Cardiff North (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency).
Cardiff North
National Assembly for Wales
burgh constituency
Cardiff North shown within the
South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created: 1999
AM: Jonathan Morgan (Welsh politician)
Party: Conservative
Preserved county: South Glamorgan

Cardiff North 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 North Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. To the north withen in the boundries lies North Rural Cardiff and to the south lies the densly populated area of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Thornhill ect.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, 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 - 2007 Sue Essex Labour Party
2007 - present Jonathan Morgan Conservative Party

[edit] Election results

Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 21,253 65.3 +21.7
Labour Sophie Howe 9,409 33.9 -20.6
Liberal Democrat Ed Bridges 4,287 12.7 +0.2
Plaid Cymru Wyn Jones 2,491 7.4 -2.3
UK Independence Dai Llewellyn 1,262 3.7 -1.0
Majority 4,844 14.4
Turnout 34,702 51.3 +8.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Essex 10,413 37.5 -1.2
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 9,873 35.6 +4.2
Liberal Democrat John Dixon 3,474 12.5 -3.6
Plaid Cymru Wyn Jones 2,679 9.7 -4.1
UK Independence Donald Hulston 1,295 4.7 +4.7
Majority 540 1.9 -5.4
Turnout 28,295 43.9 -7.7
Labour hold Swing
Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Essex 12,198 38.7
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 9,894 31.4
Liberal Democrat Alastair Meikle 5,088 16.1
Plaid Cymru Colin Mann 4,337 14.8
Majority 2,304 7.3
Turnout 31,517 51.5
Labour hold Swing
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