Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)
Clwyd South (Welsh: De Clwyd) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). The constituency was created in 1997, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election.
Clwyd South | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Clwyd South in Wales | |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Electorate | 54,895 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Chirk, Corwen, Ruabon, Rhosllannerchrugog, Llangollen, Coedpoeth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Simon Baynes (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Clwyd South West, Wrexham |
Overlaps | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | North Wales |
The Clwyd South Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Boundaries
The constituency straddles the authorities of Denbighshire and the borough of Wrexham. Main population centres includes the suburbs of Ruabon, Chirk, Rhosllannerchrugog, Cefn Mawr and Coedpoeth to the south of the town of Wrexham, in addition to Llangollen and Corwen further up the Dee valley to the west. Until the 2010 election, the constituency used to include a small part of the preserved county of Powys. This anomaly was resolved by the Boundary Commission for Wales with the boundaries first used in 2010.
The constituency comprises the following electoral wards:
- From Wrexham: Overton, Bronington, Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley, Chirk North, Gwenfro, Johnstown, Llangollen Rural, Marchwiel, Penycae, Penycae and Ruabon South, Plas Madoc, Ponciau, Ruabon, Bryn Cefn, Minera, Brymbo, Coedpoeth, Cefn, Chirk South, Esclusham, New Broughton, Pant
- From Denbighshire: Corwen, Llangollen, Llandrillo
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Martyn Jones | Labour | |
2010 | Susan Elan Jones | Labour | |
2019 | Simon Baynes | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Jones | 22,901 | 58.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Boris Johnson | 9,091 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Chadwick | 3,684 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Gareth V. Williams | 2,500 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Referendum | Alex Lewis | 1,207 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,810 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,383 | 73.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 53,495 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Jones | 17,217 | 51.4 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Tom Biggins | 8,319 | 24.8 | +1.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dyfed Edwards | 3,982 | 11.9 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Griffiths | 3,426 | 10.2 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Edwina Theunissen | 552 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,898 | 26.6 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,496 | 62.4 | -11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 53,680 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Jones | 14,808 | 45.0 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | Tom Biggins | 8,460 | 25.7 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Deric Burnham | 5,105 | 15.5 | +5.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mark Strong | 3,111 | 9.4 | -2.5 | |
Forward Wales | Alwyn Humphreys | 803 | 2.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Nick Powell | 644 | 2.0 | +0.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 298 | ||||
Majority | 6,348 | 19.3 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,931 | 62.9 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 52,353 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Of the 298 rejected ballots:
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Elan Jones | 13,311 | 38.4 | -6.8 | |
Conservative | John Bell | 10,477 | 30.2 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Roberts | 5,965 | 17.2 | +1.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Janet Ryder | 3,009 | 8.7 | -0.8 | |
BNP | Sarah Hynes | 1,100 | 3.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Nick Powell | 819 | 2.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 2,834 | 8.2 | -11.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,681 | 64.5 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 53,748 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Elan Jones | 13,051 | 37.2 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | David Nicholls [17] | 10,649 | 30.4 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Mandy Jones | 5,480 | 15.6 | +13.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mabon ap Gwynfor | 3,620 | 10.3 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Roberts | 1,349 | 3.8 | -13.4 | |
Green | Duncan Rees | 915 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 55 | ||||
Majority | 2,402 | 6.8 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,064 | 63.8 | -0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 54,996 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Of the 55 rejected ballots:
- 39 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[16]
- 15 voted for more than one candidate.[16]
- 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Elan Jones | 19,002 | 50.7 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Simon Baynes | 14,646 | 39.1 | +8.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Christopher Allen | 2,292 | 6.1 | -4.2 | |
UKIP | Jeanette Bassford-Barton | 802 | 2.1 | -13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Roberts | 731 | 2.0 | -1.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 56 | ||||
Majority | 4,356 | 11.6 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,473 | 68.9 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 54,266 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Of the 56 rejected ballots:
- 38 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[20]
- 18 voted for more than one candidate.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Baynes | 16,222 | 44.7 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Susan Elan Jones | 14,983 | 41.3 | -9.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Christopher Allen | 2,137 | 5.9 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Calum Davies | 1,496 | 4.1 | +2.1 | |
Brexit Party | Jamie Adams | 1,468 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 110 | ||||
Majority | 1,239 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,306 | 67.3 | -2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 53,919 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Of the 110 rejected ballots:
See also
Notes and references
- "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Clwyd South". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "BBC NEWS > Clwyd South". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Clwyd South parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "2005 Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- Clwyd South Wrexham CBC - Clwyd South candidates
- Clwyd South BBC Election -Clwyd South
- "Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "Clwyd South". BBC News. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "Clwyd South result" (PDF). DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL. Wrexham County Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- "David Nicholls PPC page". Conservative Party (UK). Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- "Full Candidate List for Wrexham & Clwyd South". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- "Clwyd South Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- "2017 Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "Parliamentary Elections (General Elections)" (PDF). Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- "Clwyd South parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- "Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)