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The 2022 Cardiff Council election took place on 5 May 2022[1] to elect 79 members to Cardiff Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections.

Quick facts All 79 (previously 75) seats to Cardiff Council 40 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
2022 Cardiff Council election
← 2017
5 May 2022
2027 →
All 79 (previously 75) seats to Cardiff Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Huw Thomas Adrian Robson Rhys Taylor
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Splott Rhiwbina Gabalfa
Last election 40 20 11
Seats before 39 21 11
Seats won 55 11 10
Seat change Increase 15 Decrease 9 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Neil McEvoy
Party Common Ground Propel
Leader's seat Fairwater
Last election New party New party
Seats before 4 3
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1
Map showing the results of the 2022 Cardiff Council elections.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

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The 2022 election had been postponed from 2021, and was contested under new ward boundaries, which also increased the number of seats from 75 to 79.[2] The next election will take place in 2027, following an increase in the council term from four years to five years.

At the election, Labour maintained its overall control of the council, increasing its number of seats from 40 at the last election to 55. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats lost ten seats and one seat respectively, to a total of 11 and 10, while Common Ground, an electoral pact between Plaid Cymru and Wales Green Party, won two seats. Propel won one seat.

Background

Postponement

Map showing number of councillors per ward
  2 councillors
  3 councillors
  4 councillors

Council elections in Wales were originally scheduled for May 2021, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2021 Senedd election.[3]

The length of council term was also increased from four years to five years to avoid future clashes, meaning that, after 2022, the next council election is expected in 2027.[3]

Ward changes

The number of councillors increased from 75 to 79 at the 2022 election, with a number of ward changes.[4]

In October 2021, Cardiff Council accepted a number of ward change proposals for the next election made by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, with only slight modification.[2] The changes gave a better parity of representation. Twenty-one wards remained unchanged.[4] Of the other wards:[2][5]

  • Butetown increased from one to three councillors.
  • Creigiau/St Fagans merged with the Pentyrch ward and was renamed "Pentyrch and St Fagans", with a total increase in councillors from two to three.
  • Grangetown increased from three to four councillors.
  • Lisvane was renamed "Lisvane and Thornhill", with the addition of Thornhill from the neighbouring Llanishen ward, and increased from one to three councillors.
  • Llanishen decreased from four to two councillors following the transfer of Thornhill to Lisvane.
  • Pentwyn decreased from four to three councillors.
  • Pontprennau/Old St Mellons was renamed "Pontprennau and Old St Mellons".
  • Radyr increased from one to two councillors.

Council term and campaign

See also: Cardiff Council elections § 2017–2022

The Labour group have been in control of Cardiff Council since 2012.

In 2019, three by-elections (Ely, February 2019; Cyncoed, July 2019; and Whitchurch & Tongwynlais, October 2019) were called following the deaths of the sitting councillors.[6][7][8] Plaid Cymru gained the Ely seat from Labour,[6] while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives held their seats in the other by-elections.[9][10]

In March 2018, Cllr Neil McEvoy was expelled from Plaid Cymru after allegedly disruptive behaviour at the party's 2017 spring conference.[11] Following the controversy, in October 2019, the three remaining Plaid Cymru councillors resigned their whips, and formed an independent group with McEvoy.[12] McEvoy and Cllrs Keith Parry and Lisa Ford would later join McEvoy's new party Propel, while Cllr Andrea Gibson, who won the Ely by-election, was elected for Common Ground in Pentyrch and St Fagans at the 2022 election.

In November 2019, the Conservatives gained a seat in Llanishen following a by-election triggered by the resignation of the sitting Labour councillor.[13][14] In November 2021, Labour won a by-election in Heath following the resignation of an independent councillor.[15]

The Welsh Cladiators, a residents group campaigning against fire defective buildings, hoped to stand in the Butetown ward, but ultimately did not.[16]

Common Ground Alliance

See also: Co-operation between the Green Party and Plaid Cymru
Quick facts Common Ground Alliance, Founded ...
Common Ground Alliance
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In September 2021, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party announced an electoral pact which would see them fielding a joint slate of candidates in Cardiff. Neither party had sitting councillors: Plaid Cymru's councillors elected in 2017 had been either expelled or had quit the party.[1] In the election, the two parties fielded a common slate of candidates, known as the Common Ground Alliance.[17] Of the 70 Common Ground Alliance candidates, 46 were from Plaid Cymru with the remaining 24 from the Green Party.[18] The alliance's campaign was formally launched on 24 April 2022.[19]

In the election, Common Ground won 17% of votes across the city, coming third behind Labour and the Conservatives.[20] They won two seats, both in the Pentyrch and St Fagans ward,[21][22] while the Liberal Democrats returned 10 councillors on a smaller share of the vote.[20]

The Alliance's elected councillors are Andrea Gibson and Rhys Owain Livesy.[22]

Candidates by party

Example of a Cardiff Council ballot paper May 2022.

