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Cardiff Central

Every general election in Cardiff Central since 1918 (until 2019). Latest: Jo Stevens, Labour, majority 17,179.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Jo Stevens Elected sitting MPLabour25,60561.2%
Meirion JenkinsConservative8,42620.2%
Bablin MolikLiberal Democrats6,29815.1%
Gareth PearceBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		1,0062.4%
Siân CaiachGwlad Gwlad2800.7%
Akil KataIndependent1190.3%
Brian JohnsonThe Socialist Party of Great Britain880.2%
Valid votes41,822
Majority17,17941.1%

Lab hold Turnout 65.3% of 64,037 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1918192319291935198319922001201020172019Labour, 1918: 22.4%Labour, 1922: 29.4%Labour, 1923: 32.0%Labour, 1924: 33.8%Labour, 1929: 39.1%Labour, 1931: 30.8%Labour, 1935: 36.8%Labour, 1945: 49.1%Labour, 1983: 24.2%Labour, 1987: 32.3%Labour, 1992: 42.0%Labour, 1997: 43.7%Labour, 2001: 38.6%Labour, 2005: 34.3%Labour, 2010: 28.8%Labour, 2015: 40.0%Labour, 2017: 62.4%Labour, 2019: 61.2%Conservative, 1918: 41.1%Conservative, 1922: 50.0%Conservative, 1923: 38.4%Conservative, 1924: 49.8%Conservative, 1929: 34.9%Conservative, 1945: 35.7%Conservative, 1983: 41.5%Conservative, 1987: 37.1%Conservative, 1992: 33.9%Conservative, 1997: 20.1%Conservative, 2001: 15.9%Conservative, 2005: 9.2%Conservative, 2010: 21.6%Conservative, 2015: 14.7%Conservative, 2017: 19.8%Conservative, 2019: 20.2%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 21.4%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 25.0%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 36.7%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 49.8%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 41.4%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 27.1%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 13.4%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 15.1%Liberal, 1918: 20.1%Liberal, 1922: 20.6%Liberal, 1923: 29.6%Liberal, 1924: 16.5%Liberal, 1929: 26.0%Liberal, 1935: 11.7%Liberal, 1945: 15.2%National Labour, 1931: 69.2%National Labour, 1935: 51.5%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 32.6%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 29.4%Independent Conservative, 1918: 16.4%
Vote share in Cardiff Central at each general election Lab Con LD Lib Nat Lab Alliance Ind Con

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Cardiff Central (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Lab Jo StevensCon17,17941.165.3%Lab hold
2017Lab Jo StevensCon17,19642.668.1%Lab hold
2015Lab Jo StevensLD4,98112.967.3%Lab gain from LD
2010LD Jenny WillottLab4,57612.759.1%LD hold
2005LDLab5,59315.559.0%
2001LabLD6591.958.3%Lab hold
1997LabLD7,92318.870.0%
1992LabCon3,4658.174.4%Lab gain from Con
1987ConLab1,9864.877.6%Con hold
1983ConAlliance3,4528.971.4%
1945LabCon4,52413.572.2%
1935Nat LabLab4,86014.868.7%Nat Lab hold
1931Nat LabLab13,36238.372.6%Nat Lab gain from Lab
1929LabCon1,5664.278.2%Lab gain from Con
1924ConLab4,67316.076.8%Con hold
1923ConLab1,6986.471.4%Con hold
1922ConLab5,71620.674.4%Con hold
1918ConLab3,87918.756.9%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Cardiff Central?

Jo Stevens (Labour) won Cardiff Central at the 2019 general election with a majority of 17,179.

Which parties have won Cardiff Central?

At the 18 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 8, Conservative 6, Liberal Democrats 2, National Labour 2.

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