Cardiff North () is a

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represented in the

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of the

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since

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Anna McMorrin Anna Rhiannon McMorrin (born 23 September 1971) is a Welsh politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North since 2017. A member of Welsh Labour, she has served as Assistant Government Whip since 2024. She was previousl ...

of the Labour Party. The constituency retained its name and gained one ward, as part of the

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and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the

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for the

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Boundaries

1950–1974: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Cathays, Central, Gabalfa,

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and Plasnewydd. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Cathays, Central, Penylan, and Plasnewydd. 1983–2010: The City of Cardiff wards of Gabalfa,

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, Lisvane and St Mellons, Llandaff North, Llanishen, Rhiwbina, and Whitchurch and Tongwynlais. 2010–2024: The Cardiff electoral divisions of Gabalfa, Heath, Lisvane¹, Llandaff North, Llanishen, Pontprennau and Old St Mellons, Rhiwbina, and Whitchurch and Tongwynlais. 2024–present: As above with the addition of the

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ward of

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, transferred from

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. ¹ renamed Lisvane and Thornhill with effect from May 2022. Cardiff City Centre was in this constituency from its creation in 1950 until 1983.

History

This seat is the residential quarter of Wales's capital, over half of northern Cardiff consists of owner-occupied housing, with a higher number of a middle class population than other sections. Historically it mainly elected

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MPs, but with new housing development

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has overturned the nominal majority more recently, turning the seat into a national target swing-constituency. The seat was relative to others a

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from 2001 to 2017 as well as a swing seat as its winner's majority did not exceed 8% and it changed political allegiance twice during that period. By 2004, the Conservatives held a majority of councillors within the district (13, against five Liberal Democrats, three independents and no Labour), but in the following 2005 general election Welsh Labour's

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retained the seat but with a reduced majority.

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political editor Nick Robinson profiled the constituency as part of the BBC's build-up to the 2010 general election: saying: Morgan stood again for Welsh Labour in 2010, whilst the Conservatives chose Jonathan Evans MEP, who had previously been the MP for Brecon and Radnor. Evans won by 194 votes. In 2015, Labour attempted to take the seat back but new candidate, Craig Williams, took it with a majority of 2,137. Many had expected it to be very close run again. Labour retook the seat in 2017 on a 6.1% swing, producing a majority of 4,174; this was the first time in the seat's history it had voted for a Labour candidate in an election they did not win and the first time it elected an MP who is not a member of the largest party in the House of Commons since October 1974. In 2019, the seat bucked the trend by swinging to Labour despite their heavy defeat nationally, and a further swing in 2024 after their victory in the General Election led to a majority of over 11,000, the largest any party has had in the constituency's history.

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 80 rejected ballots: *64 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *14 voted for more than one candidate. *2 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified. Of the 98 rejected ballots: *77 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *21 voted for more than one candidate. Of the 111 rejected ballots: *86 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *22 voted for more than one candidate. *3 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.

Elections in the 2020s

Notes

References

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff North
– 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)

(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 51.517, -3.203, display=title, region:GB_scale:20000 Constituencies of Cardiff Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950