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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Stephen Doughty Labour Party 30,182+9.5 ptsElected
2Bill Rees Conservative Party 15,318—
3Ian Titherington Plaid Cymru 2,162—
4Emma Sands Liberal Democrats 1,430—
5Andrew Bevan UK Independence Party 942—
6Anthony Slaughter Green Party 532—
7Jeb Hedges Pirate Party UK 170—

Electorate 76,499 · Turnout 66.3% · Majority 14,864 · Back to 2017 overview

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.