A total of 358 candidates stood for the 79 seats on the council, an average of 4.5 candidates per seat. Eleven parties or alliances stood candidates, plus two independent candidates.

Both the Labour and the Conservatives stood the full 79 candidates. The Common Ground Alliance and the Liberal Democrats stood in all 28 wards, while Propel stood in 21 wards (75%) and the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition stood in 15 wards (54%).

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Party Number of candidates Number of wards
Conservative 79 28
Labour 79 28
Common Ground Alliance
(Plaid Cymru and Wales Green Party)		 70 28
Liberal Democrats 67 28
Propel 38 21
TUSC 15 15
Sovereign 4 4
Independent 2 1
Communist 1 1
Freedom Alliance 1 1
Volt 1 1
Women's Equality 1 1
Total 358 / 79 28
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Overview of results

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2022 Cardiff Council election[21][23][note 1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 55 16 0 Increase16 69.6 44.8 49,155 Increase9.6
  Conservative 11 0 10 Decrease10 13.9 19.1 21,024 Decrease6.4
  Liberal Democrats 10 1 2 Decrease1 12.7 13.4 14,710 Decrease0.9
  Common Ground 2 2 4[note 2] Decrease2[note 2] 2.5 17.3 19,008 Decrease2.5
  Propel 1 1 0 Increase1 1.3 3.3 3,618 N/A
  TUSC 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.1 1,167 Increase0.6
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.7 729 Decrease2.9
  Sovereign 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 135 N/A
  Women's Equality 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 135 N/A
  Volt 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 131 N/A
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 126 N/A
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 65 N/A
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  1. [1]
    Votes in this table are the total for the top candidate for each party in each ward. Votes % is calculated as the votes for the party divided by the total votes in this table (110,003). Vote change is compared with the same calculations for 2017.
  2. [2]
    Common Ground Alliance figures compared with combined previous Plaid Cymru and Green Party performance.

Ward results

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

Adamsdown (2 seats)

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Adamsdown[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Owen Llewellyn Jones* 1,260 61.5 N/A
Labour Grace Ferguson-Thorne 1,250 61.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Molik Musaddek Ahmed 368 18.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Yasin Ahmed Chowdhury 364 17.8 N/A
Common Ground Phil Doré 226 11.0 N/A
Common Ground Marc Owen Williams 200 9.8 N/A
Conservative Georgina Webb 110 5.4 N/A
Conservative Gurmit Singh Randhawa 106 5.2 N/A
Propel Jimmy Mapstone 59 2.9 N/A
TUSC Katrine Williams 41 2.0 N/A
Turnout 2,049[26] 32.2 −3.9
Registered electors 6,364
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Butetown (3 seats)

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Butetown[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Saeed Ebrahim* 1,502 58.5 N/A
Labour Helen Gunter 1,364 53.2 N/A
Labour Margaret Lewis 1,184 46.1 N/A
Common Ground Lewis Beecham 649 25.3 N/A
Common Ground Katie Greenaway 500 19.5 N/A
Common Ground Helen Rose Westhead 477 18.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sam Cooke 296 11.5 N/A
Conservative Dan French 273 10.6 N/A
Conservative Declan Aaron Edwards 272 10.6 N/A
Conservative Howard Wilkins 237 9.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Marshall Tisdale 181 7.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Majid Karim 168 6.5 N/A
Propel Diane McEvoy 63 2.5 N/A
Turnout 2,566[26] 30.2 −4.7
Registered electors 8,501
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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Caerau (2 seats)

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Caerau[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Bradbury* 1,608 74.1 N/A
Labour Elaine Simmons* 1,309 60.3 N/A
Conservative Dave Medlam 272 12.5 N/A
Conservative Rob Sutton 256 11.8 N/A
Common Ground Emyr Gruffydd 212 9.8 N/A
Propel Brendan Curran 123 5.7 N/A
Propel Peter Crumb 106 4.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Joseph Boyle 102 4.7 N/A
TUSC Dave Reid 15 0.7 N/A
Turnout 2,170[26] 26.9 −6.5
Registered electors 8,090
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Canton (3 seats)

