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Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Vale of Glamorgan
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Interactive map of the constituency.

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Location of the constituency within Wales

Preserved countySouth Glamorgan
Electorate74,374 (July 2024)[1]
Major settlementsBarry, Llantwit Major, Cowbridge
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentKanishka Narayan (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromBarry and Pontypridd[2]
Overlaps
SeneddVale of Glamorgan, South Wales Central

Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg) is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Kanishka Narayan, a Labour MP.[n 2]

The constituency retained its name but its boundaries were altered as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 general election.[3]

1983–2010: The Borough of Vale of Glamorgan wards of Baruc, Buttrills, Cadoc, Castleland, Court, Cowbridge, Dinas Powys, Dyfan, Gibbonsdown, Illtyd, Llandow, Llantwit Major, Peterson-super-Ely, Rhoose, St Athan, Sully, and Wenvoe.

2010–2024: The Vale of Glamorgan County Borough electoral divisions of Baruc, Buttrills, Cadoc, Castleland, Court, Cowbridge, Dinas Powys, Dyfan, Gibbonsdown, Illtyd, Llandow and Ewenny, Llantwit Major, Peterston-super-Ely, Rhoose, St Athan, St Bride's Major, and Wenvoe. Sully ward was transferred to Cardiff South and Penarth in 2010.

2024–present: As a result of the 2023 boundary review, Dinas Powys was transferred to Cardiff South and Penarth, representing 8.3% of its size.[4]

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022,[5] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough from the 2024 general election:[6]

  • Baruc, Buttrills, Cadoc, Castleland, Court, Cowbridge, Dyfan, Gibbonsdown, Illtyd, Llandow, Llantwit Major, Peterston-super-Ely, Rhoose, St Athan, St Bride's Major, St Nicholas and Llancarfan, and Wenvoe.

This marginal constituency to the west of Cardiff takes in the Labour-voting seaside resort of Barry and a number of Conservative villages and small towns, such as Cowbridge. It is a bellwether constituency, having been won by the party with a plurality of seats in every general election since the seat was created in 1983, although Labour won a by-election in 1989 during the Major ministry of 1987-1992. There have been some close shaves for both parties here in the past: Conservative Walter Sweeney got home by a mere 19 votes in 1992; and John Smith had a majority of under 2,000 in 2005. Smith stood down from Parliament due to ill health for the 2010 election, and the seat went to Conservative Alun Cairns, who served as Secretary of State for Wales from 2016 to 2019. In 2024, the constituency swung back to Labour in line with the national election result.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[7] Party
1983 Sir Raymond Gower Conservative
1989 by-election John Smith Labour
1992 Walter Sweeney Conservative
1997 John Smith Labour
2010 Alun Cairns Conservative
2024 Kanishka Narayan Labour

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result [n 3][9]
Party Vote %
Conservative 24,535 49.1
Labour 21,969 43.9
Green Party 2,981 6.0
Gwlad Gwlad 508 1.0
Majority 2,566 5.1
Turnout 49,993 71.0
Electorate 70,426

Of the 294 rejected ballots:

  • 255 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[12]
  • 37 voted for more than one candidate.[12]
  • 2 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[12]

Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 1980s

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  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ^ Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place
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  3. ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies – The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ Mosalski, Ruth (28 May 2024). "General election 2024: The candidates standing in the Vale of Glamorgan". Wales Online. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ "The County Borough of the Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021".
  6. ^ "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "V"
  8. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election: Vale of Glamorgan Constituency – Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 7 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Vale of Glamorgan notional election - December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Vale of Glamorgan parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  12. ^ a b c d "Election-Results/General-Election-2019" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Vale of Glamorgan result" (PDF). Statement of Results. Vale of Glamorgan Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  18. ^ Vale of Glamorgan Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council – candidates – Vale of Glamorgan
  19. ^ Vale of Glamorgan BBC Election – Vale of Glamorgan
  20. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Vale of Glamorgan parliamentary constituency – Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  22. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ "BBC NEWS > Vale of Glamorgan". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Vale of Glamorgan". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  27. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  28. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987–92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  29. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  30. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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