# 2008 Cardiff Council election

The 2008 Cardiff Council election was held on 1 May, along with the 2008 Welsh local elections. All 75 seats of Cardiff Council were contested, with it remaining in no overall control. It was preceded by the 2004 election and followed by the 2012 election

## Overview

Candidates from nine parties as well as Independents stood for election. Of these Liberal Democrat, Conservative, Labour, Plaid Cymru and Independent councillors were elected.
Cardiff Council Election 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | 35 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 46.7 | 26.2 | 66,940 |
| Conservative | 17 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 22.7 | 27.5 | 70,238 |
| Labour | 13 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 17.3 | 27.0 | 68,973 |
| Plaid Cymru | 7 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 32,120 |
| Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 11,685 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3,784 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 632 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 398 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 310 |
| Left Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 91 |
    $^A$ The changes in party councillors in this table differs from that list by the BBC because it is based purely on changes from the 2004 election, not taking into account mid-term party defections or by-elections

### Outcome

After this election the council remained in no overall control with the Liberal Democrats remaining the largest party on the council, after a net gain of seats. All parties gained seats, other than Labour who halved their seat share from the previous election. Three Independents were elected for the first time since 1999, although two of these were former Conservative councillors that defected during the previous term.
The Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the Plaid Cymru group to lead the council; Liberal Democrat Rodney Berman became council leader, with Neil McEvoy of Plaid Cymru and Judith Woodman of the Liberal Democrats becoming deputy leaders. The Conservative Party emerged as the official opposition on the council, after they became the second largest party.

## Ward results

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2004 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.
* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

### Adamsdown (2 seats)

Adamsdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Howells * | 925 | 53.3 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Dixon * | 891 | | |
| | Labour | Sarah Merry | 431 | 24.8 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Payne | 383 | | |
| | Conservative | Julie Jenkins | 160 | 9.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mary Newman | 151 | | |
| | Socialist Alternative | David Bartlett | 98 | 5.6 | N/A |
| | Plaid Cymru | Fran Rawlings | 66 | 3.8 | −6.6 |
| | The Left Party | Joe Redmond | 55 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,660 | 27.2 | −3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,106 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Butetown (1 seat)

Butetown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Delme Greening | 708 | 40.8 | +17.4 |
| | Labour | H. Vaughan Gething * | 594 | 34.2 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Maria Hill | 294 | 16.9 | +7.7 |
| | Independent | Ben Foday | 103 | 5.9 | −24.8 |
| | The Left Party | Karen Tyre | 36 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,750 | 28.9 | −2.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,052 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Caerau (2 seats)

Caerau :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqui Gasson * | 1,176 | 48.5 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Burley * | 1,091 | | |
| | Labour | Harry Ernest | 750 | 30.9 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | Maliika Kaaba | 584 | | |
| | Conservative | Alec Burns | 285 | 11.8 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Clive Williams | 255 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Garland | 213 | 8.8 | −0.5 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Tomos Evans | 178 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,327 | 31.6 | +3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,356 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Canton (3 seats)

Canton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ramesh Patel * | 1,814 | 36.6 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Richard Cook * | 1,580 | | |
| | Labour | Cerys Furlong | 1,497 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Elin Tudur | 1,257 | 25.3 | −3.3 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Colin Nosworthy | 1,170 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Numan Ahmed | 1,113 | | |
| | Conservative | Pamela Richards | 858 | 17.3 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Harold Burns | 820 | | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Sweet | 813 | | |
| | Green | Jake Griffiths | 515 | 10.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Carys Williams | 411 | | |
| | Green | Jane Richards | 396 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Owen | 361 | 7.3 | −12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Clements | 331 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alastair Sloan | 224 | | |
| | Socialist Alternative | Lianne Francis | 158 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,660 | 44.2 | +2.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,534 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cathays (4 seats)

Cathays :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Aylwin * | 1,114 | 42.4 | −11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Pickard * | 1,051 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Clark | 1,033 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Wakefield * | 958 | | |
| | Labour | Daniel Gordon | 453 | 17.3 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Stephen Farrington | 431 | | |
| | Labour | Michaela Neild | 426 | | |
| | Labour | Reg Surridge | 416 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Owen John Thomas | 397 | 15.1 | +4.2 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Mari Sion | 360 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Tony Couch | 335 | | |
| | Green | Emma Bridger | 335 | 12.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alan Berriman | 327 | 12.5 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Richard Nelmes | 319 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Cristopher Heighway | 313 | | |
| | Conservative | Janine Jones-Prichard | 308 | | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Johns | 293 | | |
| | Green | John Cowie | 286 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,437 | 16.4 | −5.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,906 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Creigiau and St. Fagans (1 seat)

