Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cardiff East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CardiffEast2024Constituency.svg
Map of the proposed 2024 revived constituency in Wales
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Cardiff
Replaced by Cardiff North and Cardiff South East
2024–present
Created from Cardiff Central and Cardiff South and Penarth

Cardiff East (Welsh : Dwyrain Caerdydd) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, to be contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.

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A parliamentary constituency of the same name previously existed from the 1918 general election until the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

Originally The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Park, Roath, and Splott.

The 2024 recreation comprises the City of Cardiff electoral divisions of Adamsdown, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan, Plasnewydd, Llanrumney, Rumney, and Trowbridge. [1] [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir William Seager Liberal
1922 Lewis Lougher Unionist
1923 Sir Henry Webb Liberal
1924 Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke Unionist
1929 James Edmunds Labour
1931 Owen Temple-Morris Conservative
1942 by-election Sir James Grigg National
1945 Hilary Marquand Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General Election 2024: Cardiff East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman
Conservative Beatrice Brandon
Reform UK Lee Canning
Green Sam Coates
Plaid Cymru Cadewyn Eleri Skelley
Labour Jo Stevens
TUSC John Aaron Williams
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

General election 1945: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hilary Marquand 16,299 50.7 +12.9
National James Grigg 11,30635.2N/A
Liberal John Emlyn-Jones 4,52314.1+5.4
Majority4,99315.5N/A
Turnout 32,12874.9+1.8
Registered electors 42,950
Labour gain from National Swing

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Grigg Percy James Grigg.jpg
Grigg
1942 Cardiff East by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National James Grigg 10,030 75.2 N/A
Ind. Labour Party Fenner Brockway 3,31124.8N/A
Majority6,71950.4N/A
Turnout 13,34133.1-40.0
Registered electors 40,254
National gain from Conservative Swing


Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Temple-Morris 16,048 53.4 +14.8
Labour William Bennett 11,36237.8+6.0
Liberal Aubrey Willis Pile2,6238.7-20.9
Majority4,68615.6+8.8
Turnout 30,03373.1-8.1
Registered electors 41,076
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Temple-Morris 12,465 38.6 +8.5
Labour James Edmunds 10,29231.8-7.2
Liberal John Emlyn-Jones 9,55929.6-2.3
Majority2,1736.8N/A
Turnout 32,31680.2-7.9
Registered electors 40,316
Conservative gain from Labour Swing


Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Edmunds 12,813 39.0 +6.2
Liberal John Emlyn-Jones 10,50031.9+5.0
Unionist Clement Kinloch-Cooke 9,56329.1-11.2
Majority2,3137.1N/A
Turnout 32,87682.1-0.2
Registered electors 40,061
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +0.6
General election 1924: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Clement Kinloch-Cooke 10,036 40.3 +8.8
Labour Harold Lloyd8,15632.8+0.1
Liberal Donald Maclean 6,68426.9-8.9
Majority1,8807.5N/A
Turnout 24,87682.3+3.0
Registered electors 30,218
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +4.4
Emlyn-Jones John Emlyn-Jones.jpg
Emlyn-Jones


General election 1923: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Webb 8,536 35.8 +4.0
Labour Hugh Dalton 7,81232.7+1.3
Unionist Lewis Lougher 7,51331.5-5.3
Majority7243.1N/A
Turnout 23,86179.3-1.7
Registered electors 30,100
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +1.4
Maclean Sir Donald Maclean.jpg
Maclean


General election 1922: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Lewis Lougher 8,804 36.8 +6.1
Liberal Henry Webb 7,62231.8-9.0
Labour Arthur Williams 7,50631.4+2.9
Majority1,1825.0N/A
Turnout 23,93281.0+16.4
Registered electors 29,532
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +7.6
Webb Henry Webb.jpg
Webb


Elections in the 1910s

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Seager
General election 1918: Cardiff East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Seager 7,963 40.8 N/A
Unionist Colum Crichton-Stuart 5,97830.7N/A
Labour Arthur Williams 5,55428.5N/A
Majority1,98510.1N/A
Turnout 19,49564.6N/A
Registered electors 30,164
Liberal win (new seat)

Seager received Coalition Government endorsement letter which was later withdrawn

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References

  1. ↑ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "2023 Parliamentary Review - Final Recommendations". 2023 Parliamentary Review - Final Recommendations. Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations for Cardiff East". Cardiff Council. 7 June 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN   0-900178-019. Page 535
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