:Cardiff Central (Senedd constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency of the Senedd}}
{{Distinguish|Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2017}}
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Cardiff Central
{{Langx|cy|Canol Caerdydd|label=none}}
| constituency_type = Senedd borough constituency
|parl_name=Senedd| image = 150px
| image2 = 200px
| caption2 = Cardiff Central shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
| year = 1999
| member_label = MS
| member = Jenny Rathbone
| party_label = Party
| party = Labour
| parts_label = Preserved county
| parts = South Glamorgan
}}
Cardiff Central ({{Langx|cy|Canol Caerdydd}}) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd 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.
History
From 1999, Cardiff Central was a safe seat for the Liberal Democrats. However the seat was lost to Labour in 2011 with a huge 14.7% swing. In 2016 this was the Liberal Democrats target seat with their candidate Eluned Parrott a current regional AM for South Wales Central. The result actually saw a very slight increase in Labour's majority in a very disappointing night for the Liberal Democrats. The seat remained one of the most marginal in the Assembly until the 2021 Senedd election, where Labour increased their majority substantially.
Furthermore, in 2016 two former Big Brother participants were the candidates for Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives.
Boundaries
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The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff Central Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.
Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd 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 and Members of the Senedd
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{AMS election box begin
|title = 2021 Senedd election: Cardiff Central{{Cite web |url=https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/Election%20Notices/CF%20Central%20Statement%20of%20Poll.pdf |title=Cardiff Central Statement of Persons Nominated |access-date=21 April 2021 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421053951/https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/Election%20Notices/CF%20Central%20Statement%20of%20Poll.pdf |url-status=dead }}
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Jenny Rathbone
|votes = 13,100
|percentage = 45.9
|change = +7.5
|list_votes = 11,272
|list_percentage = 39.5
|list_change = +6.4
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Rodney Berman
|votes = 5,460
|percentage = 19.1
|change = -16.2
|list_votes = 4,522
|list_percentage = 15.9
|list_change = -12.3
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Calum Davies
|votes = 3,788
|percentage = 13.3
|change = +4.4
|list_votes = 4,047
|list_percentage = 14.2
|list_change = +4.0
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Wiliam Rees
|votes = 3,470
|percentage = 12.2
|change = +4.7
|list_votes = 4,633
|list_percentage = 16.3
|list_change = +5.4
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ceri Davies
|votes = 1,552
|percentage = 5.4
|change = +1.0
|list_votes = 2,258
|list_percentage = 7.9
|list_change = +2.0
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|candidate = Munawar Mughal
|votes = 440
|percentage = 1.5
|change = New
|list_votes = 643
|list_percentage = 2.3
|list_change = -0.6
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|party = Propel (political party)
|candidate = Dilan Nazari
|votes = 268
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
|list_votes = 296
|list_percentage = 1.0
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with constituency party link
|party = Freedom Alliance (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Franklin
|votes = 156
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Julian Bosley
|votes = 151
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
|list_votes = 173
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with constituency party link
|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Brian Johnson
|votes = 82
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Gwlad
|candidate = Alford Thomas
|votes = 65
|percentage = 0.2
|change = New
|list_votes = 80
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = UKIP
|list_votes = 200
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = -5.2
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = No More Lockdowns
|list_votes = 135
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 97
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = -0.1
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 87
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = +0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Workers Party of Britain
|list_votes = 33
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change =New
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{{AMS election box independent
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Alan Coulthard
|list_votes = 32
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box majority
|votes = 7,640
|percentage = 26.8
|change = +23.7
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{{AMS election box turnout
|votes = 28,532
|change = -1.1
|list_votes =
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{{AMS election box hold
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
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=Elections in the 2010s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff Central
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional[https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Election-results/Documents/2016/Declaration%20of%20Result%20-%20South%20Wales%20Central%20Region.pdf National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central]{{cite web |title=Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/senedd-elections/results-and-turnout-2016-national-assembly-wales-election |website=Electoral Commission |access-date=24 November 2021}}