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Canton[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Cunnah* 2,761 47.8 N/A
Labour Susan Elsmore* 2,629 45.5 N/A
Labour Jasmin Chowdhury 2,460 42.5 N/A
Common Ground Eleri Lewis 2,408 41.6 N/A
Common Ground John ap Steffan 2,356 40.7 N/A
Common Ground Matthew Hawkins 2,033 35.2 N/A
Conservative Jonathon Segarty 485 8.4 N/A
Conservative Bhupendra Pathak 440 7.6 N/A
Conservative Muhammad Raz 414 7.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Henry George Mayall 205 3.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ian John Newton 170 2.9 N/A
Propel Osman Marks 132 2.3 N/A
Propel Lucy Sarah Stayt 111 1.9 N/A
Propel John Gabb 97 1.7 N/A
TUSC Taryn Tarrant-Cornish 76 1.3 N/A
Turnout 5,782[26] 47.2 −4.1
Registered electors 12,259
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Cathays (4 seats)

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Cathays[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ali Ahmed* 1,940 54.6 N/A
Labour Sarah Merry* 1,876 52.8 N/A
Labour Norma Mackie* 1,798 50.6 N/A
Labour Chris Weaver* 1,607 45.3 N/A
Common Ground Ceri John Davies 871 24.5 N/A
Common Ground Attah Essien 676 19.0 N/A
Common Ground Lowri Tudur 609 17.2 N/A
Common Ground Deio Sion Llewelyn Owen 590 16.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Bear 480 13.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bird 447 12.6 N/A
Independent Paulus Thurlbeck 392 11.0 N/A
Independent Dougie Gentles 337 9.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Hugh Minor 298 8.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Deborah Stux 295 8.3 N/A
Conservative Daniel Martin Burton 246 6.9 N/A
Conservative Aled John Jones-Pritchard 222 6.3 N/A
Conservative Janine Jones-Pritchard 216 6.1 N/A
Conservative Richard Mackay-Stewart 205 5.8 N/A
TUSC George Phillips 139 3.9 N/A
Communist Noah Russell 126 3.5 N/A
Turnout 3,550[26] 26.8 −1.3
Registered electors 13,256
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Cyncoed (3 seats)

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Cyncoed[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert James Hopkins* 2,317 54.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Bablin Molik* 2,316 54.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Daniel Edward Waldron 2,131 50.1 N/A
Labour Madhu Khanna-Davies 908 21.3 N/A
Labour Ian Bounds 900 21.1 N/A
Labour George Baldwin 858 20.2 N/A
Conservative Jasmin Cogin 737 17.3 N/A
Conservative Edward Sumner 711 16.7 N/A
Conservative Jack Goodwin 692 16.3 N/A
Common Ground James Peter Kenneth Meiklejohn 278 6.5 N/A
Common Ground Siân Wyn 263 6.2 N/A
Common Ground Maralyn Joy Davies 255 6.0 N/A
Propel Tim Dill-Peterson 85 2.0 N/A
Turnout 4,257[26] 49.2 −7.1
Registered electors 8,651
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Ely (3 seats)

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Ely[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Russell Vivian Goodway* 1,418 61.1 N/A
Labour Irene May Humphreys 1,369 59.0 N/A
Labour Kaaba Maliika 1,266 54.5 N/A
Conservative Michelle Michaelis 321 13.8 N/A
Propel Ceri McEvoy 312 13.4 N/A
Conservative George Michael Welsh 300 12.9 N/A
Conservative Waseem Qazi 288 12.4 N/A
Common Ground Shaun Hew Phillips 279 12.0 N/A
Propel Jamie Pugh 273 11.8 N/A
Common Ground David Peter Griffin 233 10.0 N/A
Propel Ellie Kamanda 204 8.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Clive John Mann 116 5.0 N/A
TUSC Ross Saunders 66 2.8 N/A
Turnout 2,322[26] 23.4 −6.1
Registered electors 9,934
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
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Fairwater (3 seats)

Sitting councillors, McEvoy, Ford and Parry, were elected for Plaid Cymru at the 2017 election. McEvoy was expelled, Ford and Parry later resigned and sat as Independents.[27] McEvoy later founded a new party, Propel.

In this election Labour gained two seats from Plaid Cymru, and McEvoy retained his seat representing a gain for Propel from Plaid Cymru.

