The local authorityCouncil · welsh_council · Wales
Cardiff.
Labour Party-controlled welsh_council. 28 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.
Net revenue · —
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Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
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For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
56/82
Labour Party 68%
Westminster
4
constituencies overlap · 1 MP party
Dispatch
31 May 2026
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Cardiff is a welsh_council controlled by Labour Party (56 of 82 seats). It covers 28 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Lab 56Con 12LD 11Plaid Cymru, Green Party, Common Ground 2Propel 1
Labour Party 68% · last contested 5 May 2022
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Ferguson-Thorne | Lab | Adamsdown | 2022 |
| Owen Jones | Lab | Adamsdown | 2022 |
| Helen Gunter | Lab | Butetown | 2022 |
| Margaret Lewis | Lab | Butetown | 2022 |
| Saeed Noor Ebrahim | Lab | Butetown | 2022 |
| Elaine Alison Simmons | Lab | Caerau | 2022 |
| Peter Evan Bradbury | Lab | Caerau | 2022 |
| Jasmin Chowdhury | Lab | Canton | 2022 |
| Stephen Cunnah | Lab | Canton | 2022 |
| Susan Elsmore | Lab | Canton | 2022 |
| Ali Ahmed | Lab | Cathays | 2022 |
| Chris Weaver | Lab | Cathays | 2022 |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff East | 8 | 29% | Jo Stevens | Lab |
| Cardiff North | 8 | 29% | Anna McMorrin | Lab |
| Cardiff West | 8 | 29% | Alex Barros-Curtis | Lab |
| Cardiff South and Penarth | 4 | 14% | Stephen Doughty | Ind |
Sources, methods & last update
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CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for Cardiff
Not yet ingested for Cardiff
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level
Pending ingest at LAD level