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Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)

Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards


Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg) is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alun Cairns, a Conservative.[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 is to retain its name but its boundaries altered, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[3]

Boundaries

Map of current 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–present: 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.

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 (the namesake of the late previous Labour leader) 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.

Sully ward was transferred to Cardiff South and Penarth in 2010.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

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Of the 294 rejected ballots:

  • 255 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[25]
  • 37 voted for more than one candidate.[25]
  • 2 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[25]

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.

References

  1. "Vale of Glamorgan parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. "'Vale of Glamorgan', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  6. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  8. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Vale of Glamorgan". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. "BBC NEWS > Vale of Glamorgan". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  12. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. Vale of Glamorgan, Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council – candidates – Vale of Glamorgan
  15. Vale of Glamorgan BBC Election – Vale of Glamorgan
  16. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. "Vale of Glamorgan result" (PDF). Statement of Results. Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  18. "Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  19. "Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  20. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  21. "Election-Results/General-Election-2019" (PDF). Vale of Glamorgan Council. Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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