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]

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

Assembly elections

2007 2011 2016

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1918

Constituency 1885 1886 1892 1895 97 1900 1906 06 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 13
Denbigh, Holt, Ruthin & Wrexham Kenyon Howell Kenyon Edwards Ormsby-Gore
Denbighshire East Morgan Moss Hemmerde John
Denbighshire West West --> Roberts
Flint, Caergwrle, Caerwys, Holywell, Mold, Overton, Rhuddlan & St Asaph Roberts Lewis Idris Summers Parry
Flintshire Grosvenor Smith Lewis

1918 to 1950

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 32 1935 42 43 1945
Denbigh D. Davies J. Davies E. Davies Morris-Jones --> --> -->
Wrexham Thomas Richards Williams Richards Roberts Richards
Flintshire Parry --> Roberts Llewellyn-Jones --> --> Rowlands Birch

1950 to 1983

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 81
Denbigh Evans Morgan
Wrexham Richards Jones Ellis -->
Flintshire East White Jones
Flintshire West Birch Meyer

1983 to present

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015
Aberconwy Bebb
Alyn and Deeside B. Jones Tami
Clwyd South West / Clwyd South (1997) Harvey M. Jones S. Jones
Clwyd North West / Clwyd West (1997) Meyer Richards Thomas D. Jones
Delyn Raffan Hanson
Wrexham Marek Lucas
Vale of Clwyd Ruane Davies

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. ↑ Provisional Recommendations Boundary Commission for Wales

See also

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