Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency)

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Not to be confused with Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency).
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
Created: 1999
AM: Lorraine Barrett
Party: Labour Co-operative
Preserved county: South Glamorgan

Cardiff South and Penarth is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] 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 other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.

[edit] Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

[edit] Assembly Members

Period Member Party
1999 - present Lorraine Barrett Labour Co-operative

[edit] Elections

Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 10,106 37.8
Conservative Karen Robson 7,352 27.5
Liberal Democrat Dominic Hannigan 5,445 20.4
Plaid Cymru Jason Toby 3,825 14.3
Majority 2,754 10.3
Turnout 26,728 37.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 8,978 44.6 -3.4
Conservative Dianne Rees 4,864 24.2 +5.7
Liberal Democrat Rodney Berman 3,154 15.7 +3.1
Plaid Cymru Richard Grigg 2,538 12.6 -4.4
Independent David Bartlett 585 2.9 +2.9
Majority 4,114 20.4 -9.1
Turnout 20,307 31.0 -6.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lorraine Barrett 11,057 48.0
Conservative Mary Davies 4,254 18.5
Plaid Cymru John Rowlands 3,931 17.1
Liberal Democrat Jane Maw-Cornish 2,890 12.5
Independent Dave Bartlett 355 1.5
Independent John Foreman 329 1.4
Independent Tom Davies 210 0.9
Majority 6,803 29.5
Turnout 23,036 37.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing
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Electoral regions and Constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales
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North Wales
South Wales Central
Cardiff Central · Cardiff North · Cardiff South and Penarth · Cardiff West · Cynon Valley · Pontypridd · Rhondda · Vale of Glamorgan
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