Fairwater (Cardiff electoral ward) have included Labour councillor Michael Michael, who was deputy leader of the Cardiff Council until 2008 and Plaid Cymru's Neil McEvoy, who was deputy leader of the council from 2008 to 2012. McEvoy had previously been a Labour Party councillor for the Riverside ward in the city and was also elected as a Plaid Cymru Assembly Member in the Wales Government in 2016. Plaid Cymru ("Fairwater and Pentrebane Voice") and Labour ("Fairwater and Pentrebane Fightback") both issue local campaigning newsletters containing allegations and counter-allegations against one another. These have included accusations that Cllr Michael Michael, a hairdresser, was profiting from
Fairwater, Double Bay two generations, Sir James Oswald Fairfax (1863-1928) and Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax (1901-1987), of managing directors of this family publishing company. The association between "Fairwater" and the Joseph family in view of the family's notable commercial and political achievements. The association between "Fairwater" and the retention of a land title boundary, which fronts Port Jackson. The location of "Fairwater" within an area of heritage items and its contribution to this waterfront precinct of high aesthetic value. The location of "Fairwater" on the foreshore of Double Bay in consideration of the views of Port Jackson. The hard landscaping feature of the