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Post by Penddu on Sept 14, 2020 14:54:38 GMT
Cardiff West (Gorllewin Caerdydd) is entirely within the City and County of Cardiff (Caerdydd), including most areas to the west of the River Taff, and the seat contains a mix of some of the poorest areas of Cardiff alongside some of the more affluent.
The south of the Riverside ward in the south east of the seat is a classic 'inner city' area with a large ethnic population and poor housing stock - but the north of the same ward includes the popular and leafy Pontcanna area along Cathedral road. To the west Canton is becoming a trendy place to live and together with Pontcanna is home to a large Welsh speaking community which originally grew up around the locally based HTV & S4C TV studios (since moved). To the north Llandaff was until recently home to BBC Wales 'Broadcasting House' and contains the historic Llandaff Cathedral, and extends to the commuter suburb of Radyr.
To the west are the Ely and Careau housing estates which are socially deprived and were the scene of the Ely Riots in 1991. By contrast, to the north-west is the pretty village of St Fagans which contains the National Museum of History - previously known as the Welsh Folk Museum, and St Fagans castle which was the site of a major battle in the English Civil War. The seat continues into Cardiffs rural green belt to include the commuter villages of Pentyrch and Creigiau and a large housing expanion at Plasdwr.
The seat is heavily Labour voting but briefly went Conservative in 1983 and is also challenged by Plaid Cymru in the Senedd elections who came close to winning in 2016.
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Post by greenhert on Sept 14, 2020 15:16:50 GMT
Cardiff West (Gorllewin Caerdydd) is entirely within the City and County of Cardiff (Caerdydd), including most areas to the west of the River Taff, and the seat contains a mix of some of the poorest areas of Cardiff alongside some of the more affluent. The south of the Riverside ward in the south east of the seat is a classic 'inner city' area with a large ethnic population and poor housing stock - but the north of the same ward includes the popular and leafy Pontcanna area along Cathedral road. To the west Canton is becoming a trendy place to live and together with Pontcanna is home to a large Welsh speaking community which originally grew up around the locally based HTV & S4C TV studios (since moved). To the north Llandaff was until recently home to BBC Wales 'Broadcasting House' and contains the historic Llandaff Cathedral, and extends to the commuter suburb of Radyr. To the west are the Ely and Careau housing estates which are socially deprived and were the scene of the Ely Riots in 1991. By contrast, to the north-west is the pretty village of St Fagans which contains the National Museum of History - previously known as the Welsh Folk Museum, and St Fagans castle which was the site of a major battle in the English Civil War. The seat continues into Cardiffs rural green belt to include the commuter villages of Pentyrch and Creigiau and a large housing expanion at Plasdwr.
The seat is heavily Labour voting but briefly went Conservative in 1979 and is also challenged by Plaid Cymru in the Senedd elections who came close to winning in 2016.It was 1983 that the Conservatives won Cardiff West (on retirement of the then Speaker, George Thomas, later Viscount Tonypandy), not 1979 (the said George Thomas was the Speaker then) via Stefan Terlezki. Jeffrey Thomas also contested it for the SDP that year since his own seat of Abertillery was abolished by the 1983 redistribution. As for 2016, this was primarily due to the personal vote of Neil McEvoy (although this constituency does have the highest proportion of Welsh speakers in Cardiff). |
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Post by Penddu on Sept 14, 2020 16:48:57 GMT
Cardiff West (Gorllewin Caerdydd) is entirely within the City and County of Cardiff (Caerdydd), including most areas to the west of the River Taff, and the seat contains a mix of some of the poorest areas of Cardiff alongside some of the more affluent. The south of the Riverside ward in the south east of the seat is a classic 'inner city' area with a large ethnic population and poor housing stock - but the north of the same ward includes the popular and leafy Pontcanna area along Cathedral road. To the west Canton is becoming a trendy place to live and together with Pontcanna is home to a large Welsh speaking community which originally grew up around the locally based HTV & S4C TV studios (since moved). To the north Llandaff was until recently home to BBC Wales 'Broadcasting House' and contains the historic Llandaff Cathedral, and extends to the commuter suburb of Radyr. To the west are the Ely and Careau housing estates which are socially deprived and were the scene of the Ely Riots in 1991. By contrast, to the north-west is the pretty village of St Fagans which contains the National Museum of History - previously known as the Welsh Folk Museum, and St Fagans castle which was the site of a major battle in the English Civil War. The seat continues into Cardiffs rural green belt to include the commuter villages of Pentyrch and Creigiau and a large housing expanion at Plasdwr.
The seat is heavily Labour voting but briefly went Conservative in 1979 and is also challenged by Plaid Cymru in the Senedd elections who came close to winning in 2016.It was 1983 that the Conservatives won Cardiff West (on retirement of the then Speaker, George Thomas, later Viscount Tonypandy), not 1979 (the said George Thomas was the Speaker then) via Stefan Terlezki. Jeffrey Thomas also contested it for the SDP that year since his own seat of Abertillery was abolished by the 1983 redistribution. As for 2016, this was primarily due to the personal vote of Neil McEvoy (although this constituency does have the highest proportion of Welsh speakers in Cardiff). Fixed. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Feb 23, 2021 18:51:35 GMT
2011 Census
Age 65+ 14.3% 498/650
Owner-occupied 61.4% 456/650
Private rented 16.3% 218/650
Social rented 20.5% 203/650
White 87.5% 473/650
Black 1.7% 187/650
Asian 6.8% 175/650
Managerial & professional 34.0%
Routine & Semi-routine 24.5%
Degree level 31.6% 147/650
No qualifications 25.2% 244/650
Students 8.1% 218/650
2021 Census
Owner occupied 61.0% 382/573
Private rented 18.8% 253/573
Social rented 20.2% 148/573
White 83.0%
Black 3.1%
Asian 8.0%
Managerial & professional 36.2% 189/573
Routine & Semi-routine 21.5% 374/573
Degree level 39.7% 111/573
No qualifications 19.2% 227/573
General Election 2019: Cardiff West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Brennan 23,908 51.8 -4.9
Conservative Carolyn Webster 12,922 28.0 -1.8
Plaid Cymru Boyd Clack 3,864 8.4 -1.1
Liberal Democrats Callum Littlemore 2,731 5.9 +3.3
Brexit Party Nick Mullins 1,619 3.5
Green David Griffin 1,133 2.5
Lab Majority 10,986 23.8 -3.1
Turnout 46,177 67.4 -2.4
Registered electors 68,508
Labour hold
Swing 1.6 Lab to C
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