{"id":2057,"date":"2014-02-21T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2014-02-21T15:00:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T15:00:36","slug":"canton-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/21\/canton-by-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour beats Plaid candidate to take Canton by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labour\u2019s Susan Elsmore was elected to Cardiff Council last night as the party held its third Canton seat.<br \/>\nSpeaking after her victory was confirmed at City Hall, she said she wishes to focus on transport, the environment and education.<br \/>\n\u201cI am going to make sure all of my attention and focus is clearly on the voice of the people of Canton,\u201d she said after the count at City Hall.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2069\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LabourCouncillorsCanton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2069\" alt=\"Canton by-election winner Susan Elsmore (centre) with fellow Labour councillors\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LabourCouncillorsCanton-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2069\" alt=\"Canton by-election winner Susan Elsmore (centre) with fellow Labour councillors\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LabourCouncillorsCanton-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Canton by-election winner Susan Elsmore (centre) with fellow Labour councillorss clearly on the voice of the people of Canton,\u201d she said after the count at City Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cThe support we\u2019ve had from residents has been amazing and there were interesting parts to the campaign with the opposition throwing issues into the mix.\u201d<br \/>\n<a title=\"Cardiff by-election targeted by aggressive Plaid campaign\" href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2014\/02\/18\/bitter-cardiff-by-election-targetted-by-aggressive-plaid-campaign\/\">Earlier in the week, Labour councillors accused Plaid Cymru of \u201cspreading misinformation\u201d about Cowbridge Road East and park locking during the campaign.<\/a><br \/>\nCoun Elsmore, a lawyer by trade, has lived in Canton for 27 years and works for the Care Council for Wales.<br \/>\nShe will join fellow Labour councillors Ramesh Patel and Richard Cook in representing the Canton ward.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will combine our skills together and by doing that we\u2019ll get the best results for our constituents,\u201d said Coun Patel.<br \/>\nIt took just under an hour for the 2,892 ballot papers, a turnout of 24.3 per cent, to be counted when they arrived at City Hall shortly after 10pm yesterday.<br \/>\nPlaid\u2019s Elin Tudur came second, with 972 votes, and Pam Richards of the Conservatives third, with 381. Ms Tudur previously stood in Canton at the 2008 council election, finishing fourth.<br \/>\nAltogether, six candidates stood for the vacant Canton seat. Jake Griffiths of the Greens finished fourth with 148 votes and Steffan Bateman of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition fifth with 101. Matt Hemsley of the Lib Dems came last with 80 votes.<br \/>\nThe by-election was called after Labour\u2019s Cerys Furlong vacated her seat on the council in December, citing the difficulty of balancing her full time job, as director of NIACE Dysgu Cymru, and family with council work.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/cf.datawrapper.de\/FvudG\/2\/\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"http:\/\/cf.datawrapper.de\/FvudG\/2\/\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour\u2019s Susan Elsmore was elected to Cardiff Council last night as the party held its third Canton seat. Speaking after her victory was confirmed at City Hall, she said she wishes to focus on transport, the environment and education. \u201cI am going to make sure all of my attention and focus is clearly on the voice of the people of Canton,\u201d she said after the count at City Hall. \u201cThe support we\u2019ve had from residents has been amazing and there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":2069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1477,69,52,1930],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-by-election","tag-canton","tag-cardiff-council","tag-local-government"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Labour beats Plaid candidate to take Canton by-election - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/21\/canton-by-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Labour beats Plaid candidate to take Canton by-election - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Labour\u2019s Susan Elsmore was elected to Cardiff Council last night as the party held its third Canton seat. 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