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Fairwater[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claudia Boes 1,543 40.7 N/A
Propel Neil McEvoy* 1,478 39.0 N/A
Labour Saleh Ahmed 1,455 38.4 N/A
Propel Lisa Ford* 1,318 34.8 N/A
Labour Lorna Stabler 1,300 34.3 N/A
Propel Keith Parry* 1,185 31.3 N/A
Common Ground Neil Roberts 436 11.5 N/A
Conservative David Adams 417 11.0 N/A
Common Ground Philip Christopher Croxall 383 10.1 N/A
Conservative Natalie Matthews 383 10.1 N/A
Common Ground Erik Williams 344 9.1 N/A
Conservative Clive Williams 343 9.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Eleri Kathryn Kibale 150 4.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Andrew Rees 126 3.3 N/A
Turnout 3,791[26] 38.2 −6.3
Registered electors 9,919
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing 38.2
Propel gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru Swing
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Gabalfa (2 seats)

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Gabalfa[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rhys Taylor* 1,082 49.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ashley Kalum Wood* 967 44.4 N/A
Labour Claire O'Shea 821 37.7 N/A
Labour Leo Holmes 719 33.0 N/A
Common Ground Sam Coates 302 13.9 N/A
Women's Equality Bethan Louise Fry 135 6.2 N/A
Conservative Margaret Fegan 97 4.5 N/A
Conservative David Stewart Gow 91 4.2 N/A
TUSC Michael Charles Frazier 41 1.9 N/A
Turnout 2,179[26] 37.9 +2.2
Registered electors 5,752
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Grangetown (4 seats)

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Grangetown[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ash Lister* 2,885 56.4 N/A
Labour Sara Elisabeth Robinson 2,733 53.4 N/A
Labour Abdul Sattar* 2,665 52.1 N/A
Labour Lynda Doreen Thorne* 2,533 49.5 N/A
Common Ground Tariq Awan 1,511 29.5 N/A
Common Ground Sarah King 1,382 27.0 N/A
Common Ground Luke Nicholas 1,312 25.7 N/A
Common Ground Frankie-Rose Taylor 1,131 22.1 N/A
Conservative Joseph Anyaike 487 9.5 N/A
Conservative Conor Holohan 478 9.3 N/A
Conservative Llyr Tomos Powell 442 8.6 N/A
Conservative Vivienne Ward 425 8.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Paul Morgan 266 5.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Irfan Latif 258 5.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Aamir Sheikh 250 4.9 N/A
Propel Jonathan Paul Gee 175 3.4 N/A
Propel Sailesh Patel 162 3.2 N/A
Propel Michael James Voyce 150 2.9 N/A
TUSC Joe Fathallah 109 2.1 N/A
Turnout 5,115[26] 35.8 −1.5
Registered electors 14,304
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)
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Heath (3 seats)

Sitting councillor, Julie Sangani, had been elected at a by-election in November 2021, following the retirement of long standing Independent councillor Fenella Bowden.[28]

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Heath[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Hinchey* 2,584 50.9 N/A
Labour Julie Sangani* 2,581 50.8 N/A
Labour Mike Ash-Edwards 2,364 46.5 N/A
Conservative Lyn Hudson* 1,283 25.3 N/A
Conservative Peter Hudson 1,149 22.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hill 1,086 21.4 N/A
Conservative Heather Ward 989 19.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Lock 752 14.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alun Williams 725 14.3 N/A
Common Ground Gwennol Haf 520 10.2 N/A
Common Ground Catherine Jane Lewis 460 9.1 N/A
Turnout 5,079[26] 51.6 −3.5
Registered electors 9,848
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Lisvane and Thornhill (3 seats)

Candidates John Lancaster and Sian-Elin Melbourne were councillors for the Llanishen ward prior to this election.

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Lisvane and Thornhill[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lancaster* 2,050 45.7 N/A
Conservative Sian-Elin Melbourne* 2,014 44.9 N/A
Conservative Emma Reid-Jones 2,006 44.7 N/A
Labour David Chinnick 1,949 43.4 N/A
Labour Georgina Ann Phillips 1,676 37.3 N/A
Labour Spencer Pearson 1,559 34.7 N/A
Common Ground Jonathan Mark Draper 447 10.0 N/A
Common Ground Gwynfor Davies 418 9.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Claire Louise Halliwell 385 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Corry Woodward 315 7.0 N/A
Turnout 4,490[26] 50.8 N/A
Registered electors 8,838
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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Llandaff (2 seats)

