Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Vale of Glamorgan
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Vale of Glamorgan in Wales
Preserved county South Glamorgan
Electorate 74,374 (July 2024) [1]
Major settlements Barry, Llantwit Major, Cowbridge
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Kanishka Narayan (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Barry and Pontypridd [2]
Overlaps
Senedd Vale 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]

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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.

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]

Boundaries

Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

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: Following the 2023 boundary review, the Vale of Glamorgan County Borough electoral divisions of Baruc, Buttrills, Cadoc, Castleland, Court, Cowbridge, Dyfan, Gibbonsdown, Illtyd, Llandow and Ewenny, Llantwit Major, Peterston-super-Ely, Rhoose, St Athan, St Bride's Major, and Wenvoe. The constituency lost 8.3% of its size after Dinas Powys was transferred to Cardiff South and Penarth. [4]

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. 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. John Smith stood down from Parliament due to ill health, and the seat went Conservative at the 2010 election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] 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

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Vale of Glamorgan [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kanishka Narayan 17,740 38.7 −5.2
Conservative Alun Cairns 13,52429.5−19.6
Reform UK Toby Rhodes-Matthews6,97315.2N/A
Plaid Cymru Ian James Johnson3,2457.1N/A
Green Lynden Mack1,8814.1−1.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Rajam1,6123.5N/A
Abolish Stuart Field6691.5N/A
Independent Steven Sluman1820.4N/A
Majority4,2169.2+2.7
Turnout 45,82661.6−9.4
Registered electors 74,374
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg 7.2

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Vale of Glamorgan [7] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alun Cairns 27,305 49.8 +2.3
Labour Belinda Loveluck-Edwards23,74343.3−0.1
Green Anthony Slaughter3,2515.9+5.1
Gwlad Gwlad Laurence Williams5080.9N/A
Rejected ballots294
Majority3,5626.5+2.4
Turnout 54,80771.6−1.0
Registered electors 76,508
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

Of the 294 rejected ballots:

General election 2017: Vale of Glamorgan [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alun Cairns 25,501 47.5 +1.5
Labour Camilla Beaven23,31143.4+10.8
Plaid Cymru Ian Johnson2,2954.3−1.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Geroni1,0201.9−0.7
UKIP Melanie Hunter-Clarke8681.8−8.1
Green Stephen Davis-Barker4190.8−1.3
Women's Equality Sharon Lovell1770.3N/A
Pirate David Elston1270.2N/A
Majority2,1904.1−9.3
Turnout 53,71872.6+1.5
Registered electors 73,959
Conservative hold Swing −4.6
General election 2015: Vale of Glamorgan [11] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alun Cairns 23,607 46.0 +4.2
Labour Chris Elmore 16,72732.6−0.3
UKIP Kevin Mahoney5,48910.7+7.6
Plaid Cymru Ian Johnson2,8695.6+0.1
Liberal Democrats David Morgan1,3092.6−12.6
Green Alan Armstrong1,0542.1+1.2
CISTA Steve Reed2380.5N/A
Majority6,88013.4+4.5
Turnout 51,29371.1+1.8
Registered electors 72,794
Conservative hold Swing +2.3
General election 2010: Vale of Glamorgan [14] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alun Cairns 20,341 41.8 +4.4
Labour Alana E. Davies16,03432.9−7.8
Liberal Democrats Eluned Parrott 7,40315.2+2.0
Plaid Cymru Ian Johnson2,6675.5+0.4
UKIP Kevin Mahoney1,5293.1+1.4
Green Rhodri H. Thomas4570.9N/A
Christian John Harrold2360.5N/A
Majority4,3078.9N/A
Turnout 48,66769.3+0.7
Registered electors 70,211
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.1
General election 2005: Vale of Glamorgan [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 19,481 41.2 −4.2
Conservative Alun Cairns 17,67337.3+2.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Hooper6,14013.0+0.8
Plaid Cymru Barry Shaw2,4235.1−1.2
UKIP Richard Suchorzewski8401.8+0.8
Liberal Karl-James Langford6051.3N/A
Socialist Labour Paul Mules1620.3N/A
Majority1,8083.9−6.5
Turnout 47,32468.9+2.2
Registered electors 68,657
Labour hold Swing −3.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Vale of Glamorgan [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 20,524 45.4 −8.5
Conservative Susan Inkin15,82435.0+0.6
Liberal Democrats Dewi Smith5,52112.2+3.0
Plaid Cymru Chris Franks 2,8676.3+3.7
UKIP Timothy Warry4481.0N/A
Majority4,70010.4−9.1
Turnout 45,18466.7−13.3
Registered electors 67,774
Labour hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Vale of Glamorgan [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 29,054 53.9 +9.6
Conservative Walter Sweeney 18,52234.4−9.9
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Campbell4,9459.2±0.0
Plaid Cymru Melanie Corp1,3932.6+0.5
Majority10,53219.5N/A
Turnout 53,91480.0−1.9
Registered electors 67,413
Labour gain from Conservative Swing −9.8
General election 1992: Vale of Glamorgan [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Sweeney 24,220 44.3 −2.5
Labour John Smith 24,20144.3+9.6
Liberal Democrats David Davies5,0459.2−7.5
Plaid Cymru David Haswell1,1602.1+0.3
Majority190.0−12.1
Turnout 54,62681.9+2.6
Registered electors 66,672
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Vale of Glamorgan by-election [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 23,342 48.9 +14.2
Conservative Rod Richards 17,31436.3−10.5
SLD Frank Leavers2,0174.2−12.5
Plaid Cymru John Dixon 1,6723.5+1.7
SDP David Keith Davies1,0982.3N/A
Green Marilyn Wakefield9712.0N/A
Protect the Health ServiceChristopher Tiarks8471.8N/A
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 2660.5N/A
Independent Welsh SocialistEric Roberts1480.3N/A
Corrective Party Lindi St Claire 390.1N/A
Christian AllianceDavid Black320.1N/A
Majority6,02812.6N/A
Turnout 47,74670.7−8.6
Registered electors 67,549
Labour gain from Conservative Swing −12.4
General election 1987: Vale of Glamorgan [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Gower 24,229 46.8 −1.2
Labour John Smith 17,97834.7+8.9
SDP David Davies8,63316.7−7.2
Plaid Cymru Penri Williams9461.8−0.5
Majority6,25112.1−10.1
Turnout 51,78679.3+5.1
Registered electors 65,310
Conservative hold Swing −5.1
General election 1983: Vale of Glamorgan [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Gower 22,241 48.0 N/A
Labour Michael Sharp12,02825.8N/A
SDP William Evans11,15423.9N/A
Plaid Cymru John Dixon 1,0682.3N/A
Majority10,39322.2N/A
Turnout 46,67174.2N/A
Registered electors 62,885
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  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.

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