UK general elections › 2017 › Cardiff South and Penarth
Cardiff South and Penarth — 2017
Stephen Doughty (Labour Party) was elected with 30,182 votes— 59.5% of 50,736 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,736
| 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 | 30,182 | 59.5% | +9.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bill Rees | Conservative Party | 15,318 | 30.2% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Titherington | Plaid Cymru | 2,162 | 4.3% | — | |
| 4 | Emma Sands | Liberal Democrats | 1,430 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Bevan | UK Independence Party | 942 | 1.9% | — | |
| 6 | Anthony Slaughter | Green Party | 532 | 1.0% | — | |
| 7 | Jeb Hedges | Pirate Party UK | 170 | 0.3% | — |
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.