Cardiff North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1983

Cardiff North West
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Cardiff North and Cardiff West
Replaced by	Cardiff North

Cardiff North West was a parliamentary constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Gabalfa, Llanishen, Rhiwbina, and Whitchurch.

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	Feb 1974	Michael Roberts	Conservative	Died February 1983
1983		constituency abolished

General election February 1974: Cardiff North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Roberts	16,654	46.74
	Labour	CA Blewett	10,641	29.86
	Liberal	H O'Brien	7,109	19.95
	Plaid Cymru	C Palfrey	1,227	3.44
Majority			6,013	16.88
Turnout			35,631	74.26
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election October 1974: Cardiff North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Roberts	15,652	45.27
	Labour	CA Blewett	11,319	32.74
	Liberal	H O'Brien	6,322	18.29
	Plaid Cymru	C Palfrey	1,278	3.70
Majority			4,333	12.53
Turnout			34,571	78.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Cardiff North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Roberts	17,925	50.98
	Labour Co-op	Peter Owen	11,663	33.17
	Liberal	J. T. Roberts	4,832	13.74
	Plaid Cymru	C. Palfrey	743	2.11
Majority			6,262	17.81
Turnout			35,163	80.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

"'Cardiff North West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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