Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf

Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf (Welsh for 'Cardiff [and] Taff's Well'; ) is a six-member constituency of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru) to be used for the 2026 Senedd election. It would cover areas in the south-east of Wales, particularly parts of Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

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Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf

It was proposed following the 2026 review of Senedd constituencies, and will be a pairing of the two UK Parliament constituencies of Cardiff North and Cardiff East. It is to have a Welsh-only name.

Boundaries

Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf

A Senedd constituency comprising the boundaries of the UK Parliament constituencies of Cardiff North and Cardiff East, has been proposed by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru for the 2026 election to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Senedd Cymru). It was initially proposed using the English name Cardiff East and North in September 2024. The pairing was then switched from Cardiff East to Cardiff West and renamed to Cardiff North-west, and its Welsh name being Gogledd-orllewin Caerdydd in December proposals, despite most other constituencies using Welsh-only names. It was later given the Welsh-only name Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf and its boundaries were reverted back to using Cardiff East rather than Cardiff West in the commission's final recommendations in March 2025. When announcing their candidates, Reform UK used "Cardiff North-east" instead, based on the English names for the pair of UK Parliament constituencies that form it.

It encompasses parts of the principal areas (counties/county boroughs) of Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf in South Wales. The constituency is to be established by 2026, following the passing of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024. The act legislates electoral reform of the Senedd to create 16 larger "super constituencies", pairing the 32 UK Parliament constituencies in Wales, and using a new fully proportional voting system, with each constituency electing six Members of the Senedd (MSs) rather than one previously.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td>Joel James Joe Roberts Ffinian Elliott</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Paul Rock</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Heritage</td><td>Nikki Brooke</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Shav Taj Jackie Jones Dan De'Ath Sarah Merry Jen Burke Lee Bridgeman Matt Hexter Bernie Bowen-Thomson</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td>Rodney Berman Nick Beckett Joe Carter Julie Goodfellow Jon Shimmin Imran Latif</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Plaid Cymru</td><td>Dafydd Trystan Davies Zaynub Akbar Nick Carter Andrea Gibson Joseff Gnagbo Morgan Barber-Rogers</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>2021 notional result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Party</td><td>Vote</td><td>%</td><td>Seats</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>36,033</td><td>47.4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td>18,436</td><td>24.2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Plaid Cymru</td><td>7,893</td><td>10.4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td>6,396</td><td>8.4</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>3,735</td><td>4.9</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Abolish</td><td>1,609</td><td>2.1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Propel</td><td>725</td><td>1.0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Reform UK</td><td>435</td><td>0.6</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>123</td><td>0.2</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Gwlad</td><td>90</td><td>0.1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Socialist (GB)</td><td>64</td><td>0.1</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>