Riding profile

Cardiff North

UK constituency — Wales · Urban · wales

The question

Cardiff North: a safe seat for Labour?

Editorial read

Cardiff North, an urban constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 24-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 30% vote share, against 19% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Anna McMorrin

Sits with Labour

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 30.0%
  • Reform UK 18.6%
  • Conservative 16.3%
  • Green 15.2%
  • Plaid Cymru 11.7%
  • Lib Dems 7.5%
  • Other 0.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereCardiff North 30.0%18.6%16.3%15.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +8.3 25.3% −6.7 18.9% −2.6 11.8% +3.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
23.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-13.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Anna McMorrin Elected Labour 20,849 43.9
Joel Williams Conservative 9,642 20.3
Lawrence Gwynn Reform UK 5,985 12.6
Malcolm Phillips Plaid Cymru 4,669 9.8
Irfan Latif Lib Dems 3,168 6.7
Meg Shepherd-Foster Green 3,160 6.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
94,983
Median age
40
Employment rate
72.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029