Cardiff Central was a

borough constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constituen ...

in the city of

Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...

. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the

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of the

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, elected by the

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

Boundaries

Electoral wards of Cardiff County Borough 1890

1918–1950: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Cathays, Central, and Riverside. The constituency spanned either side of the

River Taff The River Taff () is a river in Wales. It rises in the Brecon Beacons as two rivers, the Taf Fechan ("little Taff") and the Taf Fawr ("great Taff") before becoming one just north of Merthyr Tydfil. At Cardiff, it empties into the Bristol Chan ...

. 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

Elections

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1910s

* coupon issued but withdrawn. The Unionist vote was split and, though Robert Hughes managed to save his £150 deposit, he did not turn up to hear the results.

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

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; *National Labour: Ronald Wingate *Labour: John Ramage

Notes

References

External links

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

(Election results from 1922 onwards)
A Vision Of Britain Through Time

BBC Vote 2001
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardiff Central (1918-1950 Uk Parliament Constituency) Constituencies of Cardiff Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950