Creigiau & St. Fagans :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Delme Bowen * | 1,187 | 62.1 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Angela Jones-Evans | 441 | 23.1 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Evans | 188 | 9.8 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Fyson | 94 | 4.9 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,913 | 49.2 | +3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,889 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |

### Cyncoed (3 seats)

Cyncoed :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Lloyd * | 2,294 | 50.7 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Jones * | 2,166 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Rees * | 2,152 | | |
| | Conservative | Lee Gonzalez | 1,439 | 31.8 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Meyer | 1,383 | | |
| | Conservative | Vicci Stocqueller | 1,320 | | |
| | Labour | Diane Owen | 518 | 11.4 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Wendy Heaven | 475 | | |
| | Labour | David Taylor | 415 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun Ogwen | 275 | 6.1 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,300 | 49.7 | +0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,658 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Ely (3 seats)

Ely :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Finn * | 1,273 | 46.6 | −13.9 |
| | Labour | Irene Goddard * | 1,257 | | |
| | Labour | Russell Goodway * | 1,048 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Paul Kemble | 687 | 25.1 | −15.5 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Malcolm Marshall | 657 | | |
| | Conservative | Gerard Charmley | 525 | 19.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Margret Evans | 520 | | |
| | Conservative | Rob Thomas | 491 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rukshana Islam | 470 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Foster | 248 | 9.1 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sian Cliff | 241 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Lutwyche | 208 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,719 | 28.7 | +0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,461 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fairwater (3 seats)

Fairwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Neil McEvoy | 1,875 | 48.6 | +28.9 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Lisa Ford | 1,802 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Keith Parry | 1,560 | | |
| | Labour | John Norman * | 949 | 24.6 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Costas Michael * | 944 | | |
| | Labour | Derek Rees * | 871 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard John | 837 | 21.7 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Owen | 780 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Minshull | 750 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Borrow | 197 | 5.1 | −10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Borrow | 182 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Price | 175 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,824 | 40.8 | +5.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,366 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Gabalfa (2 seats)

Gabalfa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ed Bridges * | 999 | 52.8 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cathy Pearcy * | 891 | | |
| | Labour | Dilwar Ali | 371 | 19.6 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | Joe Monks | 313 | | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Lane | 217 | 11.5 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Vivienne Ward | 211 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Brian Coman | 175 | 9.3 | −1.4 |
| | Green | Rosa Thomas | 129 | 6.8 | −3.5 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Anthony Evans | 111 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,758 | 25.7 | −2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,832 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Grangetown (3 seats)

Grangetown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francesca Montemaggi * | 1,357 | 31.9 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Asghar Ali * | 1,319 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Morgan | 1,317 | | |
| | Labour | Lynda Thorne | 1,138 | 26.7 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Stephen Brooks | 1,131 | | |
| | Labour | David Collins | 1,104 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Farida Alsam | 1,099 | 25.8 | +3.8 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Patrick Daley | 1,009 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ioan Bellin | 920 | | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Green | 546 | 12.8 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Mark Jones | 533 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael Wallbank | 482 | | |
| | Communist | Rick Newnham | 117 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,266 | 36.8 | −0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,598 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Heath (3 seats)

Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ron Page | 2,205 | 37.5 | +18.1 |
| | Conservative | Lyn Hudson | 2,135 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fenella Bowden | 1,877 | 31.9 | −12.6 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Williams | 1,819 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michelle Michaells * | 1,642 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gwllym Owen | 1,545 | | |
| | Labour | Rob Henley | 896 | 15.2 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Fatimah Begum | 656 | | |
| | Labour | Iftakhar Khan | 575 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Nans Couch | 468 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
| | Green | Andrew Connell | 435 | 7.4 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,995 | 51.8 | −0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,634 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lisvane (1 seat)

Lisvane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Walker * | 1,260 | 79.9 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Paul Jeffries | 189 | 12.0 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Collins | 128 | 8.1 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,583 | 56.0 | +1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,825 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Llandaff (2 seats)

Llandaff :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Davies | 1,273 | 33.0 | +18.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Aubrey | 1,173 | | |
| | Conservative | Craig Williams | 1,109 | 28.8 | −6.1 |
| | Conservative | Clare Bath | 1,104 | | |
| | Labour | John Sheppard * | 1,019 | 26.4 | −11.3 |
| | Labour | Gill Green | 825 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gillian M Green | 454 | 11.8 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,600 | 50.4 | +3.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,144 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Llandaff North (2 seats)

Llandaff North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Rowland-James * | 976 | 40.8 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqui Hooper | 908 | | |
| | Labour | Terry Gilder | 771 | 32.2 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | Karen Screen | 757 | | |
| | Conservative | Julie Driscoll | 453 | 18.9 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | James Ward | 390 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Rowlands | 195 | 8.1 | −0.6 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ieuan Wyn | 163 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,382 | 42.2 | +5.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,639 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Llanishen (4 seats)

