Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)
51°30′14″N 3°09′00″W / 51.504°N 3.150°W
Cardiff Central | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Cardiff Central in Wales | |
Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
Population | 88,097 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 64,225 (December 2010)[2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Jo Stevens (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Cardiff North and Cardiff South East[3] |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Cardiff |
Replaced by | Cardiff North |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Cardiff Central, South Wales Central |
Cardiff Central (Canol Caerdydd in Welsh) is a borough constituency in the city of Cardiff. It returns 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.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Cathays, Central, and Riverside.
1983-2010: The City of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Plasnewydd, and Roath.
2010-present: The Cardiff electoral divisions of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan, and Plasnewydd.
As its name suggests, Cardiff Central covers the central area of the City of Cardiff. It extends from the area around the Millennium Stadium in the south to Llanishen Golf Course in the north, taking in the City Centre and the University.
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 Welsh Assembly seat in 1999 and 2003 and also dominate the wards which make up the seat in elections to Cardiff Council.
The constituency is 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 general election where students were disillusioned by the broken promises the Liberal Democrats made regarding tuition fees.[4]
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 has been 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.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918–1950
Election | Member[5][6] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | James Childs Gould | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1924 | Lewis Lougher | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1929 | Ernest Bennett | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:National Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1931 | National Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | George Thomas | Labour |
1950 | constituency abolished |
MPs since 1983
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Ian Grist | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | | 1992 | Jon Owen Jones | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | 2005 | Jenny Willott | Liberal Democrat |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2015 | Jo Stevens | Labour |
Election
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Stevens[8] | 15,462 | 40.0 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Willott[8] | 10,481 | 27.1 | −14.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Hopkin | 5,674 | 14.7 | −6.9 | |
UKIP | Anthony Raybould[9] | 2,499 | 6.5 | +4.4 | |
Green | Chris Von Ruhland [9] | 2,461 | 6.4 | +4.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Martin Pollard | 1,925 | 5.0 | +1.5 | |
TUSC | Steve Williams[10] | 110 | 0.3 | −0.2 | |
Independent | Kazimir Hubert[8] | 34 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,981 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 38,646 | 67.3 | +8.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +12.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Willott | 14,976 | 41.4 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Jenny Rathbone | 10,400 | 28.8 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Karen Robson | 7,799 | 21.6 | +12.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Chris Williams | 1,246 | 3.4 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Sue Davies | 765 | 2.1 | +1.1 | |
Green | Sam Coates | 575 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
TUSC | Ross Saunders | 162 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Mark Beech | 142 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Alun Mathias | 86 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 4,576 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,151 | 59.1 | +0.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Willott | 17,991 | 49.8 | +13.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Jon Owen Jones | 12,398 | 34.3 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Gotz Mohindra | 3,339 | 9.2 | −6.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Richard Rhys Grigg | 1,271 | 3.5 | −1.3 | |
Respect | Raja Gul-Raiz | 386 | 1.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Frank Hughes | 383 | 1.1 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Anne Savoury | 168 | 0.5 | N/A | |
New Millennium Bean Party | Captain Beany | 159 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Catherine Taylor-Dawson | 37 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,593 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 36,132 | 59.2 | +0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | 8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Jon Owen Jones | 13,451 | 38.6 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Willott | 12,792 | 36.7 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Gregory Walker | 5,537 | 15.9 | −4.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Richard Rhys Grigg | 1,680 | 4.8 | +1.3 | |
Green | Stephen Bartley | 661 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Julian Goss | 283 | 0.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Frank Hughes | 221 | 0.6 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Madeleine Jeremy | 217 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 659 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 34,842 | 58.3 | −11.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Jon Owen Jones | 18,464 | 43.7 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson | 10,541 | 24.9 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | David Melding | 8,470 | 20.0 | −13.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Terence Burns | 2,230 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Wayne Vernon | 1,504 | 3.6 | +1.8 | |
Referendum | Nick Lloyd | 760 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Craig James | 204 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Anthony Hobbs | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,923 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 42,253 | 70.0 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Jon Owen Jones | 18,014 | 42.0 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Ian Grist | 14,549 | 33.9 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson | 9,170 | 21.4 | −8.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Huw Marshall | 748 | 1.7 | +0.4 | |
Green | Christopher John Von Ruhland | 330 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Brian Morgan Francis | 105 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,465 | 8.1 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,916 | 74.3 | −3.3 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Grist | 15,241 | 37.1 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Jon Owen Jones | 13,255 | 32.3 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Michael James German | 12,062 | 29.3 | −3.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Siân Caiach | 535 | 1.3 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 1,986 | 4.8 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,093 | 77.6 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Grist | 16,090 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Michael James German | 12,638 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Raymond Thomas Davies | 9,387 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Andrew Paul Morgan | 704 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,452 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,819 | 72.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas George Thomas | 16,506 | 49.11 | ||
Conservative | Charles Stuart Hallinan | 11,982 | 35.65 | ||
Liberal | Peter Hopkin Morgan | 5,121 | 15.24 | ||
Majority | 4,524 | 13.46 | |||
Turnout | 72.27 | ||||
Labour gain from National Labour | Swing |
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;
- National Labour: Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett
- Labour: John Ramage
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett | 16,954 | 51.51 | ||
Labour | John Dugdale | 12,094 | 36.75 | ||
Liberal | William Glanville Brown | 3,863 | 11.74 | ||
Majority | 4,860 | 14.77 | |||
Turnout | 68.69 | ||||
National Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett | 24,120 | 69.16 | ||
Labour | Edward Archbold | 10,758 | 30.84 | ||
Majority | 13,362 | 38.31 | |||
Turnout | 72.56 | ||||
National Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Nathaniel Bennett | 14,469 | 39.1 | +5.3 | |
Unionist | Sir Lewis Lougher | 12,903 | 34.9 | −14.8 | |
Liberal | Barnett Janner | 9,623 | 26.0 | ++9.5 | |
Majority | 1,566 | 4.2 | 20.1 | ||
Turnout | 78.2 | +1.4 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Lewis Lougher | 14,537 | 49.7 | ||
Labour | David Graham Pole | 9,864 | 33.8 | ||
Liberal | Aneurin John Glyn Edwards | 4,805 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 4,673 | 15.9 | |||
Turnout | 76.8 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Childs Gould | 10,261 | 38.4 | −11.6 | |
Labour | James Ewart 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 | 71.4 | −3.0 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Childs Gould | 13,885 | 50.0 | +8.9 | |
Labour | James Ewart Edmunds | 8,169 | 29.4 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | C.F. Sanders | 5,732 | 20.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 5,716 | 20.6 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 74.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 8,542 | 41.1 | |||
Labour | James Ewart Edmunds | 4,663 | 22.4 | ||
Liberal | George Frederick Forsdyke | 4,172 | 20.1 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Robert Hughes | 3,419 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 3,879 | 18.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
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See also
Notes and references
- References
- ^ "Cardiff Central: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS – Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "'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.
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(help) - ^ "Cardiff Central 1918–1950". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ^ "Cardiff Central result". Election results for Cardiff Central. City of Cardiff Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ a b c http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-wales-32335516
- ^ a b Alexander Norton (4 March 2015). "General Election candidates tackle gender inequality". Gair Rhydd. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "TUSC Candidates" (PDF). Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ Cardiff Central Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Cardiff County Council – candidates Cardiff Central
- ^ Cardiff Central BBC Election – Cardiff Central
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff Central — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.