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**Cardiff Council**
The logo of City and County of Cardiff council
The arms of City and County of Cardiff
Control	Liberal Democrats
MPs	Kevin Brennan Alun Michael Julie Morgan Jenny Willott
Constituency AMs	Lorraine Barrett Jonathan Morgan Rhodri Morgan Jenny Randerson
Official Website	http://www.cardiff.gov.uk

The County Council of City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The council consists of 75 councillors, representing 29 electoral wards. While the authority is properly styled as City and County of Cardiff, it is more often referred to as the City of Cardiff (its pre-1996 style) or simply Cardiff.

After the 2004 election, which changed the control of the Council from Labour to No Overall Control, the Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration, led by Cllr Rodney Berman.

1 Political makeup
2 History
3 Mayoralty
4 Electoral divisions
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Political makeup

Elections take place every four years. The last election was 1 May 2008.^[1]

Year	Lib Dems	Con	Labour	Plaid	Independent
2008	35	17	13	7	3
2004	33	12	27	3	0
1999	18	5	50	1	1
1995	9	1	61	1	0

The council was under Labour control between 1995 - 2004. The Liberal Democrats ran a minority administration from 2004-2008.

Following the 2008 local elections in Cardiff there is still no party with an overall majority. The Lib Dems gained three, increasing their total number of councillors to 35, and have formed an administration with Plaid Cymru, with Rodney Berman as leader of the Council. The Conservative party replaced the Labour party as the official opposition, having gained five councillors - the Labour party suffered badly, losing 14 councillors and reducing their total number to 13. Plaid Cymru gained four councillors, increasing their representation to seven. Three independent councillors were elected in Rhiwbina, two former Conservatives who had left the group in 2006 being joined by an additional member.

History

The city of Cardiff is the county town of Glamorgan, although this role has diminished since council reorganisation in 1974 paired Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan together as the new county of South Glamorgan. Further local government restructuring in 1996 resulted in Cardiff City's district council becoming a unitary authority - the present Cardiff Council.

Mayoralty

The first Mayor of Cardiff is listed by the County Borough Records as Ralph "Prepositus de Kardi" who took up office in 1126. In 1835, Thomas Revel Guest became the first elected Mayor of Cardiff when the first council elections were held. When Cardiff was granted city status in 1905 Cardiff's First Citizen became 'Lord Mayor'. Robert Hughes, the Mayor in 1904 was re-elected to become Cardiff's first Lord Mayor in the following year. The Lord Mayor was granted the right to the style "The Right Honourable". The mayor now bears the style "The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Cardiff".^[2]

Municipal Year	Lord Mayor	Deputy Lord Mayor
2008-2009	Kate Lloyd (Lib Dem)	Jaswant Singh (Plaid)
2007-2008	Gill Bird (Lab)	Brian Griffiths (Con)
2006-2007	Gareth Neale (Con)	Kate Lloyd (Lib Dem)
2005-2006	Freda Salway (Lib Dem)	Monica Walsh (Lab)
2004-2005	Jacqui Gasson (Lib Dem)	Delme Bowen (Plaid)

Electoral divisions

The unitary authority area is divided into 29 electoral wards. Most of these wards are coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Each community can have an elected council. The following table lists council wards, communities and associated geographical areas. Communities with a community council are indicated with a '*':

Electoral ward map of Cardiff

Ward	Communities (Parishes)	Other geographic areas
1 Adamsdown	Adamsdown	Cardiff city centre, Roath
2 Butetown	Butetown	Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff city centre, Tiger Bay
3 Caerau	Caerau	Cyntwell, Culverhouse Cross
4 Canton	Canton	Cardiff city centre, Leckwith, Victoria Park
5 Cathays	Cathays and Castle	Blackweir, Cardiff city centre, Cathays, Cathays Park, Maindy
6 Creigiau & St. Fagans	Pentyrch* (Creigiau ward) and St Fagans*	Coedbychan, Capel Llanilltern, Rhydlafar
7 Cyncoed	Cyncoed	Roath Park, Lakeside
8 Ely	Ely	Culverhouse Cross, Michaelston-super-Ely
9 Fairwater	Fairwater	Pentrebane
10 Gabalfa	Gabalfa	Mynachdy, Maindy, Heath
11 Grangetown	Grangetown	Cardiff Bay, Cardiff city centre, Saltmead
12 Heath	Heath	Birchgrove
13 Lisvane	Lisvane*
14 Llandaff	Llandaff
15 Llandaff North	Llandaff North	Hailey Park, Lydstep Park, Mynachdy, Gabalfa
16 Llanishen	Llanishen	Birchgrove, Thornhill
17 Llanrumney	Llanrumney
18 Pentwyn	Pentwyn	Llanedeyrn
19 Pentyrch	Pentyrch* (Gwaelod-y-Garth and Pentyrch wards)
20 Penylan	Roath
21 Plasnewydd	Plasnewydd	Roath, Cardiff city centre
22 Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons	Old St. Mellons* and Pontprennau	Llanedeyrn Village
23 Radyr & Morganstown	Radyr & Morganstown*	Morganstown
24 Rhiwbina	Rhiwbina	Pantmawr, Rhydwaedlyd, Wenallt
25 Riverside	Riverside	Cardiff city centre, Llandaff Fields, Pontcanna, Sophia Gardens
26 Rumney	Rumney
27 Splott	Splott	Pengam Green, Splott, Tremorfa
28 Trowbridge	Trowbridge	St Mellons estate, Cefn Mably, Wentloog
29 Whitchurch & Tongwynlais	Tongwynlais* and Whitchurch	Blaengwynlais, Bwlch-y-cwm, Coedcefngarw, Coryton, Cwmnofydd, Graig-goch, Llandaff North