Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency)
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| Cardiff South and Penarth National Assembly for Wales borough constituency |
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| Cardiff South and Penarth shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| AM: | Lorraine Barrett |
| Party: | Labour Co-operative |
| 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 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 | |
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| 1999 - present | Lorraine Barrett | Labour Co-operative | |
[edit] Elections
| Assembly Election 2007: Cardiff South and Penarth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Lorraine Barrett | 10,106 | 37.8 | -6.8 | |
| Conservative | Karen Robson | 7,352 | 27.5 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Dominic Hannigan | 5,445 | 20.4 | +4.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jason Toby | 3,825 | 14.3 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 2,754 | 10.3 | -10.1 | ||
| Turnout | 26,728 | 52.6 | +21.9 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
| Assembly Election 2003: Cardiff South and Penarth | |||||
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| 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 | +3.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Richard Grigg | 2,538 | 12.6 | -4.5 | |
| Socialist Alternative | David 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 | ||||
| Assembly Election 1999: Cardiff South and Penarth | |||||
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| 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 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | David Bartlett | 355 | 1.5 | ||
| Independent Labour | John Foreman | 339 | 1.5 | ||
| 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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