The 1999 Cardiff Council election was the second 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 establishe ...
following the re-organization of local government in Wales. It was held on Thursday 6 May 1999.
It was preceded by the
1995 election and followed by the
2004 elections
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. On the same day the first elections to the Welsh Assembly were held as well as elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales. Labour retained a majority of the seats.
Overview
All council seats were up for election. This was the second election to be held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of
South Glamorgan County Council
South Glamorgan County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir De Morgannwg) was the local government authority that administered the county of South Glamorgan, Wales from its creation in 1974 until its abolition in 1996.
History
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. In 1995 the ward boundaries for the new authority were based on the previous
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 ...
but, effective from the 1999 election, ''The City and County of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998'' increased the number of wards to 29 and the number of councillors to 75.
Five new seats were created by adding additional seats to five existing wards. Labour won three of the new seats and the Liberal Democrats won the remaining two.
Outcome
The Labour Party won a comfortable majority of seats although it lost some ground compared to the inaugural elections four years previously. Of the 67 councillors elected in 1995, 43 were again returned in 1999 (38 Labour, 4 Liberal Democrat and 1 Plaid Cymru).
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 ...
, a community campaigner, former headteacher and Butetown councillor between
1991
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and 1995, was the only independent councillor elected.
Ward Results
Adamstown (2 seats)
Butetown (1 seat)
Caerau (2 seats)
Canton (3 seats)
Cathays (4 seats)
An additional fourth seat was created in this ward.
Creigiau & St. Fagans (1 seat)
Cyncoed (3 seats)
Ely (3 seats)
Fairwater (3 seats)
Gabalfa (2 seats)
An additional second seat was created in this ward.
Grangetown (3 seats)
Heath (3 seats)
Lisvane (1 seat)
Llandaff (2 seats)
Llandaff North (2 seats)
Llanishen (4 seats)
An additional fourth seat was created in this ward.
Llanrumney (3 seats)
Pentwyn (4 seats)
An additional fourth seat was created in this ward.
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)
An additional third seat was created in this ward.
Trowbridge (3 seats)
An additional third seat was created in this ward.
Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)
By-elections between 1999 and 2004
Cyncoed
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr.
Jenny Randerson
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.
Canton
The by-election was called following the election of Cllr.
Kevin Brennan as the Member for the Parliamentary constituency of
Cardiff West.
Llandaff North
Gabalfa
Pentwyn
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Bill Cookson.
References
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1999
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1999 Welsh local elections
1990s in Cardiff