Cardiff West () was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The constituency has twice provided the First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan from 2000-2009 and Mark Drakeford from 2018–2024.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff West Westminster constituency prior to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It was entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other seven constituencies of the region were Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.
Voting In general elections for the Senedd, each voter had two votes. The first vote was used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
ElectionMemberPartyPortraitNotes1999 Rhodri Morgan LabourSecretary for Economic Development and European Affairs (1999–2000) Leader of Welsh Labour & First Minister of Wales (2000–2009) 2011 Mark Drakeford Minister for Health and Social Services (2013–2016 and 2024) Minister for Finance (2016–2018 and 2024 – present) Leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister of Wales (2018–2024)
Elections Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 205
Elections in the 2000s
2003 Electorate: 60,523 Regional ballots rejected: 274
Elections in the 1990s
1999 Electorate: 57,582
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