Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council

[1] It was a second tier district authority, with South Glamorgan County Council providing county-level services to the area.

Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council and Cardiff City Council were created as district authorities, upon the creation of the county of South Glamorgan on 1 April 1974.

[2] The Vale of Glamorgan covered the whole area of three former districts, and parts of another two districts, which were abolished on the creation of the new council:[3][4][5] Under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, South Glamorgan County Council was abolished and Vale of Glamorgan became a unitary authority, taking over the provision of the services previously provided by the county council in its area.

In 1981 the council moved to a new building called the Civic Offices on Holton Road in Barry.

[9] As a result of The Borough of Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982, between 1983 and 1996 the borough was divided into 21 electoral wards returning 46 councillors: