Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

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.

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

• 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.

History

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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

|reg. electors = 74,374

Elections in the 2010s

|reg. electors = 76,508 Of the 294 rejected ballots:

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

|reg. electors = 73,959

|reg. electors = 72,794

|reg. electors = 70,211

|reg. electors = 68,657

Elections in the 2000s

|reg. electors = 67,774

Elections in the 1990s

|reg. electors = 67,413

url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06}}}} |reg. electors = 66,672

Elections in the 1980s

|reg. electors = 67,549

|reg. electors = 65,310

|reg. electors = 62,885

Notes

References

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