Wales · Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan
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Photograph shows Rhoose, a village in this constituency, not the whole of Vale of Glamorgan.
Your member of parliament
Kanishka Narayan
LabourLabour won Vale of Glamorgan at the 2024 general election with a majority of 4,216 votes, or 9.2 points. A swing of 4.6 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 197 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 453.
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How safe is this seat?
Competitive
A majority of 9.2 points, which is larger than 197 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 4,216 votes.
Majority
4,216
9.2% of votes cast.
Turnout
61.5%
+1.8 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
8
45,826 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanishka NarayanElected | Labour | 17,740 | 38.7% | +5.0 |
| Alun Cairns | Conservative | 13,524 | 29.5% | +5.8 |
| Toby Rhodes-Matthews | Reform UK | 6,973 | 15.2% | +0.9 |
| Ian Johnson | Plaid Cymru | 3,245 | 7.1% | +6.4 |
| Lynden Mack | Green Party | 1,881 | 4.1% | -2.3 |
| Steven Rajam | Liberal Democrat | 1,612 | 3.5% | -8.7 |
| Stuart Field | Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party | 669 | 1.5% | +1.5 |
| Steven Sluman | Independent | 182 | 0.4% | -1.6 |
Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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