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Llandaff[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sean Driscoll* 1,422 37.0 N/A
Labour Peter Huw Jenkins 1,279 33.2 N/A
Conservative Matt Smith 1,140 29.6 N/A
Common Ground Judith Allan 1,109 28.8 N/A
Labour Laura Rochefort 1,075 27.9 N/A
Common Ground Steffan Webb 927 24.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ann Margaret Hyde 201 5.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Charles Hyde 134 3.5 N/A
Propel Mal McEvoy 86 2.2 N/A
Propel Charlotte Dommett 63 1.6 N/A
Sovereign Party Gruffydd Meredith 18 0.5 N/A
Turnout 3,847[26] 54.6 −1.0
Registered electors 7,045
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Llandaff North (2 seats)

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Llandaff North[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Burke-Davies* 1,493 59.2 N/A
Labour Dilwar Ali* 1,365 54.1 N/A
Common Ground Paul Rock 581 23.0 N/A
Common Ground Gill Griffin 515 20.4 N/A
Conservative Craig Teale-Jones 261 10.3 N/A
Conservative Felix Milbank 258 10.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Elinor Claire Dixon 115 4.6 N/A
Propel Kevin Hayde 105 4.2 N/A
Propel Janet Hayde 97 3.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matthew Thomas Dixon 82 3.3 N/A
TUSC Helen Perriam 27 1.1 N/A
Turnout 2,522[26] 41.7 −2.2
Registered electors 6,047
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Llanishen (2 seats)

Boundary changes resulted in the community of Thornhill being moved out of the ward at this election (merging with Lisvane to form the new Lisvane and Thornhill ward). Prior to the election all seats were held by Conservative councillors.

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Llanishen[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Garry Hunt 1,892 54.5 N/A
Labour Bethan Eluned Proctor 1,777 51.2 N/A
Conservative Jens Mario Kaiser 872 25.1 N/A
Conservative Lawrence Douglas Gwynn 861 24.8 N/A
Common Ground Betsan Angell 401 11.6 N/A
Common Ground Michael David Cope 333 9.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mary Rose Naughton 275 7.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Frederick Randerson 197 5.7 N/A
Propel Andrew John Edwards 63 1.8 N/A
Turnout 3,470[26] 43.1 N/A
Registered electors 8,056
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Llanrumney (3 seats)

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Llanrumney[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Phillip Jones* 1,267 62.3 N/A
Labour Heather Christine Joyce* 1,266 62.3 N/A
Labour Lee Edward Bridgeman* 1,238 60.9 N/A
Conservative Alan Hill 371 18.2 N/A
Conservative Kristopher David Roche 337 16.6 N/A
Conservative Mason Steed 332 16.3 N/A
Common Ground Jan Deem 218 10.7 N/A
Propel Charlene Manley 145 7.1 N/A
Propel Colin Lewis 139 6.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Speake 114 5.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Laura Speake 114 5.6 N/A
TUSC Danielle Louise Smith 113 5.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Wayne Street 89 4.4 N/A
Turnout 2,033[26] 25.0 −4.2
Registered electors 8,119
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Pentwyn (3 seats)

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Pentwyn[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joe Carter* 1,802 46.5 N/A
Labour Jess Moultrie 1,632 42.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Dan Naughton* 1,562 40.3 N/A
Labour Hannah McCarthy 1,549 39.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Emma Sandrey* 1,516 39.1 N/A
Labour Simon Woolston 1,500 38.7 N/A
Conservative Michael Stewart Bryan 327 8.4 N/A
Conservative Munawar Ahmed Mughal 320 8.2 N/A
Conservative Joseph Thomas Kidd 305 7.9 N/A
Common Ground Paul Morgan 203 5.2 N/A
Common Ground Eluned Marion Press 160 4.1 N/A
Common Ground Elliot Stitfall 144 3.7 N/A
Propel Dean Febbo 44 1.1 N/A
TUSC Catherine Anne Peace 36 0.9 N/A
Sovereign Party Darren Bryant 31 0.8 N/A
Turnout 3,879[26] 34.7 −2.9
Registered electors 11,167
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Pentyrch and St Fagans (3 seats)

Common Ground candidate Andrea Gibson was elected as a Plaid Cymru councillor for Ely in a by-election in February 2019.[29] Gibson left Plaid Cymru in October 2019[27] and later sat as an independent.[30]

This ward was formed by a merger of Pentyrch and Creigiau/St Fagans, which both elected one Conservative councillor each in 2017. In this election, Pentyrch and St Fagans elected three councillors (a net increase of one).

