Clwyd West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Electorate | 56,845 (December 2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Abergele, Colwyn Bay, Ruthin |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | David Jones (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Clwyd South West and Clwyd North West |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Clwyd West, North Wales |
Clwyd West (Welsh : Gorllewin Clwyd) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election. The current MP is David Jones of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2005 general election and who also served as Secretary of State for Wales from 4 September 2012 until 14 July 2014.
The constituency is set to be abolished, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Its wards are to be split between Bangor Aberconwy , Clwyd East and Clwyd North . [2]
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, as confirmed by The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, [3] the constituency of Clwyd West is formed from the following electoral wards:
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Clwyd South West and Clwyd North West. In the 2005 election this constituency was the Conservative Party's twentieth target. The area has generally voted for Conservative candidates, though it was won by Labour in their 1997 and 2001 landslides.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1997 | Gareth Thomas | Labour | |
2005 | David Jones | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gareth Thomas | 14,918 | 37.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Rod Richards | 13,070 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Eryl W. Williams | 5,421 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gwyn Williams | 5,151 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Referendum | Heather Bennett-Collins | 1,114 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Conservatory | David K. Neal | 583 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,848 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,257 | 75.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 53,467 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gareth Thomas | 13,426 | 38.8 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Jimmy James | 12,311 | 35.6 | +3.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Elfed Williams | 4,453 | 12.8 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robina L. Feeley | 3,934 | 11.4 | −1.4 | |
UKIP | Mathew Guest | 476 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,115 | 3.2 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,600 | 64.1 | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 53,962 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Jones | 12,909 | 36.2 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Gareth Thomas | 12,776 | 35.9 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Taylor | 4,723 | 13.3 | +1.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Eilian Williams | 3,874 | 10.9 | −1.9 | |
UKIP | Warwick Nicholson | 512 | 1.4 | ±0.0 | |
Independent | Jimmy James | 507 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Patrick Keenan | 313 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 57 | ||||
Majority | 133 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,614 | 62.6 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 55,642 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Of the 57 rejected ballots:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Jones | 15,833 | 41.5 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Donna Hutton | 9,414 | 24.7 | -11.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Llyr Gruffydd | 5,864 | 15.4 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michele Jones | 5,801 | 15.2 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Warwick Nicholson | 864 | 2.3 | +0.8 | |
Christian | David Griffiths | 239 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Joe Blakesley | 96 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 67 | ||||
Majority | 6,419 | 16.8 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,111 | 65.8 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 57,913 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
Of the 67 rejected ballots:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Jones | 16,463 | 43.3 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Gareth Thomas | 9,733 | 25.6 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Warwick Nicholson | 4,988 | 13.1 | +10.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Marc Jones | 4,651 | 12.2 | -3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Lesiter-Burgess | 1,387 | 3.6 | -11.6 | |
Socialist Labour | Bob English | 612 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Above and Beyond | Rory Jepson | 194 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 76 | ||||
Majority | 6,730 | 17.7 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,028 | 64.8 | -1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 58,644 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Of the 76 rejected ballots:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Jones | 19,541 | 48.1 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Gareth Thomas | 16,104 | 39.6 | +14.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dilwyn Roberts | 3,918 | 9.6 | -2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victor Babu | 1,091 | 2.7 | -0.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 79 | ||||
Majority | 3,437 | 8.5 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,654 | 69.8 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 58,263 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
Of the 79 rejected ballots:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Jones | 20,403 | 50.7 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Joanne Thomas | 13,656 | 34.0 | -5.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Elfed Williams | 3,907 | 9.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Wilkins | 2,237 | 5.6 | +2.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 147 | ||||
Majority | 6,747 | 16.7 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,203 | 69.7 | -0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 57,714 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
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