Splott (electoral ward) Splott (electoral ward) Splott is the name of an electoral ward in the south of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers the communities of Splott and Tremorfa (which was created from the northeastern part of Splott in 2016). The Splott ward is bordered to the north by the Penylan and Rumney wards, to the northwest by Adamsdown, to the southwest by the Butetown ward. To the southeast is the Severn Estuary. The Splott ward elected two councillors to Cardiff Council in 1995 and has elected three councillors since 1999. It has been represented by the Labour Party and the
Splott medieval times, and a derivation of "plat", meaning a grassy area of land. The name of the original farm would seem to be Middle English "splott", from Old English (speck, blot, patch of land) and the word is to be found in other English place names in the Vale of Glamorgan, Gower, and Pembrokeshire, as well as in Somerset and Devon, in the West Country of England, from where it was presumably introduced by English settlers. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The population of Splott in the United Kingdom Census 2001 was 12,074, in