The

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West Glamorgan , HQ= County Hall, Swansea , Government= West Glamorgan County Council (abolished 1996) , Status= , Start= 1974 , End= 1996 , Arms= ''Coat of arms of Wes ...

is divided into five

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– two borough constituencies and three county constituencies.

Constituencies

The current boundaries have been effective since the

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and the

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. The only change from the previous scheme was a minute realignment of the boundary between Gower and Neath far too small to show on the map.

Proposed boundary changes

The

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submitted their final proposals in respect of the

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(the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before

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they were not brought forward by the

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for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010. Under the terms of the

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, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota. On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the

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, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward

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to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

Historical representation by party (whole of Glamorgan)

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1832 to 1885

1885 to 1918

1918 to 1950

1950 to 1983

¹moved to Gwent 1983

1983-present

¹ partly in Gwent 1997–

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Parliamentary Constituencies In West Glamorgan