# Cardiff East (1918–1950 UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff East was a parliamentary constituency in Cardiff which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

## Boundaries

Cardiff East included the County Borough of Cardiff wards of Park, Roath, and Splott.
The ward was abolished in 1950, with Roath and Splott becoming part of the new Cardiff South East ward and the remainder joining Cardiff North.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Sir William Seager | Liberal |
| | 1922 | Lewis Lougher | Unionist |
| | 1923 | Sir Henry Webb | Liberal |
| | 1924 | Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke | Unionist |
| | 1929 | James Edmunds | Labour |
| | 1931 | Owen Temple-Morris | Conservative |
| | 1942 by-election | Sir James Grigg | National |
| | 1945 | Hilary Marquand | Labour |
| 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Seager | 7,963 | 40.8 | N/A |
| | Unionist | Colum Crichton-Stuart | 5,978 | 30.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Arthur Williams | 5,554 | 28.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,985 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,495 | 64.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 30,164 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
Seager received Coalition Government endorsement letter which was later withdrawn

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Lewis Lougher | 8,804 | 36.8 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal | Henry Webb | 7,622 | 31.8 | −9.0 |
| | Labour | Arthur Williams | 7,506 | 31.4 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,182 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,932 | 81.0 | +16.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 29,532 | | |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.6 | |
General election 1923: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Henry Webb | 8,536 | 35.8 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Hugh Dalton | 7,812 | 32.7 | +1.3 |
| | Unionist | Lewis Lougher | 7,513 | 31.5 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 724 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,861 | 79.3 | −1.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 30,100 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +1.4 | |
General election 1924: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 10,036 | 40.3 | +8.8 |
| | Labour | Harold Lloyd | 8,156 | 32.8 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal | Donald Maclean | 6,684 | 26.9 | −8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,880 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,876 | 82.3 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 30,218 | | |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.4 | |
General election 1929: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Edmunds | 12,813 | 39.0 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 10,500 | 31.9 | +5.0 |
| | Unionist | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 9,563 | 29.1 | −11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,313 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,876 | 82.1 | −0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 40,061 | | |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +0.6 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Owen Temple-Morris | 12,465 | 38.6 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | James Edmunds | 10,292 | 31.8 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 9,559 | 29.6 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,173 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,316 | 80.2 | −7.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 40,316 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Owen Temple-Morris | 16,048 | 53.4 | +14.8 |
| | Labour | William Bennett | 11,362 | 37.8 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal | Aubrey Willis Pile | 2,623 | 8.7 | −20.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,686 | 15.6 | +8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,033 | 73.1 | −8.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 41,076 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
* Conservative: Owen Temple-Morris
1942 Cardiff East by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | James Grigg | 10,030 | 75.2 | N/A |
| | Ind. Labour Party | Fenner Brockway | 3,311 | 24.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,719 | 50.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,341 | 33.1 | −40.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 40,254 | | |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | | |
General election 1945: Cardiff East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hilary Marquand | 16,299 | 50.7 | +12.9 |
| | National | James Grigg | 11,306 | 35.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 4,523 | 14.1 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,993 | 15.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,128 | 74.9 | +1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,950 | | |
| | Labour gain from National | Labour gain from National | Swing | | |
The Western Mail described Sir James Grigg's defeat as "the most grievous" in the Cardiff area, considering Grigg had served as War Minister in the National government and "had proved an exceptionally valuable representative of Welsh interests in the highest quarter."