Whitchurch & Tongwynlais


Whitchurch & Tongwynlais is an electoral ward of Cardiff, Wales. It covers some or all of the following areas: Coryton, Tongwynlais and Whitchurch in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff North. It is bounded by Caerphilly county borough to the north; Rhiwbina and Heath to the east; Llandaff North to the south; Radyr & Morganstown and Pentyrch to the west.

Government

National Assembly

Whitchurch & Tongwynlais is in the Cardiff North constituency for the National Assembly for Wales. Since 2011 it has been represented by Julie Morgan AM, a member of the Labour Party

Houses of Parliament

The Westminster constituency of Cardiff North was represented by the Conservative Party's Craig Williams MP until the 2017 election, when Labour's Anna McMorrin won the seat.

Local Government

The ward has elected four councillors to the post-1996 Cardiff Council and, prior to that, four councillors to Cardiff City Council since the ward's creation in 1983.
Since the May 2017 election it has been represented by four Conservative councillors, who replaced the sitting Labour councillors.