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'''Cardiff Central''' ({{Lang-cy|Canol Caerdydd}}) was a [[borough constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[borough constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in the city of [[Cardiff]]. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], elected by the [[first past the post]] system. The seat was last held by [[Jo Stevens]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. She was appointed as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]] on 6 April 2020.
'''Cardiff Central''' ({{Lang-cy|Canol Caerdydd}}) was a [[borough constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[borough constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in the city of [[Cardiff]]. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], elected by the [[first past the post]] system.


A similarly named constituency, covering a different area of Cardiff, was created in 1983.
As part of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] and under the [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales#Final recommendations|June 2023 final recommendations]] of the [[Boundary Commission for Wales]] for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]]. Its wards were split between [[Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff East]] and [[Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff South and Penarth]].<ref name="Final proposals report">{{Cite book |url=https://bcomm-wales.gov.uk/sites/bcomm/files/review/E02859434_Boundary%20Commission%20Wales%202023_English_Web%20Accessible_V03.pdf |title=2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales |date=28 June 2023 |publisher=[[Boundary Commission for Wales]]}}</ref>


==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
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'''1918–1950''': The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Cathays, Central, and Riverside.
'''1918–1950''': The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Cathays, Central, and Riverside.


The constituency spanned either side of the [[River Taff]]. It was abolished in 1950, with Cathays and Central becoming part of the new [[Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff North]] division, while Canton and Riverside became part of the new [[Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff West]] division.
'''1983–2010''': The City of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Plasnewydd, and Roath.

'''2010–2024''': The Cardiff electoral divisions of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan, and Plasnewydd.

As its name suggests, Cardiff Central covered the central area of the City of [[Cardiff]]. It extended from the area around the [[Millennium Stadium]] in the south to [[Llanishen]] Golf Course in the north, taking in the [[Cardiff city centre|City Centre]] and the [[Cardiff University|University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cardiff/2010/dec/09/cardiff-central-mp-jenny-willott-resigns-tuition-fees|title=Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott resigns over tuition fees|first=Hannah|last=Waldram|date=9 December 2010|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

==History==
This was a Conservative-held three-way marginal constituency throughout the 1980s but since 1997 Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pushed the Conservative candidate into third place. The Liberal Democrats won the equivalent [[Cardiff Central (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Welsh Assembly seat]] in 1999 and 2003 and also dominate the wards which make up the seat in elections to [[Cardiff Council]].

The later constituency was socially diverse, with both very affluent and very deprived areas. It has a large student population which seems to have helped Labour to win in 1992 and 1997 but thereafter increasingly switched to the Liberal Democrats due to opposition to government plans for reforming student support. This switched yet again in the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] where students were disillusioned by the broken promises the Liberal Democrats made regarding tuition fees. This was despite the fact that these student loan promises did not apply to Wales, which has a different funding system and MP Jenny Willott had also voted against the English changes in Parliament.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/lib-dem-jenny-willott-loses-9043442|title=Lib Dem Jenny Willott loses to Labour in Cardiff Central|last=Dewey|first=Philip|date=8 May 2015|website=WalesOnline|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>

The seat was unchanged in the Fifth Periodical Report of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales, which took effect at the 2010 general election.

Since the seat's re-creation in 1983, it was held successively by each of the three main political parties; the Liberal Democrats gained it at the 2005 election after 13 years of Labour representation. The constituency has transformed dramatically from being a Conservative seat for some years, to a Labour–Lib Dem marginal to the safest Labour seat in Wales at the time.


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==
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===MPs since 1983===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}" |
|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
|[[Ian Grist]]
|[[Welsh Conservatives|Conservative]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |
|[[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]
|[[Jon Owen Jones]]
|[[Labour Co-operative]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|[[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]
|[[Jenny Willott]]
|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Welsh Labour}}" |
|[[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]
|[[Jo Stevens]]
|[[Welsh Labour|Labour]]
|}
|}


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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections 1983 to current===
====Elections in the 1980s====
{{Election box begin|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = [[Ian Grist]]
|votes = 16,090
|percentage = 41.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Mike German, Baron German|Mike German]]
|votes = 12,638
|percentage = 32.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Raymond Davies
|votes = 9,387
|percentage = 24.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Andrew Morgan
|votes = 704
|percentage = 1.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,452
|percentage = 8.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 38,819
|percentage = 72.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 53,815
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = [[Ian Grist]]
|votes = 15,241
|percentage = 37.1
|change = −4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = [[Jon Owen Jones]]
|votes = 13,255
|percentage = 32.3
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Mike German, Baron German|Mike German]]
|votes = 12,062
|percentage = 29.3
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Siân Mair Caiach
|votes = 535
|percentage = 1.3
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,986
|percentage = 4.8
|change = −4.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,093
|percentage = 77.6
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 52,980
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Conservatives
|swing = −6.2
}}
{{Election box end}}

