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| Cardiff West Gorllewin Caerdydd | |
|---|---|
| Seneddborough constituency for the Senedd | |
| CurrentSeneddborough constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Welsh Labour |
| Member of the Senedd | Mark Drakeford |
| Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
Cardiff West (Welsh:Gorllewin Caerdydd) is aconstituency of theSenedd. It elects oneMember of the Senedd by thefirst past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in theSouth Wales Centralelectoral region, which elects fouradditional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree ofproportional representation for the region as a whole. The constituency has twice provided theFirst Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan from 2000-2009 and Mark Drakeford from 2018–2024.
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of theCardiff West Westminster constituency prior to the2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It is entirely within thepreserved county ofSouth Glamorgan.
The other seven constituencies of the region areCardiff Central,Cardiff North,Cardiff South and Penarth,Cynon Valley,Pontypridd,Rhondda andVale of Glamorgan.
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 regionalclosed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by thed'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Rhodri Morgan | Labour | Secretary for Economic Development and European Affairs (1999–2000) Leader of Welsh Labour &First Minister of Wales (2000–2009) | ||
| 2011 | Mark Drakeford | Minister for Health and Social Services (2013–2016 & 2024) Minister for Finance (2016–2018 & 2024 - Present) | |||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Mark Drakeford[a] | 17,665 | 48.4 | +12.8 | 13,421 | 37.0 | +7.0 | |
| Conservative | Sean Driscoll | 6,454 | 17.7 | +0.2 | 6,553 | 18.0 | +1.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Rhys ab Owen | 5,897 | 16.1 | -15.8 | 7,858 | 21.6 | -9.1 | |
| Propel | Neil McEvoy[b] | 3,473 | 9.5 | N/A | 2,796 | 7.7 | N/A | |
| Green | David Griffin | 1,287 | 3.5 | +0.3 | 2,479 | 6.8 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Heath John Marshall | 803 | 2.2 | -0.5 | 1,155 | 3.2 | -0.6 | |
| Abolish | Lee Canning | 682 | 1.9 | New | 988 | 2.7 | -0.9 | |
| Reform | Nick Mullins | 175 | 0.5 | New | 215 | 0.6 | New | |
| Independent | Captain Beany | 95 | 0.3 | New | ||||
| UKIP | 354 | 1.0 | -7.5 | |||||
| No More Lockdowns | 157 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Gwlad | 104 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 76 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| Communist | 73 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Independent | Alan Coulthard | 40 | 0.2 | New | ||||
| Workers Party | 39 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 11,211 | 30.7 | +27.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 36,531 | 50.55[2] | +2.1 | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[3][4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour Co-op | Mark Drakeford | 11,381 | 35.6 | -11.5 | 9,521 | 30.0 | -7.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Neil McEvoy | 10,205 | 31.9 | +11.9 | 9,741 | 30.7 | +14.2 | |
| Conservative | Sean Driscoll | 5,617 | 17.5 | -8.3 | 5,205 | 16.4 | -5.9 | |
| UKIP | Gareth Bennett | 2,629 | 8.2 | New | 2,698 | 8.5 | +4.4 | |
| Green | Hannah Pudner | 1,032 | 3.2 | New | 1,375 | 4.3 | -4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cadan ap Tomos | 868 | 2.7 | -4.3 | 1,222 | 3.8 | -1.7 | |
| Independent | Eliot Freedman | 132 | 0.4 | New | ||||
| Vapers in Power / Freedom to Choose | Lee Woolls | 96 | 0.3 | New | 47 | 0.1 | New | |
| Abolish | 1,136 | 3.6 | New | |||||
| Women's Equality | 448 | 1.4 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 113 | 0.3 | -0.3 | |||||
| TUSC | 98 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5] | 75 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Communist | 73 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 1,176 | 3.7 | −17.6 | |||||
| Turnout | 31,960 | 48.4 | −4.6 | |||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | -11.7 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[6] | Regional[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour Co-op | Mark Drakeford | 13,067 | 47.1 | +8.5 | 10,413 | 37.5 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | Craig Williams | 7,166 | 25.8 | +1.1 | 6,187 | 22.3 | +0.1 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Neil McEvoy | 5,551 | 20.0 | -1.3 | 4,581 | 16.5 | -2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Paul Morgan | 1,942 | 7.0 | -8.2 | 1,523 | 5.5 | -6.2 | |
| Green | 2,379 | 8.6 | +3.2 | |||||
| UKIP | 1,146 | 4.1 | +2.0 | |||||
| BNP | 514 | 1.9 | -1.8 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 494 | 1.8 | +1.1 | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 224 | 0.8 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 153 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 96 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Communist | 56 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 1,782 | 21.3 | +7.6 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,726 | 53.0 | +11.4 | |||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | |||||||
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 205[8]
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[9] | Regional[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 10,390 | 38.6 | -10.4 | 8,528 | 32.7 | -8.4 | |
| Conservative | Craig Williams | 6,692 | 24.9 | +7.1 | 5,782 | 22.2 | +3.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Neil McEvoy | 5,719 | 21.3 | +5.8 | 4,920 | 18.9 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison R. Goldsworthy | 4,088 | 15.2 | +1.6 | 3,056 | 11.7 | -0.8 | |
| Green | 1,410 | 5.4 | +0.6 | |||||
| BNP | 970 | 3.7 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 553 | 2.1 | -2.5 | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 206 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 183 | 0.7 | -0.5 | |||||
| Respect | 178 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Socialist Alternative | 92 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Communist | 78 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
| CPA | 76 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Socialist Equality | 27 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 3,698 | 13.7 | −19.3 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,889 | 41.6 | −6.2 | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | -8.8 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 10,420 | 50.3 | -11.3 | 8,568 | 41.2 | -2.0 | |
| Conservative | Heather Douglas | 3,583 | 17.3 | +2.5 | 3,947 | 19.0 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqui Gasson | 2,914 | 14.1 | +5.2 | 2,604 | 12.5 | +0.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Eluned M. Bush | 2,859 | 13.8 | -0.9 | 3,041 | 14.6 | -6.3 | |
| UKIP | Frank Hughes | 929 | 4.5 | New | 952 | 4.6 | New | |
| Green | 991 | 4.8 | +1.7 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 255 | 1.2 | -0.2 | |||||
| Vote No 2 Stop the War | 151 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| New Millennium Bean Party | 146 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| ProLife Alliance | 41 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 56 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Communist | 68 | 0.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 6,837 | 33.0 | −13.8 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,705 | 34.2 | −6.0 | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | -6.9 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 60,523
Regional ballots rejected: 274
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[12] | Regional[13] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Rhodri Morgan | 14,305 | 61.6 | N/A | 9,997 | 43.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Myr Boult | 3,446 | 14.8 | N/A | 4,000 | 17.3 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Eluned Bush | 3,402 | 14.7 | N/A | 4,838 | 20.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dewi H Garrow-Smith | 2,063 | 8.9 | N/A | 2,850 | 12.3 | N/A | |
| Green | 726 | 3.1 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 335 | 1.4 | N/A | |||||
| Independent (Alun Mathias) | 153 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Alliance | 92 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
| Natural Law | 72 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Communist | 69 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Independent (Paul Phillips) | 14 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 10,859 | 46.8 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,216 | 40.2 | ||||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | ||||||||
1999 Electorate: 57,582
| Senedd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the First Minister 2000–2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the First Minister 2018–2024 | Succeeded by |