Cardiff South and Penarth (Senedd constituency)

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Cardiff South and Penarth
De Caerdydd a Phenarth
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency).svg
South Wales Central (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Cardiff South and Penarth shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS Vaughan Gething
Preserved county South Glamorgan

Cardiff South and Penarth (Welsh : De Caerdydd a Phenarth) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system. It is typically a safe Labour seat.

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Constituency profile and voting

Cardiff South and Penarth (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff South and Penarth Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. The only major boundary changes that have occurred in recent years is the inclusion of the ward of Sully into the constituency for the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election.

Cardiff South and Penarth is part of the South Wales Central electoral region. As one of the eight constituencies in South Wales Central, it, along with the other constituencies in the region, elect four additional members. The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

The use of the Additional Member System means that each voter has two votes. The first vote is for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected under the first past the post system. The second vote is used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member's seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, to create a more proportional outcome in both the region and the Senedd.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Lorraine Barrett Labour Co-operative Lorraine Barrett AM.jpg
2011 Vaughan Gething Labour Vaughan-gething.jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Cardiff South and Penarth [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Vaughan Gething 18,15349.9+6.115,03641.5+7.4
Conservative Leighton Rowlands7,54720.7-0.37,93821.9+3.3
Plaid Cymru Nasir Adam4,95713.6-0.75,98316.5+0.4
Green Helen Westhead1,6434.5+0.32,4806.8+1.5
Liberal Democrats Alex Wilson1,4023.9-0.51,5554.3-0.7
Abolish Lisa Peregrine7322.0New1,0402.9-1.3
UKIP Paul Campbell5761.6-10.75141.4-11.7
Propel Matt Friend5521.5New6911.9New
Reform UK Alan Pick2950.8New3080.8New
Freedom Alliance Alan Golding2730.8New
IndependentDavid Craig Rolfe1350.4New
Gwlad Angus Hawkins1210.3New1410.4New
No More Lockdowns2390.7New
TUSC 840.2-0.2
Communist 1110.3±0.0
Workers Party 560.2New
Independent Alan Coulthard690.2New
Majority10,60629.2+6.4
Turnout 36,38644.24 [2] +4.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff South and Penarth
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Vaughan Gething 13,27443.8-6.59,521 [3] [4] 34.1-7.2
Conservative Ben Gray6,35321.0-6.55,20518.6-4.7
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Trystan Davies 4,32014.3+2.24,50516.1+5.4
UKIP Hugh Hughes3,71612.3New3,67113.1+8.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Howells1,3454.4-5.71,3965.0-2.3
Green Anthony Slaughter1,2684.2New1,4915.3-0.6
Abolish 1,1644.2New
Women's Equality 5111.8New
Monster Raving Loony 1410.5-0.2
TUSC 1080.4±0.0
Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power960.4New
Communist 800.3±0.0
Independent (Jonathan Bishop) [5] 660.2±0.0
Majority6,92122.8±0.0
Turnout 30,27639.8+2.5
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff South and Penarth
PartyCandidateConstituency [6] Regional [7]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Vaughan Gething 13,81450.3+12.511,45241.3+10.2
Conservative Ben Gray7,55527.5±0.06,46723.3-0.2
Plaid Cymru Liz Musa3,32412.1−2.22,97310.7-1.2
Liberal Democrats Sian Cliff2,78610.1−10.32,0337.3-9.0
Green 1,6325.9+2.0
UKIP 1,3024.7+0.3
BNP 6002.2-2.5
Socialist Labour 5932.1New
Welsh Christian 2731.0±0.0
Monster Raving Loony 1900.7New
TUSC 1180.4New
Communist 830.3±0.0
Majority6,25922.8+12.5
Turnout 27,47937.3−0.2
Labour hold Swing +6.2

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 176 [8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff South and Penarth
PartyCandidateConstituency [9] Regional [10]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 10,10637.8-6.88,33331.1-7.4
Conservative Karen Robson7,35227.5+3.36,29023.5+1.4
Liberal Democrats Dominic Hannigan5,44520.4+4.74,36216.3+2.7
Plaid Cymru Jason Toby3,82514.3+1.73,19011.9-0.4
BNP 1,2514.7New
UKIP 1,1664.4+0.1
Green 1,0543.9+0.1
Welsh Christian 2611.0New
Socialist Labour 2440.9-1.3
Respect 2190.8New
Socialist Alternative 1500.6New
CPA 1070.4New
Communist 890.3-0.1
Socialist Equality 500.2New
Majority2,75410.3−10.1
Turnout 26,72837.5+6.8
Labour hold Swing -4.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff South and Penarth
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [11]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 8,97844.6-3.47,75438.6-6.1
Conservative Dianne E. Rees4,86424.2+5.74,43722.1+4.2
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman 3,15415.7+3.22,72613.6+1.4
Plaid Cymru Richard R. Grigg2,53812.6-4.52,48512.4+6.1
Socialist Alternative David C. Bartlett5852.9+1.4
UKIP 8674.3New
Green 7663.8Unknown
Socialist Labour 3891.9Unknown
New Millennium Bean Party 1991.0New
Vote No 2 Stop the War1760.9New
Cymru Annibynnol1390.7New
ProLife Alliance 930.5New
Communist 760.4Unknown
Majority4,11420.4−9.1
Turnout 20,11930.7−7.1
Labour hold Swing -2.7

2003 Electorate: 65,505
Regional ballots rejected: 423

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff South and Penarth
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 11,05748.0N/A10,29244.7N/A
Conservative Mary R. Davies4,25418.5N/A4,12717.9N/A
Plaid Cymru John Rowlands3,93117.1N/A4,25218.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Jane Maw-Cornish2,89012.5N/A2,81912.2N/A
Socialist Alliance David C. Bartlett3551.5
Independent Labour John Foreman3391.5
Celtic AllianceTom Davies2100.9
United Socialist1470.6N/A
Others1,3876.0N/A
Majority6,80329.5
Turnout 23,03637.8
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 60,996

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