The placeConstituency · Wales · Electorate 71,460 · 2023 boundaries

Cardiff North.

Labour Party MP Anna McMorrin holds the seat on 43.9% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentAnna McMorrin · Labour Party
CouncilsCardiff · Rhondda Cynon Taf
Boundary set2023
ONS codeW07000090
Electorate · 2024
71.5k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
43.9%
Labour Party · +23.6pp over Con
Settlements
4
Largest: Cardiff
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
15.5
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes, Anna McMorrin has drawn more attention outside Westminster than inside it. Fact-checkers at Nation.Cymru called on her in November 2025 to correct the parliamentary record after she made claims about asylum hotels that were found to be inaccurate -- a direct challenge to her accountability as a government minister. Separately, Cardiff North constituents have protested her stance on Gaza, with pressure documented as recently as December 2025; critics argue she has not used her ministerial position to push for aid access. These controversies sit alongside a positive moment from 2022, when she spoke publicly about her own experience of coercive control, combining personal testimony with calls for justice system reform.

In Parliament, McMorrin votes with Labour every time -- one of the more loyalist records in the Commons. Her 76% participation rate is slightly below average. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but she scores low on pro-business and tough-on-crime measures, and near zero on Lords scrutiny votes -- consistent with backing the government against Lords amendments. Compared to her Labour colleagues, she is notably less likely to have supported pension protection measures and more likely to back consumer protection positions. Her 68 speech contributions span economy and jobs, local government, and agriculture -- a mix that reflects Cardiff North's mix of urban and semi-rural interests.

McMorrin holds no committee roles. Recent news coverage across 40 articles in the past 90 days is neutral on average, dominated by culture and sport, housing, and health stories rather than her ministerial work. The factual accuracy dispute and constituency pressure over Gaza are the sharpest data points available for assessing her current performance.

43.9%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 22 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 22 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Gabalfa(2 seats)Wood · Taylor2,049Cardiff LabMay 2022
Heath(3 seats)Hinchey · Sangani · Ash-Edwards7,529Cardiff LabMay 2022
Lisvane Thornhill(3 seats)Reid-Jones · Lancaster · Melbourne6,070Cardiff LabMay 2022
Llandaff North(2 seats)Ali · Davies2,858Cardiff LabMay 2022
Llanishen(2 seats)Proctor · Hunt3,669Cardiff LabMay 2022
Pontprennau Old St Mellons(2 seats)Williams · Littlechild2,938Cardiff LabMay 2022
Rhiwbina(3 seats)Robson · Cowan · Owen7,551Cardiff LabMay 2022
Taffs Well Jill Bonetto604Rhondda Cynon Taf LabMay 2022
Whitchurch Tongwynlais(4 seats)Jones · Green · Carr · Palmer10,582Cardiff LabMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.4 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Cardiff (85,357), with Rural & dispersed (5,050) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 93,900.

city 85,357town 5,050village 3,493

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Cardiff85,357city
Rural & dispersed5,050town
Tongwynlais1,846village
Taff's Well1,647village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate57.1%57.1%0%
Owner-occupied74.5%63.1%+18%
Private rented15.6%20.0%-22%
Social rented9.8%16.8%-42%

Ethnicity.

White87.5%
Asian5.9%
Black1.4%
Mixed3.1%
Other2.1%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.1% Female 51.9% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£31,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£41,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,930
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
35
0 primary · 0 secondary

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£308m
Taxpayers47,000
Median per taxpayer£3,400
Mean per taxpayer£6,550

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
15.5
-25% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.2
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
33% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.1
Shoplifting2.0
Public order1.7
Anti-social behaviour1.6
Criminal damage & arson1.4
Vehicle crime1.0
Other theft0.8

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Anna McMorrinWONLab20,84943.9
Joel WilliamsCon9,64220.3
Lawrence GwynnRef5,98512.6
Malcolm PhillipsPlaid4,6699.8
Irfan LatifLD3,1686.7
Meg Shepherd-FosterGrn3,1606.7

Turnout 47,473

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Anna McMorrinLab49.5
2017Anna McMorrinLab50.1
2015Craig WilliamsCon42.4
2010Evans, JonathanCon37.5
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission