Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cardiff Central Borough constituency

Cardiff Central shown within Wales
Created:	1918
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 parliamentary constituency for the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Welsh Assembly.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
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 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 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.

Constituency created (1918)
1918 — 1924: James Gould, Conservative
1924 — 1929: Lewis Lougher, Conservative
1929 — 1945: Ernest Bennett, Labour until 1931, then National Labour
1945 — 1950: George Thomas, Labour
Constituency abolished (1950)
Constituency recreated (1983)
1983 — 1992: Ian Grist, Conservative
1992 — 2005: Jon Owen Jones, Labour Co-operative
2005 — present: Jenny Willott, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Cardiff Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 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 Democrats 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 Democrats	Jenny Willott	12,792	36.7	+11.8
	Conservative	Gregory Walker	5,537	15.9	-4.2
	Plaid Cymru	Richard 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 Democrats	J Randerson	10,541	24.9	+3.6
	Conservative	D 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

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon \| Alyn and Deeside \| Bridgend \| Caerphilly \| Cardiff North \| Cardiff South and Penarth \| Cardiff West \| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire \| Clwyd South \| Conwy \| 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 \| Vale of Glamorgan \| Wrexham \| Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire \| Cardiff Central \| Ceredigion \| Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West \| Monmouth \| Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon \| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr \| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (1) \| Plaid Cymru (1)