Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Cardiff West (Assembly constituency).

For the geographical area, see Cardiff West (geographical area).

Cardiff West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Cardiff West in Wales.
Preserved county	South Glamorgan
Electorate	64,295 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament	Kevin Brennan (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Cardiff
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales Central
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Cardiff West (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerdydd) 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 voting system. It was created in 1950.

1 History
2 Boundaries
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 Notes and references

History

A traditionally safe Labour seat which used to return George Thomas before he became Speaker, it has returned a Conservative only once, in the Tories' landslide year of 1983, in the shape of Stefan Terlezki.

The seat returned to the Labour fold safely in 1987 with Rhodri Morgan. After the creation of the Welsh Assembly Government, Morgan stepped down from his Westminster seat in 2001 to serve as leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister for Wales. Kevin Brennan retained the seat for Labour on Morgan's retirement from Westminster politics, and has remained the MP ever since.

Boundaries

Cardiff West is entirely within the boundaries of the city of Cardiff, taking up the northwestern quarter of the borough at the boundaries of the boroughs of Rhondda Cynon Taf and Vale of Glamorgan. Population areas within the constituency include Riverside, Pontcanna, St Fagans, and Ely. Boundary changes in place for the 2010 UK general election make no change to Cardiff West.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1950	George Thomas	Labour
1976	George Thomas	Speaker
1983	Stefan Terlezki	Conservative
1987	Rhodri Morgan	Labour
2001	Kevin Brennan	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Cardiff West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Brennan	16,893	41.2	-3.6
	Conservative	Angela Jones-Evans	12,143	29.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Rachael Hitchinson	7,186	17.5	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammed Sarul Islam	2,868	7.0	-5.9
	UKIP	Michael Hennessey	1,117	2.7	+0.6
	Green	Jake Griffiths	750	1.8	+1.8
Majority			4,750	11.6
Turnout			40,957	65.2	+7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Brennan	15,729	45.5	-9.1
	Conservative	Simon Baker	7,562	21.9	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Goldsworthy	6,060	17.5	+4.4
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	4,316	12.5	+2.8
	UKIP	Joe Callan	727	2.1	+0.7
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Catherine Taylor-Dawson	167	0.5	N/A
Majority			8,167	23.6
Turnout			34,561	57.7	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.8

General Election 2001: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Brennan	18,594	54.6	-5.8
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	7,273	21.3	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqui Gasson	4,458	13.1	+2.2
	Plaid Cymru	Delme Bowen	3,296	9.7	+4.8
	UKIP	Joyce Jenking	462	1.4	N/A
Majority			11,321	33.3
Turnout			34,083	58.4	-10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	24,297	60.3
	Conservative	Simon Hoare	8,669	21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqui Gasson	4,366	10.8
	Plaid Cymru	G. Carr	1,949	4.8
	Referendum Party	T. Johns	996	2.5	N/A
Majority			15,628
Turnout				69.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Cardiff West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	24,306	53.2	+7.7
	Conservative	Michael J. Prior	15,015	32.9	−3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Jacqui-A. Gasson	5,002	10.9	−5.4
	Plaid Cymru	Miss Penni M. Bestic	1,177	2.6	+0.9
	Natural Law	Andrew E. Harding	184	0.4	+0.4
Majority			9,291	20.3	+11.3
Turnout			45,684	77.5	−0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	20,329	45.5
	Conservative	Stefan Terlezki	16,284	36.5
	Social Democrat	R. G. Drake	7,300	16.4
	Plaid Cymru	P. J. Keelan	736	1.7
Majority			4,045	9.1
Turnout				77.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stefan Terlezki	15,472	38.0
	Labour	D. Seligman	13,698	33.6
	Social Democrat	Jeffrey Thomas	10,388	25.5
	Plaid Cymru	M. Parri	848	2.1
	Ecology	G. Jones	352	0.9
Majority			1,774	4.4
Turnout				69.6
	Conservative gain from Speaker		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	George Thomas	27,035	85.6	+35.6
	Plaid Cymru	A. Ogwen	3,272	10.4	+4.9
	National Front	C. Gibbon	1,287	4.1	N/A
Majority			23,763	75.2	+56.8
Turnout			31,594	60.8	-8.9
	Speaker gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Thomas	18,153	50.0
	Conservative	W. F. Dunn	11,481	31.6
	Liberal	R. M. James	4,669	12.9
	Plaid Cymru	D. Hughes	2,008	5.5
Majority			6,672	18.4
Turnout				69.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Thomas	16,712	44.0
	Conservative	G. J. Neale	13,366	35.2
	Liberal	R. M. James	5,812	15.3
	Plaid Cymru	D. Hughes	2,093	5.5
Majority			3,346	8.8
Turnout				73.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Cardiff West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Thomas	21,655	49.8
	Conservative	R. C. Williams	15,878	36.5
	Plaid Cymru	D. Hughes	4,378	10.1
	Liberal	S. Wanhill	1,594	3.7
Majority			5,777	13.3
Turnout				71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
^ Cardiff West BBC Election - Cardiff West
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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Preceded by Wirral	Constituency represented by the Speaker 1976–1983	Succeeded by Croydon North East

Constituencies in Wales (40)

Labour (26)	Aberavon Alyn and Deeside Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Clwyd South Cynon Valley Delyn Gower Islwyn Llanelli Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Neath Newport East Newport West Ogmore Pontypridd Rhondda Swansea East Swansea West Torfaen Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

Conservative (8)	Aberconwy Cardiff North Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Clwyd West Monmouth Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire Vale of Glamorgan

Liberal Democrats (3)	Brecon and Radnorshire Cardiff Central Ceredigion

Plaid Cymru (3)	Arfon Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Wales European constituency: Conservative (1) Labour (1) Plaid Cymru (1) UKIP (1)

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West	Caerau Canton Creigiau Culverhouse Cross Danescourt Ely Fairwater Pentyrch Pontcanna Radyr and Morganstown St Fagans

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Politics and Government in Cardiff

Local Government	Cardiff Council • County Hall • City Hall • Elections • Rodney Berman

Local Government Electoral wards	Adamsdown • Butetown • Caerau • Canton • Cathays • Creigiau & St. Fagans • Cyncoed • Ely • Fairwater • Gabalfa • Grangetown • Heath • Llanishen • Lisvane • Llandaff • Llandaff North • Llanrumney • Pentwyn • Pentyrch • Penylan • Plasnewydd • Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons • Radyr & Morganstown • Rhiwbina • Riverside • Rumney • Splott • Trowbridge • Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

National Assembly for Wales Constituencies and AMs	Cardiff Central (Jenny Rathbone • Lab) • Cardiff North (Julie Morgan • Lab) • Cardiff West (Mark Drakeford • Lab) • Cardiff South and Penarth (Vaughan Gething • Lab)

Devolved Administration in Wales Institutions and Venues	National Assembly for Wales (Senedd • Tŷ Hywel) • Welsh Government (Cathays Park • Crown Building)

House of Commons Constituencies and MPs	Cardiff Central (Jenny Willott • Lib Dem) • Cardiff North (Jonathan Evans • Con) • Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan • Lab) • Cardiff South and Penarth (Alun Michael • Lab)

European Parliament Constituencies and MEPs	Wales (Jillian Evans • Plaid) • (Kay Swinburne • Con) • (John Bufton • UKIP) • (Derek Vaughan • Lab)

Headquarters	Plaid Cymru • Wales Green Party • Welsh Conservative Party • Welsh Labour • Welsh Liberal Democrats