| Cardiff West | |
| Constituency Type: | Senedd borough constituency |
| Parl Name: | Senedd |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Member Label: | Member of the Senedd |
| Member: | Mark Drakeford |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | Welsh Labour |
| Parts Label: | Preserved county |
| Parts: | South Glamorgan |
Cardiff West 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 has twice provided the First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan from 2000-2009 and Mark Drakeford from 2018–2024.
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff West Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan.
The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be 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 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.
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 100px | Secretary for Economic Development and European Affairs (1999–2000) Leader of Welsh Labour & First Minister of Wales (2000–2009) | |||
| 100px | Minister for Health and Social Services (2013–2016) Minister for Finance (2016–2018) Leader of Welsh Labour & First Minister of Wales (2018–2024) | ||||
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 205[1]
2003 Electorate: 60,523
Regional ballots rejected: 274
1999 Electorate: 57,582