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Pentyrch and St Fagans[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Common Ground Andrea Gibson 1,289 34.2 N/A
Common Ground Rhys Owain Livesy 1,241 32.9 N/A
Conservative Catriona Brown-Reckless 1,170 31.0 N/A
Conservative Gary Dixon 1,093 29.0 N/A
Common Ground John Rowlands 1,090 28.9 N/A
Conservative Jena Quilter 1,032 27.4 N/A
Labour Shane Peter Andrew 1,020 27.1 N/A
Labour John Yarrow 944 25.0 N/A
Labour Lexi Joanna Gauci 922 24.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Caroline Morris 266 7.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Rees 198 5.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Trisha Rees 177 4.7 N/A
Volt David Frank Davies 131 3.5 N/A
Propel Claire Venables 78 2.1 N/A
Propel Gareth Dommett 69 1.8 N/A
Propel Andrew Pugh 56 1.5 N/A
Turnout 3,770[26] 46.5 N/A
Registered electors 8,104
Common Ground win (new seat)
Common Ground gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Penylan (3 seats)

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Penylan[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman* 2,376 50.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Imran Latif 2,053 43.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jon Shimmin 1,986 42.4 N/A
Labour Elin Bold 1,748 37.4 N/A
Labour Emlyn James Pratt 1,460 31.2 N/A
Labour Jonathan Mark Wilson 1,381 29.5 N/A
Common Ground Nick Carter 579 12.4 N/A
Common Ground Dewi John 542 11.6 N/A
Conservative Harry Jones 480 10.3 N/A
Conservative Tomos John Povey 432 9.2 N/A
Conservative Frank Smith 423 9.0 N/A
Propel Marc Phillips 76 1.6 N/A
Turnout 4,679[26] 46.7 −3.4
Registered electors 10,014
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Plasnewydd (4 seats)

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Plasnewydd[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel De'Ath* 3,055 66.1 N/A
Labour Sue Lent* 2,679 57.9 N/A
Labour Mary McGarry* 2,675 57.8 N/A
Labour Pete Wong* 2,651 57.3 N/A
Common Ground Adam James Layzell 905 19.6 N/A
Common Ground Owen Benedict Ruari McArdle 766 16.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Clare James 724 15.7 N/A
Common Ground Morgan Meurig Rogers 676 14.6 N/A
Common Ground Ned Parish 640 13.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Anthony Jerrett 609 13.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Nichols 587 12.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Phil Jones 531 11.5 N/A
Conservative Luke Doherty 233 5.0 N/A
Conservative Nigel Richards 202 4.4 N/A
Conservative James McClean 184 4.0 N/A
Conservative Zach Stubbings 177 3.8 N/A
TUSC John Aaron Williams 172 3.7 N/A
Sovereign Party Justin Lilley 57 1.2 N/A
Turnout 4,625[26] 35.5 −3.4
Registered electors 13,016
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Pontprennau and Old St Mellons (2 seats)

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Pontprennau and Old St Mellons[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joel Williams* 1,595 46.9 N/A
Conservative Peter Littlechild 1,343 39.5 N/A
Labour Nicola Savage 1,297 38.1 N/A
Labour Khuram Chowdhry 1,201 35.3 N/A
Common Ground Steve George 267 7.9 N/A
Common Ground Ceri Hughes 248 7.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sarah Elizabeth Mackerras 218 6.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nigel Mackerras 186 5.5 N/A
Freedom Alliance Teresa Browning 65 1.9 N/A
Turnout 3,400[26] 37.9 −6.6
Registered electors 8,966
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Radyr (2 seats)

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Radyr[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Calum Tudur James Davies 988 33.2 N/A
Labour Helen Margaret Lloyd Jones 968 32.5 N/A
Labour Tyrone Davies 942 31.7 N/A
Conservative Chris Harries 912 30.7 N/A
Common Ground Michael Deem 818 27.5 N/A
Common Ground Radha Nair-Roberts 796 26.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Annabelle Rees 133 4.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matthew Peter Morgan 113 3.8 N/A
Propel Craig Ollerton 40 1.3 N/A
Propel Steve West 35 1.2 N/A
Turnout 2,974[26] 52.3 −1.1
Registered electors 5,689
Conservative hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)
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Rhiwbina (3 seats)

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Rhiwbina[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jayne Louise Cowan* 2,789 51.3 N/A
Conservative Adrian Robson* 2,430 44.7 N/A
Conservative Oliver William Owen* 2,332 42.9 N/A
Labour Bev Hampson 2,274 41.9 N/A
Labour Morgan Fackrell 1,881 34.6 N/A
Labour Christopher James Walburn 1,678 30.9 N/A
Common Ground Cenric Clement-Evans 593 10.9 N/A
Common Ground Alice Bethan Macintosh 574 10.6 N/A
Common Ground Rhys Llewellyn Williams 551 10.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Anne Morgan 328 6.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Land 290 5.3 N/A
Turnout 5,432[26] 57.5 −4.4
Registered electors 9,440
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Riverside (3 seats)

