Cardiff South and Penarth

2010 General Election · 6 May 2010 · Wales

Alun Michael (Labour) won the seat, a Lab hold, with a majority of 4,709 on a 60.2% turnout.

Electorate 73,707 · Valid votes 44,369 · Turnout 60.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Alun Michael (sitting MP)	Labour	17,262	38.9%
Simon Hoare	Conservative	12,553	28.3%
Dominic Hannigan	Liberal Democrat	9,875	22.3%
Farida Aslam	Plaid Cymru	1,851	4.2%
Simon Zeigler	UK Independence Party	1,145	2.6%
George Burke	Independent	648	1.5%
Matthew Townsend	Green Party	554	1.3%
Clive Bate	Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship	285	0.6%
Robert Griffiths	Communist Party of Britain	196	0.4%