Riding profile

Vale of Glamorgan

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Vale of Glamorgan: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
99%
Mean margin (pts)
3.5
P(close race)
99%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 26.9%
  • Conservative 23.4%
  • Labour 19.0%
  • Plaid Cymru 13.0%
  • Green 10.8%
  • Lib Dems 4.2%
  • Other 2.5%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Plaid Cymru
HereVale of Glamorgan 26.9%23.4%19.0%13.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +1.5 19.3% +4.1 21.8% −2.8 1.2% +11.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Editorial read

Vale of Glamorgan, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 27% vote share, against 23% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Kanishka Narayan

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
9.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Kanishka Narayan Elected Labour 17,740 38.7
Alun Cairns Conservative 13,524 29.5
Toby Rhodes-Matthews Reform UK 6,973 15.2
Ian Johnson Plaid Cymru 3,245 7.1
Lynden Mack Green 1,881 4.1
Steven Rajam Lib Dems 1,612 3.5
Stuart Field Other 669 1.5
Steven Sluman Other 182 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,639
Median age
43
Employment rate
71.4%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029