Llanishen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Burns * | 2,923 | 49.1 | +15.5 |
| | Conservative | Craig Piper * | 2,828 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Foley * | 2,734 | | |
| | Conservative | Robert Smith * | 2,623 | | |
| | Labour | Garry Hunt | 1,769 | 29.7 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | John Imperato | 1,496 | | |
| | Labour | Marie John | 1,491 | | |
| | Labour | Caroline Derbyshire | 1,478 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Frankham-Barnes | 664 | 11.2 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Bridges | 605 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Lona Roberts | 592 | 10.0 | +0.6 |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Davies | 588 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Pearcy | 544 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Porter | 449 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gwennol Haf | 377 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Steven Thomas | 329 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,635 | 46.2 | +1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,204 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Llanrumney (3 seats)

Llanrumney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jackie Parry * | 1,126 | 42.3 | −5.1 |
| | Labour | Heather Joyce | 1,105 | | |
| | Labour | Derrick Morgan * | 1,090 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Colin Lewis | 752 | 28.2 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Philip James | 650 | 24.4 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | Gerrard Harris | 633 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Terence O'Neill | 621 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dai Reeves | 531 | | |
| | Conservative | Allyson Thomas | 456 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Randerson | 135 | 5.1 | −8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Minor | 134 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Walton | 116 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,632 | 33.0 | +1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,975 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pentwyn (4 seats)

Pentwyn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Woodman * | 1,851 | 50.1 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Chaundy * | 1,808 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Carter * | 1,786 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Hyde * | 1,778 | | |
| | Labour | Mark Davies | 893 | 24.2 | −5.1 |
| | Labour | Peter Bradbury | 892 | | |
| | Labour | Anthony Hunt | 860 | | |
| | Conservative | Nigel Morgan | 576 | 15.6 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Huw John | 560 | | |
| | Conservative | Philip Marsden | 530 | | |
| | Conservative | Gareth Jones-Prichard | 504 | | |
| | Socialist Alternative | Steve Williams | 376 | 10.2 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,534 | 34.5 | −2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,238 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Pentyrch (1 seat)

Pentyrch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Roberts | 478 | 34.4 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Christine Priday * | 429 | 30.8 | −3.8 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jane Reece | 275 | 19.8 | −5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Hargrave | 110 | 7.9 | −1.7 |
| | Independent | Michael Jones | 99 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,392 | 50.8 | +1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,739 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Penylan (3 seats)

Penylan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tricia Burfoot * | 2,294 | 49.6 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Freda Salway * | 2,200 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Kelloway | 2,145 | | |
| | Conservative | Susan Williams | 766 | 16.6 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Liz Morgan | 742 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael Parsons | 686 | | |
| | Labour | Judith Anderson | 680 | 14.7 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Ralph Rees | 670 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Wong | 566 | | |
| | Independent | Tony Verderame | 535 | 11.6 | +3.4 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Meic Peterson | 351 | 7.6 | +0.4 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Helen Bradley | 332 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ruth Underdown | 314 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,336 | 44.8 | +0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,673 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Plasnewydd (4 seats)

Plasnewydd :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elgan Morgan * | 1,524 | 37.0 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Berman * | 1,479 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Stephens * | 1,457 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Jerrett * | 1,411 | | |
| | Labour | Susan Lent | 1,207 | 29.3 | +2.1 |
| | Labour | Mary McGarry | 1,040 | | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Javed | 1,035 | | |
| | Labour | Paul Mitchell | 887 | | |
| | Green | Sam Coates | 545 | 13.2 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Anthony Matthews | 518 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ashraf Ali | 448 | 10.9 | +1.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gordon Bateman | 428 | | |
| | Conservative | Enid Harries | 398 | 9.7 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Fisher | 361 | | |
| | Conservative | Maureen Blackmore | 348 | | |
| | Conservative | Dom Stocqueller | 283 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,626 | 27.1 | −3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,357 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Pontprennau and Old St. Mellons (2 seats)

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dianne Rees * | 1,362 | 50.6 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative | Jane Rogers | 1,274 | | |
| | Labour | Georgina Phillips * | 1,092 | 40.6 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Lisa Stevens | 938 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Michaells | 237 | 8.8 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Woodman | 233 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,710 | 40.3 | +1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,719 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Radyr (1 seat)

Radyr :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roderick McKerlich | 1,344 | 60.2 | +20.1 |
| | Labour | James Knight | 440 | 19.7 | −23.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Sloan | 234 | 10.5 | +1.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ian Hughes | 215 | 9.6 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,241 | 51.5 | −1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,354 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Rhiwbina (3 seats)