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Riverside[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leonora Hope Thomson 2,453 57.6 N/A
Labour Caro Wild* 2,391 56.1 N/A
Labour Kanaya Singh 2,386 56.0 N/A
Common Ground Sioned James 1,064 25.0 N/A
Common Ground Rachel Susan Roberts 861 20.2 N/A
Common Ground Ken Barker 840 19.7 N/A
Conservative Terry Brooks 318 7.5 N/A
Conservative Ron Michaelis 304 7.1 N/A
Conservative Kola Ponnle 273 6.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Chaloner 266 6.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alun Williams 246 5.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mahmood Hassan 214 5.0 N/A
Propel Amir Alsisi 155 3.6 N/A
Propel Amira Alsisi 128 3.0 N/A
Propel Philip Fotiatis 97 2.3 N/A
TUSC Lianne Francis 94 2.2 N/A
Sovereign Party Darrin Lee Hughes 29 0.7 N/A
Turnout 4,261[26] 41.4 −3.2
Registered electors 10,286
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Rumney (2 seats)

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Rumney[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Derbyshire* 1,105 53.2 N/A
Labour Jackie Parry* 1,080 51.9 N/A
Conservative Gareth Llewellyn Lloyd 671 32.3 N/A
Conservative Rhydian Thomas Payne 608 29.2 N/A
Common Ground David Fitzpatrick 213 10.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali 161 7.7 N/A
Propel Roy Colley 65 3.1 N/A
TUSC Rhys Hywel Davies 53 2.5 N/A
Turnout 2,079[26] 30.7 −2.8
Registered electors 6,763
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Splott (3 seats)

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Splott[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Henshaw 2,079 69.6 N/A
Labour Huw Thomas* 2,058 68.9 N/A
Labour Ed Stubbs* 1,984 66.4 N/A
Common Ground Pip Beattie 437 14.6 N/A
Common Ground Tom Coates 342 11.4 N/A
Common Ground Alex Jamieson 287 9.6 N/A
Conservative Thomas Harry James 280 9.4 N/A
Conservative Christopher Kirkham 262 8.8 N/A
Conservative Bob Lawrence 256 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Evans 173 5.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gary Van Der Walt 141 4.7 N/A
Propel Anthony Eedy 137 4.6 N/A
TUSC Dave Bartlett 87 2.9 N/A
Turnout 2,987[26] 31.3 −1.8
Registered electors 9,541
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Trowbridge (3 seats)

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Trowbridge[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernie Bowen-Thomson* 1,545 57.6 N/A
Labour Chris Lay* 1,470 54.8 N/A
Labour Michael Michael* 1,398 52.1 N/A
Conservative Catherine Elizabeth Dart 528 19.7 N/A
Conservative Christopher Anthony Dart 480 17.9 N/A
Conservative Geraint Hywel Payne 449 16.7 N/A
Common Ground Jonathan Rhys Williams 367 13.7 N/A
Common Ground Beca Evans 366 13.6 N/A
Common Ground Martin Williams 278 10.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Chris Cogger 228 8.5 N/A
Propel Leanne Lennox 197 7.3 N/A
Propel Bernard Llewelyn Carleton 171 6.4 N/A
TUSC Joanna Chojnicka 80 3.0 N/A
Turnout 2,684[26] 22.8 −3.8
Registered electors 11,751
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

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Whitchurch & Tongwynlais[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Carr 2,872 41.8 N/A
Labour Marc Palmer 2,586 37.6 N/A
Labour Jackie Jones 2,577 37.5 N/A
Labour Jamie Green 2,547 37.1 N/A
Conservative Linda Morgan* 1,941 28.2 N/A
Common Ground Kate Prosser 1,825 26.6 N/A
Conservative Mike Phillips* 1,812 26.4 N/A
Conservative Mike Jones-Pritchard* 1,792 26.1 N/A
Common Ground Gruffudd Jones 1,749 25.5 N/A
Common Ground Tessa Hannah Marshall 1,738 25.3 N/A
Common Ground Marc Flagg 1,727 25.1 N/A
Conservative Sharon Owen 1,600 23.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Godfrey 477 6.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Dominic Eggbeer 384 5.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Marie Grant 318 4.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pippa Shimmin 300 4.4 N/A
Turnout 6,872[26] 52.9 −2.7
Registered electors 12,982
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Reaction and aftermath

