Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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1983–2010: The City of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Plasnewydd, and Roath.

2010–2024: The Cardiff electoral divisions of Adamsdown, Cathays, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan, and Plasnewydd.

As its name suggests, Cardiff Central covered the central area of the City of Cardiff. It extended from the area around the Millennium Stadium in the south to Llanishen Golf Course in the north, taking in the City Centre and the University.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cardiff/2010/dec/09/cardiff-central-mp-jenny-willott-resigns-tuition-fees|title=Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott resigns over tuition fees|first=Hannah|last=Waldram|newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 December 2010|via=www.theguardian.com}}

This was a Conservative-held three-way marginal constituency throughout the 1980s but since 1997 Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pushed the Conservative candidate into third place. The Liberal Democrats won the equivalent Welsh Assembly seat in 1999 and 2003 and also dominate the wards which make up the seat in elections to Cardiff Council.

The later constituency was 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. This switched yet again in the 2015 general election where students were disillusioned by the broken promises the Liberal Democrats made regarding tuition fees. This was despite the fact that these student loan promises did not apply to Wales, which has a different funding system and MP Jenny Willott had also voted against the English changes in Parliament.{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/lib-dem-jenny-willott-loses-9043442|title=Lib Dem Jenny Willott loses to Labour in Cardiff Central|last=Dewey|first=Philip|date=8 May 2015|website=WalesOnline|access-date=11 September 2015}}

The seat was unchanged in the Fifth Periodical Report of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales, which took effect at the 2010 general election.

Since the seat's re-creation in 1983, it was held successively by each of the three main political parties; the Liberal Democrats gained it at the 2005 election after 13 years of Labour representation. The constituency has transformed dramatically from being a Conservative seat for some years, to a Labour–Lib Dem marginal to the safest Labour seat in Wales at the time.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Ian Grist

|votes = 16,090

|percentage = 41.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Mike German

|votes = 12,638

|percentage = 32.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Labour

|candidate = Raymond Davies

|votes = 9,387

|percentage = 24.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Andrew Morgan

|votes = 704

|percentage = 1.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,452

|percentage = 8.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,819

|percentage = 72.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 53,815

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Welsh Conservatives

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Ian Grist

|votes = 15,241

|percentage = 37.1

|change = −4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Labour

|candidate = Jon Owen Jones

|votes = 13,255

|percentage = 32.3

|change = +8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Mike German

|votes = 12,062

|percentage = 29.3

|change = −3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Siân Mair Caiach

|votes = 535

|percentage = 1.3

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,986

|percentage = 4.8

|change = −4.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,093

|percentage = 77.6

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 52,980

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Welsh Conservatives

|swing = −6.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Jon Owen Jones

|votes = 18,014

|percentage = 42.0

|change = +9.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Ian Grist

|votes = 14,549

|percentage = 33.9

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Jenny Randerson

|votes = 9,170

|percentage = 21.4

|change = −7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Huw Marshall

|votes = 748

|percentage = 1.7

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Christopher Von Ruhland

|votes = 330

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Brian Francis

|votes = 105

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,465

|percentage = 8.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,916

|percentage = 74.3

|change = −3.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 57,716

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Co-operative

|loser = Welsh Conservatives

|swing = +6.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Jon Owen Jones

|votes = 18,464

|percentage = 43.7

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Jenny Randerson

|votes = 10,541

|percentage = 24.9

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = David Melding

|votes = 8,470

|percentage = 20.0

|change = −13.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Terence Burns

|votes = 2,230

|percentage = 5.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Wayne Vernon

|votes = 1,504

|percentage = 3.6

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Nick Lloyd

|votes = 760

|percentage = 1.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party

|candidate = Craig James

|votes = 204

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Anthony Hobbs

|votes = 80

|percentage = 0.2

|change = ±0.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,923

|percentage = 18.8

|change = +10.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,253

|percentage = 70.0

|change = -4.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 60,393

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Co-operative

|swing = +7.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Jon Owen Jones

|votes = 13,451

|percentage = 38.6

|change = −5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Jenny Willott

|votes = 12,792

|percentage = 36.7

|change = +11.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Gregory Walker

|votes = 5,537

|percentage = 15.9

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Richard Rhys Grigg

|votes = 1,680

|percentage = 4.8

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Stephen Bartley

|votes = 661

|percentage = 1.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Alliance (England)

|candidate = Julian Goss

|votes = 283

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Frank Hughes

|votes = 221

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = ProLife Alliance

|candidate = Madeleine Jeremy

|votes = 217

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 659

|percentage = 1.9

|change = -16.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,842

|percentage = 58.3

|change = −11.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 59,785

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Co-operative

|swing = -8.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Jenny Willott

|votes = 17,991

|percentage = 49.8

|change = +13.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Co-operative

|candidate = Jon Owen Jones

|votes = 12,398

|percentage = 34.3

|change = −4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Gotz Mohindra

|votes = 3,339

|percentage = 9.2

|change = −6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Richard Rhys Grigg

