Meet your candidates for the Welsh Assembly election

It includes areas in Cardiff including Rhymney to the east, Cardiff Bay, Butetown, Splott and Grangetown as well as Penarth and Sully to the west.

Sully was included in the constituency in 2007.

It has a population of over 111,000 which makes it the most populated constituency in Wales.

The employment rate stands at about 71.4% with an average house price of just over £316,500 for a detached house.

The average gross weekly earnings in the constituency is £554.

It is bordered by the constituencies of the Vale of Glamorgan constituency to the west, Cardiff West and Cardiff North to the North and Newport West to the east.

It has been a Labour seat in national assembly since its formation in 1999 with Lorraine Barrett serving as AM until 2011.

Labour currently holds both the parliamentary and assembly seats for the constituency with deputy health minister Vaughan Gething representing it in the Senedd and with Stephen Doughty representing it in Westminster.

In the 2011 Welsh , Mr Gething won a majority of 6,259 in what is also one of the most multi-cultural constituencies.

According to the 2011 census, 8,700 residents said they were Muslim, 1,418 people listed their religion as Hindu and 336 Sikhs.

Dafydd Trystan Davies (Plaid Cymru)

My enthusiasm, energy and experience in education, social enterprise and sustainable transport would be an excellent foundation for my work as an Assembly Member.

My promise to you, if elected, is to work tirelessly for the people of Penarth and the rest of the constituency.

I gained a first-class honours degree at Aberystwyth University and was later awarded a Phd (on Wales and the global economy).

I am now a higher education registrar.

A keen cyclist and runner, I chair the social enterprise Cycle Training Wales and Run Wales, am a director of a recycling charity and a board member of Sustrans in Wales.

The biggest challenges facing Wales in my view are improving the NHS, education standards and the economy.

I believe that only Plaid Cymru can achieve this.

Labour had had 17 years in power with little to show for it.

It’s time for a change and we have the policies to change people’s lives for the better.

Our detailed and fully-costed manifesto can be found on the Plaid 2016 website: plaid2016.wales.

Please use your two votes for Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales and elect a Welsh government that will work for you.

Vaughan Gething (Labour)

I WAS born in Zambia and brought up in Dorset. I attended Aberystwyth University followed by Cardiff University where I qualified as a solicitor; I went on to work for Thompsons Solicitors, becoming partner in 2007. I have been involved in politics since I was 17 and am the first black minister in any of the devolved administrations in Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland.

I have represented Cardiff South and Penarth for the past 5 years as Assembly Member and am running for re-election. I live in Penarth with my family and despite the challenges we face with Tory cuts to the Welsh Government budget, I am optimistic about the town’s future.

Welsh Labour has pledged free childcare for working parents of three and four year old, tax cuts for all small businesses in Wales, 100,000 quality apprenticeships for all ages, new treatment fund for life threatening illnesses, double the capital limit for those going into residential care and an extra £100m to improve school standards.

Ben Gray (Conservatives)

I HAVE lived in Penarth for the past eight years and currently work for Cardiff University, I am proud to be standing in this election for my local area on May 5.

This election is a clear choice between 5 more years of Labour or real change with the Welsh Conservatives.

We will increase NHS expenditure each and every year in real terms over the next five years, with no hospital closures during the Assembly term, ending uncertainty about future service configuration for people across Wales.

We will breathe new life into our economy; creating more jobs, by exempting all small businesses from rates, investing in infrastructure across the country and ending Labour’s age cap on job support – to boost opportunities.

A Welsh Conservative Government would prioritise support for those entering residential care with a maximum weekly cap of £400 set on residential and nursing care. We will also treble free childcare for three to four year olds to help parents return to work, and deliver economic security for hardworking families.

You can read more about our pledges to Secure Real Change for Wales at www.welshconservatives.com I hope that you will give me your support on May 5th.

Nigel Howells (Liberal Democrats)

OUR vision for 21st Century Wales is straight forward.

Wales should be a dynamic, innovative and vibrant economy; a nation, proud of our past yet confident of our future and our place in the world.

People have told us they feel let down by an out-of-touch Government in Cardiff Bay. The Welsh Liberal Democrats share this frustration.

Our manifesto is a roadmap for an ambitious and optimistic Wales, based on our values and Wales’ needs.

We all want NHS staff to have the time to care for our loved ones, which is why we will ensure safe staffing levels across the NHS, by putting more nurses in our hospitals.

We all want teachers to have the time to teach our children properly, which is why we will deliver smaller class sizes in our schools.

We all want secure jobs and homes to build a better life, which is why we will create an Opportunity Economy that helps businesses to grow and assists people to buy their own homes.

For more than150 years, Welsh Liberals have fought for fairness on behalf of local communities. The Welsh Liberal Democrats are still doing that and will continue to do that if elected.

Hugh Moelwyn-Hughes (UKIP)

I was born in Birkenhead and I practised Law in the community in Newport up until my retirement which I spend with my wife.

For over 40 years I have supported Newport Playgoers Society and am currently a vice president of the Board of Trustees.

I am proud to say that we provide a 400-seater theatre for over 20 voluntary and community organisations in the Newport area without any annual subsidy

I was a founder member of UKIP and represented the party in the 1995 Islwyn by-election, the first in Wales to stand for UKIP in a parliamentary constituency.

My belief is that the people of our country deserve a fair and democratic country which, for better or worse, governs itself in a democratic fashion.

It can only be wrong that our laws are now mainly drafted and passed by those in Brussels who are un-elected by us and who now rule our lives without check or consequence.

Anthony Slaughter (Green Party)

Wales is a country of incredible potential.

Our abundant natural resources and strong resilient communities could provide a real foundation on which to build a fair and sustainable future for all.

Yet, 17 years after devolution we are heading in the wrong direction failing to meet crucial targets on both climate change action and reducing our society’s growing social inequality. Wales needs change.

Electing our first Green AMs on May 5 will bring the change we need.

This is why I am proud to be standing as the Wales Green Party candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth.

At a local level Green policies would promote a vibrant, stable local economy that worked for the benefit of local independent businesses.

We would create a truly sustainable public transport system, improve access and services for cyclists and pedestrians and reduce speed limits to 20mph in all residential areas creating a community safe for all.

I have lived in Penarth for over a decade, during this time I have been involved, through Gwyrddio Penarth Greening, with a range of environmental and community initiatives that have shown the public appetite for practical solutions to the problems we face.

There is an alternative.