Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff South East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Cardiff South & Penarth, Cardiff Central and Cardiff West[1] |
Created from | Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South |
Cardiff South East was a parliamentary constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Its only MP was Labour's James Callaghan, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979, while still serving as the seat's MP. Its present-day equivalent is Cardiff South and Penarth.
Boundaries
1950-1974: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Roath, South, and Splott, and the Urban District of Penarth.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Grangetown, Roath, Rumney, South, and Splott.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | James Callaghan | Labour |
Election results
1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 23,871 | 59.3 | ||
Conservative | Ivor Samuel Jones | 15,170 | 37.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Eric Randolf Roberts | 628 | 1.6 | ||
Severnside Libertarian | Raymond William Aldridge | 375 | 0.9 | ||
Socialist Unity | Pat Arrowsmith | 132 | 0.3 | ||
Communist | Richard Horatio Spencer | 112 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 8,701 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,288 | 21.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | − |
Note: The official Liberal candidate for Cardiff South East in 1979, Christopher Bailey, deliberately failed to submit his nomination papers in time and advised Liberal voters to vote Conservative. He was subsequently expelled from the Liberal Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 21,074 | 52.04 | ||
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 10,356 | 25.57 | ||
Liberal | C Bailey | 8,006 | 19.77 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Keith Bush | 983 | 2.43 | ||
Marxist-Leninist (England) | B.C.D. Harris | 75 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 10,718 | 26.47 | |||
Turnout | 40,494 | 70.67 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 20,641 | 48.95 | ||
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 13,495 | 32.00 | ||
Independent Liberal | C Bailey | 3,800 | 9.01 | ||
Liberal | B Christon | 2,978 | 7.06 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Keith Bush | 1,254 | 2.97 | ||
Majority | 7,146 | 16.95 | |||
Turnout | 42,168 | 74.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | − |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 26,226 | 51.87 | ||
Conservative | Norman Lloyd-Edwards | 20,771 | 41.08 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Richard Davies | 2,585 | 5.11 | ||
National Front | George W Parsons | 982 | 1.94 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,455 | 10.79 | |||
Turnout | 50,562 | 73.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | − |
1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 29,313 | 56.79 | ||
Conservative | Norman Lloyd-Edwards | 18,476 | 35.79 | ||
Liberal | George W Parsons | 3,829 | 7.42 | ||
Majority | 10,837 | 20.99 | |||
Turnout | 78.93 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 30,129 | 57.48 | ||
Conservative | Ted Dexter | 22,288 | 42.52 | ||
Majority | 7,841 | 14.96 | |||
Turnout | 79.87 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 26,915 | 50.82 | ||
Conservative | Michael Roberts | 26,047 | 49.18 | ||
Majority | 868 | 1.64 | |||
Turnout | 82.02 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 25,722 | 53.36 | ||
Conservative | Michael Roberts | 22,482 | 46.64 | ||
Majority | 3,240 | 6.72 | |||
Turnout | 79.33 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 28,112 | 54.35 | ||
Conservative | Harry West | 23,613 | 45.65 | ||
Majority | 4,499 | 8.70 | |||
Turnout | 84.93 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 26,254 | 51.79 | ||
Conservative | J John Hayward | 20,359 | 40.16 | ||
Liberal | Patrick Furnell | 4,080 | 8.05 | ||
Majority | 5,895 | 11.63 | |||
Turnout | 83.34 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ "'Cardiff South East', February 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Barnet |
Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1964–1967 |
Succeeded by Birmingham Stechford |
Preceded by Huyton |
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1976–1979 |
Succeeded by Finchley |
Preceded by Finchley |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1979–1980 |
Succeeded by Ebbw Vale |