cardiff south and penarth Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE83,844 voters
AREA22 sq. miles


Cardiff South and Penarth is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Stephen Doughty of the Labour party.

The Cardiff South and Penarth constituency has a total population of 108,481, of which 83,844 are eligible (18+) to vote (77.3%).

Cardiff South and Penarth ranks 396th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 104th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Stephen Doughty

Stephen Doughty

Stephen John Doughty (born 15 April 1980) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff South and Penarth since a 2012 by-election that resulted from previous MP Alun Michael standing down to contest the Police and Crime Commissioner elections. He is currently a Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Doughty

MP DETAILS
AddressStephen Doughty MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressofficeofstephendoughty@gmail.com
ConstituencyCardiff South and Penarth
GenderMale
Date of Birth15/04/1980
WebsiteWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
26.8%
42.8%
5.0%
%
13.8%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Cardiff South And Penarth constituency in 2015 was 61.60%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Anthony SlaughterGreenMale---
Ben FodayPlaid CymruMale---
Emma WarmanConservativeFemale--http://emmawarman.co.uk/
John Rees-EvansUK Independence PartyMale--http://johnreesevans.uk/
Nigel HowellsLiberal DemocratMale---
Ross SaundersTrade Unionist and Socialist CoalitionMale25 April 1980 (44)-http://tuscwales.blogspot.co.uk/
Stephen DoughtyLabourMale15 April 1980 (44)-http://www.stephendoughty.org.uk/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
28.29%
38.91%
22.26%
%
4.17%
1.25%
%
2.58%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
TOTALS
Turnout60.2%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeHoare, Simon
LabourMichael, Alun
Liberal DemocratHannigan, Dominic
GreenTownsend, Matt
UKIPZeigler, Simon
Plaid CymruAslam, Farida
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Cardiff South And Penarth constituency in 2010 was 60.2%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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