Cardiff East
UK Parliament constituency (2024–)
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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.
| Cardiff East | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
  Interactive map of the constituency. | |
Location of the constituency within Wales | |
| Electorate | 72,463 (March 2020)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Jo Stevens (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Cardiff Central and Cardiff South and Penarth |
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 wards of Adamsdown, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan, Plasnewydd, Llanrumney, Rumney, and Trowbridge.[2][3][4]
The new seat is made up of the whole of the abolished Cardiff Central constituency, excluding the Cathays ward, with the addition of the Llanrumney, Rumney, and Trowbridge wards from Cardiff South and Penarth.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jo Stevens | Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| 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) | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result [b] [7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 27,705 | 59.2 | |
| Conservative | 10,626 | 22.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,752 | 12.3 | |
| Brexit Party | 1,617 | 3.5 | |
| Green Party | 300 | 0.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 294 | 0.6 | |
| Other candidates (3) | 487 | 1.0 | |
| Majority | 17,079 | 36.5 | |
| Turnout | 46,781 | 64.6 | |
| Electorate | 72,463 | ||
Notes
- 2024 vote change percentage calculated using notional 2019 result for Cardiff East
- Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place