Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Location within Wales | |
Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
Population | 91,027 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 73,947 (March 2020)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Cardiff Central |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Cardiff West, South Wales Central |
Cardiff West (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerdydd) is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Alex Barros-Curtis of the Labour Party.[n 2]
The constituency retained its name and gained wards as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[3]
Constituency profile
[edit]Population areas within the constituency include Riverside, Pontcanna, St Fagans and Ely. There are some Conservative and Plaid Cymru-leaning areas in the north of the seat such as Creigiau and St Fagans, Pentyrch and Radyr, but the bulk of the seat comprises districts towards the centre of Cardiff such as Caerau, Canton, Ely and Riverside which are very strongly Labour.
History
[edit]A traditionally safe Labour seat, represented for 33 years by George Thomas (who became Speaker in 1976 and was re-elected without party affiliation in 1979). It has returned a Conservative only once, in the Tories' landslide year of 1983, when Stefan Terlezki became the MP.
Labour regained the seat at the next general election in 1987, when Rhodri Morgan was elected. After the creation of the Welsh Assembly Government, Morgan stepped down from his Westminster seat in 2001 to serve as leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister for Wales. Kevin Brennan retained the seat for Labour on Morgan's retirement from Westminster politics. Following the announcement of the date of the 2024 general election Brennan announced his retirement from politics.[4]
Boundaries
[edit]Until 2024 Cardiff West was entirely within the boundaries of the City of Cardiff, though in 2024 (as a result of the 2023 Review of UK constituences) it gained the Rhondda Cynon Taf ward of Pontyclun.[5]
1950–1974: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Ely, Grangetown, Llandaff, and Riverside.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Ely, Llandaff, Grangetown, Plasmawr, and Riverside.
1983–2010: The City of Cardiff wards of Caerau, Canton, Ely, Fairwater, Llandaff, Radyr and St Fagans, and Riverside.
2010–2024: The City of Cardiff wards of Caerau, Canton, Creigiau and St Fagans, Ely, Fairwater, Llandaff, Pentyrch, Radyr, and Riverside.
2024–present: The City of Cardiff wards of Caerau, Canton, Ely, Fairwater, Llandaff, Pentyrch and St Fagans, Radyr, and Riverside, and the Rhondda Cynon Taf wards of Pont-y-clun Central, Pont-y-clun East, and Pont-y-clun West.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[6][7] | Party | |
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1950 | George Thomas | Labour | |
1976 | Speaker | ||
1983 | Stefan Terlezki | Conservative | |
1987 | Rhodri Morgan | Labour | |
2001 | Kevin Brennan | Labour | |
2024 | Alex Barros-Curtis | Labour |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Thomas | 27,200 | 54.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Stuart Hallinan | 22,893 | 45.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,307 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,093 | 82.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 60,918 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Thomas | 28,995 | 55.1 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Adrian Lincoln Hallinan | 23,595 | 44.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 5,400 | 10.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 62,528 | 84.1 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 62,528 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Thomas | 26,042 | 55.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Emrys Simons | 21,080 | 44.7 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 4,962 | 10.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,122 | 76.7 | −7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 61,446 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Thomas | 25,390 | 53.3 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Adrian Lincoln Hallinan | 22,258 | 46.7 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 3,132 | 6.6 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,648 | 80.1 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 59,524 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Thomas | 25,998 | 59.2 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Keith T Flynn | 17,941 | 40.8 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 8,057 | 18.4 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,949 | 76.4 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 57,511 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Thomas | 26,139 | 61.0 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Sidney William Doxsey | 16,714 | 39.0 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 9,425 | 22.0 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,853 | 75.1 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 57,088 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Thomas | 21,655 | 49.8 | −11.2 | |
Conservative | Robert C. Williams | 15,878 | 36.5 | −2.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Hughes | 4,378 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Stephen Robert Charles Wanhill | 1,594 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,777 | 13.3 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,505 | 71.0 | −4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 61,322 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Thomas | 16,712 | 44.0 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | G J Neale | 13,366 | 35.2 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Michael James | 5,812 | 15.3 | +11.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | D Hughes | 2,093 | 5.5 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 3,346 | 8.8 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,505 | 73.6 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 51,626 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Thomas | 18,153 | 50.0 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | W F Dunn | 11,481 | 31.6 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | Michael James | 4,669 | 12.9 | −2.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | D Hughes | 2,008 | 5.5 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 6,672 | 18.4 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 36,311 | 69.7 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 52,083 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | George Thomas | 27,035 | 85.6 | +35.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | A Ogwen | 3,272 | 10.4 | +4.9 | |
National Front | C Gibbon | 1,287 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 23,763 | 75.2 | +56.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,594 | 60.8 | −8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 51,982 | ||||
Speaker hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 15,472 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | David Seligman | 13,698 | 33.6 | N/A | |
SDP | Jeffrey Thomas | 10,388 | 25.5 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Meurig Parri | 848 | 2.1 | −8.3 | |
Ecology | Graham Jones | 352 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,774 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,758 | 69.6 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 58,538 | ||||
Conservative gain from Speaker | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 20,329 | 45.5 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 16,284 | 36.5 | −1.5 | |
