Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cardiff South East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seatsone
Created from Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South
Replaced by Cardiff South & Penarth, Cardiff Central and Cardiff West [1]

Cardiff South East was a parliamentary constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Its only MP was Labour's James Callaghan, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979, while still serving as the seat's MP. Its present-day equivalent is Cardiff South and Penarth.

Boundaries

1950–1974: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Roath, South, and Splott, and the Urban District of Penarth.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Grangetown, Roath, Rumney, South, and Splott.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 James Callaghan Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 26,254 51.8
Conservative J John Hayward20,35940.2
Liberal Patrick Furnell 4,0808.1
Majority5,89511.6
Turnout 50,69383.3
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1951: Cardiff South East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 28,11254.35
Conservative Harry West23,61345.65
Majority4,4998.70
Turnout 51,72584.93
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 25,72253.36
Conservative Michael Roberts 22,48246.64
Majority3,2406.72
Turnout 48,20479.33
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 26,915 50.8 -2.6
Conservative Michael Roberts 26,04749.2+2.6
Majority8681.6-5.1
Turnout 52,96282.0+2.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 30,12957.48
Conservative Ted Dexter 22,28842.52
Majority7,84114.96
Turnout 52,41779.87
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 29,313 56.8 -0.7
Conservative Norman Lloyd-Edwards 18,47635.8-6.7
Liberal George W Parsons3,8297.4New
Majority10,83721.0+6.0
Turnout 51,61878.9-1.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 26,226 51.9 −4.9
Conservative Norman Lloyd-Edwards 20,77141.1+5.3
Plaid Cymru Richard Davies2,5855.1New
National Front George W. Parsons9821.9New
Majority5,45510.8-9.8
Turnout 50,56273.2-5.7
Labour hold Swing −5.1
General election February 1974: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 20,641 49.0 −6.1
Conservative Stefan Terlezki 13,49532.0−6.9
Independent Liberal Christopher Bailey3,8009.0New
Liberal B. Christon2,9787.1New
Plaid Cymru Keith Bush1,2543.0−2.1
Majority7,14617.0+6.8
Turnout 42,16874.3+1.1
Labour hold Swing +6.5
General election October 1974: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 21,074 52.0 +3.0
Conservative Stefan Terlezki 10,35625.6−6.4
Liberal Christopher Bailey8,00619.8+12.7
Plaid Cymru Keith Bush9832.4−0.6
Marxist-Leninist (England) B.C.D. Harris750.2New
Majority10,71826.5+9.5
Turnout 40,49470.7−3.6
Labour hold Swing +4.7
General election 1979: Cardiff South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 23,871 59.3 +7.3
Conservative Ivor Samuel Jones15,17037.7+12.1
Plaid Cymru Eric Randolf Roberts6281.6−0.8
Severnside LibertarianRaymond William Aldridge3750.9New
Socialist Unity Pat Arrowsmith 1320.3New
Communist Richard Horatio Spencer1120.3New
Majority8,70121.6-4.9
Turnout 40,28871.6+0.9
Labour hold Swing −2.4

Note: The official Liberal candidate for Cardiff South East in 1979, Christopher Bailey, deliberately failed to submit his nomination papers in time and advised Liberal voters to vote Conservative. He was subsequently expelled from the Liberal Party.

This election was remembered for when Pat Arrowsmith heckled Callaghan throughout the election declaration. During the customary victory speech, Callaghan continued to be interrupted throughout and Callaghan remarked it was the first time he had ‘conducted a duet’ whilst giving a victory speech. When Arrowsmith refused to desist, Callaghan and the other candidates left the stage. Arrowsmith (who had been arrested in Cardiff the day before the election) made a short statement about Northern Ireland. These scenes were broadcast live on BBC Election 79.

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References

  1. ↑ "'Cardiff South East', February 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
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