:United Kingdom general election results in South Central Wales

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These are the election results from United Kingdom general elections based on the electoral regional boundaries used by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), for the Senedd electoral region of South Wales Central. Since the 1997 general election, this grouping of constituencies into this unofficial region have elected eight Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Regional profile

The region is based around the Cardiff built-up Area. The boundaries are based on the Senedd electoral region South Wales Central. Regions are not used in UK general elections.

2001

{{Main|2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales}}

South Central Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Constituency

! colspan="10" |Candidates

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Incumbent

colspan="2" |Labour

! colspan="2" |Conservative

! colspan="2" |Liberal Democrat

! colspan="2" |Plaid Cymru

! colspan="2" |Other

Cardiff Central{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff Central |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/123.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Jon Owen Jones

13,451 (38.6%)

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|Gregory Walker

5,537 (15.9%)

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|Jenny Willott

12,792 (36.7%)

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|Richard Rhys Grigg

1,680 (4.8%)

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|

{| class="wikitable"

|Stephen Bartley (Green)

661 (1.9%)

Julian Goss (Socialist Alliance)

283 (0.8%)

Frank Hughes (UKIP)

221 (0.6%)

Madeleine Jeremy (ProLife Alliance)

217 (0.6%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Jon Owen Jones

|-

|Cardiff North{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff North |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/124.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Julie Morgan

19,845 (45.9%)

|

|Alastair Watson

13,680 (31.6%)

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|John Dixon

6,631 (15.3%)

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|Sion Jobbins

2,471 (2.5%)

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|Don Hulston (UKIP)

613 (1.4%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Julie Morgan

|-

|Cardiff South and Penarth{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff South & Penarth |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/125.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Alun Michael

20,094 (56.2%)

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|Maureen Owen

7,807 (21.8%)

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|Rodney Berman

4,572 (12.8%)

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|Lila Haines

1,983 (5.5%)

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|

class="wikitable"

|Justin Callan (UKIP)

501 (1.4%)

David Bartlett (Socialist Alliance)

427 (1.2%)

Anne Savoury (ProLife Alliance)

367 (1.0%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Alun Michael

|-

|Cardiff West{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff West |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/126.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Kevin Brennan

18,594 (54.6%)

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|Andrew Davies

7,273 (21.3%)

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|Jacqui Gasson

4,458 (13.1%)

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|Delme Bowen

3,296 (9.7%)

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|Joyce Jenking (UKIP)

462 (1.4%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Rhodri Morgan

|-

|Cynon Valley{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cynon Valley |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/175.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Ann Clwyd

17,685 (65.6%)

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|Julian Waters

2,045 (7.6%)

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|Ian Parry

2,541 (9.4%)

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|Steven J. Cornelius

4,687 (17.4%)

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|

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Ann Clwyd

|-

|Pontypridd{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Pontypridd |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/460.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Kim Howells

22,963 (59.9%)

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|Prudence Dailey

5,096 (13.3%)

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|Eric Brooke

4,152 (10.8%)

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|Bleddyn Hancock

5,279 (13.8%)

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|Susan Warry (UKIP)

380 (1.6%)

Joseph Biddulph (ProLife Alliance)

216 (0.6%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Kim Howells

|-

|Rhondda{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Rhondda |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/477.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Chris Bryant

23,230 (68.3%)

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|Peter Hobbins

1,557 (4.6%)

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|Gavin Cox

1,525 (4.5%)

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|Leanne Wood

7,183 (21.1%)

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|Glyndwr Summers (Ind.)

