Cardiff North (Senedd constituency)
Senedd constituency (1999–2026)
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Cardiff North (Welsh: Gogledd Caerdydd) was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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| Cardiff North Gogledd Caerdydd | |
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| Former Senedd borough constituency for the Senedd | |
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.svg) Cardiff North shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales | |
| Former Senedd borough constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2026 |
| Party | Labour |
| MS | Julie Morgan |
| 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 North Westminster constituency prior to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It was entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. To the north within the boundaries lay North Rural Cardiff and to the south lay the densely populated area of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Thornhill etc.
The other seven constituencies of the region were 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 had two votes. The first vote was 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 was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were 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
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sue Essex | Labour |  | |
| 2007 | Jonathan Morgan | Conservative |  | |
| 2011 | Julie Morgan | Labour | .jpg) | |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| 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 | 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 | |||||||
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Elections in the 2010s
| 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 | ||||||
| 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
| 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 | ||||||
| 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
| 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