Cardiff West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
Population | 91,027 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 64,295 (December 2010) [2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Kevin Brennan (Labour Party) |
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 2001 by Kevin Brennan of the Labour Party. [n 2]
The constituency is to retain its name and gain 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 next United Kingdom general election. [3]
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 and has remained the MP ever since.
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, Grangetown, Llandaff, Radyr and St Fagans, and Riverside.
2010–present: The Cardiff electoral divisions of Caerau, Canton, Creigiau and St Fagans, Ely, Fairwater, Grangetown, Llandaff, Pentyrch, Radyr, and Riverside.
Cardiff West is entirely within the boundaries of the city of Cardiff, taking up the northwestern quarter of the borough at the boundaries of the boroughs of Rhondda Cynon Taf and Vale of Glamorgan. Population areas within the constituency include Riverside, Pontcanna, St Fagans and Ely. There are some Conservative-voting 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.
Election | Member [4] [5] | Party | |
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1950 | George Thomas | Labour | |
1976 | Speaker | ||
1983 | Stefan Terlezki | Conservative | |
1987 | Rhodri Morgan | Labour | |
2001 | Kevin Brennan | Labour |
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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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:
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:
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