Overview

• Matt Youde secured the Grangetown seat for the Green Party with 818 votes to Labour’s Khuram Chowdhry’s 774, winning by a margin of 44 in the August 14 by-election.
• Voters responded to a campaign focused on street-level issues such as litter, fly-tipping and calls for traffic calming measures in the ward.
• Turnout stood at around 26.7 percent, underlining how small vote swings in low-participation by-elections can upend longstanding party control.
• Reform UK placed fourth in Grangetown with 495 votes, following its recent by-election gains elsewhere but failing to break into Cardiff Council.
• Despite the symbolic upset, Labour retains a strong majority with 55 councillors on Cardiff Council, and the result is viewed as an early indicator of shifting dynamics ahead of the Senedd election.