Vale of Glamorgan County constituency
Vale of Glamorgan shown within Wales
Created:	1983
MP:	John Smith
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan
EP constituency:	Wales

Vale of Glamorgan is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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A marginal seat to the west of Cardiff, this has the Labour-voting port of Barry surrounded by Conservative villages and small towns. 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 (namesake of the late previous Labour leader) had a majority of under 2,000 in 2005.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Sir Raymond Gower	Conservative
	1989 by-election	John Smith	Labour
	1992	Walter Sweeney	Conservative
	1997	John Smith	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Vale of Glamorgan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	19,481	41.2	-4.2
	Conservative	Alun Cairns	17,673	37.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	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	+1.3
	Socialist Labour	Paul Mules	162	0.3	+0.3
Majority			1,808	3.8
Turnout			47,324	68.9	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.3

General Election 2001: Vale of Glamorgan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	20,524	45.4	-8.5
	Conservative	Susie Inkin	15,824	35.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Dewi Smith	5,521	12.2	+3.0
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks	2,867	6.3	+3.8
	UKIP	Niall Warry	448	1.0	N/A
Majority			4,700	10.4
Turnout			45,184	66.7	-13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan

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