded in 1996 by Car ...

(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.Gaynor Legall
, 100welshwomen.wales. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

References

{{Politics and Government in Cardiff, state=collapsed Cardiff electoral wards 1983 establishments in Wales