Cardiff West (Senedd constituency)
{{Short description|Constituency of the Senedd}}
{{Distinguish|Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Cardiff West
{{Langx|cy|Gorllewin Caerdydd|label=none}}
|type=| constituency_type = Senedd borough constituency
|parl_name=Senedd|map1=| image = 150px
| image2 = 200px
| caption2 = Cardiff West shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
|electorate=| year = 1999
| member_label = Member of the Senedd
| member = Mark Drakeford
|seats=| party_label = Party
| party = Welsh Labour
| parts_label = Preserved county
| parts = South Glamorgan
}}
Cardiff West ({{Langx|cy|Gorllewin 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. The constituency has twice provided the First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan from 2000-2009 and Mark Drakeford from 2018–2024.
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 West Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, 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.
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| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|1999 |rowspan="2"|Labour |Secretary for Economic Development and European Affairs (1999–2000) Leader of Welsh Labour & First Minister of Wales (2000–2009) |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| 2011 |Minister for Health and Social Services (2013–2016 & 2024) Minister for Finance (2016–2018 & 2024 - Present) Leader of Welsh Labour & First Minister of Wales (2018–2024) |
Elections
=Elections in the 2020s=
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|title = 2021 Senedd election: Cardiff West[https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/Election%20Notices/CF%20West%20Statement%20of%20Poll.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004115650/https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Voting-and-elections/Scheduled-elections-and-polls/Documents/Election%20Notices/CF%20West%20Statement%20of%20Poll.pdf |date=4 October 2021 }} Cardiff West Statement of Persons Nominated
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Regional
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|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Mark Drakeford
|votes = 17,665
|percentage = 48.4
|change = +12.8
|list_votes = 13,421
|list_percentage = 37.0
|list_change = +7.0
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status = incumbent
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|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Sean Driscoll
|votes = 6,454
|percentage = 17.7
|change = +0.2
|list_votes = 6,553
|list_percentage = 18.0
|list_change = +1.6
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|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Rhys ab Owen
|votes = 5,897
|percentage = 16.1
|change = -15.8
|list_votes = 7,858
|list_percentage = 21.6
|list_change = -9.1
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|party = Propel (political party)
|candidate = Neil McEvoy
|votes = 3,473
|percentage = 9.5
|change = N/A
|list_votes = 2,796
|list_percentage = 7.7
|list_change = N/A
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = David Griffin
|votes = 1,287
|percentage = 3.5
|change = +0.3
|list_votes = 2,479
|list_percentage = 6.8
|list_change = +2.5
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|party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Heath John Marshall
|votes = 803
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -0.5
|list_votes = 1,155
|list_percentage = 3.2
|list_change = -0.6
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|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|candidate = Lee Canning
|votes = 682
|percentage = 1.9
|change = New
|list_votes = 988
|list_percentage = 2.7
|list_change = -0.9
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|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Nick Mullins
|votes = 175
|percentage = 0.5
|change = New
|list_votes = 215
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = New
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|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Captain Beany
|votes = 95
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
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|party = UKIP
|list_votes = 354
|list_percentage = 1.0
|list_change = -7.5
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|party = No More Lockdowns
|list_votes = 157
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = New
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|party = Gwlad
|list_votes = 104
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
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|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 76
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = -0.1
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|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 73
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = ±0.0
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{{AMS election box independent
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alan Coulthard
|list_votes = 40
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
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|party = Workers Party of Britain
|list_votes = 39
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,211
|percentage = 30.7
|change = +27.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,531
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
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=Elections in the 2010s=
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|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff West
|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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|party=Labour and Co-operative
|candidate=Mark Drakeford
|votes=11,381
|percentage=35.6
|change=-11.5
|list_votes = 9,521
|list_percentage = 30.0
|list_change = -7.5
|winner = yes
|list_winner =
|status =
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|party=Plaid Cymru
|candidate=Neil McEvoy
|votes=10,205
|percentage=31.9
|change=+11.9
|list_votes = 9,741
|list_percentage = 30.7
|list_change = +14.2
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|status =
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|party=Welsh Conservatives
