UK general elections › 2010 › Cardiff South and Penarth
Cardiff South and Penarth — 2010
Alun Michael (Labour Party) was elected with 17,262 votes— 38.9% of 44,369 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 38.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,369
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alun Michael | Labour Party | 17,262 | 38.9% | −11.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Hoare | Conservative Party | 12,553 | 28.3% | — | |
| 3 | Dominic Hannigan | Liberal Democrats | 9,875 | 22.3% | — | |
| 4 | Farida Aslam | Plaid Cymru | 1,851 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Simon Zeigler | UK Independence Party | 1,145 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | George Burke | Independent | 648 | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Matthew Townsend | Green Party | 554 | 1.2% | — | |
| 8 | Clive Bate | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 285 | 0.6% | — | |
| 9 | Robert Griffiths | Communist Party of Britain | 196 | 0.4% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.