Cardiff South and Penarth

Current MP

Stephen Doughty

Labour (Co-op)

Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Efficiency 9.5/1013 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Cardiff South and Penarth

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,627 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,834 local · 3,084,713 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,030 local · 550,136 total
• Call an immediate general election956 local · 1,059,229 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders688 local · 244,450 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants588 local · 720,772 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza511 local · 198,966 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders478 local · 188,125 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures450 local · 257,938 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.448 local · 128,749 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations418 local · 144,783 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers379 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 374 local · 281,794 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold355 local · 189,887 total
• Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy327 local · 115,853 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners322 local · 114,026 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible305 local · 136,650 total
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership293 local · 239,407 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only283 local · 195,930 total
• Decriminalise Abortion280 local · 103,653 total

About Cardiff South and Penarth

Cardiff South and Penarth is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Wales and has a registered electorate of 73,060 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.