UK general elections › 2015 › Cardiff South and Penarth
Cardiff South and Penarth — 2015
Stephen Doughty (Labour Party) was elected with 19,966 votes— 42.8% of 46,667 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,667
| 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 | Stephen Doughty | Labour Party | 19,966 | 42.8% | −7.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Emma Warman | Conservative Party | 12,513 | 26.8% | — | |
| 3 | John Rees-Evans | UK Independence Party | 6,423 | 13.8% | — | |
| 4 | Ben Foday | Plaid Cymru | 3,443 | 7.4% | — | |
| 5 | Nigel Howells | Liberal Democrats | 2,318 | 5.0% | — | |
| 6 | Anthony Slaughter | Green Party | 1,746 | 3.7% | — | |
| 7 | Ross Saunders | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 258 | 0.6% | — |
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.