Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency)

Not to be confused with Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency).

For the geographical area, see Cardiff South (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 51°28′08″N 3°07′37″W / 51.469°N 3.127°W / 51.469; -3.127

Cardiff South and Penarth
National Assembly for Wales borough constituency

Cardiff South and Penarth shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales borough constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
AM	Vaughan Gething
Preserved county	South Glamorgan

Cardiff South and Penarth (Welsh: De Caerdydd a Phenarth) is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post electoral system. It is typically a safe Labour seat.

Constituency Profile & Voting

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 Welsh Assembly Election 2007.

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 Assembly Member 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 Welsh Assembly.

Assembly Members

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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Vaughan Gething	13,274	43.8	−6.4
	Conservative	Ben Gray	6,353	21.0	−6.5
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Trystan Davies	4,320	14.3	+2.2
	UKIP	Hugh Hughes	3,716	12.3	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells	1,345	4.4	−5.7
	Green	Anthony Slaughter	1,268	4.2	+4.2
Majority			6,921	22.8
Turnout			30,276	39.8	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff South and Penarth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Vaughan Gething	13,814	50.3	+12.5
	Conservative	Ben Gray	7,555	27.5	+0.0
	Plaid Cymru	Liz Musa	3,324	12.1	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Anne Cliff	2,786	10.1	−10.2
Majority			6,259	22.8	+12.5
Turnout			27,479	37.3	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Lorraine Barrett	10,106	37.8	−6.8
	Conservative	Miss Karen Robson	7,352	27.5	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic John Hannigan	5,445	20.4	+4.7
	Plaid Cymru	Jason Scott Toby	3,825	14.3	+1.7
Majority			2,754	10.3	−10.1
Turnout			26,728	37.5	+6.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−4.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Lorraine Barrett	8,978	44.6	−3.4
	Conservative	Dianne E. Rees	4,864	24.2	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman	3,154	15.7	+3.2
	Plaid Cymru	Richard R. Grigg	2,538	12.6	−4.5
	Socialist Alternative	David C. Bartlett	585	2.9	+1.4
Majority			4,114	20.4	−9.1
Turnout			20,119	30.7	−7.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Lorraine Barrett	11,057	48.0	N/A
	Conservative	Mary R. Davies	4,254	18.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	John Rowlands	3,931	17.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Maw-Cornish	2,890	12.5	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	David C. Bartlett	355	1.5	N/A
	Independent Labour	John Foreman	339	1.5	N/A
	Celtic Alliance	Tom Davies	210	0.9	N/A
Majority			6,803	29.5	N/A
Turnout			23,036	37.8	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

References

↑ "Wales elections > Cardiff South and Penarth". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales

Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire

North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn

South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen

South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West

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Neighbourhoods	Adamsdown Birchgrove Butetown Caerau Canton Cardiff Bay Cardiff Gate Cathays Creigiau Cyncoed Danescourt Ely Fairwater Gabalfa Grangetown Heath Lisvane Llandaff Llandaff North Llanishen Llanrumney Pentwyn Pentyrch Penylan Plasnewydd Pontcanna Pontprennau Radyr and Morganstown Rhiwbina Riverside Roath Rumney Splott St Fagans St Mellons Thornhill Tongwynlais Tremorfa Trowbridge Whitchurch

Principal areas of Wales

Politics and Government in Cardiff

Local Government	City of Cardiff Council County Hall City Hall Elections

Local Government Electoral wards	Adamsdown Butetown Caerau Canton Cathays Creigiau & St Fagans Cyncoed Ely Fairwater Gabalfa Grangetown Heath Llanishen Lisvane Llandaff Llandaff North Llanrumney Pentwyn Pentyrch Penylan Plasnewydd Pontprennau & Old St Mellons Radyr & Morganstown Rhiwbina Riverside Rumney Splott Trowbridge Whitchurch & Tongwynlais

National Assembly for Wales Constituencies and AMs	Cardiff Central (Jenny Rathbone Lab) Cardiff North (Julie Morgan Lab) Cardiff West (Mark Drakeford Lab) Cardiff South and Penarth (Vaughan Gething Lab) South Wales Central (Andrew RT Davies - David Melding - Eluned Parrott - Leanne Wood)

Devolved Administration in Wales Institutions and Venues	National Assembly for Wales (Senedd Tŷ Hywel) Welsh Government Crown Building (Cathays Park))

House of Commons Constituencies and MPs	Cardiff Central (Jo Stevens Lab) Cardiff North (Jonathan Evans Con) Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan Lab) Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty Lab)

European Parliament Constituencies and MEPs	Wales (Jill Evans Plaid) (Kay Swinburne Con) (Nathan Gill UKIP) (Derek Vaughan Lab)

Police and crime commissioner	South Wales (Alun Michael Lab)

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