Cardiff South and Penarth

Cardiff South and Penarth is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in Wales. The seat was last held by Stephen Doughty (Labour) between 15 November 2012 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 9 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
4,709
Electorate
73,707
Turnout
60.2%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Michael, Alun
Labour
17,262 38.9% -7.7%
Hoare, Simon
Conservative
12,553 28.3% 4.4%
Hannigan, Dominic
Liberal Democrat
9,875 22.3% 2.4%
Aslam, Farida
Plaid Cymru
1,851 4.2% -1.1%
Ziegler, Simon
UK Independence Party
1,145 2.6% 1.2%
Burke, George
Independent
648 1.5% 0.3%
Townsend, Matthew
Green Party
554 1.2% -0.6%
Bate, Clive
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship
285 0.6% 0.6%
Griffiths, Robert
Communist Party of Britain
196 0.4% 0.4%