Rhiwbina :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Jayne Cowan * | 3,724 | 55.1 | −4.2 |
| | Independent | Adrian Robson * | 3,452 | | |
| | Independent | Brian Jones | 2,828 | | |
| | Conservative | Gareth Neale * | 1,747 | 25.9 | −25.0 |
| | Conservative | Debi Ashton | 1,461 | | |
| | Conservative | Chris Taylor | 1,389 | | |
| | Labour | John Wake | 600 | 8.9 | −11.9 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun Guy | 272 | 4.0 | −5.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ann Brain | 264 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Falmai Griffiths | 248 | | |
| | Green | Anne Greagsby | 214 | 3.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Azzopardi | 200 | 3.0 | −16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Thomas | 165 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Mason | 128 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,719 | 62.3 | +8.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,173 | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Riverside (3 seats)

Riverside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Sarul Islam * | 1,064 | 43.9 | +11.7 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gwenllian Lansdown * | 1,064 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Jas Singh | 991 | | |
| | Labour | Mark Drakeford | 786 | 32.4 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Ali Ahmed | 743 | | |
| | Labour | Susan Evans | 707 | | |
| | Conservative | Russell Cotty | 295 | 12.2 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Molly Hughes | 280 | 11.5 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Bale | 250 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hyde | 235 | | |
| | Conservative | Shazia Awan | 209 | | |
| | Conservative | Shana Awan | 206 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,659 | 39.9 | −0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,170 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Rumney (2 seats)

Rumney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Ireland | 1,073 | 49.2 | +15.1 |
| | Conservative | Duncan MacDonald | 1,038 | | |
| | Labour | Robert Derbyshire * | 908 | 41.6 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Geoff Parry | 870 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anabella Rees | 200 | 9.2 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Woodman | 189 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,248 | 34.5 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,521 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Splott (3 seats)

Splott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gavin Cox * | 1,490 | 39.7 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Clarissa Holland * | 1,485 | 39.6 | +9.3 |
| | Labour | Martin Holland | 1,350 | | |
| | Labour | Matthew Greenough | 1,215 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Evans * | 1,211 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nadeem Majid | 1,149 | | |
| | Conservative | Martyn Miller | 373 | 9.9 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Pavia | 329 | | |
| | Conservative | Yasser Mahmood | 292 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Kibria Shah | 275 | 7.3 | +2.1 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Nerys Morgan | 231 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Daniel Mason | 212 | | |
| | Communist | Robert Griffiths | 127 | 3.4 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,480 | 38.4 | +1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,050 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Trowbridge (3 seats)

Trowbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ralph Cook * | 1,253 | 36.5 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geraldine Grant | 1,142 | 33.3 | +18.3 |
| | Labour | Monica Walsh * | 1,124 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Townsend | 1,107 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Woodman | 1,072 | | |
| | Labour | Gretta Hunt | 916 | | |
| | Independent | Clifford Furnish | 531 | 15.5 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Jeffreys | 506 | 14.7 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Jean Summerhayes | 482 | | |
| | Conservative | Kim Summerhayes | 447 | | |
| | Independent | Simon Swanton | 413 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,211 | 30.5 | +5.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,527 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (4 seats)

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy Davies * | 2,948 | 40.5 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | Linda Morgan * | 2,904 | | |
| | Conservative | Brian Griffiths * | 2,857 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael Jones-Pritchard | 2,790 | | |
| | Labour | Sophie Howe * | 2,658 | 36.5 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Peter Howe | 2,147 | | |
| | Labour | Bev Hampson | 2,023 | | |
| | Labour | Lucy Merredy | 1,962 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Glenys Evans | 771 | 10.6 | −0.2 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Wyn Jones | 748 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ceri Morgan | 715 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dewi Owen | 669 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Siobhan McGurk | 505 | 6.9 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nia Jones | 471 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Lentern | 398 | | |
| | UKIP | Joe Callan | 398 | 5.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Wolstencroft | 329 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,703 | 53.1 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,617 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2008 and 2012
### Pentyrch

Pentyrch by-election, 31 July 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Craig Williams | 554 | 41.9 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Christine Priday | 542 | 41.0 | +10.2 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Ian Hughes | 129 | 9.8 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexandria Evans | 97 | 7.3 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.2 | −2.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Simon Roberts.

### Riverside

Riverside by-election, 3 March 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Iona Gordon | 1,700 | 46.8 | +14.4 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Steve Garrett | 1,099 | 30.3 | −13.6 |
| | Conservative | James Roach | 369 | 10.2 | −2.0 |
| | Green | Yvan Maurel | 277 | 7.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gwilym Owen | 187 | 5.1 | −6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 601 | 16.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,655 | 39.8 | −0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,188 | | |
| | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gwenllian Lansdown.