Adamsdown is an electoral ward in the south of Cardiff, capital city of Wales.

It was originally one of the ten wards created in 1890 for elections to Cardiff County Borough Council.

The Adamsdown ward is divided from the city centre by the (previously Taff Vale) railway line and Queen Street station.

To the north are the Plasnewydd and Penylan wards, to the south is Butetown and to the southeast is Splott.

[6] In the November 1890 election Edward Thomas successfully defended his seat, for the Liberal Party, with 70% of the vote.