Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cardiff Central Borough constituency
Cardiff Central shown within Wales
Created:	1918, 1983
MP:	Jenny Willott
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	South Glamorgan
EP constituency:	Wales

Cardiff Central (Canolog Caerdydd in Welsh) 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 system.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 MPs 1918–1950 3.2 MPs since 1983 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Boundaries

As its name suggests, Cardiff Central covers the central area of the City of Cardiff. It extends from the area around the Millennium Stadium in the south to Llanishen Golf Course in the north, taking in the City Centre, the University, Roath, Cathays, Penylan, Llanedeyrn, Cyncoed, Plasnewydd, Adamsdown and Pentwyn.

[edit] History

A Conservative-held three-way marginal throughout the 1980s, in recent years this constituency has become a race between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats won the equivalent Welsh Assembly seat in 1999 and 2003, and also dominate the wards which make up the seat in elections to Cardiff City Council.

The constituency is socially diverse, with both very affluent and very deprived areas. It has a large student population which seems to have helped Labour to win in 1992 and 1997 but thereafter increasingly switched to the Liberal Democrats due to opposition to government plans for reforming student support.

The seat is unchanged in the Fifth Periodical Report of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The UK Parliament seat is currently held by Jenny Willott of the Liberal Democrats. The seat was taken from Jon Owen Jones (Labour Co-operative) in the 2005 general election.

[edit] MPs 1918–1950

Election		Member	Party
	1918	James Gould	Conservative
	1924	Lewis Lougher	Conservative
	1929	Ernest Bennett	Labour
	1931		National Labour
	1945	George Thomas	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

[edit] MPs since 1983

Election		Member	Party
1983		constituency recreated
	1983	Ian Grist	Conservative
	1992	Jon Owen Jones	Labour Co-operative
	2005	Jenny Willott	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Cardiff Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Willott	17,991	49.8	+13.1
	Labour Co-op	Jon Owen Jones	12,398	34.3	-4.3
	Conservative	Gotz Mohindra	3,339	9.2	-6.7
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Rhys Grigg	1,271	3.5	-1.3
	Respect	Raja Gul-Raiz	386	1.1
	UK Independence	Frank Hughes	383	1.1	+0.5
	Independent	Anne Savoury	168	0.5
	New Millennium Bean Party	Captain Beany	159	0.4
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Catherine Taylor-Dawson	37	0.1
Majority			5,593	15.5
Turnout			36,132	59.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	8.7

General Election 2001: Cardiff Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jon Owen Jones	13,451	38.6	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Willott	12,792	36.7	+11.8
	Conservative	Gregory Walker	5,537	15.9	-4.2
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Rhys Grigg	1,680	4.8	+1.3
	Green	Stephen Bartley	661	1.9	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Julian Goss	283	0.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Frank Hughes	221	0.6	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Madeleine Jeremy	217	0.6	N/A
Majority			659	1.9
Turnout			34,842	58.3	-11.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Cardiff Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jon Owen Jones	18,464	43.7	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Randerson	10,541	24.9	+3.6
	Conservative	David Melding	8,470	20.0	-13.9
	Socialist Labour	T Burns	2,230	5.3
	Plaid Cymru	W Vernon	1,504	3.6	+1.8
	Referendum Party	N Lloyd	760	1.8
	Monster Raving Loony	C James	204	0.5
	Natural Law	A Hobbs	80	0.2
Majority			7,923	18.8
Turnout				70.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan

[edit] External links

• UK Constituency Maps
• BBC Vote 2001
• BBC Election 2005

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