Cardiff South East - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Cardiff South East constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Cardiff South East
Region	Wales
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour
	Election 1970	Labour
	Election 1966	Labour
	Election 1964	Labour
	Election 1959	Labour
	Election 1955	Labour

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	23,871	59.25%	+7.29%
	Conservative	15,170	37.65%	+12.12%
	Plaid Cymru	628	1.56%	-0.87%
	Others	619	1.54%	N/A
Majority		8,701	21.60%
Turnout		40,288	73.85%	+3.05%
Electorate		54,556
Swing from PC to CON			6.49%
Swing from PC to LAB			4.08%
Swing from LAB to CON			2.42%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,074	51.97%	+3.02%
	Conservative	10,356	25.54%	-6.47%
	Liberal	8,066	19.89%	+12.83%
	Plaid Cymru	983	2.42%	-0.55%
	Others	75	0.18%	N/A
Majority		10,718	26.43%
Turnout		40,554	70.79%	-3.46%
Electorate		57,284
Swing from CON to LIB			9.65%
Swing from LAB to LIB			4.91%
Swing from CON to LAB			4.74%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	20,641	48.95%	-2.92%
	Conservative	13,495	32.00%	-9.08%
	Liberal	2,978	7.06%	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	1,254	2.97%	-2.14%
	Others	3,800	9.01%	N/A
Majority		7,146	16.95%
Turnout		42,168	74.26%	+1.11%
Electorate		56,785
Swing from CON to LAB			3.08%
	Labour hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	26,226	51.87%	-4.92%
	Conservative	20,771	41.08%	+5.28%
	Plaid Cymru	2,585	5.11%	N/A
	Others	982	1.94%	N/A
Majority		5,455	10.79%
Turnout		50,564	73.15%	-5.78%
Electorate		69,122
Swing from LAB to CON			5.10%
Swing from LAB to PC			5.02%
Swing from PC to CON			0.09%
	Labour hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	29,313	56.79%	-0.69%
	Conservative	18,476	35.79%	-6.73%
	Liberal	3,829	7.42%	N/A
Majority		10,837	20.99%
Turnout		51,618	78.93%	-0.93%
Electorate		65,394
Swing from CON to LIB			7.07%
Swing from LAB to LIB			4.05%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.02%
	Labour hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	30,129	57.48%	+6.66%
	Conservative	22,288	42.52%	-6.66%
Majority		7,841	14.96%
Turnout		52,417	79.87%	-2.15%
Electorate		65,632
Swing from CON to LAB			6.66%
	Labour hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	26,915	50.82%	-2.54%
	Conservative	26,047	49.18%	+2.54%
Majority		868	1.64%
Turnout		52,962	82.02%	+2.69%
Electorate		64,574
Swing from LAB to CON			2.54%
	Labour hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	25,722	53.36%	N/A
	Conservative	22,482	46.64%	N/A
Majority		3,240	6.72%
Turnout		48,204	79.33%	N/A
Electorate		60,767

	Labour win

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