507 (1.5%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Allan Rogers

|-

|Vale of Glamorgan{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Vale of Glamorgan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/599.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|John Smith

20,524 (45.4%)

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|Susan Inkin

15,824 (35.0%)

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|Dewi Smith

5,521 (12.2%)

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|Chris Franks

2,867 (6.3%)

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|Timothy Warry (UKIP)

448 (1.0%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|John Smith

|}

1997

{{Main|1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales}}

South Central Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Constituency

! colspan="12" |Candidates

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Incumbent

colspan="2" |Labour

! colspan="2" |Conservative

! colspan="2" |Liberal Democrat

! colspan="2" |Plaid Cymru

! colspan="2" |Referendum

! colspan="2" |Other

Cardiff Central{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff Central |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/123.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Jon Owen Jones

18,464 (43.7%)

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|David Melding

8,470 (20.0%)

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|Jenny Randerson

10,541 (24.9%)

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|Wayne Vernon

1,504 (3.6%)

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|Nick Lloyd

760 (1.8%)

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|

{| class="wikitable"

|Terence Burns (SLP)

2,230 (5.3%)

Craig James (OMRLP)

204 (0.5%)

Anthony Hobbs (NLP)

80 (0.2%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Jon Owen Jones

|-

|Cardiff North{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff North |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/124.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Julie Morgan

24,460 (50.4%)

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|Gwilym Jones

16,334 (33.7%)

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|Robyn Rowland

5,294 (10.9%)

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|Colin Palfrey

1,201 (2.5%)

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|Edward J. Litchfield

1,199 (2.5%)

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|

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 

|Gwilym Jones

|-

|Cardiff South and Penarth{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff South & Penarth |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/125.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Alun Michael

22,647 (53.4%)

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|Caroline E. Roberts

8,786 (20.7%)

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|Simon J. Wakefield

3,964 (9.3%)

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|David B. L. Haswell

1,356 (3.2%)

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|Phillip S. E. Morgan

1,211 (2.9%)

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|

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|John Foreman (New Labour)

3,942 (9.3%)

Mike K. Shepherd (Socialist Alternative)

344 (0.8%)

Barbara Caves (NLP)

170 (0.4%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Alun Michael

|-

|Cardiff West{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cardiff West |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/126.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Rhodri Morgan

24,297 (60.3%)

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|Simon Hoare

8,669 (21.5%)

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|Jacqui Gasson

4,366 (10.8%)

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|Gwenllian Carr

1,949 (4.8%)

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|Trefor Johns

996 (2.5%)

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|

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Rhodri Morgan

|-

|Cynon Valley{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Cynon Valley |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/175.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Ann Clwyd

23,307 (69.7%)

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|Andrew Smith

2,260 (6.8%)

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|Huw Price

3,459 (10.3%)

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|Alun Davies

3,552 (10.6%)

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|Gwyn John

844 (2.5%)

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|

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Ann Clwyd

|-

|Pontypridd{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Pontypridd |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/460.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Kim Howells

29,290 (63.9%)

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|Jonathan M. Cowen

5,910 (12.9%)

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|Nigel Howells

6,161 (13.4%)

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|Owain Llewelyn

2,977 (6.5%)

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|John Wood

874 (1.9%)

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|

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|Peter Skelly (SLP)

380 (0.8%)

Robert Griffiths (Communist)

178 (0.4%)

Anthony G. Moore (NLP)

85 (0.2%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Kim Howells

|-

|Rhondda{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Rhondda |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/477.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Allan Rogers

30,381 (74.5%)

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|Steven Whiting

1,551 (3.8%)

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|Rodney Berman

2,307 (5.7%)

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|Leanne Wood

5,450 (13.4%)

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|Stephen Gardiner

658 (1.6%)

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|Kevin Jakeway (Green)

460 (1.1%)

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|Allan Rogers

|-

|Vale of Glamorgan{{Cite web |title=BBC NEWS {{!}} VOTE 2001 {{!}} RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES {{!}} Vale of Glamorgan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/599.stm |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | 

|John Smith

29,054 (53.9%)

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|Walter Sweeney

18,522 (34.4%)

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|Suzanne Campbell

4,945 (9.2%)

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|Melanie Corp

1,393 (2.6%)

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| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 

|Walter Sweeney

|}

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