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Jenny Rathbone
|votes = 10,016
|percentage = 38.4
|change = +0.5
|list_votes = 8,595
|list_percentage = 33.1
|list_change = +0.3
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status = Incumbent Constituency Member
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Eluned Parrott
|votes = 9,199
|percentage = 35.3
|change = -2.4
|list_votes = 7,337
|list_percentage = 28.2
|list_change = +2.3
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status = Incumbent Regional Member
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate = Joel Williams
|votes = 2,317
|percentage = 8.9
|change = -6.2
|list_votes = 2,642
|list_percentage = 10.2
|list_change = -5.9
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Glyn Wise
|votes = 1,951
|percentage = 7.5
|change = +0.3
|list_votes = 2,831
|list_percentage = 10.9
|list_change = +3.6
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mohammed Islam
|votes = 1,223
|percentage = 4.7
|change = New
|list_votes = 1,526
|list_percentage = 5.9
|list_change = +2.6
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Wales Green Party
|candidate = Amelia Womack
|votes = 1,150
|percentage = 4.4
|change = New
|list_votes = 1,536
|list_percentage = 5.9
|list_change = -3.2
|winner =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jane Croad
|votes = 212
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|list_votes = 750
|list_percentage = 2.9
|list_change = New
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Women's Equality Party
|list_votes = 437
|list_percentage = 1.7
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 118
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = -0.3
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 107
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power
|list_votes = 42
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 40
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = -0.2
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Independent (Jonathan Bishop){{cite web |title=Jonathan Bishop |url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/5769/jonathan-bishop |website=Who Can I vote for? |access-date=30 July 2021}}
|list_votes = 24
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 817
|percentage = 3.1
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,068
|percentage = 45.6
|change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| swing = +1.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff Central
|constituency_type = Constituency {{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26672.stm | title=Wales elections > Cardiff Central | publisher=BBC News | date=6 May 2011 | accessdate=7 March 2011}}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Jenny Rathbone
| votes = 8,954
| percentage = 37.9
| change = +16.0
|list_votes = 7,778
|list_percentage = 32.8
|list_change = +11.2
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Nigel Howells
| votes = 8,916
| percentage = 37.7
| change = -13.5
|list_votes = 6,130
|list_percentage = 25.9
|list_change = -11.1
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Matt Smith
| votes = 3,559
| percentage = 15.1
| change = +1.1
|list_votes = 3,820
|list_percentage = 16.1
|list_change = +0.6
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Chris Williams
| votes = 1,690
| percentage = 7.2
| change = -1.1
|list_votes = 1,738
|list_percentage = 7.3
|list_change = -1.9
|winner =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Mathab Khan
| votes = 509
| percentage = 2.2
| change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 2,163
|list_percentage = 9.1
|list_change = +3.6
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 789
|list_percentage = 3.3
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 337
|list_percentage = 1.4
|list_change = +0.6
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 330
|list_percentage = 1.4
|list_change = -1.5
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 236
|list_percentage = 1.0
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 178
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 125
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 83
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 38
| percentage = 0.2
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 23,628
| percentage = 38.0
| change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| loser = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| swing = +14.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 208{{cite web |title=Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/excel_doc/NAW-2011-results-flat-file-WEB.xls |website=Electoral Commission |access-date=27 November 2021}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff Central
|constituency_type = Constituency [http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/abt-nafw/abt-nafw-election-results/abt-nafw-election-results-2007.htm Election results – 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509085231/http://www.assemblywales.org/abthome/abt-nafw/abt-nafw-election-results/abt-nafw-election-results-2007.htm |date=9 May 2011 }}, National Assembly for Wales|list_type = Regional{{cite web |title=2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)|url=https://senedd.wales/media/nxnn2sz4/07-069-english.pdf|publisher=National Assembly for Wales |access-date=1 August 2021 |ref=Page 72}}
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Jenny Randerson
| votes = 11,462
| percentage = 51.2
| change = -3.4
|list_votes = 8,281
|list_percentage = 37.0
|list_change = -4.0
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Sue Lent
| votes = 4,897
| percentage = 21.9
| change = +2.0
|list_votes = 4,845
|list_percentage = 21.6
|list_change = -2.1
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Andrew Murphy
| votes = 3,137
| percentage = 14.0
| change = +2.5
|list_votes = 3,476
|list_percentage = 15.5
|list_change = +2.6
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Thomas Whitfield
