Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Cardiff West (Assembly constituency).

Coordinates: 51°29′10″N 3°12′50″W / 51.486°N 3.214°W / 51.486; -3.214

Cardiff West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Cardiff West in Wales.
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)
Number of members	One
Created from	Cardiff
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales Central
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Cardiff West (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerdydd) 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 voting system. It was created in 1950.

History

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.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Ely, Grangewater, Llandaff, and Riverside.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Ely, Llandaff, Plasmawr, and Riverside.

1983-2010: The City of Cardiff wards of Caerau, Canton, Ely, Fairwater, Llandaff, Radyr and St Fagans, and Riverside.

2010–present: The Cardiff electoral divisions of Caerau, Canton, Creigiau and St Fagans, Ely, Fairwater, 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.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]^[4]	Party	Notes
1950	George Thomas	Labour	Previously MP for Cardiff Central from 1945. Secretary of State for Wales 1968-1970; Chairman of Ways and Means 1974-1976; Speaker of the House of Commons 1976-1983
1976	George Thomas	Speaker
1983	Stefan Terlezki	Conservative
1987	Rhodri Morgan	Labour	First Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government 2000-09
2001	Kevin Brennan	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Cardiff West^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kevin Denis Brennan	17,803	40.7	−0.6
	Conservative	James Taghdissian	11,014	25.2	−4.5
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	6,096	13.9	+6.9
	UKIP	Brian Morris	4,923	11.2	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	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
Majority			6,789	15.5	+3.9
Turnout			43,792	65.6	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

General Election 2010: Cardiff West^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kevin Denis Brennan	16,893	41.2	−3.6
	Conservative	Angela Jones-Evans	12,143	29.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Rachael Hitchinson	7,186	17.5	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammed Sarul Islam	2,868	7.0	−5.9
	UKIP	Michael Hennessey	1,117	2.7	+0.6
	Green	Jake Griffiths	750	1.8	+1.8
Majority			4,750	11.6
Turnout			40,957	65.2	+7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Cardiff West^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kevin Denis Brennan	15,729	45.5	−9.1
	Conservative	Simon Baker	7,562	21.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			34,561	57.7	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8

General Election 2001: Cardiff West^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kevin Denis Brennan	18,594	54.6	−5.8
	Conservative	Andrew Robert Tudor Davies	7,273	21.3	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqui Gasson	4,458	13.1	+2.2
	Plaid Cymru	Prof. Ifor Delme Bowen	3,296	9.7	+4.8
	UKIP	Mrs. Joyce Lilian Jenking	462	1.4	N/A
Majority			11,321	33.3
Turnout			34,083	58.4	−10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Cardiff West^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	24,297	60.3	+7.1
	Conservative	Simon Hoare	8,669	21.5	−11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqui Gasson	4,366	10.8	−0.1
	Plaid Cymru	Gwenillian Carr	1,949	4.8	+2.3
	Referendum	Trefor Johns	996	2.5	N/A
Majority			15,628	38.8
Turnout			40,277	69.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Cardiff West^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	24,306	53.2	+7.7
	Conservative	Michael J. Prior	15,015	32.9	−3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqui Gasson	5,002	10.9	−5.4
	Plaid Cymru	Miss Penni M. Bestic	1,177	2.6	+0.9
	Natural Law	Andrew E. Harding	184	0.4	+0.4
Majority			9,291	20.3	+11.3
Turnout			45,684	77.5	−0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Cardiff West^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	20,329	45.5
	Conservative	Stefan Terlezki	16,284	36.5
	Social Democratic	Robert Geoffrey Drake	7,300	16.4
	Plaid Cymru	Peter John Keelan	736	1.7
Majority			4,045	9.1
Turnout				77.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Cardiff West^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stefan Terlezki	15,472	38.0
	Labour	David Seligman	13,698	33.6
	Social Democratic	Jeffrey Thomas	10,388	25.5
	Plaid Cymru	Meurig Parri	848	2.1
	Ecology	Graham Jones	352	0.9
Majority			1,774	4.4
Turnout			40,758	69.6
	Conservative gain from Speaker		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Cardiff West
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
	Speaker gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	18,153	50.0
	Conservative	W. F. Dunn	11,481	31.6
	Liberal	R. M. James	4,669	12.9
	Plaid Cymru	D. Hughes	2,008	5.5
Majority			6,672	18.4
Turnout				69.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	16,712	44.0
	Conservative	G. J. Neale	13,366	35.2
	Liberal	R. M. James	5,812	15.3
	Plaid Cymru	D. Hughes	2,093	5.5
Majority			3,346	8.8
Turnout				73.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	21,655	49.8
	Conservative	Robert C. Williams	15,878	36.5
	Plaid Cymru	D. Hughes	4,378	10.1
	Liberal	Stephen Robert Charles Wanhill	1,594	3.7
Majority			5,777	13.3
Turnout				71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	26,139	61.00
	Conservative	SW Doxsey	16,714	39.00
Majority			9,425	21.99
Turnout				75.06
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	25,998	59.17
	Conservative	KT Flynn	17,941	40.83
Majority			8,057	18.34
Turnout				76.40
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	25,390	53.29
	Conservative	AL Hanninan	22,258	46.71
Majority			3,132	6.57
Turnout				80.05
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	26,042	55.27
	Conservative	E Simons	21,080	44.73
Majority			4,962	10.53
Turnout				76.69
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	28,995	55.13
	Conservative	AL Hallinan	23,595	44.87
Majority			5,400	10.27
Turnout				84.11
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thomas	27,200	54.30
	Conservative	CS Hallinan	22,893	45.70
Majority			4,307	8.60
Turnout				82.23
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ "Cardiff West: 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 West 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000079
↑ "Cardiff West result". Election results for Cardiff West. City of Cardiff Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ Cardiff West BBC Election - Cardiff West
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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