Vale of Clwyd (UK Parliament constituency)
Vale of Clwyd | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Vale of Clwyd in Wales | |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Electorate | 56,585 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Rhyl, Prestatyn, Denbigh |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Ruane (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Clwyd North West, Delyn, Clwyd South West |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | North Wales |
The Vale of Clwyd (Welsh: Dyffryn Clwyd) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament created in 1997 and represented since 2017 by Chris Ruane of the Labour Party. As with all extant seats its electorate elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system at least every five years.
The Vale of Clwyd Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
The seat is one of five won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of seven covering its county. Ruane's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains of the Labour Party. The seat has been considered relative to others a very marginal seat, as well as a swing seat, since 2005 as its winner's majority has not exceeded 6.1% of the vote since the 14.4% majority won in 2005 and the seat has changed hands twice since that year.
Boundaries
1997-2010: The Borough of Rhuddlan, the District of Glyndwr wards of Denbigh Central, Denbigh Lower, Denbigh Upper, Henllan, and Llandyrnog, and the Borough of Colwyn ward of Trefnant.
2010-present: The Denbighshire County electoral divisions of Bodelwyddan, Denbigh Central, Denbigh Lower, Denbigh Upper/Henllan, Dyserth, Llandyrnog, Prestatyn Central, Prestatyn East, Prestatyn Meliden, Prestatyn North, Prestatyn South West, Rhuddlan, Rhyl East, Rhyl South, Rhyl South East, Rhyl South West, Rhyl West, St Asaph East, St Asaph West, Trefnant, and Tremeirchion.
The constituency was created in 1997 from the seats of Clwyd North West, Clwyd South West and Delyn. It is in north Wales containing the seaside towns of Rhyl and Prestatyn and the inland towns of Denbigh and St Asaph.
Political history
The seat was won by the Labour candidate in 1997, 2001, 2005 and on a marginal majority in 2010. The seat was next won by the Conservative candidate standing in 2015. The 2015 result gave the seat the 4th most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[2] However Labour regained the seat in the 2017 general election with more than half the eligible votes, the first Labour gain from Conservative on the night.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Chris Ruane | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2015 | James Davies | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2017 | Chris Ruane | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Ruane[6] | 19,423 | 50.2 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | James Davies | 17,044 | 44.1 | +5.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | David Wyatt | 1,551 | 4.0 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gwyn Williams | 666 | 1.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 2,379 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 38,684 | 68.0 | +5.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Davies | 13,760 | 39.0 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Chris Ruane | 13,523 | 38.4 | −3.9 | |
UKIP | Paul Davies-Cooke[9] | 4,577 | 13.0 | +11.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mair Rowlands | 2,486 | 7.1 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gwyn Williams[10] | 915 | 2.6 | −10.0 | |
Majority | 237 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 35,261 | 62.4 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Ruane | 15,017 | 42.3 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Matt Wright | 12,508 | 35.2 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Penlington | 4,472 | 12.6 | +0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Caryl Wyn-Jones | 2,068 | 5.8 | −1.4 | |
BNP | Ian Si'Ree | 827 | 2.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Tom Turner | 515 | 1.4 | +0.3 | |
Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Butler | 127 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,509 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 35,534 | 63.7 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Ruane | 14,875 | 46.0 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Felicity Elphick | 10,206 | 31.6 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Jewkes | 3,820 | 11.8 | +2.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mark Jones | 2,309 | 7.1 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Mark Young | 442 | 1.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Edna Khambatta | 375 | 1.2 | 0.0 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Jeff Ditchfield | 286 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,669 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 32,313 | 62.2 | −1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Ruane | 16,179 | 50.0 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Brendan Murphy | 10,418 | 32.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Rees | 3,058 | 9.5 | +0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Williams | 2,300 | 7.1 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | William Campbell | 391 | 1.2 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 5,761 | 17.8 | |||
Turnout | 32,346 | 63.6 | −11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Ruane | 20,617 | 52.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Edwards | 11,662 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Munford | 3,425 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwyneth Kensler | 2,301 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Referendum | Simon Vickers | 834 | 2.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Scott Cooke | 293 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,995 | 22.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,132 | 74.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS – Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ List of Conservative MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "V"
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ "BBC News Election Results". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "BBC News". Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Vale of Clwyd result". Election results for Vale of Clwyd. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ http://ukip-voc.org.uk/your-candidate/
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#Wales
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.