Vale of Glamorgan parliamentary constituency

E160930

The Vale of Glamorgan parliamentary constituency is a UK House of Commons seat in South Wales that includes the coastal town of Barry and surrounding areas.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
borderingConstituency Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff South and Penarth
surface form: Cardiff South and Penarth (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff West
surface form: Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)

Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for Wales
classification county constituency
contains Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Cowbridge
Llantwit Major
Penarth
surface form: Penarth (part, depending on boundaries)

Rhoose
containsFeature Barry Island
United Kingdom coastline
surface form: Bristol Channel coastline
containsInfrastructure Cardiff Airport
surface form: Cardiff Airport (Rhoose)
country United Kingdom
created 1983
elects one Member of Parliament
electsTo British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
hasCharacteristic coastal
mixed urban and rural
hasElectorateType borough and rural mixed
isCoextensiveWith part of Vale of Glamorgan local government area
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
locatedIn South Wales
Vale of Glamorgan
surface form: Vale of Glamorgan (principal area)

Wales
previousConstituency Barry (UK Parliament constituency)
Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency, in part)

Cowbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
region Wales
votingSystem first-past-the-post

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barry locatedIn Vale of Glamorgan parliamentary constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth borderedBy Vale of Glamorgan parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Vale of Glamorgan (constituency)