Adamsdown is an

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in the south of

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, capital city of

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. It covers the

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Adamsdown Adamsdown (sometimes 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 C ...

. It was originally one of the ten wards created in 1890 for elections to

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. Since 1996 it has been a ward to the current

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unitary authority.

Description

The Adamsdown ward is divided from the

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by the (previously Taff Vale) railway line and Queen Street station. Its longest south eastern border is defined by the mainline railway and its northern border by Newport Road (the A461). To the north are the

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and

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wards, to the south is

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and to the southeast is

Splott Splott () 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 Splott Farms. S ...

. The ward encompasses

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and the

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. According to the

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, the population of the ward was 10,371, with 8,548 of voting age. by the time of the

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, the population has grown to 11,609.

City and County of Cardiff Council

The Adamsdown ward elected two councillors to

since 1995. It has been represented by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.

Cardiff County Borough Council

Electoral wards of Cardiff County Borough 1890

In July 1890, following the creation of

, Adamsdown was one of the ten new electoral wards created in the county borough. The ward stretched south as far as the coast, bordered to the west by the Bute West Dock and the

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ward. Each of the three councillors took turns to stand for re-election, on a three-yearly cycle. In the November 1890 election Edward Thomas successfully defended his seat, for the

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, with 70% of the vote. He was then dragged by enthusiastic supporters, in a carriage to the nearby Reform Club.

References

{{Politics and Government in Cardiff, state=collapsed 1890 establishments in Wales Cardiff electoral wards