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Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Map
Interactive map of the constituency.
Map of constituency
Location of the constituency within Wales
Electorate72,463 (March 2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentJo Stevens (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromCardiff Central and Cardiff South and Penarth

Cardiff East (Welsh: Dwyrain Caerdydd) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. It is currently represented by Jo Stevens of the Labour Party (UK), who currently serves as Secretary of State for Wales under the government of Keir Starmer.

A parliamentary constituency of the same name previously existed from the 1918 general election until the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The 2024 recreation comprises the City of Cardiff electoral divisions of Adamsdown, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan, Plasnewydd, Llanrumney, Rumney, and Trowbridge.[2][3][4]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
2024 Jo Stevens Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Cardiff East[5][6][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Stevens 15,833 40.5 −18.7
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman 6,736 17.2 +4.9
Reform UK Lee Canning 4,980 12.7 +9.2
Green Sam Coates 3,916 10.0 +9.4
Conservative Beatrice Brandon 3,913 10.0 −12.7
Plaid Cymru Cadewyn Eleri Skelley 3,550 9.1 +8.5
TUSC John Aaron Williams 195 0.5 N/A
Rejected ballots 172
Majority 9,097 23.3 −17.8
Turnout 39,123 53.7 −10.9
Registered electors 72,873
Labour win (new seat)

Notional 2019 result

UK General Election, 2019 Notional Result: Cardiff East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 27,705 59.2
Conservative 10,626 22.7
Liberal Democrats 5,752 12.3
Brexit Party 1,617 3.5
Green 300 0.6
Plaid Cymru 294 0.6
Gwlad 280 0.6
Independent 119 0.3
Socialist (GB) 88 0.2
Majority 17,079 36.5
Turnout 46,781 64.6
Registered electors 72,463
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ 2024 vote change percentage calculated using notional 2019 result for Cardiff East

References

  1. ^ Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-5286-3901-9. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 Parliamentary Review - Final Recommendations". Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ Mosalski, Ruth (28 May 2024). "General election 2024: The candidates standing in Cardiff East". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Cardiff East - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Election for the constituency of Cardiff East on 4 July 2024". Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Notional election for the constituency of Cardiff East on 12 December 2019". Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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