Cardiff East () is a

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of the

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in the

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, first contested at the

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, following the

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. It is currently represented by

Jo Stevens Joanna Meriel Stevens (born 6 September 1966) is a Welsh politician serving as Secretary of State for Wales since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015, representing Cardiff East since 20 ...

of the

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, who currently serves as

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under the government of

Keir Starmer Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously ...

. A parliamentary constituency of the same name previously existed from the 1918 general election until the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The 2024 recreation comprises the City of Cardiff electoral wards of

Adamsdown Adamsdown (sometimes or , ) is an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Adamsdown is generally located between Newport Road, to the north and the mainline railway to the south. The area includes C ...

Cyncoed Cyncoed ( ) is a community in the northeast of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. With many properties in the area fetching over £1 million, Cyncoed is considered to have some of the highest property prices in the country. Cyncoed overlooks the city ...

, Pentwyn,

Penylan Penylan is a district and Community (Wales), community in the east of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, known for its Edwardian era period houses and spacious tree lined roads and avenue (landscape), avenues. Situated to both the north and ...

Plasnewydd Plasnewydd (meaning ''New Manor'' or ''New Place'') is an electoral ward (and formerly the name of a community) of Cardiff, Wales. It falls within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff East. It is bounded by the electoral wards of Cyn ...

Llanrumney Llanrumney () is a suburb, community and electoral ward in east Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal ...

, Rumney, and

Trowbridge Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England; situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Brist ...

. The new seat is made up of the whole of the abolished Cardiff Central constituency, excluding the

Cathays Cathays ( ; standardised ; sometimes , 'the constant meadow') is a district and community in the centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is densely populated and contains many Victorian ter ...

ward, with the addition of the Llanrumney, Rumney, and Trowbridge wards from Cardiff South and Penarth.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

External links

Cardiff East UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 51.511, -3.128, display=title, region:GB-CRF_scale:50000 Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales Constituencies of Cardiff Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024