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.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
14,864
Electorate
76,499
Turnout
66.3%

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
30,182 59.5% 16.7%
Bill Rees
Conservative
15,318 30.2% 3.4%
Ian Titherington
Plaid Cymru
2,162 4.3% -3.1%
Emma Sands
Liberal Democrat
1,430 2.8% -2.1%
Andrew Bevan
UK Independence Party
942 1.9% -11.9%
Anthony Slaughter
Green Party
532 1.0% -2.7%
Jeb Hedges
Pirate Party UK
170 0.3% 0.3%