List of parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd
There are seven constituencies covering Clwyd. They are all county constituencies (CCs) of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), and are used also for elections to the National Assembly for Wales. The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[1]
Clwyd is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales. As currently defined, the preserved county consists of the principal areas of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.
For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.
Westminster boundaries
From 2010
| Constituency | Boundaries |
|---|---|
| 1. Aberconwy CC (Westminster) |  |
| 2. Alyn and Deeside CC (Westminster) | |
| 3. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) | |
| 4. Clwyd West CC (Westminster) | |
| 5. Delyn CC (Westminster) | |
| 6. Vale of Clwyd CC (Westminster) | |
| 7. Wrexham CC (Westminster) |
1997 to 2010
| Constituency | Boundaries |
|---|---|
| 1. Alyn and Deeside CC (Westminster) |  |
| 2. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) (part) | |
| 3. Clwyd West CC (Westminster) | |
| 4. Conwy CC (Westminster) (part) | |
| 5. Delyn CC (Westminster) | |
| 6. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Westminster) (part) | |
| 7. Vale of Clwyd CC (Westminster) | |
| 8. Wrexham CC (Westminster) |
The Clwyd South constituency was also partly a Powys constituency, and the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies were also partly Gwynedd constituencies.
Changes proposed in 2016
As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies published in 2016 the Boundary Commission for Wales has recommended the following constituencies covering all or some of the Clwyd area, with some seats given Welsh language names.[2]
- Gogledd Clwyd a Gwynedd
- Colwyn and Conwy
- Flint and Rhuddlan
- Alyn and Deeside
- Wrexham Maelor
- De Clwyd a Gogledd Sir Faldwyn
Assembly boundaries
From 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Aberconwy CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 2. Alyn and Deeside CC (Assembly) | ||
| 3. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) | ||
| 4. Clwyd West CC (Assembly) | ||
| 5. Delyn CC (Assembly) | ||
| 6. Vale of Clwyd CC (Assembly) | ||
| 7. Wrexham CC (Assembly) |
The seven constituencies are all in the North Wales electoral region, which also includes two Gwynedd constituencies.
1999 to 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alyn and Deeside CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 2. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) (part) | ||
| 3. Clwyd West CC (Assembly) | ||
| 4. Conwy CC (Assembly) (part) | ||
| 5. Delyn CC (Assembly) | ||
| 6. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Assembly) (part) | Mid and West Wales | |
| 7. Vale of Clwyd CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 8. Wrexham CC (Assembly) |
Results
Westminster elections
| 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
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Assembly elections
| 2007 | 2011 | 2016 |
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Historical representation by party
1885 to 1918
1918 to 1950
1950 to 1983
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 81 |
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| Denbigh | colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" |Evans | colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Morgan | |||||||||
| Wrexham | colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Richards | colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Jones | colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ellis | bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color"|--> | |||||||
| Flintshire East | colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |White | colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Jones | |||||||||
| Flintshire West | colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Birch | colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Meyer |
1983 to present
Notes and references
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
- ^ Provisional Recommendations Boundary Commission for Wales