Cardiff South and Penarth Constituency (BCon) : Political Parties

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17448 Elected
Conservative 15172
Liberal 8816
Plaid Cymru 673
Independent 165

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 20956 Elected
Conservative 16382
Liberal 6900
Plaid Cymru 599

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 26383 Elected
Conservative 15958
Liberal Democrat 3707
Plaid Cymru 776
Green 676

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22647 Elected
Conservative 8786
Liberal Democrat 3964
Independent 3942
Plaid Cymru 1356
Referendum Party 1211
Socialist Party of Great Britain 344
Natural Law 170

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20094 Elected
Conservative 7807
Liberal Democrat 4572
Plaid Cymru 1983
UK Independence Party 501
Socialist Alliance 427
ProLife Alliance 367

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17447 Elected
Conservative 8210
Liberal Democrat 7529
Plaid Cymru 2023
Green 729
UK Independence Party 522
Socialist Alternative 269
Independent 104
Vote For Yourself 79

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17262 Elected
Conservative 12553
Liberal Democrat 9875
Plaid Cymru 1851
UK Independence Party 1145
Independent 648
Green Party 554
Christian Party 285
Communist Party of Britain 196

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Nov, 2012
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9193 Elected
Conservative 3859
Liberal Democrat 2103
Plaid Cymru 1854
UK Independence Party 1179
Green 800
Socialist Labour Party (1996) 235
Welsh Communist Party 213

This was a by-election.



Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour & Co-operative 19966 Elected
Conservative 12513
UK Independence Party 6423
Plaid Cymru 3443
Liberal Democrat 2318
Green 1746
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 258

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour & Co-operative 30182 Elected
Conservative 15318
Plaid Cymru 2162
Liberal Democrat 1430
UK Independence Party 942
Green 532
Pirate Party 170

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27382 Elected
Conservative 14645
Liberal Democrat 2985
Plaid Cymru 2386
Brexit Party 1999
Green 1182

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 4th Jul, 2024
Party Votes Outcome
Labour & Co-operative 17428 Elected
Green 5661
Conservative 5459
Reform UK 4493
Plaid Cymru 3227
Liberal Democrat 2908

More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cardiff South and Penarth Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747901/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026