Cardiff West (Assembly constituency)
Coordinates: 51°29′10″N 3°12′50″W / 51.486°N 3.214°W
Cardiff West | |
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National Assembly for Wales borough constituency | |
Cardiff West shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales | |
Current National Assembly for Wales borough constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
AM | Mark Drakeford |
Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
Cardiff West (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerdydd) 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.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff West Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.
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.
Assembly Members
From the Assembly's inception in 1999, until his retirement at the 2011 election, former First Minister Rhodri Morgan was AM for Cardiff West.
Period | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Rhodri Morgan | Labour | |
2011 | Mark Drakeford | Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrats | Cadan ap Tomos | ||||
Labour | Mark Drakeford | ||||
Green | Hannah Pudner | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Neil McEvoy | ||||
UKIP | Gareth Bennett | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff West[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mark Drakeford | 13,067 | 47.1 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Craig Williams | 7,166 | 25.8 | +1.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Neil John McEvoy | 5,551 | 20.0 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Morgan | 1,942 | 7.0 | −8.2 | |
Majority | 5,901 | 21.3 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 27,726 | 43.8 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 10,390 | 38.6 | −10.4 | |
Conservative | Craig Williams | 6,692 | 24.9 | +7.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Neil John McEvoy | 5,719 | 21.3 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Miss Alison R. Goldsworthy | 4,088 | 15.2 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 3,698 | 13.8 | −17.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,889 | 41.6 | +6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.8 | |||
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 10,420 | 50.3 | −11.3 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Heather Douglas | 3,583 | 17.3 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqui Gasson | 2,914 | 14.1 | +5.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mrs. Eluned M. Bush | 2,859 | 13.8 | −0.8 | |
UKIP | Frank Roger Wyn Hughes | 929 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,837 | 33.0 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,413 | 35.4 | −5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.9 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 14,305 | 61.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mrs. Myr A. Boult | 3,446 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Mrs. Eluned M. Bush | 3,402 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dewi H. Garrow-Smith | 2,063 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,859 | 46.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,216 | 40.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
National Assembly for Wales | ||
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Preceded by Mid and West Wales |
Constituency represented by the First Minister 2000 – 2009 |
Succeeded by Bridgend |
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References
- ↑ "Wales elections > Cardiff West". BBC News. 6 May 2011.