Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff South East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Cardiff South and Penarth
Created from	Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South

Cardiff South East was a parliamentary constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Its only MP was Labour's James Callaghan, who served as prime minister from 1976 to 1979, while serving as the seat's MP. Its present-day equivalent is Cardiff South and Penarth.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Grangetown, Roath, Rumney, South, and Splott.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Rt Hon James Callaghan	Labour

Election results

1970s

General Election 1979: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Leonard James Callaghan	23,871	59.3
	Conservative	Ivor Samuel Jones	15,170	37.7
	Plaid Cymru	Eric Randolf Roberts	628	1.6
	Severnside Libertarian	Raymond William Aldridge	375	0.9
	Socialist Unity	Pat Arrowsmith	132	0.3
	Communist	Richard Horatio Spencer	112	0.3
Majority			8,701	21.6
Turnout			40,288	21.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−

General Election October 1974: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Leonard James Callaghan	21,074	52.04
	Conservative	Stefan Terlezki	10,356	25.57
	Liberal	C Bailey	8,006	19.77
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Bush	983	2.43
	Marxist-Leninist (England)	B.C.D. Harris	75	0.19
Majority			10,718	26.47
Turnout			40,494	70.67
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Leonard James Callaghan	20,641	48.95
	Conservative	Stefan Terlezki	13,495	32.00
	Independent Liberal	C Bailey	3,800	9.01
	Liberal	B Christon	2,978	7.06
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Bush	1,254	2.97
Majority			7,146	16.95
Turnout			42,168	74.26
	Labour hold		Swing	−

General Election 1970: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Leonard James Callaghan	26,226	51.87
	Conservative	Norman Lloyd-Edwards	20,771	41.08
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Davies	2,585	5.11
	National Front	George W Parsons	982	1.94	N/A
Majority			5,455	10.79
Turnout			50,562	73.15
	Labour hold		Swing	−

1960s

General Election 1966: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Leonard James Callaghan	29,313	56.79
	Conservative	Norman Lloyd-Edwards	18,476	35.79
	Liberal	George W Parsons	3,829	7.42
Majority			10,837	20.99
Turnout				78.93
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard James Callaghan	30,129	57.48
	Conservative	Edward Ralph Dexter	22,288	42.52
Majority			7,841	14.96
Turnout				79.87
	Labour hold		Swing

1950s

General Election 1959: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard James Callaghan	26,915	50.82
	Conservative	Michael Hilary Arthur Roberts	26,047	49.18
Majority			868	1.64
Turnout				82.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard James Callaghan	25,722	53.36
	Conservative	Michael Hilary Arthur Roberts	22,482	46.64
Majority			3,240	6.72
Turnout				79.33
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard James Callaghan	28,112	54.35
	Conservative	H West	23,613	45.65
Majority			4,499	8.70
Turnout				84.93
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Cardiff South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard James Callaghan	26,254	51.79
	Conservative	JJ Hayward	20,359
	Liberal	Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell	4,080	8.05
Majority			5,895	11.63
Turnout				83.34
	Labour hold		Swing

Cardiff Constituencies

Current	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Vale of Glamorgan

Historic	Cardiff (1542–1918) Cardiff East (1918-1950) Cardiff South (1918-1950) Llandaff and Barry (1918-1950) Barry (1950-1983) Cardiff South East (1950–1983) Cardiff North West (1974-1983)

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Barnet	Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1964–1967	Succeeded by Birmingham Stechford
Preceded by Huyton	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1976–1979	Succeeded by Finchley
Preceded by Finchley	Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1979–1980	Succeeded by Ebbw Vale