Cardiff South and Penarth
De Caerdydd a Phenarth
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
Cardiff South and Penarth shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSVaughan Gething
Preserved countySouth 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.

Constituency profile and voting

Map
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

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Lorraine Barrett Labour Co-operative
2011 Vaughan Gething Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Cardiff South and Penarth[1]
Party Candidate Constituency List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Vaughan Gething 18,153 49.9 +6.1 15,036 41.5 +7.4
Conservative Leighton Rowlands 7,547 20.7 -0.3 7,938 21.9 +3.3
Plaid Cymru Nasir Adam 4,957 13.6 -0.7 5,983 16.5 +0.4
Green Helen Westhead 1,643 4.5 +0.3 2,480 6.8 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Alex Wilson 1,402 3.9 -0.5 1,555 4.3 -0.7
Abolish Lisa Peregrine 732 2.0 New 1,040 2.9 -1.3
UKIP Paul Campbell 576 1.6 -10.7 514 1.4 -11.7
Propel Matt Friend 552 1.5 New 691 1.9 New
Reform UK Alan Pick 295 0.8 New 308 0.8 New
Freedom Alliance Alan Golding 273 0.8 New
Independent David Craig Rolfe 135 0.4 New
Gwlad Angus Hawkins 121 0.3 New 141 0.4 New
No More Lockdowns 239 0.7 New
TUSC 84 0.2 -0.2
Communist 111 0.3 ±0.0
Workers Party 56 0.2 New
Independent Alan Coulthard 69 0.2 New
Majority 10,606 29.2 +6.4
Turnout 36,386 44.24[2] +4.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Constituency List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Vaughan Gething 13,274 43.8 -6.5 9,521[3][4] 34.1 -7.2
Conservative Ben Gray 6,353 21.0 -6.5 5,205 18.6 -4.7
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Trystan Davies 4,320 14.3 +2.2 4,505 16.1 +5.4
UKIP Hugh Hughes 3,716 12.3 New 3,671 13.1 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Howells 1,345 4.4 -5.7 1,396 5.0 -2.3
Green Anthony Slaughter 1,268 4.2 New 1,491 5.3 -0.6
Abolish 1,164 4.2 New
Women's Equality 511 1.8 New
Monster Raving Loony 141 0.5 -0.2
TUSC 108 0.4 ±0.0
Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power 96 0.4 New
Communist 80 0.3 ±0.0
Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5] 66 0.2 ±0.0
Majority 6,921 22.8 ±0.0
Turnout 30,276 39.8 +2.5
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Constituency [6] Regional[7]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Vaughan Gething 13,814 50.3 +12.5 11,452 41.3 +10.2
Conservative Ben Gray 7,555 27.5 ±0.0 6,467 23.3 -0.2
Plaid Cymru Liz Musa 3,324 12.1 −2.2 2,973 10.7 -1.2
Liberal Democrats Sian Cliff 2,786 10.1 −10.3 2,033 7.3 -9.0
Green 1,632 5.9 +2.0
UKIP 1,302 4.7 +0.3
BNP 600 2.2 -2.5
Socialist Labour 593 2.1 New
Welsh Christian 273 1.0 ±0.0
Monster Raving Loony 190 0.7 New
TUSC 118 0.4 New
Communist 83 0.3 ±0.0
Majority 6,259 22.8 +12.5
Turnout 27,479 37.3 −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
Party Candidate Constituency [9] Regional[10]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 10,106 37.8 -6.8 8,333 31.1 -7.4
Conservative Karen Robson 7,352 27.5 +3.3 6,290 23.5 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Dominic Hannigan 5,445 20.4 +4.7 4,362 16.3 +2.7
Plaid Cymru Jason Toby 3,825 14.3 +1.7 3,190 11.9 -0.4
BNP 1,251 4.7 New
UKIP 1,166 4.4 +0.1
Green 1,054 3.9 +0.1
Welsh Christian 261 1.0 New
Socialist Labour 244 0.9 -1.3
Respect 219 0.8 New
Socialist Alternative 150 0.6 New
CPA 107 0.4 New
Communist 89 0.3 -0.1
Socialist Equality 50 0.2 New
Majority 2,754 10.3 -10.1
Turnout 26,728 37.5 +6.8
Labour hold Swing -4.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[11]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 8,978 44.6 -3.4 7,754 38.6 -6.1
Conservative Dianne E. Rees 4,864 24.2 +5.7 4,437 22.1 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Rodney Berman 3,154 15.7 +3.2 2,726 13.6 +1.4
Plaid Cymru Richard R. Grigg 2,538 12.6 -4.5 2,485 12.4 +6.1
Socialist Alternative David C. Bartlett 585 2.9 +1.4
UKIP 867 4.3 New
Green 766 3.8 Unknown
Socialist Labour 389 1.9 Unknown
New Millennium Bean Party 199 1.0 New
Vote No 2 Stop the War 176 0.9 New
Cymru Annibynnol 139 0.7 New
ProLife Alliance 93 0.5 New
Communist 76 0.4 Unknown
Majority 4,114 20.4 -9.1
Turnout 20,119 30.7 -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
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 11,057 48.0 N/A 10,292 44.7 N/A
Conservative Mary R. Davies 4,254 18.5 N/A 4,127 17.9 N/A
Plaid Cymru John Rowlands 3,931 17.1 N/A 4,252 18.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jane Maw-Cornish 2,890 12.5 N/A 2,819 12.2 N/A
Socialist Alliance David C. Bartlett 355 1.5
Independent Labour John Foreman 339 1.5
Celtic Alliance Tom Davies 210 0.9
United Socialist 147 0.6 N/A
Others 1,387 6.0 N/A
Majority 6,803 29.5
Turnout 23,036 37.8
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 60,996

References

  1. ^ "Wales Election 2021 > Cardiff South & Penarth". BBC News.
  2. ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Bishop". Who Can I vote for?. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Wales elections > Cardiff CSouth & Penarth". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  7. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
  10. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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