Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)
| Cardiff West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Cardiff West in Wales.
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| Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
| Population | 91,027 (2011 census) |
| Electorate | 64,295 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1950 |
| Member of parliament | Kevin Brennan (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Cardiff Central |
| Overlaps | |
| Welsh Assembly | South Wales Central |
| European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Coordinates: 51°29′10″N 3°12′50″W / 51.486°N 3.214°W
Cardiff West (Welsh: Gorllewin Caerdydd) is a borough constituency in the city of Cardiff. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. It was created in 1950.
A traditionally safe Labour seat, represented for 33 years by George Thomas (who became Speaker in 1976 and was re-elected without party affiliation in 1979). It has returned a Conservative only once, in the Tories' landslide year of 1983, when Stefan Terlezki became the MP.
Labour regained the seat at the next general election in 1987, when Rhodri Morgan was elected. After the creation of the Welsh Assembly Government, Morgan stepped down from his Westminster seat in 2001 to serve as leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister for Wales. Kevin Brennan retained the seat for Labour on Morgan's retirement from Westminster politics and has remained the MP ever since.
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