Reviews

Vale of Glamorgan Electoral Review

The Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales is to review the electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Vale of Glamorgan with a view to considering and formulating proposals for future arrangements. The Commission would welcome any comments which you may wish to make.

The 6-week consultation period begins on 5 June 2025 and closes on 16 July 2025.

You can find the Commission's Policy and Practice for Electoral Reviews here

After this date the Commission will prepare Draft Proposals for the electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Vale of Glamorgan. This will present a further opportunity for comments and representations to be made.

Representations during this period can be sent to:

• consultations@dbcc.gov.wales

or

Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru

4^th Floor

Welsh Government Building

Cathays Park

Cardiff

CF10 3NQ

Or via the consultation portal:

reviewswales.wales that will go live at the beginning of the consultation period (5 June 2025).

Final Determinations of the Senedd constituency boundaries in Wales

The Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales has submitted to Welsh Ministers its Final Determinations for Wales' 16 new Senedd constituencies.

These decisions will take effect automatically at the 2026 Senedd election.

You can read the full report by clicking the link below:

2026 Review: Final Determinations 

Vale of Glamorgan Community Review - Final Recommendations

The Commission has published its Final Recommendations for the future community arrangements for the County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan and submitted them to Welsh Government Ministers on 16 April 2024.

It is now for Welsh Government and its Ministers to decide how to proceed. Ordinarily they will make an Order.

The Final Recommendations Report contains all of the Commission’s recommendations for the County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan. Where it has made changes to the existing arrangements a description of the change, the representations it has received, the reasons for any change and a map of the recommendations are contained in the report.

Vale of Glamorgan Community Review - Final Recommendations

If you have any views on the Final Recommendations, these should be addressed to Welsh Government at the details below:

Local Government Democracy Team

Local Government Policy Division

Welsh Government

Cathays Park

Cardiff

CF10 3NQ

Or by email to:

• LGPolicy.Correspondence@gov.wales