Cathays is an area of Cardiff within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff Central.
Cardiff Central also covers the areas of: Cyncoed, Roath, Llanedeyrn, Pentwyn, Adamsdown, Penylan, Plasnewydd, The University, The City Centre.
The total number people eligible to vote in this area is around 60,000.
At the last general election about 60% of this number, about 36,000 actually voted.
The winning candidate, a Liberal Democrat, was elected with 17,991 votes.
In fact every candidate elected to become the MP for Cardiff Central has been able to do so with less than 19,000 votes. The most anyone has ever gained was 18,464 (Labour 1997).
The student population of Cardiff is around 30,000, the majority of whom, certainly more than 20,000, live in the Cardiff Central area.
This means that the students of Cardiff have real democratic power.
They have the power, between them, to elect a Member of Parliament.
The students of Cathays and Cardiff
Cathays is an area of Cardiff within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff Central.
Cardiff Central also covers the areas of: Cyncoed, Roath, Llanedeyrn, Pentwyn, Adamsdown, Penylan, Plasnewydd, The University, The City Centre.
The total number people eligible to vote in this area is around 60,000.
At the last general election about 60% of this number, about 36,000 actually voted.
The winning candidate, a Liberal Democrat, was elected with 17,991 votes.
In fact every candidate elected to become the MP for Cardiff Central has been able to do so with less than 19,000 votes. The most anyone has ever gained was 18,464 (Labour 1997).
The student population of Cardiff is around 30,000, the majority of whom, certainly more than 20,000, live in the Cardiff Central area.
This means that the students of Cardiff have real democratic power.
They have the power, between them, to elect a Member of Parliament.