Cardiff West (Senedd Cymru constituency)

Cardiff West (Welsh: Gorllewin 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.

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

Cardiff West
National Assembly for Wales borough constituency
Cardiff West shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales borough constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
AM	Mark Drakeford
Preserved county	South Glamorgan

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff West Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.

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

Voting

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 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 and Members of the Senedd

From the Assembly's inception in 1999, until his retirement at the 2011 election, former First Minister Rhodri Morgan was AM for Cardiff West.

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Rhodri Morgan	Labour
	2011	Mark Drakeford	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mark Drakeford	11,381	35.6	−11.5
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	10,205	31.9	+11.9
	Conservative	Sean Driscoll	5,617	17.6	−8.3
	UKIP	Gareth Bennett	2,629	8.2	N/A
	Green	Hannah Pudner	1,032	3.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cadan ap Tomos	868	2.7	−4.3
	Independent	Eliot Freedman	132	0.4	N/A
	Vapers in Power	Lee Woolls	96	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,176	3.7
Turnout				48.4	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.7

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff West[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mark Drakeford	13,067	47.1	+8.5
	Conservative	Craig Williams	7,166	25.8	+1.0
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	5,551	20.0	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	1,942	7.0	−8.2
Majority			5,901	21.3	+7.5
Turnout			27,726	43.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	10,390	38.6	−10.4
	Conservative	Craig Williams	6,692	24.9	+7.1
	Plaid Cymru	Neil McEvoy	5,719	21.3	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alison R. Goldsworthy	4,088	15.2	+1.6
Majority			3,698	13.8	−17.5
Turnout			26,889	41.6	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.8

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	10,420	50.3	−11.3
	Conservative	Heather Douglas	3,583	17.3	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Gasson	2,914	14.1	+5.2
	Plaid Cymru	Eluned M. Bush	2,859	13.8	−0.8
	UKIP	Frank Hughes	929	4.5	N/A
Majority			6,837	33.0	−13.8
Turnout			21,413	35.4	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.9

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Rhodri Morgan	14,405	52.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dewi H Garrow-Smith	6,063	22.2	N/A
	Conservative	Myr Boult	3,446	12.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Eluned Bush	3,402	12.5	N/A
Majority			8,342	30.5	N/A
Turnout			27,316	47	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Senedd Cymru
Preceded by Mid and West Wales	Constituency represented by the First Minister 2000–2009	Succeeded by Bridgend
Senedd Cymru
Preceded by Bridgend	Constituency represented by the First Minister 2018–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

References

1. "Wales elections > Cardiff West". BBC News. 6 May 2011.