Vale of Glamorgan (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 51°25′44″N 3°21′04″W / 51.429°N 3.351°W

Vale of Glamorgan
National Assembly for Wales borough constituency
Vale of Glamorgan shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current National Assembly for Wales borough constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
AM	Jane Hutt
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan South Glamorgan

Vale of Glamorgan is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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

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 National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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 National Assembly for Wales

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Jane Hutt	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Vale of Glamorgan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Lawrence Andrews
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Campbell
	Conservative	Ross England
	Green	Alison Haden
	Labour	Jane Hutt
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Johnson
Majority
Turnout

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Vale of Glamorgan[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hutt	15,746	47.4	+13.2
	Conservative	Angela-Jones Evans	11,971	36.0	+2.1
	Plaid Cymru	Ian Johnson	4,024	12.1	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Damian Chick	1,513	4.5	−6.6
Majority			3,775	11.4	+11.1
Turnout			33,254	46.7	−2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Vale of Glamorgan[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hutt	11,515	34.2	−9.8
	Conservative	Gordon C. Kemp	11,432	33.9	−0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Barry I. Shaw	4,671	13.9	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark J. Hooper	3,758	11.2	+3.8
	UKIP	Kevin P. Mahoney	2,310	6.9	N/A
Majority			83	0.2	-9.3
Turnout			33,686	48.9	+8.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Vale of Glamorgan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hutt	12,267	44.0	+9.1
	Conservative	David Melding	9,614	34.5	+2.4
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks	3,921	14.1	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nilmini P. De Silva	2,049	7.4	−1.6
Majority			2,653	9.5	+6.3
Turnout			27,851	40.7	−7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Vale of Glamorgan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hutt	11,448	34.9	N/A
	Conservative	David Melding	10,522	32.1	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks	7,848	24.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Little	2,938	9.0	N/A
Majority			926	2.8	N/A
Turnout			32,756	48.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Aberavon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
2. "Wales elections > Vale of Glamorgan". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
3. Election results - 2007, National Assembly for Wales