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Result:
LAB HOLD
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Party
LAB Welsh Labour |
Candidates Julie Morgan | Votes 16,766 | 44.8% | Net percentage change in seats −2.8 |
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Party
CON Welsh Conservative |
Candidates Jayne Cowan | Votes 13,099 | 35.0% | Net percentage change in seats −7.4 |
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Party
UKIP UKIP Wales |
Candidates Haydn Rushowrth | Votes 2,509 | 6.7% | Net percentage change in seats +6.7 |
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Party
PC Plaid Cymru |
Candidates Elin Walker Jones | Votes 2,278 | 6.1% | Net percentage change in seats +0.7 |
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Party
LD Welsh Liberal Democrat |
Candidates John Dixon | Votes 1,130 | 3.0% | Net percentage change in seats −1.6 |
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Party
IND Independent |
Candidates Fiona Burt | Votes 846 | 2.3% | Net percentage change in seats +2.3 |
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Party
GRN Wales Green Party |
Candidates Chris von Ruhland | Votes 824 | 2.2% | Net percentage change in seats +2.2 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Welsh Labour Majority
3,667Turnout
56.8%Constituency Profile
This seat contains some of the most affluent suburbs in Cardiff.
It is also home to Wales' biggest hospital, the University Hospital of Wales. A high proportion of residents work in the public sector - 39.6%, which is the highest in Wales. Politically the seat has been a Tory-Labour marginal for the Assembly and Westminster Parliament.
In 2011 the National Assembly seat was won by Labour's Julie Morgan with a swing of 9.8% from the Conservatives' Jonathan Morgan. Plaid Cymru were third with 5.4% of the vote and the Lib Dems had 4.6%.