====Elections in the 1990s====
{{Election box begin|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Jon Owen Jones]]
|votes = 18,014
|percentage = 42.0
|change = +9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = [[Ian Grist]]
|votes = 14,549
|percentage = 33.9
|change = −3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = [[Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson|Jenny Randerson]]
|votes = 9,170
|percentage = 21.4
|change = −7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Huw Marshall
|votes = 748
|percentage = 1.7
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Christopher Von Ruhland
|votes = 330
|percentage = 0.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Brian Francis
|votes = 105
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,465
|percentage = 8.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 42,916
|percentage = 74.3
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 57,716
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|loser = Welsh Conservatives
|swing = +6.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/123.stm|title=BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Cardiff Central|date=1 May 1997|work=Vote 2001|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2011-01-12}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Jon Owen Jones]]
|votes = 18,464
|percentage = 43.7
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = [[Jennifer Randerson, Baroness Randerson|Jenny Randerson]]
|votes = 10,541
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = [[David Melding]]
|votes = 8,470
|percentage = 20.0
|change = −13.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence Burns
|votes = 2,230
|percentage = 5.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Wayne Vernon
|votes = 1,504
|percentage = 3.6
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Nick Lloyd
|votes = 760
|percentage = 1.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = Craig James
|votes = 204
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Anthony Hobbs
|votes = 80
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ±0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,923
|percentage = 18.8
|change = +10.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 42,253
|percentage = 70.0
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 60,393
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing = +7.8
}}
{{Election box end}}

====Elections in the 2000s====

{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/123.stm|title=BBC NEWS > Cardiff Central|publisher=BBC News |work=Vote 2001 |date=7 June 2001|access-date=2011-01-22}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Jon Owen Jones]]
|votes = 13,451
|percentage = 38.6
|change = −5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = [[Jenny Willott]]
|votes = 12,792
|percentage = 36.7
|change = +11.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Gregory Walker
|votes = 5,537
|percentage = 15.9
|change = −4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Richard Rhys Grigg <!-- article deleted via AFD: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Rhys Grigg]] -->
|votes = 1,680
|percentage = 4.8
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Stephen Bartley
|votes = 661
|percentage = 1.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Alliance (England)
|candidate = Julian Goss
|votes = 283
|percentage = 0.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Frank Hughes
|votes = 221
|percentage = 0.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = ProLife Alliance
|candidate = Madeleine Jeremy
|votes = 217
|percentage = 0.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 659
|percentage = 1.9
|change = -16.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,842
|percentage = 58.3
|change = −11.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 59,785
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing = -8.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2005/html/123.stm|title=Cardiff Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2005|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = [[Jenny Willott]]
|votes = 17,991
|percentage = 49.8
|change = +13.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Jon Owen Jones]]
|votes = 12,398
|percentage = 34.3
|change = −4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Gotz Mohindra
|votes = 3,339
|percentage = 9.2
|change = −6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Richard Rhys Grigg <!-- article deleted via AFD: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Rhys Grigg]] -->
|votes = 1,271
|percentage = 3.5
|change = −1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
|candidate = Raja Gul-Raiz
|votes = 386
|percentage = 1.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Frank Hughes
|votes = 383
|percentage = 1.1
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Anne Savoury
|votes = 168
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = New Millennium Bean Party
|candidate = [[Captain Beany]]
|votes = 159
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
|candidate = Catherine Taylor-Dawson
|votes = 37
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,593
|percentage = 15.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,132
|percentage = 59.2
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 61,079
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|loser = Labour Co-operative
|swing = +8.7
}}
{{Election box end}}

