List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd

Seven constituencies cover Clwyd. They are county constituencies (CCs) (for type of returning officer and election expenses) of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (Westminster), and are used also for elections to the National Assembly for Wales. The current boundaries have been effective since the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election 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
ConstituencyBoundaries
1. Aberconwy CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd 2010
2. Alyn and Deeside CC
3. Clwyd South CC
4. Clwyd West CC
5. Delyn CC
6. Vale of Clwyd CC
7. Wrexham CC

  Conservative †   Labour ‡

Constituency Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map reference above
Aberconwy 44,699 2,034   Robin Millar †   Emily Owen ‡ 1
Alyn and Deeside 62,783 213   Mark Tami ‡   Sanjoy Sen † 2
Clwyd South 53,919 1,239   Simon Baynes †   Susan Elan Jones ‡ 3
Clwyd West 57,714 6,747   David Jones †   Jo Thomas ‡ 4
Delyn 54,552 865   Rob Roberts †   David Hanson ‡ 5
Vale of Clwyd 56,649 1,827   James Davies †   Chris Ruane ‡ 6
Wrexham 49,734 2,131   Sarah Atherton †   Mary Wimbury ‡ 7

1997 to 2010
ConstituencyBoundaries
1. Alyn and Deeside CC (Westminster)
Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd pre-2010
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.

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for Wales submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[2]

Assembly boundaries

From 2007
ConstituencyAssembly regionConstituency boundaries
1. Aberconwy CC (Assembly)North Wales
Assembly constituencies in Clwyd 2007
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
ConstituencyAssembly regionConstituency boundaries
1. Alyn and Deeside CC (Assembly)North Wales
Assembly constituencies in Clwyd pre-2007
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 2017

Assembly elections
2007 2011 2016

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1832 to 1885

  Conservative   Liberal   Peelite   Whig

Constituency 1832 1835 1837 40 1841 42 1847 1852 54 1857 1859 61 1865 1868 72 1874 78 1880 85
Denbigh Boroughs Madock Jones Mainwaring West Mainwaring Williams Cunliffe
Denbighshire Myddleton-Biddulph Bagot Myddleton-Biddulph → Morgan
W. Williams-Wynn Cholmondeley W. Williams-Wynn jnr H. Williams-Wynn
Flint Boroughs Glynne 1 Dundas Williams-Bulkeley Hanmer → Cunliffe Eyton Roberts
Flintshire E. Lloyd-Mostyn Glynne E. Lloyd-Mostyn Glynne E. Lloyd-Mostyn T. Lloyd-Mostyn → Grosvenor

1 individual's page describes him as a Conservative, but constituency and 1832 election articles list him as a Liberal for the period 1832–37.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1885 86 1886 1892 1895 97 1900 1906 06 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 13
Denbigh Boroughs Kenyon Howell Kenyon Edwards Ormsby-Gore
Denbighshire East Morgan Moss Hemmerde John
Denbighshire West West → Roberts
Flint Boroughs Roberts Lewis Idris Summers Parry
Flintshire Grosvenor Smith Lewis

1918 to 1983

  Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23)   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931–68)   Social Democratic

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 31 1931 32 1935 42 43 1945 1950 1951 55 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 81
Denbigh D. Davies J. Davies E. Davies Morris-Jones → → → Evans Morgan
Wrexham Thomas Richards Williams Richards Roberts Richards Jones Ellis →
Flintshire / Flintshire West (1950) Parry → Roberts Llewellyn-Jones → → Rowlands Birch Meyer
Flintshire East White Jones

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019
Aberconwy Bebb → Millar
Alyn and Deeside B. Jones Tami
Clwyd South West / Clwyd South (1997) Harvey M. Jones S. Jones Baynes
Clwyd North West / Clwyd West (1997) Meyer Richards Thomas D. Jones
Delyn Raffan Hanson Roberts
Wrexham Marek Lucas Atherton
Vale of Clwyd Ruane Davies Ruane Davies

Notes and references
  1. The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-21.

See also
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