Cardiff West () is a constituency represented in the

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of the

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since 2001 by Kevin Brennan of the Labour Party.

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

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only once, in the Tories' landslide year of 1983, when

Stefan Terlezki Stefan Terlezki, (29 October 1927 – 21 February 2006) was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West from 1983 to 1987. Terlezki was born in Antonivka, a village near the town of Tlumach i ...

became the MP. Labour regained the seat at the next general election in 1987, when

Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan (29 September 1939 – 17 May 2017) was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. He was also the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011 and ...

was elected. After the creation of the

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, Morgan stepped down from his Westminster seat in 2001 to serve as leader of

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and

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. 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, Grangetown, 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

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and

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. 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.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

Of the 113 rejected ballots: *80 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *30 voted for more than one candidate. *3 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified. Of the 89 rejected ballots: *66 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *23 voted for more than one candidate. Of the 144 rejected ballots: *115 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *28 voted for more than one candidate. *1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.

Notes

References

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff West
– presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

(Election results from 1922 onwards)

(Election results from 1955 onwards)
2017 Election
House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
A Vision Of Britain Through Time
(Constituency elector numbers) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardiff West (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 Politics of Cardiff