1979 Cardiff City Council election
The 1979 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect councillors to Cardiff District Council in Cardiff, Wales. It took place on the same day as other council elections in the United Kingdom.
The 1976 election saw the Conservative Party lose their majority to the Labour Party.Background
199 Candidates from 5 parties ran. 1 Independent also ran in the Riverside ward was who was formerly of the Ratepayers Association. Despite being an incumbent Councillor he lost.
The Conservative party ran a full slate of candidates. The Labour Party ran 69 candidates, Plaid Cymru ran 33 candidates and the Liberal Party ran 19 candidates.Results
Contests took place in all except two of the wards at this election.Results by ward
Adamsdown
Canton
Cathays
Central
Ely
Gabalfa
Grangetown
Lisvane, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons
Llandaff
Llanishen
Penylan
Plasmawr
Plasnewydd
Radyr, St Fagans, Tongwynlais
Rhiwbina
Riverside
Roath
Rumney
South
Splott
Whitchurch
