Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Not to be confused with Cardiff South and Penarth (National Assembly for Wales constituency).
Cardiff South and Penarth
Borough constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth shown within Wales
Created: 1983
MP: Alun Michael
Party: Labour Co-operative
Type: House of Commons
Preserved county: South Glamorgan
EP constituency: Wales

Cardiff South and Penarth (Welsh: De Caerdydd a Phenarth) is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is normally a strong Labour seat although the Conservatives were able to significantly challenge in their 1983 landslide.

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[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprises the Cardiff electoral divisions of Butetown, Grangetown, Llanrumney, Rumney, Splott and Trowbridge. It also includes the four Penarth electoral divisions of Stanwell, St Augustines, Plymouth and Cornerswell, and the communities of Sully, Lavernock and Llandough which are in the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough.

[edit] Member of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament for this seat is Alun Michael of the Labour Party. He was elected following James Callaghan's retirement at the 1987 general election. Callaghan was elected to this seat under its old name of Cardiff South in the 1945 general election, and held it continuously until his retirement 42 years later, under its previous name of Cardiff South East.

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for Next United Kingdom general election[1][2]: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Dominic Hannigan
Conservative Simon Hoare
Labour Alun Michael


General Election 2005: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alun Michael 17,447 47.3 -8.9
Conservative Victoria Green 8,210 22.2 +0.4
Liberal Democrat Gavin Cox 7,529 20.4 +7.6
Plaid Cymru Jason Toby 2,023 5.5 0.0
Green John Matthews 729 2.0 +2.0
UK Independence Jennie Tuttle 522 1.4 0.0
Socialist Alternative David Bartlett 269 0.7 +0.7
Independent Andrew Taylor 104 0.3 +0.3
Rainbow Dream Ticket Catherine Taylor-Dawson 79 0.2 +0.2
Majority 9,237 25.0
Turnout 36,912 56.2 -0.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing 4.7
General Election 2001: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alun Michael 20,094 56.2 +2.8
Conservative Maureen Kelly Owen 7,807 21.8 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Rodney Berman 4,572 12.8 +3.4
Plaid Cymru Lila Haines 1,983 5.5 +2.4
UK Independence Justin Callan 501 1.4 N/A
Socialist Alliance David Bartlett 427 1.2 N/A
ProLife Alliance Anne Savoury 367 1.0 N/A
Majority 12,287 34.4
Turnout 35,751 57.1 -11.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1997: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alun Michael 22,647 53.4
Conservative Caroline Roberts 8,786 20.7
Liberal Democrat Simon Wakefield 3,964 9.3
New Labour J Foreman 3,942 9.3
Plaid Cymru David Haswell 1,356 3.2
Referendum Party P Morgan 1,211 2.9
Socialist Alternative M Shepherd 344 0.8
Natural Law B Caves 170 0.4
Majority 13,861
Turnout 38,478 68.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1992: Cardiff South and Penarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alun Michael 26,383 55.5
Conservative Thomas Jarvie 15,958 33.6
Liberal Democrat Prabhat Verma 3,707 7.8
Plaid Cymru Barbara Anglezarke 776 1.6
Green L Davey 676 1.4
Majority 10,425
Turnout 47,500 77.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

While Cardiff South and Penarth was once viewed as one of the safest Labour seats in Britain, their majority has been progressively eroded here since at least 1992. The 2005 general election continued this trend, while bringing the minority Liberal Democrat party up to a level with the Conservative Party, long established as the second party in this seat. It remains to be seen what effect the incorporation of the strongly Conservative ward of Sully will have on the voting patterns in this constituency.

One anomaly visible in the 1997 election results is the presence of the "New Labour" candidate, J Foreman. Not affiliated with the mainstream Labour Party, he nevertheless managed to poll more votes than either Plaid Cymru or the Referendum Party, probably due to the similar party names confusing the voters.

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