List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd
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There are eight 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, since the 1999 Welsh Assembly election
, for elections to the National Assembly for Wales
.
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
.
Three of the constituencies
straddle the boundary with other preserved counties, and Boundary Commission for Wales proposals for new boundaries have been accepted, to become effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election and the Welsh Assembly election, 2007. The two elections are unlikely to occur at the same time and, therefore, there will be a period when boundaries for Westminster purposes differ from those for Assembly purposes. The new boundaries define seven constituencies covering Clwyd, all entirely within the boundary of the preserved county.
For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member
electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.
The eight existing constituencies were created before changes to the boundaries of preserved counties under the Preserved Counties (Amendment to Boundaries) (Wales) Order 2003, which came into effect in 2003, and before changes to local government boundaries under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
, which came into effect in 1996.
The Clwyd South constituency is also partly a Powys constituency, and the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies are also partly Gwynedd constituencies.
The Clwyd South constituency is also partly a Powys constituency, and the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies are also partly Gwynedd constituencies.
The eight constituencies include seven of the nine constituencies of the North Wales electoral region and one of the eight constituencies of the Mid and West Wales electoral region. The other two North Wales constituencies are Gwynedd constituencies. Of the other seven Mid and West Wales constituencies, two are Powys constituencies, and five are Dyfed constituencies.
The seven constituencies are all in the North Wales electoral region, which will include, also, two Gwynedd constituencies.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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(Westminster
Palace of Westminster
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), and are used also, since the 1999 Welsh Assembly election
Welsh Assembly election, 1999
The first National Assembly for Wales elections were held on 6 May 1999. The overall turnout of voters was 46.3%. Although the Welsh Labour Party were the biggest party, they did not gain enough seats to form a majority government and instead entered into coalition with the Liberal Democrats...
, for elections to the National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...
.
Clwyd
Clwyd
Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east, bordering England with Cheshire to its east, Shropshire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Gwynedd to its immediate west and Powys to the south. It additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county of...
is one of the eight preserved counties
Preserved counties of Wales
The preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of Lieutenancy and Shrievalty. They are based on the counties created by the Local Government Act 1972 and used for local government and other purposes between 1974 and 1996.-Usage:The Local Government ...
of Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. As currently defined, the preserved county consists of the principal areas of Conwy
Conwy (county borough)
Conwy County Borough is a unitary authority area in North Wales.-Geography:It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, and has a total population of about 110,000.The River Conwy, after...
, Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
, Flintshire
Flintshire
Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...
and Wrexham
Wrexham (county borough)
Wrexham is a county borough centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages. The remainder living to the south...
.
Three of the constituencies
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
straddle the boundary with other preserved counties, and Boundary Commission for Wales proposals for new boundaries have been accepted, to become effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election and the Welsh Assembly election, 2007. The two elections are unlikely to occur at the same time and, therefore, there will be a period when boundaries for Westminster purposes differ from those for Assembly purposes. The new boundaries define seven constituencies covering Clwyd, all entirely within the boundary of the preserved county.
For Welsh Assembly elections, constituencies are grouped into additional member
Additional Member System
The Additional Member System is the term used in the United Kingdom for the mixed member proportional representation voting system used in Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly....
electoral regions, and changes to constituency boundaries mean, also, changes to regional boundaries.
The eight existing constituencies were created before changes to the boundaries of preserved counties under the Preserved Counties (Amendment to Boundaries) (Wales) Order 2003, which came into effect in 2003, and before changes to local government boundaries under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
The Local Government Act 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure in Wales of 22 unitary authority areas, referred to as principal areas in the Act, and abolished the previous two-tier structure of counties and districts...
, which came into effect in 1996.
Current boundaries
| Constituency | Boundaries |
|---|---|
| 1. Alyn and Deeside CC (Westminster) Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 1990s:-See also:* Alyn and Deeside * List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd-Notes and references:... |
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| 2. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency) Clwyd South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The constituency was created in 1997, and it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post method of election.The Clwyd South Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same... (part) |
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| 3. Clwyd West CC (Westminster) Clwyd West (UK Parliament constituency) Clwyd West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post method of election... |
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| 4. Conwy CC (Westminster) Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) Conwy was an electoral constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament by the single-member district plurality system of voting.... (part) |
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| 5. Delyn CC (Westminster) Delyn (UK Parliament constituency) Delyn is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the 1983 General Election. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... |
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| 6. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Westminster) Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) Meirionnydd Nant Conwy was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... (part) |
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| 7. Vale of Clwyd CC (Westminster) Vale of Clwyd (UK Parliament constituency) The Vale of Clwyd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... |
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| 8. Wrexham CC (Westminster) Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency) Wrexham is a parliamentary constituency in North Wales which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom... |
The Clwyd South constituency is also partly a Powys constituency, and the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies are also partly Gwynedd constituencies.
New boundaries
| Constituency | Boundaries |
|---|---|
| 1. Aberconwy CC (Westminster) Aberconwy (UK Parliament constituency) Aberconwy is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The seat was created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election, and replaced the old north Wales seat of Conwy seat.... |
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| 2. Alyn and Deeside CC (Westminster) Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 1990s:-See also:* Alyn and Deeside * List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd-Notes and references:... |
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| 3. Clwyd South CC (Westminster) Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency) Clwyd South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The constituency was created in 1997, and it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post method of election.The Clwyd South Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same... |
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| 4. Clwyd West CC (Westminster) Clwyd West (UK Parliament constituency) Clwyd West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post method of election... |
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| 5. Delyn CC (Westminster) Delyn (UK Parliament constituency) Delyn is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the 1983 General Election. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... |
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| 6. Vale of Clwyd CC (Westminster) Vale of Clwyd (UK Parliament constituency) The Vale of Clwyd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... |
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| 7. Wrexham CC (Westminster) Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency) Wrexham is a parliamentary constituency in North Wales which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom... |
1999 to 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alyn and Deeside CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 2. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Clwyd South is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... (part) |
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| 3. Clwyd West CC (Assembly) | ||
| 4. Conwy CC (Assembly) Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Conwy was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... (part) |
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| 5. Delyn CC (Assembly) | ||
| 6. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy CC (Assembly) Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Meirionnydd Nant Conwy was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... (part) |
Mid and West Wales | |
| 7. Vale of Clwyd CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 8. Wrexham CC (Assembly) Wrexham (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Wrexham is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency... |
The Clwyd South constituency is also partly a Powys constituency, and the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies are also partly Gwynedd constituencies.
The eight constituencies include seven of the nine constituencies of the North Wales electoral region and one of the eight constituencies of the Mid and West Wales electoral region. The other two North Wales constituencies are Gwynedd constituencies. Of the other seven Mid and West Wales constituencies, two are Powys constituencies, and five are Dyfed constituencies.
From 2007
| Constituency | Assembly region | Constituency boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Aberconwy CC (Assembly) | North Wales | |
| 2. Alyn and Deeside CC (Assembly) | ||
| 3. Clwyd South CC (Assembly) Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Clwyd South is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... |
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| 4. Clwyd West CC (Assembly) | ||
| 5. Delyn CC (Assembly) | ||
| 6. Vale of Clwyd CC (Assembly) | ||
| 7. Wrexham CC (Assembly) Wrexham (National Assembly for Wales constituency) Wrexham is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency... |
The seven constituencies are all in the North Wales electoral region, which will include, also, two Gwynedd constituencies.
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwynedd
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys
- National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions