Trowbridge (Cardiff electoral ward)
| Trowbridge | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward | |
 Trowbridge ward location within Cardiff | |
| Population | 17,231 (2021 census)[1] |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARDIFF |
| Postcode district | CF3 |
| Dialling code | +44-29 |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| Councillors | 3 |
Trowbridge is an electoral ward in the east of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers the working class residential community of Trowbridge, which also includes the modern suburb of St Mellons. Created in 1983, the ward has elected mainly Labour Party councillors to the local Cardiff authority.
Description
[edit]The Trowbridge ward is bordered to the west by the Rumney ward, to the east by the Newport ward of Tredegar Park and Marshfield, and to the south by the Bristol Channel.[2] It includes the suburbs of Trowbridge and St Mellons, the Shirenewton caravan site and the hamlet of Newton.
It was created by The City of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982 which came into effect from the May 1983 Cardiff City Council election.[3]
Representatives
[edit]From 1983 the Trowbridge ward elected two councillors to Cardiff City Council[4] and (since 1996) to the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff. Representation increased to three councillors from the 1999 Cardiff Council election.[5] Since 1983 the ward has consistently elected Labour Party councillors, with strong majorities, though elected a Liberal Democrat councillor in 2008.[4][5]
The future Home Secretary and First Minister of Wales, Alun Michael, spent his early political career as a councillor for Trowbridge.
At a by-election in September 2025, Trowbridge elected Cardiff's first Reform UK councillor, Edward Topham.[6]
Election results
[edit]1983
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alun Michael o | 1,120 | N/A | ||
| Labour | David English o | 1,103 | N/A | ||
| Conservative | A. McCabe | 350 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 17.5 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 8,408 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
o existing councillor, though because of boundary changes not for the same ward
2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bernie Bowen-Thomson* | 1,545 | 52.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Chris Lay* | 1,470 | N/A | ||
| Labour | Michael Michael* | 1,398 | N/A | ||
| Conservative | Catherine Elizabeth Dart | 528 | 17.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Christopher Anthony Dart | 480 | N/A | ||
| Conservative | Geraint Hywel Payne | 449 | N/A | ||
| Common Ground | Jonathan Rhys Williams | 367 | 12.5 | N/A | |
| Common Ground | Beca Evans | 366 | N/A | ||
| Common Ground | Martin Williams | 278 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Cogger | 228 | 7.7 | N/A | |
| Propel | Leanne Lennox | 197 | 6.7 | N/A | |
| Propel | Bernard Llewelyn Carleton | 171 | N/A | ||
| TUSC | Joanna Chojnicka | 80 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,684[9] | 22.8 | −3.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,751 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election
2025 by-election
[edit]Labour councillor Chris Lay stood down on 7 August 2025 after getting promotion in his job and moving to Telford, Shropshire.[10] A by election was called for 18 September 2025, which was won comfortably by Reform UK, pushing Labour into third place.[6] The new councillor, Edward Topham, was employed as a security guard at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. The Senedd had confirmed Topham could keep his job if he won the by-election.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Edward Topham | 1,142 | 39.6 | +39.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Cogger | 681 | 23.6 | +15.9 | |
| Labour | Gary Bowen-Thomson | 615 | 21.3 | −31.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Carol Falcon | 223 | 7.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Joe Roberts | 90 | 3.1 | −14.8 | |
| Green | Jessica Ryan | 67 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Propel | Leanne Lennox | 63 | 2.2 | −4.5 | |
| Majority | 527 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 2,881 | 24.7 | +1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,663 | ||||
| Reform UK gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Trowbridge - Ward in Wales". City Population. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "The City of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1982/556, retrieved 20 September 2025
- ^ a b c "Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Cardiff Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b Ellie Gosley (19 September 2025). "Reform UK has its first Cardiff councillor". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2022 - Caerdydd/Cardiff". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Election results for Trowbridge - Cardiff Council Elections 2022 - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Report on the May 2022 elections in Wales". Electoral Commission. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Councillor quits creating new by-election challenge for Labour in Cardiff". Nation.Cymru. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Martin Shipton (20 September 2025). "Senedd security guard elected as Reform councillor in Cardiff". Nation.Cymru. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Trowbridge By Election - Thursday, 18th September, 2025". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 20 September 2025.