UK Explained

Cardiff East

Represented in Parliament by Jo Stevens (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Jo Stevens, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Cardiff East compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 535 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £681£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 502 areas and lower than 146.

UK 3.9%This area 4.6%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Cardiff East£6814.6%
Clacton£6844.6%
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham£6834.7%
Sheffield South East£6784.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Cardiff East

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people108,01159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over14%19%4 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%3 points higher
Households that own their home55%62%8 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association20%17%3 points higher
Households renting privately25%20%5 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Jo Stevens

Labour

MAJORITY
9,097

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Jo Stevens won with 40% of the votes, and Rodney Berman (Liberal Democrat) came second with 17%.

Votes for each party

Labour40% · 15,833
Liberal Democrat17% · 6,736
Reform UK13% · 4,980
Green Party10% · 3,916
Conservative10% · 3,913
Plaid Cymru9% · 3,550
Everyone else0% · 195
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jo StevensLabour15,83340.5%
Rodney BermanLiberal Democrat6,73617.2%
Lee CanningReform UK4,98012.7%
Sam CoatesGreen Party3,91610.0%
Beatrice BrandonConservative3,91310.0%
Cadewyn SkelleyPlaid Cymru3,5509.1%
John WilliamsTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1950.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£681 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026