Cardiff North (Senedd constituency)

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Cardiff North
Gogledd Caerdydd
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
Cardiff North (Assembly constituency).svg
South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Cardiff North shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS Julie Morgan
Preserved county South Glamorgan

Cardiff North (Welsh : Gogledd Caerdydd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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Boundaries

Cardiff North (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff North Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. To the north within the boundaries lies North Rural Cardiff and to the south lies the densely populated area of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Thornhill etc.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. In both the 2011 and 2016 elections, Julie Morgan won the highest number of votes of any candidate in any constituency in Wales.

Assembly members

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Sue Essex Labour Sue Essex 1999.png
2007 Jonathan Morgan Conservative Jonathan-Morgan.jpg
2011 Julie Morgan Labour Julie Morgan AM (28066509352).jpg

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Cardiff North [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Julie Morgan 19,34847.6+2.814,87536.7+2.5
Conservative Joel Williams12,75531.8-3.211,77429.1-0.3
Plaid Cymru Fflur Elin3,2788.1+2.05,71114.1+1.5
Green Debra Cooper1,9574.8+2.63,0237.5+4.4
Liberal Democrats Rhys Taylor1,6414.0+1.02,0705.1+0.1
Abolish Lawrence Gwynn9902.4New1,4673.6-1.0
Propel Akil Kata3360.8New4411.1New
Reform UK Haydn Rushworth2000.5New2400.6New
Freedom Alliance Virginia Kemp1500.4New
UKIP 4091.0-7.6
No More Lockdowns1630.4New
Gwlad 980.2New
Independent Alan Coulthard710.2New
Communist 540.1-0.1
TUSC 490.1-0.1
Workers Party 410.1New
Majority6,59315.8+6.0
Turnout 40,65558.08 [2] +1.3
Labour hold Swing
Notes

    Elections in the 2010s

    2016 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
    PartyCandidateConstituencyList
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Julie Morgan 16,76644.8−2.812,754 [3] [4] 34.2-3.2
    Conservative Jayne Cowan13,09935.0−7.410,96429.4-6.9
    UKIP Haydn Rushworth2,5096.7New3,1968.6+4.6
    Plaid Cymru Elin Jones2,2786.1+0.74,71712.6+4.4
    Liberal Democrats John Dixon1,1303.0−1.61,8525.0-1.0
    Independent Fiona Burt8462.3New
    Green Chris von Ruhland8242.2New1,1563.1-0.6
    Abolish 1,7124.6New
    Women's Equality 4211.1New
    Independent (Jonathan Bishop) [5] 1710.5New
    Monster Raving Loony 1670.4-0.1
    TUSC 800.2-0.1
    Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power780.2New
    Communist 640.2±0.0
    Majority3,6679.8+4.6
    Turnout 37,45256.8+4.9
    Labour hold Swing +2.3
    2011 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
    PartyCandidateConstituency [6] Regional [7]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Julie Morgan 16,38447.6+16.712,84637.4+10.2
    Conservative Jonathan Morgan 14,60242.4-2.912,47136.3-2.7
    Plaid Cymru Ben Foday2,8365.4-2.02,8368.2-0.9
    Liberal Democrats Matt Smith1,5954.6-8.12,0606.0-6.8
    UKIP 1,3754.0+2.0
    Green 1,2853.7+0.2
    Socialist Labour 4941.4+0.8
    BNP 4711.4-1.6
    Welsh Christian 2500.7-0.5
    Monster Raving Loony 1570.5New
    TUSC 920.3New
    Communist 540.2-0.1
    Majority1,7825.2N/A
    Turnout 34,43151.9+0.6
    Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.8

    Regional ballots rejected at the count: 214 [8]

    Elections in the 2000s

    2007 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
    PartyCandidateConstituency [9] Regional [10]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Conservative Jonathan Morgan 15,25345.3+5.913,12239.0+7.5
    Labour Sophie Howe 10,40930.9-4.39,14027.2-5.9
    Liberal Democrats Edward Bridges4,28712.7+0.24,30612.8+0.9
    Plaid Cymru Wyn Jones2,4917.4-2.33,0569.1-1.5
    UKIP Dai Llewellyn 1,2623.7-1.06632.0-2.9
    Green 1,1813.5+0.1
    BNP 1,0103.0New
    Welsh Christian 4101.2New
    Respect 1390.4New
    Socialist Labour 2140.6-0.2
    CPA 1390.4New
    Socialist Alternative (UK)1200.4New
    Communist 990.3+0.1
    Socialist Equality 360.1New
    Majority4,84314.4N/A
    Turnout 33,70251.3+8.4
    Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.2
    2003 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [11]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Sue Essex 10,41337.5-1.28,73231.5-0.8
    Conservative Jonathan Morgan 9,87335.6+4.29,18233.1+4.3
    Liberal Democrats John L. Dixon3,47412.5-3.63,79513.7-2.6
    Plaid Cymru Wyn Jones2,6799.7-4.12,94210.6-0.6
    UKIP Donald E. Hulston1,2954.7New1,3614.9New
    Green 9503.4Unknown
    Socialist Labour 2330.8Unknown
    Vote No 2 Stop the War1480.5New
    New Millennium Bean Party 1090.4New
    ProLife Alliance 1070.4New
    Cymru Annibynnol950.3New
    Communist 670.2Unknown
    Majority5401.9−5.4
    Turnout 27,73443.9−7.6
    Labour hold Swing -2.7

    2003 Electorate: 64,528
    Regional ballots rejected: 328

    Elections in the 1990s

    1999 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Sue Essex 12,19838.7N/A10,16432.3N/A
    Conservative Jonathan Morgan 9,89431.4N/A9,06128.8N/A
    Liberal Democrats Alastair Meikle5,08816.1N/A5,13316.3N/A
    Plaid Cymru Colin Mann4,33713.8N/A5,34317.0N/A
    Others1,7845.7
    Majority2,3047.3
    Turnout 31,51751.5
    Labour win (new seat)

    1999 electorate: 61,253

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