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Cardiff South and Penarth — 2024
Stephen Doughty (Labour Party) was elected with 17,428 votes— 44.5% of 39,176 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. 44.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,176
| 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 (Labour and Co-operative) | 17,428 | 44.5% | −5.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anthony Slaughter | Green Party | 5,661 | 14.5% | — | |
| 3 | Ellis Smith | Conservative Party | 5,459 | 13.9% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Llewellyn | Reform UK | 4,493 | 11.5% | — | |
| 5 | Sharifah Rahman | Plaid Cymru | 3,227 | 8.2% | — | |
| 6 | Alex Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 2,908 | 7.4% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.