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.

15-Nov-2012 By-election

The 15-Nov-2012 By-election was held on 15 November 2012. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
5,334
Electorate
75,764
Turnout
25.7%

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
Doughty, Stephen
Labour
9,193 47.3% 8.4%
Williams, Criag
Conservative
3,859 19.9% -8.4%
Molik, Bablin
Liberal Democrat
2,103 10.8% -11.4%
Nicholas, Luke
Plaid Cymru
1,854 9.5% 5.4%
Zeigler, Simon
UK Independence Party
1,179 6.1% 3.5%
Slaughter, Anthony
Green Party
800 4.1% 2.9%
Jordan, Andrew
Socialist Labour Party
235 1.2% 1.2%
Griffiths, Robert
Communist Party of Britain
213 1.1% 1.1%