Cardiff South and Penarth (Senedd constituency)

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

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

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

Cardiff South and Penarth De Caerdydd a Phenarth
Senedd borough constituency for the Senedd
Cardiff South and Penarth shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Vaughan Gething
Preserved county	South Glamorgan

Constituency profile and voting

Map of current boundaries

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 2007 National Assembly for Wales election.

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 Member of the Senedd 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 the Senedd.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Cardiff South and Penarth^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vaughan Gething	18,153	49.9	+6.1	15,036	41.5	+7.4
	Conservative	Leighton Rowlands	7,547	20.7	-0.3	7,938	21.9	+3.3
	Plaid Cymru	Nasir Adam	4,957	13.6	-0.7	5,983	16.5	+0.4
	Green	Helen Westhead	1,643	4.5	+0.3	2,480	6.8	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Wilson	1,402	3.9	-0.5	1,555	4.3	-0.7
	Abolish	Lisa Peregrine	732	2.0	New	1,040	2.9	-1.3
	UKIP	Paul Campbell	576	1.6	-10.7	514	1.4	-11.7
	Propel	Matt Friend	552	1.5	New	691	1.9	New
	Reform UK	Alan Pick	295	0.8	New	308	0.8	New
	Freedom Alliance	Alan Golding	273	0.8	New
	Independent	David Craig Rolfe	135	0.4	New
	Gwlad	Angus Hawkins	121	0.3	New	141	0.4	New
	No More Lockdowns					239	0.7	New
	TUSC					84	0.2	-0.2
	Communist					111	0.3	±0.0
	Workers Party					56	0.2	New
	Independent	Alan Coulthard				69	0.2	New
Majority			10,606	29.2	+6.4
Turnout			36,386	44.24[2]	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Cardiff South and Penarth

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vaughan Gething	13,274	43.8	-6.5	9,521[3][4]	34.1	-7.2
	Conservative	Ben Gray	6,353	21.0	-6.5	5,205	18.6	-4.7
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Trystan Davies	4,320	14.3	+2.2	4,505	16.1	+5.4
	UKIP	Hugh Hughes	3,716	12.3	New	3,671	13.1	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Howells	1,345	4.4	-5.7	1,396	5.0	-2.3
	Green	Anthony Slaughter	1,268	4.2	New	1,491	5.3	-0.6
	Abolish					1,164	4.2	New
	Women's Equality					511	1.8	New
	Monster Raving Loony					141	0.5	-0.2
	TUSC					108	0.4	±0.0
	Freedom to Choose / Vapers in Power					96	0.4	New
	Communist					80	0.3	±0.0
	Independent (Jonathan Bishop)[5]					66	0.2	±0.0
Majority			6,921	22.8	±0.0
Turnout			30,276	39.8	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Cardiff South and Penarth

Party		Candidate	Constituency [6]			Regional[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vaughan Gething	13,814	50.3	+12.5	11,452	41.3	+10.2
	Conservative	Ben Gray	7,555	27.5	±0.0	6,467	23.3	-0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Liz Musa	3,324	12.1	−2.2	2,973	10.7	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sian Cliff	2,786	10.1	−10.3	2,033	7.3	-9.0
	Green					1,632	5.9	+2.0
	UKIP					1,302	4.7	+0.3
	BNP					600	2.2	-2.5
	Socialist Labour					593	2.1	New
	Welsh Christian					273	1.0	±0.0
	Monster Raving Loony					190	0.7	New
	TUSC					118	0.4	New
	Communist					83	0.3	±0.0
Majority			6,259	22.8	+12.5
Turnout			27,479	37.3	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 176^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff South and Penarth

Party		Candidate	Constituency [9]			Regional[10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lorraine Barrett	10,106	37.8	-6.8	8,333	31.1	-7.4
	Conservative	Karen Robson	7,352	27.5	+3.3	6,290	23.5	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hannigan	5,445	20.4	+4.7	4,362	16.3	+2.7
	Plaid Cymru	Jason Toby	3,825	14.3	+1.7	3,190	11.9	-0.4
	BNP					1,251	4.7	New
	UKIP					1,166	4.4	+0.1
	Green					1,054	3.9	+0.1
	Welsh Christian					261	1.0	New
	Socialist Labour					244	0.9	-1.3
	Respect					219	0.8	New
	Socialist Alternative					150	0.6	New
	CPA					107	0.4	New
	Communist					89	0.3	-0.1
	Socialist Equality					50	0.2	New
Majority			2,754	10.3	−10.1
Turnout			26,728	37.5	+6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff South and Penarth

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional[11]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lorraine Barrett	8,978	44.6	-3.4	7,754	38.6	-6.1
	Conservative	Dianne E. Rees	4,864	24.2	+5.7	4,437	22.1	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Berman	3,154	15.7	+3.2	2,726	13.6	+1.4
	Plaid Cymru	Richard R. Grigg	2,538	12.6	-4.5	2,485	12.4	+6.1
	Socialist Alternative	David C. Bartlett	585	2.9	+1.4
	UKIP					867	4.3	New
	Green					766	3.8	Unknown
	Socialist Labour					389	1.9	Unknown
	New Millennium Bean Party					199	1.0	New
	Vote No 2 Stop the War					176	0.9	New
	Cymru Annibynnol					139	0.7	New
	ProLife Alliance					93	0.5	New
	Communist					76	0.4	Unknown
Majority			4,114	20.4	−9.1
Turnout			20,119	30.7	−7.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

2003 Electorate: 65,505
Regional ballots rejected: 423

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff South and Penarth

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lorraine Barrett	11,057	48.0	N/A	10,292	44.7	N/A
	Conservative	Mary R. Davies	4,254	18.5	N/A	4,127	17.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	John Rowlands	3,931	17.1	N/A	4,252	18.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Maw-Cornish	2,890	12.5	N/A	2,819	12.2	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	David C. Bartlett	355	1.5
	Independent Labour	John Foreman	339	1.5
	Celtic Alliance	Tom Davies	210	0.9
	United Socialist					147	0.6	N/A
	Others					1,387	6.0	N/A
Majority			6,803	29.5
Turnout			23,036	37.8
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 60,996