Cardiff South and Penarth by-election, 2012
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Boundary of Cardiff South and Penarth in Wales.
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Following the formal resignation of the sitting MP Alun Michael (announced on 22 October 2012), a by-election for the Cardiff South and Penarth Westminster constituency was held on 15 November 2012. The vacancy arose because Alun Michael was selected as the Labour Party candidate in the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections which were also held on 15 November 2012. Michael's candidacy required him to relinquish his Westminster seat.
The seat has been held by Labour since its creation in 1983. Full background details of the constituency are on Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)
This was the first by-election to be held in Cardiff since the Cardiff East by-election of 1942.
On 22 October 2012, Alun Michael was appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern, the manner in which resignations from the House are permitted.
The writ for the by-election in Cardiff South and Penarth was moved on 23 October 2012 and the deadline for nominations was 4 pm on 31 October 2012.
Cardiff City Council released the Statement of Persons Nominated on 1 November 2012.
The Labour and Co-operative Party selected the head of Oxfam Cymru Stephen Doughty as its candidate in July 2012 in controversial circumstances. Although initially excluded from the shortlist, Doughty was actively endorsed by the then incumbent Labour MP Alun Michael (a long-time family friend) who insisted on his inclusion and advocated his selection. Some Labour activists considered Michael's involvement was improper saying “It’s no business at all of an outgoing MP to interfere in the selection of a candidate to succeed him in such a way.” The ballot paper description for Stephen Doughty was "Welsh Labour".
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