|candidate=Sean Driscoll
|votes=5,617
|percentage=17.5
|change=-8.3
|list_votes = 5,205
|list_percentage = 16.4
|list_change = -5.9
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|party=UK Independence Party
|candidate=Gareth Bennett
|votes=2,629
|percentage=8.2
|change=New
|list_votes = 2,698
|list_percentage = 8.5
|list_change = +4.4
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|party=Wales Green Party
|candidate=Hannah Pudner
|votes=1,032
|percentage=3.2
|change=New
|list_votes = 1,375
|list_percentage = 4.3
|list_change = -4.3
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|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate=Cadan ap Tomos
|votes=868
|percentage=2.7
|change=-4.3
|list_votes = 1,222
|list_percentage = 3.8
|list_change = -1.7
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|party=Independent politician
|candidate=Eliot Freedman
|votes=132
|percentage=0.4
|change=New
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party = Vapers in Power / Freedom to Choose
|candidate = Lee Woolls
|votes = 96
|percentage = 0.3
|change = New
|list_votes = 47
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
|winner =
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|party = Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
|list_votes = 1,136
|list_percentage = 3.6
|list_change = New
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|party = Women's Equality Party
|list_votes = 448
|list_percentage = 1.4
|list_change = New
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|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 113
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = -0.3
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 98
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = 0.0
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|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 = 75
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = New
}}
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|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 73
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=1,176
|percentage=3.7
|change=-17.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=31,960
|percentage=48.4
|change=-4.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Labour and Co-operative
| swing = -11.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff West
|constituency_type = Constituency {{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26675.stm | title=Wales elections > Cardiff West | publisher=BBC News | date=6 May 2011 | accessdate=7 March 2011}}
}}
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| party = Labour and Co-operative
| candidate = Mark Drakeford
| votes = 13,067
| percentage = 47.1
| change = +8.5
|list_votes =10,413
|list_percentage = 37.5
|list_change = +4.8
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
}}
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| party = Welsh Conservative Party
| candidate = Craig Williams
| votes = 7,166
| percentage = 25.8
| change = +1.1
|list_votes = 6,187
|list_percentage = 22.3
|list_change = +0.1
}}
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| party = Plaid Cymru
| candidate = Neil McEvoy
| votes = 5,551
| percentage = 20.0
| change = -1.3
|list_votes =4,581
|list_percentage = 16.5
|list_change = -2.4
}}
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| party = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| candidate = David Paul Morgan
| votes = 1,942
| percentage = 7.0
| change = -8.2
|list_votes = 1,523
|list_percentage = 5.5
|list_change = -6.2
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 2,379
|list_percentage = 8.6
|list_change = +3.2
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 1,146
|list_percentage = 4.1
|list_change = +2.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 514
|list_percentage = 1.9
|list_change = -1.8
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 494
|list_percentage = 1.8
|list_change = +1.1
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 224
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change = ±0.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|list_votes = 153
|list_percentage = 0.6
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|list_votes = 96
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 56
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 1,782
| percentage = 21.3
| change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 27,726
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +11.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour and Co-operative
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 205{{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 West
|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(PPage 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}}
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Labour|candidate=Rhodri Morgan
|votes=10,390
|percentage=38.6
|change=-10.4
|list_votes = 8,528
|list_percentage = 32.7
|list_change = -8.4
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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|party=Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate=Craig Williams
|votes=6,692
|percentage=24.9
|change=+7.1
|list_votes = 5,782
|list_percentage = 22.2
|list_change = +3.2
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Plaid Cymru
|candidate=Neil McEvoy
|votes=5,719
|percentage=21.3
|change=+5.8
|list_votes = 4,920
|list_percentage = 18.9
|list_change = +4.3
|winner =
|list_winner =
|status =
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|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate=Alison R. Goldsworthy
|votes=4,088
|percentage=15.2
|change=+1.6
|list_votes =3,056
|list_percentage = 11.7
|list_change = -0.8
|winner =
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 1,410
|list_percentage = 5.4
|list_change = +0.6
}}
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|party = British National Party
|list_votes = 970
|list_percentage = 3.7
|list_change = New
}}
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| party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|list_votes = 553
|list_percentage = 2.1
|list_change =-2.5
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|party = Welsh Christian Party
|list_votes = 206
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change = New
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|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 183
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = -0.5
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|party = Respect - The Unity Coalition
|list_votes = 178
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Party (England and Wales)
|list_votes = 92
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = New
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|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 78
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = ±0.0
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|list_votes = 76
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
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|party = Socialist Equality Party (UK)
|list_votes = 27
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = New
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{{Election box majority
|votes=3,698
|percentage=13.7
|change=-19.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=26,889
|percentage=41.6
|change=-6.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| swing = -8.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff West
|constituency_type = Constituency
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Labour
|candidate=Rhodri Morgan
|votes=10,420
|percentage=50.3
|change=-11.3
|list_votes = 8,568
|list_percentage = 41.2
|list_change = -2.0
|winner = yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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|party=Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate=Heather Douglas
|votes=3,583
|percentage=17.3
|change= +2.5
|list_votes = 3,947
|list_percentage = 19.0
|list_change = +1.7
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|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate=Jacqui Gasson
|votes=2,914
|percentage=14.1
|change= +5.2
|list_votes = 2,604
|list_percentage = 12.5
|list_change = +0.2
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|party=Plaid Cymru
|candidate=Eluned M. Bush
|votes=2,859
|percentage=13.8
|change=-0.9
|list_votes = 3,041
|list_percentage = 14.6
|list_change = -6.3
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|party=United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate=Frank Hughes
|votes=929
|percentage=4.5
|change=New
|list_votes = 952
|list_percentage = 4.6
|list_change = New
}}
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 991
|list_percentage = 4.8
|list_change =+1.7
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 255
|list_percentage = 1.2
|list_change =-0.2
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Vote No 2 Stop the War
|list_votes = 151
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change =New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = New Millennium Bean Party
|list_votes = 146
|list_percentage =0.7
|list_change =New
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{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = ProLife Alliance
|list_votes = 41
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change =New
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|party = Cymru Annibynnol
|list_votes = 56
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change =New
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|party = Communist Party of Britain
|list_votes = 68
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change =±0.0
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{{Election box majority
|votes=6,837
|percentage=33.0
|change=-13.8
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{{Election box turnout
|votes=20,705
|percentage=34.2
|change=-6.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Welsh Labour
| swing = -6.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
2003 Electorate: 60,523
Regional ballots rejected: 274
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{AMS election box begin
|title = Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff West
|list_type = Regional{{cite web |title=Vote 99 Wales (Time Stub 43:44) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il0SC3bETgY |website=YouTube |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 February 2023}}}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Welsh Labour
|candidate=Rhodri Morgan
|votes=14,305
|percentage=61.6
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 9,997
|list_percentage = 43.2
|list_change = N/A
|winner =yes
|list_winner = yes
|status =
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|party=Welsh Conservative Party
|candidate=Myr Boult
|votes=3,446
|percentage=14.8
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 4,000
|list_percentage = 17.3
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party=Plaid Cymru
|candidate=Eluned Bush
|votes=3,402
|percentage=14.7
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 4,838
|list_percentage = 20.9
|list_change = N/A
}}
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|party=Welsh Liberal Democrats
|candidate=Dewi H Garrow-Smith
|votes=2,063
|percentage=8.9
| change = N/A
|list_votes = 2,850
|list_percentage = 12.3
|list_change = N/A
}}
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|list_votes = 726
|list_percentage = 3.1
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|list_votes = 335
|list_percentage = 1.4
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Independent (Alun Mathias)
|list_votes = 153
|list_percentage = 0.7
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Welsh Socialist Alliance
|list_votes = 92
|list_percentage = 0.4
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|list_votes = 72
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|list_votes = 69
|list_percentage = 0.3
|list_change = N/A
}}
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|party = Independent (Paul Phillips)
|list_votes = 14
|list_percentage = 0.1
|list_change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority no change
|votes=10,859
|percentage=46.8
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
|votes=23,216
|percentage=40.2
}}
{{Election box new seat win
| winner = Welsh Labour
}}
{{Election box end}}
1999 Electorate: 57,582
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