Election for the constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Cardiff South and Penarth, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Stephen Doughty with a majority of 12,737 - 25.2% - on a turnout of 64.2%.

An electorate of 78,837, having a valid vote count of 50,579 and an invalid vote count of 160.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DOUGHTY, Stephen Lab / Co-op 27,382 54.1% -5.4%
BROOM, Philippa Con 14,645 29.0% -1.2%
SCHMEISING, Dan LD 2,985 5.9% 3.1%
ADAM, Nasir PC 2,386 4.7% 0.5%
PRICE, Tim BRX 1,999 4.0% -
BARKER, Ken Green 1,182 2.3% 1.3%

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 03:41 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.