Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency)
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.
| Cardiff South East | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1950–1983 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South |
| Replaced by | Cardiff South & Penarth, Cardiff Central and Cardiff West |
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 of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979, while still serving as the seat's MP. Its present-day equivalent is Cardiff South and Penarth.
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