Vale of Glamorgan | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | South Glamorgan |
Electorate | 76,508 (December 2019) [1] |
Major settlements | Barry, Llantwit Major, Dinas Powys, Cowbridge |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Alun Cairns ( Conservative) |
Seats | One |
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 2010 by Alun Cairns, a Conservative. [n 2]
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]
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.
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir Raymond Gower | Conservative | |
1989 by-election | John Smith | Labour | |
1992 | Walter Sweeney | Conservative | |
1997 | John Smith | Labour | |
2010 | Alun Cairns | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raymond Gower | 22,241 | 48.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Michael Sharp | 12,028 | 25.8 | N/A | |
SDP | William Evans | 11,154 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | John Dixon | 1,068 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,393 | 22.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,671 | 74.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 62,885 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raymond Gower | 24,229 | 46.8 | -1.2 | |
Labour | John Smith | 17,978 | 34.7 | +8.9 | |
SDP | David Davies | 8,633 | 16.7 | -7.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Penri Williams | 946 | 1.8 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 6,251 | 12.1 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,786 | 79.3 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 65,310 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Smith | 23,342 | 48.9 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Rod Richards | 17,314 | 36.3 | −10.5 | |
SLD | Frank Leavers | 2,017 | 4.2 | -12.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Dixon | 1,672 | 3.5 | +1.7 | |
SDP | David Keith Davies | 1,098 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Green | Marilyn Wakefield | 971 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Protect the Health Service | Christopher Tiarks | 847 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 266 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent Welsh Socialist | Eric Roberts | 148 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Corrective Party | Lindi St Claire | 39 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Christian Alliance | David Black | 32 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,028 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,746 | 70.7 | -8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 67,549 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −12.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Walter Sweeney | 24,220 | 44.3 | -2.5 | |
Labour | John Smith | 24,201 | 44.3 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Davies | 5,045 | 9.2 | -7.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | David Haswell | 1,160 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 19 | 0.0 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,626 | 81.9 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 66,672 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Smith | 29,054 | 53.9 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Walter Sweeney | 18,522 | 34.4 | -9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Campbell | 4,945 | 9.2 | ±0.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Melanie Corp | 1,393 | 2.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 10,532 | 19.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,914 | 80.0 | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 67,413 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Smith | 20,524 | 45.4 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | Susan Inkin | 15,824 | 35.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dewi Smith | 5,521 | 12.2 | +3.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Chris Franks | 2,867 | 6.3 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Timothy Warry | 448 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,700 | 10.4 | -9.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,184 | 66.7 | −13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 67,774 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Smith | 19,481 | 41.2 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Alun Cairns | 17,673 | 37.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Hooper | 6,140 | 13.0 | +0.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Barry Shaw | 2,423 | 5.1 | -1.2 | |
UKIP | Richard Suchorzewski | 840 | 1.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Karl-James Langford | 605 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Paul Mules | 162 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,808 | 3.9 | -6.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,324 | 68.9 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 68,657 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alun Cairns | 20,341 | 41.8 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Alana E. Davies | 16,034 | 32.9 | -7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eluned Parrott | 7,403 | 15.2 | +2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ian Johnson | 2,667 | 5.5 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Kevin Mahoney | 1,529 | 3.1 | +1.4 | |
Green | Rhodri H. Thomas | 457 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Christian | John Harrold | 236 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,307 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,667 | 69.3 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 70,211 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alun Cairns | 23,607 | 46.0 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Chris Elmore | 16,727 | 32.6 | -0.3 | |
UKIP | Kevin Mahoney | 5,489 | 10.7 | +7.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ian Johnson | 2,869 | 5.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Morgan | 1,309 | 2.6 | -12.6 | |
Green | Alan Armstrong | 1,054 | 2.1 | +1.2 | |
CISTA | Steve Reed | 238 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,880 | 13.4 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,293 | 71.1 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 72,794 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alun Cairns | 25,501 | 47.5 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Camilla Beaven | 23,311 | 43.4 | +10.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ian Johnson | 2,295 | 4.3 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Geroni | 1,020 | 1.9 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Melanie Hunter-Clarke | 868 | 1.8 | −8.1 | |
Green | Stephen Davis-Barker | 419 | 0.8 | −1.3 | |
Women's Equality | Sharon Lovell | 177 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Pirate | David Elston | 127 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,190 | 4.1 | −9.3 | ||
Turnout | 53,718 | 72.6 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 73,959 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alun Cairns | 27,305 | 49.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Belinda Loveluck-Edwards | 23,743 | 43.3 | −0.1 | |
Green | Anthony Slaughter | 3,251 | 5.9 | +5.1 | |
Gwlad Gwlad | Laurence Williams | 508 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 294 | ||||
Majority | 3,562 | 6.5 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,807 | 71.6 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 76,508 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Of the 294 rejected ballots: