Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency).
Cardiff Central
National Assembly for Wales
borough constituency
Cardiff Central shown within the
South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created: 1999
AM: Jenny Randerson
Party: Liberal Democrats
Preserved county: South Glamorgan

Cardiff Central is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff Central Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

[edit] Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

[edit] Assembly Members

Period Member Party
1999 to present Jenny Randerson Liberal Democrat

[edit] Elections

Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jenny Randerson 11,462 51.2 -3.4
Labour Sue Lent 4,897 21.9 +2.0
Conservative Andrew Murphy 3,137 14.0 +2.5
Plaid Cymru Thomas Whitfield 1,855 8.3 -0.4
UK Independence Frank Hughes 1,046 4.7 +4.7
Majority 6,565 29.3 -5.4
Turnout 22,397 36.0 +3.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jenny Randerson 11,256 54.6 +12.4
Labour Geoff Mungham 4,100 19.9 -10.1
Conservative Craig Piper 2,378 11.5 -0.2
Plaid Cymru Owen Thomas 1,795 8.7 -6.0
Independent Raja Raiz 541 2.6 +2.6
Independent Captain Beany 289 1.4 +1.4
Independent Madeleine Jeremy 239 1.2 +1.2
Majority 7,156 34.7 +22.4
Turnout 21,052 33.7 -11.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jenny Randerson 10,937 42.3
Labour Mark Drakeford 7,769 30.0
Plaid Cymru Owen Thomas 3,795 14.7
Conservative Stephen Jones 3,034 11.7
Independent Julian Goss 338 1.3
Majority 3,168 12.3
Turnout 25,873 44.8
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