Cardiff South and Penarth (Assembly constituency)

Cardiff South and Penarth
National Assembly for Wales borough constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales borough constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
AM	Vaughan Gething
Preserved county	South Glamorgan

Coordinates: 51°28′08″N 3°07′37″W / 51.469°N 3.127°W / 51.469; -3.127

Cardiff South and Penarth (Welsh: De Caerdydd a Phenarth) is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post electoral system. It is typically a safe Labour seat.

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Cardiff South and Penarth Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of South Glamorgan. The only major boundary changes that have occurred in recent years is the inclusion of the ward of Sully into the constituency for the Welsh Assembly Election 2007.

Cardiff South and Penarth is part of the South Wales Central electoral region. As one of the eight constituencies in South Wales Central, it, along with the other constituencies in the region, elect four additional members. The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd, Rhondda and Vale of Glamorgan.