Election 97

Cardiff Central

Current MP Jon Owen Jones
Conservative 97 8,470
Labour 97 18,464
LibDem 97 10,541
Nationalist 97 1,504
Other 97 2,514
Elected party
Cardiff Central

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Cardiff Central
Conservative 92 14,549
Labour 92 18,014
LibDem 92 9,170
Nationalist 92 748
Other 92 335
Elected party Labour

Cardiff Central embraces poor inner-city areas and the student and university quarter, as well as more affluent suburban areas, which include modern private family estates. Local authority housing is quite limited. Recent election have seen some quite close fights, with the Liberal Democrats as well as the two main parties making an impression. Labour hold the seat, but with a minority of the total vote. In a bad year for Labour this may well be a seat they could lose, but they must expect to hold in 1997.


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