Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff South East | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South |
Replaced by | Cardiff South & Penarth, Cardiff Central and Cardiff West[1] |
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
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 26,254 | 51.8 | ||
Conservative | J John Hayward | 20,359 | 40.2 | ||
Liberal | Patrick Furnell | 4,080 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 5,895 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 50,693 | 83.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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 | 51,725 | 84.93 | |||
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 | 48,204 | 79.33 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 26,915 | 50.8 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Roberts | 26,047 | 49.2 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 868 | 1.6 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 52,962 | 82.0 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
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 | 52,417 | 79.87 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 29,313 | 56.8 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Norman Lloyd-Edwards | 18,476 | 35.8 | −6.7 | |
Liberal | George W Parsons | 3,829 | 7.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,837 | 21.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 51,618 | 78.9 | −1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 26,226 | 51.9 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Norman Lloyd-Edwards | 20,771 | 41.1 | +5.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Richard Davies | 2,585 | 5.1 | New | |
National Front | George W. Parsons | 982 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 5,455 | 10.8 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,562 | 73.2 | −5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 20,641 | 49.0 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 13,495 | 32.0 | −6.9 | |
Independent Liberal | Christopher Bailey | 3,800 | 9.0 | New | |
Liberal | B. Christon | 2,978 | 7.1 | New | |
Plaid Cymru | Keith Bush | 1,254 | 3.0 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 7,146 | 17.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,168 | 74.3 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 21,074 | 52.0 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Stefan Terlezki | 10,356 | 25.6 | −6.4 | |
Liberal | Christopher Bailey | 8,006 | 19.8 | +12.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Keith Bush | 983 | 2.4 | −0.6 | |
Marxist-Leninist (England) | B.C.D. Harris | 75 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,718 | 26.4 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,494 | 70.7 | −3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Callaghan | 23,871 | 59.3 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Ivor Samuel Jones | 15,170 | 37.7 | +12.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Eric Randolf Roberts | 628 | 1.6 | −0.8 | |
Severnside Libertarian | Raymond William Aldridge | 375 | 0.9 | New | |
Socialist Unity | Pat Arrowsmith | 132 | 0.3 | New | |
Communist | Richard Horatio Spencer | 112 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,701 | 21.6 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,288 | 71.6 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.4 |
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.
This election was remembered for when Pat Arrowsmith heckled Callaghan throughout the election declaration. During the customary victory speech, Callaghan continued to be interrupted throughout and Callaghan remarked it was the first time he had ‘conducted a duet’ whilst giving a victory speech. When Arrowsmith refused to desist, Callaghan and the other candidates left the stage. Arrowsmith (who had been arrested in Cardiff the day before the election) made a short statement about Northern Ireland. These scenes were broadcast live on BBC Election 79.
References
External links
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
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 |
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- Cardiff East
- Cardiff North
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Cardiff West
- Cardiff Central
- Cardiff North
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Cardiff West
- Cardiff (1542–1918)
- Cardiff Central (1918–1950)
- Cardiff Central (1983–2024)
- Cardiff East (1918–1950)
- Cardiff South (1918–1950)
- Llandaff and Barry (1918–1950)
- Cardiff South East (1950–1983)
- Cardiff North West (1974–1983)