Clwyd North | |
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constituency for the House of Commons | |
Current constituency | |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Clwyd West, Vale of Clwyd |
Clwyd North (Welsh : Gogledd Clwyd) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, to be first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
The constituency will comprise the following areas: [1] [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gill German [4] | N/A | |||
Green | Martyn James Hogg [5] | N/A | |||
Conservative | Darren Millar [6] | N/A | |||
Reform UK | Jamie Orange [7] | N/A | |||
Plaid Cymru | Paul Rowlinson [8] | N/A | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Wilkins [9] | N/A | |||
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win (new seat) |
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