Splott Vaughan Gething, first elected in 2011. Splott is part of the STAR area of Cardiff (STAR stands for "Splott, Tremorfa, Adamsdown and Roath", four inner city suburbs born out of the industrial revolution). The STAR Centre leisure facility is located in Splott (although this was closed when the new Splott Hub was opened and the former STAR is utilized by the NHS), along with Splott Pool (Splott pool was closed and demolished to make way for the new Splott Hub, that opened in September 2017). The area is served by Splott Library and Roath Library. The latter closed due to
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