Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency)

Welsh Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Cardiff South and Penarth
Type = borough


Region = South Wales Central
Year = 1999
AM = Lorraine Barrett
Party = Labour Co-operative
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.

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.

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.

Assembly Members

Elections

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title=Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff South and PenarthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Lorraine Barrett
votes = 10,106
percentage = 37.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Robson
votes = 7,352
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dominic Hannigan
votes = 5,445
percentage = 20.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Jason Toby
votes = 3,825
percentage = 14.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,754
percentage = 10.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 26,728
percentage = 37.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff South and PenarthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Lorraine Barrett
votes = 8,978
percentage = 44.6
change = -3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dianne Rees
votes = 4,864
percentage = 24.2
change = +5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rodney Berman
votes = 3,154
percentage = 15.7
change = +3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Richard Grigg
votes = 2,538
percentage = 12.6
change = -4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Bartlett
votes = 585
percentage = 2.9
change = +2.9Election box majority
votes = 4,114
percentage = 20.4
change = -9.1Election box turnout
votes = 20,307
percentage = 31.0
change = -6.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

Election box begin
title=Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff South and PenarthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Lorraine Barrett
votes = 11,057
percentage = 48.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Davies
votes = 4,254
percentage = 18.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = John Rowlands
votes = 3,931
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jane Maw-Cornish
votes = 2,890
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Dave Bartlett
votes = 355
percentage = 1.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Foreman
votes = 329
percentage = 1.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tom Davies
votes = 210
percentage = 0.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 6,803
percentage = 29.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 23,036
percentage = 37.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =