Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about the current Cardiff East constituency. For the historic Cardiff East constituency (abolished 1950), see Cardiff East (1918–1950 UK Parliament constituency).

Cardiff East (Welsh: Dwyrain Caerdydd) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. It is currently represented by Jo Stevens of the Labour Party (UK), who currently serves as Secretary of State for Wales under the government of Keir Starmer.

Cardiff East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
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Location of the constituency within Wales
Electorate	72,463 (March 2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Jo Stevens (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Cardiff Central and Cardiff South and Penarth

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, Cyncoed, Pentwyn, Penylan, Plasnewydd, Llanrumney, Rumney, and Trowbridge.^[2][3][4]

The new seat is made up of the whole of the abolished Cardiff Central constituency, excluding the Cathays ward, with the addition of the Llanrumney, Rumney, and Trowbridge wards from Cardiff South and Penarth.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Jo Stevens	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Cardiff East^[5][6][a]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Stevens	15,833	40.5	−18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman	6,736	17.2	+4.9
	Reform UK	Lee Canning	4,980	12.7	+9.2
	Green	Sam Coates	3,916	10.0	+9.4
	Conservative	Beatrice Brandon	3,913	10.0	−12.7
	Plaid Cymru	Cadewyn Eleri Skelley	3,550	9.1	+8.5
	TUSC	John Aaron Williams	195	0.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			172
Majority			9,097	23.3	−17.8
Turnout			39,123	53.7	−10.9
Registered electors			72,873
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [b] [7]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	27,705	59.2
	Conservative	10,626	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	5,752	12.3
	Brexit Party	1,617	3.5
	Green Party	300	0.6
	Plaid Cymru	294	0.6
	Other candidates (3)	487	1.0
Majority		17,079	36.5
Turnout		46,781	64.6
Electorate		72,463

Notes

1. 2024 vote change percentage calculated using notional 2019 result for Cardiff East
2. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place