List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Glamorgan

The Preserved county of South Glamorgan is divided into five Parliamentary constituencies: four Borough constituencies and one County constituency. The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.^[1]

Name	1997 to 2010	From 2010
Cardiff Central BC(Liberal Democrat) Cardiff North BC(Conservative Party) Cardiff South and Penarth BC(Labour Party) Cardiff West BC(Labour Party) Vale of Glamorgan CC (Conservative Party) Bridgend CC (part)(Labour Party) Pontypridd CC (part)(Labour Party) Pre-2010 a small part lay in Mid Glamorgan. A part of Ogmore constituency, too small to show, lay in South Glamorgan.

Name

1997 to 2010

From 2010

Cardiff Central BC(Liberal Democrat)
Cardiff North BC(Conservative Party)
Cardiff South and Penarth BC(Labour Party)
Cardiff West BC(Labour Party)
Vale of Glamorgan CC *(Conservative Party)
Bridgend CC (part)(Labour Party)
Pontypridd CC (part)(Labour Party)

* Pre-2010 a small part lay in Mid Glamorgan.
A part of Ogmore constituency, too small to show,
lay in South Glamorgan.

The Vale of Glamorgan constituency was formed out of the Barry constituency in 1983, with Penarth moving into the new Cardiff South and Penarth (which prior to this was simply Cardiff South).

Changes proposed in 2016

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Wales proposed changes to almost all the existing Welsh Westminster constituencies, giving some of them Welsh language names.^[2]

Cynon Valley and Pontypridd
Rhondda and Llantrisant
Cardiff West
Cardiff North
Cardiff South and East
Vale of Glamorgan East
Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan West
Ogmore and Port Talbot
Neath and Aberavon
Swansea East
Gower and Swansea West

References

↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
↑ Initial Proposals Report Boundary Commission for Wales

Cardiff Constituencies

Current	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Vale of Glamorgan

Historic	Cardiff (1542–1918) Cardiff East (1918–50) Cardiff South (1918–50) Llandaff and Barry (1918–50) Barry (1950–83) Cardiff South East (1950–83) Cardiff North West (1974–83)

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

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Wales	Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan

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