|votes = 1,271

|percentage = 3.5

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition

|candidate = Raja Gul-Raiz

|votes = 386

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Frank Hughes

|votes = 383

|percentage = 1.1

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Anne Savoury

|votes = 168

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = New Millennium Bean Party

|candidate = Captain Beany

|votes = 159

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket

|candidate = Catherine Taylor-Dawson

|votes = 37

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,593

|percentage = 15.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,132

|percentage = 59.2

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 61,079

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|loser = Labour Co-operative

|swing = +8.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Jenny Willott

|votes = 14,976

|percentage = 41.4

|change = −8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Labour

|candidate = Jenny Rathbone

|votes = 10,400

|percentage = 28.8

|change = −5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Karen Robson

|votes = 7,799

|percentage = 21.6

|change = +12.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Chris Williams

|votes = 1,246

|percentage = 3.4

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Sue Davies

|votes = 765

|percentage = 2.1

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Sam Coates

|votes = 575

|percentage = 1.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Ross Saunders

|votes = 162

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party

|candidate = Mark Beech

|votes = 142

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Alun Mathias

|votes = 86

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,576

|percentage = 12.6

|change = -2.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,151

|percentage = 59.1

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 61,165

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|swing = −1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title= General election 2015: Cardiff Central{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web|title=Cardiff Central result|url=http://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=35&RPID=1000185578|website=Election results for Cardiff Central| date=7 May 2015 |publisher=City of Cardiff Council|access-date=21 September 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000050#election2015-logo |department=Election 2015 |title=Cardiff Central Parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=5 May 2015 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Labour

|candidate = Jo Stevens

|votes = 15,462

|percentage = 40.0

|change = +11.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Jenny Willott

|votes = 10,481

|percentage = 27.1

|change = −14.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Richard Hopkin

|votes = 5,674

|percentage = 14.7

|change = −6.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Anthony Raybould

|votes = 2,499

|percentage = 6.5

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Chris Von Ruhland

|votes = 2,461

|percentage = 6.4

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Martin Pollard

|votes = 1,925

|percentage = 5.0

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Steve Williams

|votes = 110

|percentage = 0.3

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Kazimir Hubert

|votes = 34

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 117

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,981

|percentage = 12.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 38,646

|percentage = 67.3

|change = +8.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 57,456

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Welsh Labour

|loser = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|swing = +12.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

Of the 117 rejected ballots:

• 81 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
• 32 voted for more than one candidate.
• 4 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.

{{See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Cardiff Central}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Labour

|candidate = Jo Stevens{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnduk.org/cnd-media/item/3204-election-2017-cardiff-central|title=Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Election 2017: Cardiff Central}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|votes = 25,193

|percentage = 62.4

|change = +22.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Gregory Stafford

|votes = 7,997

|percentage = 19.8

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Eluned Parrott{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffld.org.uk/eluned_parrott_to_fight_for_cardiff_central|title=Eluned Parrott to fight for Cardiff Central|website=Cardiff Liberal Democrats}}

|votes = 5,415

|percentage = 13.4

|change = -13.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plaid Cymru

|candidate = Mark Hooper

|votes = 999

|percentage = 2.5

|change = -2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Wales Green Party

|candidate = Benjamin Smith

|votes = 420

|percentage = 1.0

|change = -5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Mohammed Sarul-Islam

|votes = 343

|percentage = 0.8

|change = -5.7

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 80

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,196

|percentage = 42.6

|change = +29.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 40,367

|percentage = 68.1

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 59,288

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Welsh Labour

|swing = +8.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

Of the 80 rejected ballots:

• 59 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
• 19 voted for more than one candidate.
• 2 had writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Welsh Labour

|candidate = Jo Stevens

|votes = 25,605

|percentage = 61.2

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Welsh Conservatives

|candidate = Meirion Jenkins

|votes = 8,426

|percentage = 20.1

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Bablin Molik

|votes = 6,298

|percentage = 15.1

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Brexit Party

|candidate = Gareth Pearce

|votes = 1,006

|percentage = 2.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Gwlad Gwlad

|candidate = Siân Caiach

|votes = 280

|percentage = 0.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Akil Kata

|votes = 119

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Socialist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Brian Johnson

|votes = 88

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box rejected

|votes = 204

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 17,179

|percentage = 41.1

|change = -1.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 41,822

|percentage = 65.3

|change = -2.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 64,037

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Welsh Labour

|swing = -0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

Of the 204 rejected ballots:

• 166 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
• 38 voted for more than one candidate.

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• [http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929380383/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff Central] – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180216152334/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/edates.htm Politics Resources] (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• [http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html Electoral Calculus] (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• [http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf 2017 Election] House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
• [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ A Vision Of Britain Through Time] (Constituency elector numbers)
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/123.stm BBC Vote 2001]
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/123.stm BBC Election 2005]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072911/http://www.election-maps.co.uk/ UK Constituency Maps]
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12984.html Cardiff Central UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66090.html Cardiff Central UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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