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Created from Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South Replaced by Cardiff Central, Cardiff East, Cardiff South, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West | ||
Cardiff South East was a parliamentary constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Its only MP was Labour's James Callaghan, who served as prime minister from 1976 to 1979, while serving as the seat's MP. Its present-day equivalent is Cardiff South and Penarth.
Boundaries
1950-1974: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Roath, South, and Splott, and the Urban District of Penarth.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Grangetown, Roath, Rumney, South, and Splott.
References
Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA