These are the election results from United Kingdom general elections based on the electoral regional boundaries used by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), for the Senedd electoral region of South Wales Central. Since the 1997 general election, this grouping of constituencies into this unofficial region have elected eight Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
The region is based around the Cardiff built-up Area. The boundaries are based on the Senedd electoral region South Wales Central. Regions are not used in UK general elections.
See main article: 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales.
South Central Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
| Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Other | |||||||||||||
| Cardiff Central[1] | Jon Owen Jones13,451 (38.6%) | Gregory Walker5,537 (15.9%) | Jenny Willott12,792 (36.7%) | Richard Rhys Grigg1,680 (4.8%) |
| Jon Owen Jones | |||||||||||
| Cardiff North[2] | Julie Morgan19,845 (45.9%) | Alastair Watson13,680 (31.6%) | John Dixon6,631 (15.3%) | Sion Jobbins2,471 (2.5%) | Don Hulston (UKIP)613 (1.4%) | Julie Morgan | |||||||||||
| Cardiff South and Penarth[3] | Alun Michael20,094 (56.2%) | Maureen Owen7,807 (21.8%) | Rodney Berman4,572 (12.8%) | Lila Haines1,983 (5.5%) |
| Alun Michael | |||||||||||
| Cardiff West[4] | Kevin Brennan18,594 (54.6%) | Andrew Davies7,273 (21.3%) | Jacqui Gasson4,458 (13.1%) | Delme Bowen3,296 (9.7%) | Joyce Jenking (UKIP)462 (1.4%) | Rhodri Morgan† | |||||||||||
| Cynon Valley[5] | Ann Clwyd17,685 (65.6%) | Julian Waters2,045 (7.6%) | Ian Parry2,541 (9.4%) | Steven J. Cornelius4,687 (17.4%) | Ann Clwyd | ||||||||||||
| Pontypridd[6] | Kim Howells22,963 (59.9%) | Prudence Dailey5,096 (13.3%) | Eric Brooke4,152 (10.8%) | Bleddyn Hancock5,279 (13.8%) |
| Kim Howells | |||||||||||
| Rhondda[7] | Chris Bryant23,230 (68.3%) | Peter Hobbins1,557 (4.6%) | Gavin Cox1,525 (4.5%) | Leanne Wood7,183 (21.1%) | Glyndwr Summers (Ind.)507 (1.5%) | Allan Rogers† | |||||||||||
| Vale of Glamorgan[8] | John Smith20,524 (45.4%) | Susan Inkin15,824 (35.0%) | Dewi Smith5,521 (12.2%) | Chris Franks2,867 (6.3%) | Timothy Warry (UKIP)448 (1.0%) | John Smith | |||||||||||
See main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales. South Central Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
| Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Referendum | Other | |||||||||||||
| Cardiff Central[9] | Jon Owen Jones18,464 (43.7%) | David Melding8,470 (20.0%) | Jenny Randerson10,541 (24.9%) | Wayne Vernon1,504 (3.6%) | Nick Lloyd760 (1.8%) |
| Jon Owen Jones | |||||||||||
| Cardiff North[10] | Julie Morgan24,460 (50.4%) | Gwilym Jones16,334 (33.7%) | Robyn Rowland5,294 (10.9%) | Colin Palfrey1,201 (2.5%) | Edward J. Litchfield1,199 (2.5%) | Gwilym Jones | ||||||||||||
| Cardiff South and Penarth[11] | Alun Michael22,647 (53.4%) | Caroline E. Roberts8,786 (20.7%) | Simon J. Wakefield3,964 (9.3%) | David B. L. Haswell1,356 (3.2%) | Phillip S. E. Morgan1,211 (2.9%) |
| Alun Michael | |||||||||||
| Cardiff West[12] | Rhodri Morgan24,297 (60.3%) | Simon Hoare8,669 (21.5%) | Jacqui Gasson4,366 (10.8%) | Gwenllian Carr1,949 (4.8%) | Trefor Johns996 (2.5%) | Rhodri Morgan | ||||||||||||
| Cynon Valley[13] | Ann Clwyd23,307 (69.7%) | Andrew Smith2,260 (6.8%) | Huw Price3,459 (10.3%) | Alun Davies3,552 (10.6%) | Gwyn John844 (2.5%) | Ann Clwyd | ||||||||||||
| Pontypridd[14] | Kim Howells29,290 (63.9%) | Jonathan M. Cowen5,910 (12.9%) | Nigel Howells6,161 (13.4%) | Owain Llewelyn2,977 (6.5%) | John Wood874 (1.9%) |
| Kim Howells | |||||||||||
| Rhondda[15] | Allan Rogers30,381 (74.5%) | Steven Whiting1,551 (3.8%) | Rodney Berman2,307 (5.7%) | Leanne Wood5,450 (13.4%) | Stephen Gardiner658 (1.6%) | Kevin Jakeway (Green)460 (1.1%) | Allan Rogers | |||||||||||
| Vale of Glamorgan[16] | John Smith29,054 (53.9%) | Walter Sweeney18,522 (34.4%) | Suzanne Campbell4,945 (9.2%) | Melanie Corp1,393 (2.6%) | Walter Sweeney | |||||||||||||