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Cardiff South and Penarth is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It is normally a strong Labour seat although the Conservatives were able to significantly challenge in their 1983 landslide.

Member of Parliament
The current Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for this seat is Alun Michael
Alun Michael

Alun Edward Michael Justice of the Peace Member of Parliament is a Wales politician. He is Wales Labour Party and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth ....
 of the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
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Cardiff South and Penarth is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
. It is normally a strong Labour seat although the Conservatives were able to significantly challenge in their 1983 landslide.

Boundaries


This constituency comprises the Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 electoral divisions of Butetown
Butetown

Butetown is a district in the Cardiff South of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early nineteenth century by John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose title the area was named....
, Grangetown
Grangetown

Grangetown may refer to:* Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales* Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, England* Grangetown, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland, England...
, Llanrumney
Llanrumney

Llanrumney is a district and suburb in the Cardiff East of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales....
, Rumney
Rumney, Cardiff

Rumney is a district in the Cardiff East of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It lies east of the River Rhymney, and is historically part of Monmouthshire ....
, Splott
Splott

Splott is a district in the Cardiff South of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, just east of the city centre. It was built up in the late 19th century on the land of two farms of the same name: Upper Splott and Lower Splott Farms....
 and Trowbridge. It also includes the four Penarth
Penarth

Penarth is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales 5.2 miles south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the River Severn at the southern end of Cardiff Bay....
 electoral divisions of Stanwell, St Augustines, Plymouth and Cornerswell, and the communities of Sully
Sully, Vale of Glamorgan

Sully is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales lying on the northern coast of the Bristol Channel, midway between the towns of Penarth and Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and 8 miles southwest of the Wales capital city of Cardiff....
, Lavernock
Lavernock

Lavernock is a Hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast West of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, and overlooking the Bristol Channel....
 and Llandough
Llandough

Llandough is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales....
 which are in the Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....
 County Borough.

Member of Parliament


The current Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for this seat is Alun Michael
Alun Michael

Alun Edward Michael Justice of the Peace Member of Parliament is a Wales politician. He is Wales Labour Party and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth ....
 of the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
. He was elected following James Callaghan's
James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, Order of the Garter, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980....
 retirement at the 1987 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1987

The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher....
. Callaghan was elected to this seat under its old name of Cardiff South
Cardiff South (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff South was a borough constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
 in the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945

The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 was a United Kingdom general election held on 5 July 1945, with delayed polls taking place on 12 July and in Nelson and Colne on 19 July....
, and held it continuously until his retirement 42 years later, under its previous name of Cardiff South East
Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff South East was a United Kingdom constituencies in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
.

  • 1983 – 1987: James Callaghan
    James Callaghan

    Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, Order of the Garter, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980....
    , Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  • 1987 – present: Alun Michael
    Alun Michael

    Alun Edward Michael Justice of the Peace Member of Parliament is a Wales politician. He is Wales Labour Party and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth ....
    , Labour Co-operative
    Labour Co-operative

    Labour Co-operative describes those candidates in United Kingdom elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties....


Election results





Politics and history of the constituency


While Cardiff South and Penarth was once viewed as one of the safest Labour seats in Britain, their majority has been progressively eroded here since at least 1992. The 2005 general election continued this trend, while bringing the minority Liberal Democrat party up to a level with the Conservative Party, long established as the second party in this seat. It remains to be seen what effect the incorporation of the strongly Conservative ward of Sully will have on the voting patterns in this constituency.

One anomaly visible in the 1997 election results is the presence of the "New Labour" candidate, J Foreman. Not affiliated with the mainstream Labour Party, he nevertheless managed to poll more votes than either Plaid Cymru or the Referendum Party, probably due to the similar party names confusing the voters.

See also

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan
    List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan

    The United Kingdom constituencies boundaries used in Wales up to the United Kingdom general election, 2005 were drawn up before the Local Government Act 1994 in 1996, and subsequent changes to Preserved counties of Wales have left some constituencies spanning their boundaries....