Cardiff North (Senedd constituency) should not be confused with Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency).
| Cardiff North | |
| Constituency Type: | Senedd borough constituency |
| Parl Name: | Senedd |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Member Label: | MS |
| Member: | Julie Morgan |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | Labour |
| Parts Label: | Preserved county |
| Parts: | South Glamorgan |
Cardiff North is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff North Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. To the north within the boundaries lies North Rural Cardiff and to the south lies the densely populated area of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Thornhill etc.
The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. In both the 2011 and 2016 elections, Julie Morgan won the highest number of votes of any candidate in any constituency in Wales.
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sue Essex | 100px | |||
| 2007 | Jonathan Morgan | Conservative | 100px | ||
| 2011 | Julie Morgan | Labour | 100px | ||
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 214[1]
2003 Electorate: 64,528
Regional ballots rejected: 328
1999 electorate: 61,253