Riding profile

Cardiff East

UK constituency — Wales · Urban · wales

The question

Cardiff East: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Cardiff East, an urban constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 23-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 23% vote share, against 19% for the Green Party, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Jo Stevens

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.9
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 23.2%
  • Green 18.9%
  • Reform UK 17.4%
  • Lib Dems 15.3%
  • Plaid Cymru 15.0%
  • Conservative 8.5%
  • Other 1.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Green Reform UK Lib Dems
HereCardiff East 23.2%18.9%17.4%15.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +1.6 11.8% +7.0 25.3% −8.0 11.6% +3.6

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
23.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-20.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jo Stevens Elected Labour 15,833 40.5
Rodney Berman Lib Dems 6,736 17.2
Lee Canning Reform UK 4,980 12.7
Sam Coates Green 3,916 10.0
Beatrice Brandon Conservative 3,913 10.0
Cadewyn Skelley Plaid Cymru 3,550 9.1
John Williams Other 195 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
111,599
Median age
33
Employment rate
80.6%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029