Stephen Doughty, MP for Cardiff South and Penarth
Stephen Doughty has been an MP since 2012. Currently: Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2024 to now | Now |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and International Development) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (International Development) (Department for International Development) | 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | 2015 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2013 to 2015 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2020 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2016 to 2017 | |
| International Development Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2012 to 2015 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Stephen Doughty.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Stephen Doughty has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
9 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Stephen Doughty represents Cardiff South and Penarth. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Stephen Doughty won with 44% of the votes, and Anthony Slaughter (Green Party) came second with 14%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Doughty | Labour | 17,428 | 44.5% |
| Anthony Slaughter | Green Party | 5,661 | 14.5% |
| Ellis Smith | Conservative | 5,459 | 13.9% |
| Simon Llewellyn | Reform UK | 4,493 | 11.5% |
| Sharifah Rahman | Plaid Cymru | 3,227 | 8.2% |
| Alex Wilson | Liberal Democrat | 2,908 | 7.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Stephen Doughty took part in 120 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Stephen Doughty voted the same way as their party in 118 of the 118 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this