Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Clwyd South
Parliament:uk
Map1:ClwydSouth2007
Year:1997
Abolished:2024
Type:County
Elects Howmany:One
Electorate:54,895 (December 2010)[1]
Party:Welsh Conservatives
Region:Wales
European:Wales
Towns:Chirk, Corwen, Ruabon, Rhosllannerchrugog, Llangollen, Coedpoeth

Clwyd South (Welsh: De Clwyd) was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). The constituency was created in 1997, and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election.

The Clwyd South Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).

The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales. Its wards were split between Clwyd East, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Wrexham.[2]

Boundaries

The constituency straddled the authorities of Denbighshire and the borough of Wrexham. Main population centres included the suburbs of Ruabon, Chirk, Rhosllannerchrugog, Cefn Mawr and Coedpoeth to the south of the city of Wrexham, in addition to Llangollen and Corwen further up the Dee valley to the west. Until the 2010 election, the constituency included 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 comprised the following electoral wards:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1997Martyn JonesLabour
2010Susan Elan JonesLabour
2019Simon BaynesConservative
2024Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Of the 298 rejected ballots:

  • 273 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
  • 16 voted for more than one candidate.
  • 8 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.
  • 1 had want of official mark.

Elections in the 2010s

Of the 55 rejected ballots:

  • 39 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
  • 15 voted for more than one candidate.
  • 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.

Of the 56 rejected ballots:

  • 38 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
  • 18 voted for more than one candidate.

Of the 110 rejected ballots:

  • 92 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
  • 18 voted for more than one candidate.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view. 1 December 2010. 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 13 March 2011. 3 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003195548/http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. dead.
  2. Book: 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales . 28 June 2023 . Boundary Commission for Wales.