Vale of Glamorgan: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Kanishka Narayan (Labour) is the MP for Vale of Glamorgan, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Kanishka Narayan (Labour) 17,740 votes and Alun Cairns (Conservative) 13,524, a majority of 4,216. 45,826 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 74,465, 61.5% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 97,675; the estimate for 2014 was 90,080. 21,455 were aged 65 or over and 17,790 were under 16.
Workplaces in Vale of Glamorgan accounted for 30,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,655 local units for March 2026.
Residents of Vale of Glamorgan earned more than jobs based there paid in April 2025: median full-time pay was £34,146 for workplace jobs and £37,137 for residents. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £37,825. The residents' figure ranks 248th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 77.4% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 5.1 points. 21.5% were economically inactive.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £265,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £175,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £267,500, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 256th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,295 sales were registered in the period, against 1,292 in the year to March 2025.
DWP figures count 4,092 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 23.0% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 17.3% in 2021/22 to 17.4% in 2024/25.
Vale of Glamorgan counted 41,054 households on Census day 2021; 25.2% of adults were retired and 31.6% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 2,210 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 3.8%. A year earlier the count was 2,085.
MP
Kanishka Narayan, Labour
- MP for Vale of Glamorgan since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Kanishka Narayan on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Kanishka Narayan's latest words in Parliament, on 15 October 2026. Hansard search returns 341 spoken contributions by Kanishka Narayan since 4 July 2024.
I thank my right hon. Friend for his advocacy and leadership on this matter over the course of the last many weeks.
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I thank the hon. Member for raising the advances of Culham in particular. I visited the site; I take great pride in it, as a national asset when it comes to nuclear fusion and the combination of AI and energy innovation.
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We already have a series of areas of regulatory focus for artificial intelligence—data protection, competition policy, equality legislation and online safety.
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I thank my hon. Friend, whose question is one we have discussed at length. The central point is that in the last wave of technology, we built neither public trust nor British technology.
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Let me say three things. First, it is important to be clear on the data. The estimates that we have at the moment suggest data centres account for approximately 0.2% of non-household water usage in England.
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Read from the Hansard API on 29 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanishka Narayan | Labour | 17,740 | 38.7% | −5.2 |
| Alun Cairns | Conservative | 13,524 | 29.5% | −19.6 |
| Toby Rhodes-Matthews | Reform UK | 6,973 | 15.2% | |
| Ian Johnson | Plaid Cymru | 3,245 | 7.1% | |
| Lynden Mack | Green Party | 1,881 | 4.1% | −1.9 |
| Steven Rajam | Liberal Democrat | 1,612 | 3.5% | |
| Stuart Field | Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party | 669 | 1.5% | |
| Steven Sluman | Independent | 182 | 0.4% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 38.7% | Conservative 29.5% | 4,216 | 61.5% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 49.1% | Labour 43.9% | 2,566 | 71.0% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Vale of Glamorgan lies within Vale of Glamorgan.
- Vale of Glamorgan W06000014
Who has power over Vale of Glamorgan
Every body that makes decisions for Vale of Glamorgan, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Senedd and Welsh Government makes law for Wales on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Vale of Glamorgan this page: Kanishka Narayan (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Vale of Glamorgan?
Kanishka Narayan (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Vale of Glamorgan?
The House of Commons Library records 17,740 votes for Kanishka Narayan of Labour and a majority of 4,216; 61.5% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Vale of Glamorgan?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,210, 3.8% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Vale of Glamorgan?
£265,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Vale of Glamorgan?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £37,137 (April 2025).
How many children in Vale of Glamorgan live in low income families?
4,092 children under 16, 23.0%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Vale of Glamorgan?
97,675 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.