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Cardiff West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Wales
Preserved county	South Glamorgan
Population	91,027 (2011 census)
Electorate	73,947 (March 2020)
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Cardiff Central
Overlaps
Senedd	Cardiff West, South Wales Central

Cardiff West (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerdydd) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Alex Barros-Curtis of the Labour Party.

The constituency retained its name and gained wards as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Constituency profile

Population areas within the constituency include Riverside, Pontcanna, St Fagans and Ely. There are some Conservative and Plaid Cymru-leaning areas in the north of the seat such as Creigiau and St Fagans, Pentyrch and Radyr, but the bulk of the seat comprises districts towards the centre of Cardiff such as Caerau, Canton, Ely and Riverside which are very strongly Labour.

History

A traditionally safe Labour seat, represented for 33 years by George Thomas (who became Speaker in 1976 and was re-elected without party affiliation in 1979). It has returned a Conservative only once, in the Tories' landslide year of 1983, when Stefan Terlezki became the MP.

Labour regained the seat at the next general election in 1987, when Rhodri Morgan was elected. After the creation of the Welsh Assembly Government, Morgan stepped down from his Westminster seat in 2001 to serve as leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister for Wales. Kevin Brennan retained the seat for Labour on Morgan's retirement from Westminster politics. Following the announcement of the date of the 2024 general election Brennan announced his retirement from politics.

Boundaries

Until 2024 Cardiff West was entirely within the boundaries of the City of Cardiff, though in 2024 (as a result of the 2023 Review of UK constituences) it gained the Rhondda Cynon Taf ward of Pontyclun.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Ely, Grangetown, Llandaff, and Riverside.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Ely, Llandaff, Grangetown, Plasmawr, and Riverside.

1983–2010: The City of Cardiff wards of Caerau, Canton, Ely, Fairwater, Llandaff, Radyr and St Fagans, and Riverside.

2010–2024: The City of Cardiff wards of Caerau, Canton, Creigiau and St Fagans, Ely, Fairwater, Llandaff, Pentyrch, Radyr, and Riverside.

2024–present: The City of Cardiff wards of Caerau, Canton, Ely, Fairwater, Llandaff, Pentyrch and St Fagans, Radyr, and Riverside, and the Rhondda Cynon Taf wards of Pont-y-clun Central, Pont-y-clun East, and Pont-y-clun West.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

Of the 113 rejected ballots:

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

Of the 89 rejected ballots:

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

Of the 144 rejected ballots:

• 115 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
• 28 voted for more than one candidate.
• 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Cardiff West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Barros-Curtis	16,442	36.7	−13.5
	Plaid Cymru	Kiera Marshall	9,423	21.1	+12.6
	Conservative	James Hamblin	6,835	15.3	−14.6
	Reform UK	Peter Hopkins	5,626	12.6	+8.9
	Green	Jess Ryan	3,157	7.1	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Manda Rigby	1,921	4.3	−1.0
	Propel	Neil McEvoy	1,041	2.3	N/A
	Independent	John Ernest Urquhart	241	0.5	N/A
	Heritage	Sean Wesley	71	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,019	15.6	−8.2
Turnout			44,757	59.0	−10.9
Registered electors			75,473
	Labour hold		Swing	13.0

The selection of Barros-Curtis as Labour candidate, with minimal input from local party members, was criticised. He is the Labour Party's executive director of legal affairs. Barros-Curtis had no connection to the Cardiff area, though had grown up in North Wales.

See also

• Cardiff West (Senedd constituency)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff West – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
• A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
• Cardiff West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Cardiff West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Cardiff West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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