| votes = 1,855
| percentage = 8.3
| change = -0.3
|list_votes = 2,051
|list_percentage = 9.2
|list_change = -1.0
|winner =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
| candidate = Frank Hughes
| votes = 1,046
| percentage = 4.7
| change = New
|list_votes = 769
|list_percentage = 3.4
|list_change = ±0.0
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 1,238
|list_percentage = 5.5
|list_change = +0.9
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 651
|list_percentage = 2.9
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 246
|list_percentage = 1.1
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Respect - The Unity Coalition
|list_votes = 198
|list_percentage = 0.9
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 169
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change = -0.6
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 110
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = +0.3
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|list_votes = 154
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Alternative (UK)
|list_votes = 123
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Equality Party (UK)
|list_votes = 74
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
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{{Election box majority
| votes = 6,565
| percentage = 29.3
| change = −5.4
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{{Election box turnout
| votes = 22,397
| percentage = 36.0
| change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff Central
|constituency_type = Constituency
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Jenny Randerson
| votes = 11,256
| percentage = 54.6
| change = +12.3
|list_votes = 8,434
|list_percentage = 41.0
|list_change = +5.8
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status = Incumbent constituency member
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Geoff M. Mungham
| votes = 4,100
| percentage = 19.9
| change = -10.1
|list_votes = 4,866
|list_percentage = 23.7
|list_change = -4.6
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Craig S. Piper
| votes = 2,378
| percentage = 11.5
| change = -0.2
|list_votes = 2,656
|list_percentage = 12.9
|list_change = ±0.0
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Owen John Thomas
| votes = 1,795
| percentage = 8.6
| change = -6.1
|list_votes = 2,099
|list_percentage = 10.2
|list_change = -6.4
|status = Incumbent regional member
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Raja G. Raiz
|votes = 541
|percentage = 2.6
|change = New
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Captain Beany
|votes = 212
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Madeleine E. Jeremy
|votes = 239
|percentage = 1.2
|change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 940
|list_percentage = 4.6
|list_change =+1.1
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{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 694
|list_percentage = 3.4
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 279
|list_percentage = 1.4
|list_change = Unknown
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Vote No 2 Stop the War
|list_votes = 226
|list_percentage = 1.1
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = ProLife Alliance
|list_votes = 198
|list_percentage = 0.5
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = New Millennium Bean Party
|list_votes = 168
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Cymru Annibynnol
|list_votes = 56
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 45
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = Unknown
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{{Election box majority
| votes = 7,156
| percentage = 34.7
| change = +22.4
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{{Election box turnout
| votes = 21,052
| percentage = 33.7
| change = -11.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
2003 Electorate: 62,470
Regional ballots rejected: 285
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff Central
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional {{cite web |title=Vote 99 Wales (Time Stub 29:45) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il0SC3bETgY |website=YouTube |publisher=BBC News |access-date=11 August 2022}}
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = Jenny Randerson
| votes = 10,937
| percentage = 42.3
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 9,116
|list_percentage = 35.2
|list_change = N/A
|winner =yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Labour
| candidate = Mark Drakeford
| votes = 7,769
| percentage = 30.0
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 7,343
|list_percentage = 28.3
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Owen John Thomas
| votes = 3,795
| percentage = 14.7
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 4,307
|list_percentage = 16.6
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Stephen Jones
| votes = 3,034
| percentage = 11.7
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 3,348
|list_percentage = 12.9
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Welsh Socialist Alliance
| candidate = Julian Goss
| votes = 338
| percentage = 1.3
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 911
|list_percentage = 3.5
|list_change =
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Independent (Alun Mathias)
|list_votes = 331
|list_percentage = 1.3
|list_change =
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party =
|list_votes = 554
|list_percentage = 2.1
|list_change =
}}
{{Election box majority no change
| votes = 3,168
| percentage = 12.3
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| votes = 25,873
| percentage = 44.8
}}
{{Election box new seat win
| winner = Welsh Liberal Democrats
}}
{{Election box end}}
1999 Electorate: 57,700
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Category:Senedd constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region
Category:Constituencies of Cardiff