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.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
7,453
Electorate
76,006
Turnout
61.4%

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
Stephen Doughty
Labour
19,966 42.8% 3.9%
Emma Warman
Conservative
12,513 26.8% -1.5%
John Rees-Evans
UK Independence Party
6,423 13.8% 11.2%
Ben Foday
Plaid Cymru
3,443 7.4% 3.2%
Nigel Howells
Liberal Democrat
2,318 5.0% -17.3%
Anthony Slaughter
Green Party
1,746 3.7% 2.5%
Ross Saunders
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
258 0.6% 0.6%