====Elections in the 2010s====
{{Election box begin | title= [[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Cardiff Central<ref>[http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2867,3597,5426&parent_directory_id=2865&id=7965&pagetype=&keyword= Cardiff Central] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609151404/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2867%2C3597%2C5426&parent_directory_id=2865&id=7965&pagetype=&keyword= |date=9 June 2011 }} Cardiff County Council – candidates Cardiff Central</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/w10.stm Cardiff Central] BBC Election – Cardiff Central</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = [[Jenny Willott]]
|votes = 14,976
|percentage = 41.4
|change = −8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = [[Jenny Rathbone]]
|votes = 10,400
|percentage = 28.8
|change = −5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Karen Robson
|votes = 7,799
|percentage = 21.6
|change = +12.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Chris Williams
|votes = 1,246
|percentage = 3.4
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Sue Davies
|votes = 765
|percentage = 2.1
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sam Coates
|votes = 575
|percentage = 1.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Ross Saunders
|votes = 162
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = Mark Beech
|votes = 142
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Alun Mathias
|votes = 86
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,576
|percentage = 12.6
|change = -2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,151
|percentage = 59.1
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 61,165
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|swing = −1.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title= [[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=2015results>{{cite web|title=Cardiff Central result|url=http://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=35&RPID=1000185578|website=Election results for Cardiff Central|publisher=City of Cardiff Council|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000050#election2015-logo |department=Election 2015 |title=Cardiff Central Parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=5 May 2015 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = [[Jo Stevens]]
|votes = 15,462
|percentage = 40.0
|change = +11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = [[Jenny Willott]]
|votes = 10,481
|percentage = 27.1
|change = −14.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Richard Hopkin
|votes = 5,674
|percentage = 14.7
|change = −6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Anthony Raybould
|votes = 2,499
|percentage = 6.5
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Chris Von Ruhland
|votes = 2,461
|percentage = 6.4
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Martin Pollard
|votes = 1,925
|percentage = 5.0
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Steve Williams
|votes = 110
|percentage = 0.3
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Kazimir Hubert
|votes = 34
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 117
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,981
|percentage = 12.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 38,646
|percentage = 67.3
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 57,456
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|loser = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|swing = +12.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
Of the 117 rejected ballots:
*81 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.<ref name=2015results/>
*32 voted for more than one candidate.<ref name=2015results/>
*4 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.<ref name=2015results/>

{{See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Cardiff Central}}

{{Election box begin | title= [[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Cardiff Central<ref name=2017results>{{citation|url=http://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=111&RPID=1001896817&LLL=0|publisher=cardiff.gov.uk|title=Election results for Cardiff Central, UK Parliamentary Election - Thursday, 8th June, 2017|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation|publisher=cardiff.gov.uk|title=Cardiff Central, Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations|url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/11.05.17/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20-%20Cardiff%20Central%20signed.pdf|date=11 May 2017|last1=Salter|first1=Christine|access-date=16 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{citation|publisher=cardiff.gov.uk|title=Cardiff Central, Notice of Election Agents' Names and Offices|url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/11.05.17/Election%20Agents%20-%20Cardiff%20Central%20signed.pdf|date=11 May 2017|last1=Salter|first1=Christine|access-date=16 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cardiff Central Parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/W07000050#election2017-logo|website=Election 2017 Results|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = [[Jo Stevens]]<ref name=KGB>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnduk.org/cnd-media/item/3204-election-2017-cardiff-central|title=Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, ''Election 2017: Cardiff Central''}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|votes = 25,193
|percentage = 62.4
|change = +22.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Gregory Stafford
|votes = 7,997
|percentage = 19.8
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = [[Eluned Parrott]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffld.org.uk/eluned_parrott_to_fight_for_cardiff_central|title=Eluned Parrott to fight for Cardiff Central|website=Cardiff Liberal Democrats}}</ref>
|votes = 5,415
|percentage = 13.4
|change = -13.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Mark Hooper
|votes = 999
|percentage = 2.5
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Wales Green Party
|candidate = Benjamin Smith
|votes = 420
|percentage = 1.0
|change = -5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mohammed Sarul-Islam<!-- The "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" shows Mohammed as the family name, whereas the "Notice of Election Agents' Names and Offices" shows Sarul-Islam as the family name. In both cases Sarul-Islam is hyphenated.-->
|votes = 343
|percentage = 0.8
|change = -5.7
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 80
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 17,196
|percentage = 42.6
|change = +29.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 40,367
|percentage = 68.1
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 59,288
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing = +8.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

Of the 80 rejected ballots:
*59 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.<ref name=2017results/>
*19 voted for more than one candidate.<ref name=2017results/>
*2 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.<ref name=2017results/>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Cardiff Central<ref>{{cite web |title=Scheduled elections and polls |url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20-%20Cardiff%20Central%20%28Updated%29.pdf |website=Cardiff Council |access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=2019results>{{citation|url=https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=123&RPID=1020051&LLL=0|publisher=Cardiff Council|title=Election results for Cardiff Central, UK Parliamentary Election - 2019|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=results>{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/W07000050|publisher=BBC|title=Election results for Cardiff Central, UK Parliamentary Election - 2019|access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = [[Jo Stevens]]
|votes = 25,605
|percentage = 61.2
|change = −1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Meirion Jenkins
|votes = 8,426
|percentage = 20.1
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Bablin Molik
|votes = 6,298
|percentage = 15.1
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Brexit Party
|candidate = Gareth Pearce
|votes = 1,006
|percentage = 2.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gwlad Gwlad
|candidate = Siân Caiach
|votes = 280
|percentage = 0.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Akil Kata
|votes = 119
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Brian Johnson
|votes = 88
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 204
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 17,179
|percentage = 41.1
|change = -1.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 41,822
|percentage = 65.3
|change = -2.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 64,037
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing = -0.8
}}
{{Election box end}}

