Election of Chairman of Council 2026 - 2027
Full council, 21 May 2026: a named vote.
For 52, Against 1, Abstained 1.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (52)
- Ali Ahmed (Labour)
- Anny Anderson (Labour)
- Ash Lister (Labour)
- Bethan Proctor (Labour)
- Bob Derbyshire (Labour)
- Caro Wild (Labour)
- Chris Weaver (Labour)
- Daniel De'Ath (Labour)
- Ed Stubbs (Labour)
- Elaine Simmons (Labour)
- Garry Hunt (Labour)
- Grace Ferguson-Thorne (Labour)
- Helen Gunter (Labour)
- Helen Lloyd Jones (Labour)
- Irene Humphreys (Labour)
- Jackie Jones (Labour)
- Jamie Green (Labour)
- Jennifer Burke (Labour)
- Jess Moultrie (Labour)
- Julie Sangani (Labour)
- Lee Bridgeman (Labour)
- Leonora Thomson (Labour)
- Lexi Gauci (Labour)
- Lynda Thorne (Labour)
- Maliika Kaaba (Labour)
- Marc Palmer (Labour)
- Mary McGarry (Labour)
- Mike Ash-Edwards (Labour)
- Norma Mackie (Labour)
- Peter Bradbury (Labour)
- Peter Huw Jenkins (Labour)
- Peter Wong (Labour)
- Russell Goodway (Labour)
- Saleh Ahmed (Labour)
- Sarah Merry (Labour)
- Sue Lent (Labour)
- Catriona Brown-Reckless (Conservative)
- Joel Williams (Conservative)
- John Lancaster (Conservative)
- Oliver Owen (Conservative)
- Siân-Elin Melbourne (Conservative)
- Emma Reid-Jones (Independent)
- Keith Jones (Independent)
- Peter Littlechild (Independent)
- Susan Elsmore (Independent)
- Dan Naughton (Liberal Democrats)
- Jon Shimmin (Liberal Democrats)
- Joseph Carter (Liberal Democrats)
- Rodney Berman (Liberal Democrats)
- Edward Topham (Reform UK)
- Matt Youde (not matched to a member)
- Owen Jonees (not matched to a member)
Against (1)
- Neil McEvoy (Prop)
Abstained (1)
- Jasmin Chowdhury (Independent)
From the minutes
e elected Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City and County of Cardiff and Chair of Cardiff Council for the Municipal Year 2026 – 2027. There were no other nominations. The Lord Mayor moved to the vote. FOR (52): Cllrs Ali Ahmed, Saleh Ahmed, Anderson, Ash-Edwards, Berman, Bradbury, Bridgeman, Brown-Reckless, Burke, Carter, De'Ath, Derbyshire, Elsmore, Ferguson-Thorne, Goodway, Green, Gunter, Humphreys, Hunt, Jenkins, Jackie Jones, Keith Jones, Owen Jonees, Kaaba, Lancaster, Lent, Lister, Littlechild, Lloyd Jones, Mackie, McGarry, Melbourne, Merry, Moultrie, Naughton, Owen, Palmer, Pocknell, Proctor, Reid-Jones, Sangani, Shimmin, Simmons, Stubbs, Thomson, Thorne, Topham, Weaver, Wild, Williams, Wong and Youde. AGAINST (1): Cllr McEvoy ABSTAIN (1) Cllr Chowdhury RESOLVED – That Cllr Michael Michael be elected as Lord Mayor and Chairman of the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff for the Municipal
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.