Vale of Glamorgan (Senedd constituency)

Constituency of the Senedd

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 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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 233^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

2003 Electorate: 68,947
Regional ballots rejected: 172

Elections in the 1990s

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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