Of the 204 rejected ballots:
*166 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.<ref name=2019results/>
*38 voted for more than one candidate.<ref name=2019results/>


==See also==
==See also==
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*[http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929380383/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff Central] – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
*[http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929380383/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff Central] – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
*[http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
*[http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf 2017 Election] House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A Vision Of Britain Through Time] (Constituency elector numbers)
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A Vision Of Britain Through Time] (Constituency elector numbers)
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/123.stm BBC Vote 2001]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/123.stm BBC Vote 2001]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/123.stm BBC Election 2005]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072911/http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ UK Constituency Maps]


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Cardiff Central
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Cardiff Central in Wales
Preserved countySouth Glamorgan
Population88,097 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate64,225 (December 2010)[2]
1983–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromCardiff North and Cardiff South East[3]
Replaced byCardiff East,Cardiff South and Penarth
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created fromCardiff
Replaced byCardiff North and Cardiff West
SeneddCardiff Central, South Wales Central

Cardiff Central (Welsh: Canol Caerdydd) was a borough constituency[n 1] in the city of Cardiff. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

A similarly named constituency, covering a different area of Cardiff, was created in 1983.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Cathays, Central, and Riverside.

The constituency spanned either side of the River Taff. It was abolished in 1950, with Cathays and Central becoming part of the new Cardiff North division, while Canton and Riverside became part of the new Cardiff West division.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

Election Member[4][5] Party
1918 James Childs Gould Unionist
1924 Lewis Lougher Unionist
1929 Ernest Bennett Labour
1931 National Labour
1945 George Thomas Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Childs Gould* 8,542 41.1 N/A
Labour James Edmunds 4,663 22.4 N/A
Liberal George Frederick Forsdike 4,172 20.1 N/A
Ind. Unionist Robert Hughes 3,419 16.4 N/A
Majority 3,879 18.7 N/A
Turnout 20,796 56.9 N/A
Registered electors 36,557
Unionist win (new seat)
  • coupon issued but withdrawn.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Childs Gould 13,885 50.0 +8.9
Labour James Edmunds 8,169 29.4 +7.0
Liberal Charles Fletcher Sanders 5,732 20.6 +0.5
Majority 5,716 20.6 +1.9
Turnout 27,786 74.4 +17.5
Registered electors 37,326
Unionist hold Swing +1.0
General election 1923: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Childs Gould 10,261 38.4 −11.6
Labour James Edmunds 8,563 32.0 +2.6
Liberal Ieuan Watkins Evans 7,923 29.6 +9.0
Majority 1,698 6.4 −14.2
Turnout 26,747 71.4 −3.0
Registered electors 37,444
Unionist hold Swing -7.1
General election 1924: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Lewis Lougher 14,537 49.7 +11.3
Labour David Pole 9,864 33.8 +1.8
Liberal Aneurin Edwards 4,805 16.5 −13.1
Majority 4,673 15.9 +9.5
Turnout 29,206 76.8 +5.4
Registered electors 38,026
Unionist hold Swing +4.8
General election 1929: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Bennett 14,469 39.1 +5.3
Unionist Lewis Lougher 12,903 34.9 −14.8
Liberal Barnett Janner 9,623 26.0 +9.5
Majority 1,566 4.2 N/A
Turnout 36,995 78.2 +1.4
Registered electors 47,282
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +10.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour Ernest Bennett 24,120 69.2 N/A
Labour Edward Archbold 10,758 30.8 −8.3
Majority 13,362 38.4 N/A
Turnout 34,878 72.6 −5.6
Registered electors 48,065
National Labour gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour Ernest Bennett 16,954 51.5 −17.7
Labour John Dugdale 12,094 36.8 +6.0
Liberal William Glanville Brown 3,863 11.7 N/A
Majority 4,860 14.7 −23.7
Turnout 32,911 68.7 −3.9
Registered electors 47,912
National Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1939–40: 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;

General election 1945: Cardiff Central[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Thomas 16,506 49.1 +12.3
Conservative Charles Stuart Hallinan 11,982 35.7 N/A
Liberal Peter Hopkin Morgan 5,121 15.2 +3.5
Majority 4,524 13.4 N/A
Turnout 33,609 72.3 +3.6
Registered electors 46,505
Labour gain from National Labour Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

References

  1. ^ "Cardiff Central: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS – Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ^ "'Cardiff Central', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Cardiff Central 1918–1950". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 534

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