Vale of Glamorgan (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency).

Vale of Glamorgan
Bro Morgannwg
Senedd borough constituency
for the Senedd
Vale of Glamorgan shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd borough constituency
Created1999
PartyWelsh Labour
MSJane Hutt
Preserved countyMid Glamorgan
South Glamorgan

Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Vale of Glamorgan Westminster constituency. It is partly within the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan and partly within the preserved county of Glamorgan.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff South and Penarth, Cardiff West, Cynon Valley, Pontypridd and Rhondda.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Members of the Senedd

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Jane Hutt Welsh Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Vale of Glamorgan[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Hutt 18,667 43.5 +4.7 15,150 35.4 +5.3
Conservative Matt Smith 15,397 35.9 -0.8 15,232 35.6 +2.8
Plaid Cymru Richard Grigg 3,699 8.6 -1.6 5,291 12.4 -0.9
Abolish Stuart Field 1,394 3.3 New 1,875 4.4 -1.0
Green Anthony Slaughter 1,262 2.9 +0.8 1,936 4.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Sally Stephenson 994 2.3 -0.2 1,196 2.8 ±0.0
Propel Janet Brocklehurst 426 1.0 New 474 1.1 New
Reform UK Michael Hancock 416 1.0 New 370 0.9 New
Independent Alan Coulthard 237 0.6 New 142 0.3 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) Neill Vasudeo Shah 226 0.5 New 189 0.4 New
Gwlad Karl-James Langford 174 0.4 New 185 0.4 New
UKIP 562 1.3 -9.2
Workers Party 87 0.2 New
Communist 67 0.2 ±0.0
TUSC 60 0.1 -0.2
Majority 3,270 7.6 +5.5
Turnout 41,413
Labour hold Swing
Notes

Elections in the 2010s

2016 National Assembly for Wales election: Vale of Glamorgan
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[2][3]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Hutt 14,655 38.8 -8.6 11,341 30.1 -5.3
Conservative Ross England 13,878 36.7 +0.7 12,338 32.8 -1.1
Plaid Cymru Ian Johnson 3,871 10.2 -1.9 5,002 13.3 +0.9
UKIP Lawrence Andrews 3,662 9.7 New 3,933 10.5 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Denis Campbell 938 2.5 - 2.0 1,070 2.8 - 1.4
Green Alison Haden 794 2.1 New 969 2.6 -1.2
Abolish 2,024 5.4 New
Women's Equality 430 1.1 New
Monster Raving Loony 179 0.5 -0.1
TUSC 106 0.3 ±0.0
Independent (John Bishop) 100 0.3 New
Freedom to Choose 75 0.2 New
Communist 67 0.2
Majority 777 2.1 −9.3
Turnout 41,413
Labour hold Swing
2011 National Assembly for Wales election: Vale of Glamorgan
Party Candidate Constituency [4] Regional [5]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Hutt 15,746 47.4 +13.2 11,746 35.4 +7.0
Conservative Angela-Jones Evans 11,971 36.0 +2.1 11,254 33.9 +0.1
Plaid Cymru Ian Johnson 4,024 12.1 - 1.8 4,122 12.4 -2.6
Liberal Democrats Damian Chick 1,531 4.5 -6.7 1,390 4.2 -3.2
UKIP 1,777 5.4 -0.5
Green 1,253 3.8 +0.4
Socialist Labour 608 1.8 +1.2
BNP 507 1.5 -2.4
Welsh Christian 213 0.6 ±0.0
Monster Raving Loony 183 0.6 New
TUSC 90 0.3 New
Communist 44 0.1 -0.1
Majority 3,775 11.4 +11.1
Turnout 33,254 46.7 −2.2
Labour hold Swing
Notes

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 233[6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Vale of Glamorgan
Party Candidate Constituency [7] Regional[8]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Hutt 11,515 34.2 -9.8 9,378 28.4 -0.9
Conservative Gordon C Kemp 11,432 33.9 -0.6 11,150 33.8 +0.2
Plaid Cymru Barry I Shaw 4,671 13.9 -0.2 4,941 15.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Mark J. Hooper 3,758 11.2 +3.8 2,435 7.4 -0.7
UKIP Kevin P Mahoney 2,310 6.9 New 1,938 5.9 +1.7
BNP 1,295 3.9 New
Green 1,108 3.4 +0.6
Socialist Labour 204 0.6 -0.4
Welsh Christian 200 0.6 New
Respect 118 0.4 New
Socialist Alternative 92 0.3 New
Communist 81 0.2 ±0.0
CPA 62 0.2 New
Socialist Equality 28 0.1 New
Majority 83 0.3 −9.2
Turnout 33,668 48.9 +8.2
Labour hold Swing 4.56
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Vale of Glamorgan
Party Candidate Constituency [9] Regional[10]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Hutt 12,267 44.0 +9.1 10,068 36.3 +4.3
Conservative David Melding 9,614 34.5 +2.4 8,676 31.3 +0.7
Plaid Cymru Chris Franks 3,921 14.1 -9.9 3,948 14.2 -8.5
Liberal Democrats Nilmini P. De Silva 2,049 7.4 -1.6 2,243 8.1 -2.0
UKIP 1,165 4.2 New
Green 777 2.8 Unknown
Socialist Labour 291 1.0 Unknown
New Millennium Bean Partyn 179 0.6 New
Cymru Annibynnol 178 0.6 New
Vote No 2 Stop the War 106 0.4 New
Communist 55 0.2 Unknown
ProLife Alliance 37 0.1 New
Majority 2,653 9.5 +6.7
Turnout 27,851 40.7 −7.8
Labour hold Swing 4.56

2003 Electorate: 68,947
Regional ballots rejected: 172

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Vale of Glamorgan
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Hutt 11,448 34.9 N/A 10,419 32.0 N/A
Conservative David Melding 10,522 32.1 N/A 9,961 30.6 N/A
Plaid Cymru Chris Franks 7,848 24.0 N/A 7,383 22.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Frank Little 2,938 9.0 N/A 3,298 10.1 N/A
Other list parties 1,487 4.6
Majority 926 2.8 N/A
Turnout 32,756 48.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

1999 Electorate: 67,577

References

  1. ^ [1] Vale of Glamorgan Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ [2] National Assembly – 5 May 2016 - South Wales Central
  3. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Wales elections > Vale of Glamorgan". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
  8. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet8)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Vale of Glamorgan 2003". BBC Wales. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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