Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cardiff West
Borough constituency
Cardiff West shown within Wales
Created: 1950
MP: Kevin Brennan
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Preserved county: South Glamorgan
EP constituency: Wales

Cardiff West (Gorllewin Caerdydd in Welsh) 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.

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A traditionally safe Labour seat which used to return the House of Commons speaker George Thomas. It returned a Tory only once, in Labour's disaster year of 1983, in the shape of the colourful Ukrainian Stefan Terlezki, but returned to the Labour fold safely with the sometimes equally colourful Rhodri Morgan (whose wife represents the neighbouring Cardiff North). After stepping down from the Westminster seat in 2001, he is now the Labour leader of the Welsh Assembly, and has often been in conflict with the Labour national government at Westminster; he is much more Old Labour than New Labour.

Election Member Party
1950 George Thomas Labour
1983 Stefan Terlezki Conservative
1987 Rhodri Morgan Labour
2001 Kevin Brennan Labour

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
UK Independence Joe Callan 727 2.1 +0.7
Rainbow Dream Ticket Catherine Taylor-Dawson 167 0.5 +0.5
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
UK Independence Joyce Jenking 462 1.4 N/A
Majority 11,321 33.3
Turnout 34,083 58.4 -10.7
Labour hold Swing

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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rhodri Morgan 24,306 53.2
Conservative Michael Prior 15,015 32.9
Liberal Democrat Jacqui Gasson 5,002 10.9
Plaid Cymru Penni Bestic 1,177 2.6
Natural Law A. Harding 184 0.4 N/A
Majority 9,291
Turnout 77.6
Labour hold Swing

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

General Election 1979: Cardiff West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker George Thomas 27,035 85.6
Plaid Cymru A. Ogwen 3,272 10.4
National Front C. Gibbon 1,287 4.1
Majority 23,763 75.2
Turnout 60.8
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


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)
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