Cardiff North (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency).

Cardiff North
Gogledd Caerdydd
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
Cardiff North shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSJulie Morgan
Preserved countySouth Glamorgan

Cardiff North (Welsh: Gogledd 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.

Boundaries

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Map
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff North Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. To the north within the boundaries lies North Rural Cardiff and to the south lies the densely populated area of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Thornhill etc.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

Voting

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In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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. In both the 2011 and 2016 elections, Julie Morgan won the highest number of votes of any candidate in any constituency in Wales.

Assembly members

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Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Sue Essex Labour
2007 Jonathan Morgan Conservative
2011 Julie Morgan Labour

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2021 Senedd election: Cardiff North[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Morgan 19,348 47.6 +2.8 14,875 36.7 +2.5
Conservative Joel Williams 12,755 31.8 -3.2 11,774 29.1 -0.3
Plaid Cymru Fflur Elin 3,278 8.1 +2.0 5,711 14.1 +1.5
Green Debra Cooper 1,957 4.8 +2.6 3,023 7.5 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Rhys Taylor 1,641 4.0 +1.0 2,070 5.1 +0.1
Abolish Lawrence Gwynn 990 2.4 New 1,467 3.6 -1.0
Propel Akil Kata 336 0.8 New 441 1.1 New
Reform UK Haydn Rushworth 200 0.5 New 240 0.6 New
Freedom Alliance Virginia Kemp 150 0.4 New
UKIP 409 1.0 -7.6
No More Lockdowns 163 0.4 New
Gwlad 98 0.2 New
Independent Alan Coulthard 71 0.2 New
Communist 54 0.1 -0.1
TUSC 49 0.1 -0.1
Workers Party 41 0.1 New
Majority 6,593 15.8 +6.0
Turnout 40,655 58.08[2] +1.3
Labour hold Swing
Notes

Elections in the 2010s

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2016 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Constituency List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Morgan 16,766 44.8 −2.8 12,754[3][4] 34.2 -3.2
Conservative Jayne Cowan 13,099 35.0 −7.4 10,964 29.4 -6.9
UKIP Haydn Rushworth 2,509 6.7 New 3,196 8.6 +4.6
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones 2,278 6.1 +0.7 4,717 12.6 +4.4
Liberal Democrats John Dixon 1,130 3.0 −1.6 1,852 5.0 -1.0
Independent Fiona Burt 846 2.3 New
Green Chris von Ruhland 824 2.2 New 1,156 3.1 -0.6
Abolish 1,712 4.6 New
Women's Equality 421 1.1 New
Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5] 171 0.5 New
Monster Raving Loony 167 0.4 -0.1
TUSC 80 0.2 -0.1
Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power 78 0.2 New
Communist 64 0.2 ±0.0
Majority 3,667 9.8 +4.6
Turnout 37,452 56.8 +4.9
Labour hold Swing +2.3
2011 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Constituency [6] Regional[7]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Morgan 16,384 47.6 +16.7 12,846 37.4 +10.2
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 14,602 42.4 -2.9 12,471 36.3 -2.7
Plaid Cymru Ben Foday 2,836 5.4 -2.0 2,836 8.2 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Smith 1,595 4.6 -8.1 2,060 6.0 -6.8
UKIP 1,375 4.0 +2.0
Green 1,285 3.7 +0.2
Socialist Labour 494 1.4 +0.8
BNP 471 1.4 -1.6
Welsh Christian 250 0.7 -0.5
Monster Raving Loony 157 0.5 New
TUSC 92 0.3 New
Communist 54 0.2 -0.1
Majority 1,782 5.2 N/A
Turnout 34,431 51.9 +0.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.8

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 214[8]

Elections in the 2000s

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2007 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Constituency [9] Regional[10]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 15,253 45.3 +5.9 13,122 39.0 +7.5
Labour Sophie Howe 10,409 30.9 -4.3 9,140 27.2 -5.9
Liberal Democrats Edward Bridges 4,287 12.7 +0.2 4,306 12.8 +0.9
Plaid Cymru Wyn Jones 2,491 7.4 -2.3 3,056 9.1 -1.5
UKIP Dai Llewellyn 1,262 3.7 -1.0 663 2.0 -2.9
Green 1,181 3.5 +0.1
BNP 1,010 3.0 New
Welsh Christian 410 1.2 New
Respect 139 0.4 New
Socialist Labour 214 0.6 -0.2
CPA 139 0.4 New
Socialist Alternative (UK) 120 0.4 New
Communist 99 0.3 +0.1
Socialist Equality 36 0.1 New
Majority 4,843 14.4 N/A
Turnout 33,702 51.3 +8.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.2
2003 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[11]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Essex 10,413 37.5 -1.2 8,732 31.5 -0.8
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 9,873 35.6 +4.2 9,182 33.1 +4.3
Liberal Democrats John L. Dixon 3,474 12.5 -3.6 3,795 13.7 -2.6
Plaid Cymru Wyn Jones 2,679 9.7 -4.1 2,942 10.6 -0.6
UKIP Donald E. Hulston 1,295 4.7 New 1,361 4.9 New
Green 950 3.4 Unknown
Socialist Labour 233 0.8 Unknown
Vote No 2 Stop the War 148 0.5 New
New Millennium Bean Party 109 0.4 New
ProLife Alliance 107 0.4 New
Cymru Annibynnol 95 0.3 New
Communist 67 0.2 Unknown
Majority 540 1.9 −5.4
Turnout 27,734 43.9 −7.6
Labour hold Swing -2.7

2003 Electorate: 64,528
Regional ballots rejected: 328

Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Welsh Assembly election: Cardiff North
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Essex 12,198 38.7 N/A 10,164 32.3 N/A
Conservative Jonathan Morgan 9,894 31.4 N/A 9,061 28.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alastair Meikle 5,088 16.1 N/A 5,133 16.3 N/A
Plaid Cymru Colin Mann 4,337 13.8 N/A 5,343 17.0 N/A
Others 1,784 5.7
Majority 2,304 7.3
Turnout 31,517 51.5
Labour win (new seat)

1999 electorate: 61,253

References

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  1. ^ "Cardiff North Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Bishop". Who Can I vote for?. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Wales elections > Cardiff North". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  7. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
  10. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003 (PDF). The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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