Cardiff North (Assembly constituency)
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Cardiff North | |
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National Assembly for Wales borough constituency | |
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Cardiff North shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
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Current National Assembly for Wales borough constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Labour |
AM | Julie Morgan |
Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
Cardiff North (Welsh: Gogledd Caerdydd) is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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.
Contents
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
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.
Assembly Members
Period | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Sue Essex | Labour | |
2007 | Jonathan Morgan | Conservative | |
2011 | Julie Morgan | Labour |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Morgan | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Elin Walker Jones | ||||
Conservative | Jayne Cowan | ||||
Green | Chris von Ruhland | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Morgan | 16,384 | 47.6 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Morgan | 14,602 | 42.4 | −2.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ben Foday | 1,850 | 5.4 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matt Smith | 1,595 | 4.6 | −8.1 | |
Majority | 1,782 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 34,431 | 51.9 | +0.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Morgan | 15,253 | 45.3 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Sophie Joyce Howe | 10,409 | 30.9 | −6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Bridges | 4,287 | 12.7 | +0.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Wyn Jones | 2,491 | 7.4 | −2.3 | |
UKIP | Dai Llewellyn | 1,262 | 3.7 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 4,843 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 33,702 | 51.3 | +8.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sue Essex | 10,413 | 37.5 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Morgan | 9,873 | 35.6 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John L. Dixon | 3,474 | 12.5 | −3.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Wyn Jones | 2,679 | 9.7 | −4.1 | |
UKIP | Donald E. Hulston | 1,295 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 540 | 1.9 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,734 | 43.9 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sue Essex | 12,198 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jonathan Morgan | 9,894 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alastair Meikle | 5,088 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Colin Mann | 4,337 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,304 | 7.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,517 | 51.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |