Riding profile

Vale of Glamorgan

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Vale of Glamorgan: who wins this toss-up?

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 the Conservatives ahead at 25% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Kanishka Narayan

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
97%
Mean margin (pts)
1.4
P(close race)
99%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 25.4%
  • Reform UK 24.1%
  • Labour 18.7%
  • Green 12.4%
  • Plaid Cymru 10.4%
  • Lib Dems 5.0%
  • Other 3.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Green
HereVale of Glamorgan 25.4%24.1%18.7%12.4%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +6.5 25.3% −1.2 21.7% −3.0 11.8% +0.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
9.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.8 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