Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency)

Welsh Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Cardiff Central
Type = borough


Region = South Wales Central
Year = 1999
AM = Jenny Randerson
Party = Liberal Democrats
County= South Glamorgan

Cardiff Central is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff Central Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff North, 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 has two votes. The first vote may be 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 may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Assembly Members

Elections

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff CentralElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jenny Randerson
votes = 11,462
percentage = 51.2
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sue Lent
votes = 4,897
percentage = 21.9
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Murphy
votes = 3,137
percentage = 14.0
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Thomas Whitfield
votes = 1,855
percentage = 8.3
change = -0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Frank Hughes
votes = 1,046
percentage = 4.7
change = +4.7Election box majority
votes = 6,565
percentage = 29.3
change = -5.4Election box turnout
votes = 22,397
percentage = 36.0
change = +3.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff CentralElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jenny Randerson
votes = 11,256
percentage = 54.6
change = +12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Geoff Mungham
votes = 4,100
percentage = 19.9
change = -10.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Craig Piper
votes = 2,378
percentage = 11.5
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Owen Thomas
votes = 1,795
percentage = 8.7
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Raja Raiz
votes = 541
percentage = 2.6
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Captain Beany
votes = 289
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Madeleine Jeremy
votes = 239
percentage = 1.2
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 7,156
percentage = 34.7
change = +22.4Election box turnout
votes = 21,052
percentage = 33.7
change = -11.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff CentralElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jenny Randerson
votes = 10,937
percentage = 42.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Drakeford
votes = 7,769
percentage = 30.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Owen Thomas
votes = 3,795
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Jones
votes = 3,034
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Julian Goss
votes = 338
percentage = 1.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,168
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 25,873
percentage = 44.8
change =