List of parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan

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The Preserved county of South Glamorgan is divided into five parliamentary constituencies: four borough constituencies and one county constituency. The current boundaries have been effective since the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election and the 2010 United Kingdom general election. [1]

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Constituencies

Name1997 to 2010From 2010
  1. Cardiff Central BC
  2. Cardiff North BC
  3. Cardiff South and Penarth BC
  4. Cardiff West BC
  5. Vale of Glamorgan CC*
  6. Bridgend CC (part)
  7. Pontypridd CC (part)


* Pre-2010: a small part lay in Mid Glamorgan and
a part of Ogmore constituency, too small to show,
was within South Glamorgan.

Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan pre-2010 SouthGlamorganParliamentaryConstituenciesPre2007.png
Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan pre-2010
Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan 2010 SouthGlamorganParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan 2010

The Vale of Glamorgan constituency was formed out of the Barry constituency in 1983, with Penarth supplementing abolished Cardiff South to become Cardiff South and Penarth.

   Conservative   Labour


ConstituencyElectorateMajority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map reference above
Cardiff Central BC 64,03717,179  Jo Stevens Meirion Jenkins †1
Cardiff North BC 68,4386,982  Anna McMorrin Mo Ali †2
Cardiff South and Penarth BC 78,83712,737  Stephen Doughty Philippa Broom †3
Cardiff West BC 68,50810,986  Kevin Brennan Carolyn Webster4
Vale of Glamorgan CC 76,5083,562  Alun Cairns Belinda Loveluck-Edwards ‡5

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for Wales submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they didnot come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota. [2]

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References

  1. The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-21.