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

[2] In May 2012 all three seats were won by a new team of Labour councillors,[3] after a bitter campaign where the Liberal Democrats making a complaint to the police that Labour candidate, Luke Holland, had given a misleading address on his notice of poll.

[4] Splott councillor Huw Thomas became leader of the Labour-controlled Cardiff Council in May 2017.

[5] Lord Jack Brooks, who became leader of South Glamorgan County Council, was a Splott councillor during the 80s and 90s.

[6] Cardiff's first ethnic minority councillor, Manuel Delgado, was elected for Labour in the Splott ward in May 1967.