Labour leader Huw Thomas put the party's success down to the party's track record and a "positive campaign".[31] The party had reached an historic third term in power, going forward Thomas promised to make Cardiff "stronger, greener, and fairer".[31]

Adrian Robson leader of the Cardiff Conservatives blamed the election results on the national picture,[32] Conservative party leader and Prime Minister Boris Johnson had become under fire for parties hosted during lockdown (See: Partygate)

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By-elections

Grangetown (2024)

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Grangetown by-election, 25 April 2024[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Waheeda Abdul Sattar 1,470 47.5 N/A
Common Ground Kirstie Kopetzki 573 18.5 N/A
Conservative Zak Weaver 387 12.5 N/A
Propel Sash Patel 292 9.4 N/A
Independent Ahmed Abdillahi Abdi Samater 205 6.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Bear 123 4.0 N/A
Independent Andrew Hovord 44 1.4 N/A
Majority 897 29.0 N/A
Turnout 3,049 20.3 −15.5
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
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The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Abdul Sattar on 15 February 2024.[34]

Splott (2024)

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Splott by-election: 5 December 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anny Anderson 711 34.0 N/A
Green Sam Coates 362 17.3 N/A
Propel Kyle Cullen 305 14.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Cadan ap Tomos 292 14.0 N/A
Reform Lee Canning 271 13.0 N/A
Plaid Cymru Leticia Gonzalez 88 4.2 N/A
Conservative Tomos Llewelyn 60 2.9 N/A
Majority 349 16.7 N/A
Turnout 2,094 19.5 –11.8
Registered electors 10,762[35]
Labour hold Swing Decrease17.4
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The by-election was caused by the death of Labour councillor Jane Henshaw on 22/23 September 2024.[36]

Her daughter succeeded her as Councillor.

Llanrumney (2025)

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Llanrumney by-election, 24 July 2025[37][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lexi Joanna Pocknell 755 39.4 N/A
Reform Sidney Malik 630 32.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Wayne Street 281 14.7 N/A
Plaid Cymru Joseph Oscar Gnagbo 138 7.2 N/A
Conservative Ffin Elliott 64 3.3 N/A
Green David Fitzpatrick 47 2.5 N/A
Majority 125 6.5 N/A
Turnout 1,915 24.0 −1.0
Registered electors 8,064[39]
Labour hold Swing Decrease20.6
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The by-election was caused by the resignation, for health reasons, of Labour councillor Heather Joyce, after representing Llanrumney for 17 years.[40]

Grangetown (2025)

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Grangetown by-election, 14 August 2025[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Matt Youde 818 24.4 N/A
Labour Khuram Chowdhry 774 23.1 N/A
Plaid Cymru Neil Roberts 639 19.1 N/A
Reform Joseph Martin 495 13.0 N/A
Propel Vincent Yewlett 327 9.8 N/A
Independent Ahmed Samater 158 4.7 N/A
Conservative James Hamblin 139 4.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Irfan Latif 63 1.8 N/A
Majority 44 1.3 N/A
Turnout 3,411 26.7 −9.1
Registered electors 12,754[42]
Green gain from Labour Swing
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The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor, Sara Robinson.[43]

Trowbridge (2025)

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Trowbridge by-election: 18 September 2025[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Edward Topham 1,142 39.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Chris Cogger 681 23.6 N/A
Labour Gary Bowen-Thomson 615 21.3 N/A
Plaid Cymru Carol Falcon 223 7.7 N/A
Conservative Joe Roberts 90 3.1 N/A
Green Jessica Ryan 67 2.3 N/A
Propel Leanne Lennox 63 2.2
Majority 527 16.0 N/A
Turnout 2,881
Registered electors 11,663
Reform gain from Labour Swing
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There were 9 rejected ballot papers. 8 unmarked or void for uncertainty and one for voting for more than one candidate.

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Labour councillor, Chris Lay.[45]

Splott (2026)

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Splott by-election: 9 July 2026[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Caruana 765 40.1 N/A
Green Simran Patel 678 35.5 N/A
Reform David John Cook 286 15.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rhys William Husband 114 6.0 N/A
Conservative Charles Agbakahi 54 2.8 N/A
Majority 87 4.6 N/A
Turnout 1,907 17.7 –1.8
Registered electors 10,762
Labour hold Swing
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The by-election was called following the election of Cardiff Council leader, Huw Thomas, to the Senedd in May 2026.[46]

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