SDP | Robert Drake | 7,300 | 16.4 | −9.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Peter Keelan | 736 | 1.7 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 4,045 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,649 | 77.8 | +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 57,363 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 24,306 | 53.2 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Michael J. Prior | 15,015 | 32.9 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | Jacqui Gasson | 5,002 | 10.9 | −5.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Penni M. Bestic | 1,177 | 2.6 | +0.9 | |
Natural Law | Andrew E. Harding | 184 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,291 | 20.3 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,684 | 77.5 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 58,898 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 24,297 | 60.3 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Hoare | 8,669 | 21.5 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | Jacqui Gasson | 4,366 | 10.8 | −0.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwenllian Carr | 1,949 | 4.8 | +2.2 | |
Referendum | Trefor Johns | 996 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,628 | 38.8 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,277 | 69.2 | −8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 58,244 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Brennan | 18,594 | 54.6 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Davies | 7,273 | 21.3 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Jacqui Gasson | 4,458 | 13.1 | +2.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Delme Bowen | 3,296 | 9.7 | +4.9 | |
UKIP | Joyce Jenking | 462 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,321 | 33.3 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,083 | 58.4 | −10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 58,348 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Brennan | 15,729 | 45.5 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Baker | 7,562 | 21.9 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Alison Goldsworthy | 6,060 | 17.5 | +4.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Neil McEvoy | 4,316 | 12.5 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Joe Callan | 727 | 2.1 | +0.7 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Catherine Taylor-Dawson | 167 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,167 | 23.6 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,561 | 57.7 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 59,931 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Brennan | 16,893 | 41.2 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Angela Jones-Evans | 12,143 | 29.6 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachael Hitchinson | 7,186 | 17.5 | +0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mohammed Islam | 2,868 | 7.0 | −5.9 | |
UKIP | Michael Hennessey | 1,117 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
Green | Jake Griffiths | 750 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,750 | 11.6 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,957 | 65.2 | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 62,787 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Brennan | 17,803 | 40.7 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | James Taghdissian | 11,014 | 25.2 | −4.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Neil McEvoy | 6,096 | 13.9 | +6.9 | |
UKIP | Brian Morris | 4,923 | 11.2 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cadan ap Tomos | 2,069 | 4.7 | −12.8 | |
Green | Ken Barker | 1,704 | 3.9 | +2.1 | |
TUSC | Helen Jones | 183 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 113 | ||||
Majority | 6,789 | 15.5 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,792 | 65.6 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 66,762 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Of the 113 rejected ballots:
- 80 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[30]
- 30 voted for more than one candidate.[30]
- 3 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.[30]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Brennan | 26,425 | 56.7 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Matt Smith | 13,874 | 29.8 | +4.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Michael Deem | 4,418 | 9.5 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Meredith | 1,214 | 2.6 | −2.1 | |
UKIP | Richard Lewis | 698 | 1.5 | −9.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 89 | ||||
Majority | 12,551 | 26.9 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,629 | 69.8 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 66,775 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Of the 89 rejected ballots:
- 66 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[33]
- 23 voted for more than one candidate.[33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Brennan | 23,908 | 51.8 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Carolyn Webster | 12,922 | 28.0 | −1.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Boyd Clack | 3,864 | 8.4 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Callum Littlemore | 2,731 | 5.9 | +3.3 | |
Brexit Party | Nick Mullins | 1,619 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Green | David Griffin | 1,133 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 144 | ||||
Majority | 10,986 | 23.8 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,177 | 67.4 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 68,508 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Of the 144 rejected ballots:
- 115 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[35]
- 28 voted for more than one candidate.[35]
- 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[35]
Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Barros-Curtis | 16,442 | 36.7 | −13.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Kiera Marshall | 9,423 | 21.1 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | James Hamblin | 6,835 | 15.3 | −14.6 | |
Reform UK | Peter Hopkins | 5,626 | 12.6 | +8.9 | |
Green | Jess Ryan | 3,157 | 7.1 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Manda Rigby | 1,921 | 4.3 | −1.0 | |
Propel | Neil McEvoy | 1,041 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Independent | John Ernest Urquhart | 241 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Heritage | Sean Wesley | 71 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,019 | 15.6 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,757 | 59.0 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 75,473 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
The selection of Barros-Curtis as Labour candidate, with minimal input from local party members, was criticised. He is the Labour Party's executive director of legal affairs.[37] Barros-Curtis had no connection to the Cardiff area, though had grown up in North Wales.[38]
See also
[edit]- Cardiff West (Senedd constituency)
- List of parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cardiff West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
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- ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
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- ^ "MP seat changes in Wales: New boundaries and constituency names to be used for first time". ITV News. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
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- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Cardiff West BBC Election – Cardiff West
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Cardiff Central result". Election results for Cardiff West. City of Cardiff Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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- ^ a b c d Election results for Cardiff West, UK Parliamentary Election - 2019, Cardiff Council, retrieved 18 January 2020
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- ^ Jones, Catrin Haf (1 June 2024). "Labour has undemocratic culture, says party member". BBC News. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff West – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- Cardiff West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Cardiff West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK