vale of glamorgan Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE76,736 voters
AREA124 sq. miles


Vale of Glamorgan is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Alun Cairns of the Conservative party.

The Vale of Glamorgan constituency has a total population of 98,094, of which 76,736 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.2%).

Vale of Glamorgan ranks 172th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 283th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Alun Cairns

Alun Cairns

Alun Hugh Cairns (born July 30, 1970) is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. A member of the National Assembly for Wales for the in the South Wales West region since 1999, he was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Vale of Glamorgan.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Cairns

MP DETAILS
AddressAlun Cairns MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressalun@aluncairns.com
ConstituencyVale of Glamorgan
GenderMale
Date of Birth30/07/1970
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
46.0%
32.6%
2.6%
2.1 %
10.7%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Vale Of Glamorgan constituency in 2015 was 71.10%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Alan ArmstrongGreenMale---
Alun CairnsConservativeMale30 July 1970 (54)--
Chris ElmoreLabourMale---
David Paul MorganLiberal DemocratMale21 March 1961 (63)--
Ian JohnsonPlaid CymruMale---
Kevin MahoneyUK Independence PartyMale---
Steve ReedCannabis is Safer than AlcoholMale31 May 1952 (72)--

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
41.8%
32.95%
15.21%
%
5.48%
0.94%
%
3.14%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 ChP2360.5%
 Conservative20,34141.8%
 Green4570.9%
 Labour16,03432.9%
 Liberal-Democrat7,40315.2%
 Plaid-Cymru2,6675.5%
 UK-Independence-Party1,5293.1%
TOTALS
Electorate70,211
Votes48,667
Turnout69.3%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeCairns, Alun
LabourDavies, Alana
Liberal DemocratParrott, Eluned
GreenThomas, Rhodri
UKIPMahoney, Kevin
Plaid CymruJohnson, Ian
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Vale Of Glamorgan constituency in 2010 was 69.3%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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