Alyn_and_Deeside_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Alyn and Deeside
Alyn and Deeside
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Alyn and Deeside in Wales
Preserved county	Clwyd
Population	82,505 (2011 census)
Electorate	62,196 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Mark Tami (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Flintshire East
Overlaps
Senedd	Alyn and Deeside, North Wales

Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)

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Alyn and Deeside (Welsh: Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy) is a parliamentary constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). The constituency was created in 1983, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post method of election.

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The Alyn and Deeside Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

The constituency is to retain its name and gain wards, 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 next United Kingdom general election.^[3]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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Of the 50 rejected ballots:

41 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.^[23]
9 voted for more than one candidate.^[23]

In February 2015, the Conservative Party inadvertently leaked a list of non-target seats considered safe Labour, or where winning was considered highly unlikely,^[25] which included Alyn and Deeside.^[26] Independent Phil Woods announced he would stand,^[27] but did not do so.

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Of the 84 rejected ballots:

63 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.^[29]
17 voted for more than one candidate.^[29]
4 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.^[29]

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Of the 121 rejected ballots:

103 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.^[32]
17 voted for more than one candidate.^[32]
1 had want of official mark.^[32]

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A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	17,806	40.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Simon Burns	16,438	37.2	N/A
	SDP	Eric Owen	9,535	21.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Keith Shore	413	0.9	N/A
Majority			1,368	3.1	N/A
Turnout			44,192	78.1	N/A
Registered electors			56,618
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	22,916	48.6	+8.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Twilley	16,500	35.0	−2.2
	SDP	Eric Owen	7,273	15.4	−6.2
	Plaid Cymru	John Rogers	478	1.0	+0.1
Majority			6,416	13.6	+10.5
Turnout			47,167	80.4	+2.3
Registered electors			58,764
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	25,206	52.0	+3.4
	Conservative	Jeffrey J. Riley	17,355	35.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert A. Britton	4,687	9.7	−5.7
	Plaid Cymru	John D. Rogers	551	1.1	+0.1
	Green	Victor J. Button	433	0.9	N/A
	Independent	John Cooksey	200	0.4	N/A
Majority			7,851	16.2	+2.6
Turnout			48,432	80.1	−0.3
Registered electors			60,477
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	25,955	61.9	+9.9
	Conservative	Timothy P. Roberts	9,552	22.8	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Burnham	4,076	9.7	±0.0
	Referendum	Malcolm J. D. Jones	1,627	3.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Siw Hills	738	1.8	+0.7
Majority			16,403	39.1	+22.9
Turnout			41,948	72.2	-7.9
Registered electors			58,091
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tami	18,525	52.3	−9.6
	Conservative	Mark Isherwood	9,303	26.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Burnham	4,585	12.9	+3.2
	Plaid Cymru	Richard S. Coombs	1,182	3.3	+1.5
	Green	Klaus Armstrong-Braun	881	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	William Crawford	481	1.4	N/A
	Independent	John Cooksey	253	0.7	N/A
	Communist	Glyn Davies	211	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,222	26.0	-13.1
Turnout			35,421	58.6	-13.6
Registered electors			60,478
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.5

Alyn_and_Deeside_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)

Constituency profile

Boundaries

Future boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2020s

See also

Notes

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Alyn and Deeside
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Alyn and Deeside in Wales
Preserved county	Clwyd
Population	82,505 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	62,196 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Mark Tami (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Flintshire East
Overlaps
Senedd	Alyn and Deeside, North Wales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tami	17,331	48.8	−3.5
	Conservative	Lynne Hale	8,953	25.2	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul J. Brighton	6,174	17.4	+4.5
	Plaid Cymru	Richard Coombs	1,320	3.7	+0.4
	UKIP	Billy Crawford	918	2.6	+1.2
	Forward Wales	Klaus Armstrong-Braun	378	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Judith Kilshaw	215	0.6	N/A
	Communist	Glyn Davies	207	0.6	±0.0
Majority			8,378	23.6	-2.4
Turnout			35,496	60.2	+1.6
Registered electors			59,441
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tami	15,804	39.6	−9.2
	Conservative	Will Gallagher	12,885	32.3	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul J. Brighton	7,308	18.3	+0.9
	Plaid Cymru	Maurice Jones	1,549	3.9	+0.2
	BNP	John Walker	1,368	3.4	N/A
	UKIP	James Howson	1,009	2.5	−0.1
Majority			2,919	7.3	-16.3
Turnout			39,923	65.5	+5.3
Registered electors			60,931
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tami	16,540	40.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Laura Knightly	13,197	31.9	−0.4
	UKIP	Blair Smillie	7,260	17.6	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tudor Jones	1,733	4.2	−14.1
	Plaid Cymru	Jacqueline Hurst	1,608	3.9	±0.0
	Green	Alasdair Ibbotson	976	2.4	N/A
Rejected ballots			50
Majority			3,343	8.1	+0.8
Turnout			41,314	66.6	+1.1
Registered electors			62,016
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tami	23,315	52.1	+12.1
	Conservative	Laura Knightly	18,080	40.4	+8.5
	Plaid Cymru	Jacqui Hurst	1,171	2.6	−1.3
	UKIP	David Griffiths	1,117	2.5	−15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Williams	1,077	2.4	−1.8
Rejected ballots			84
Majority			5,235	11.7	+3.6
Turnout			44,760	71.0	+4.4
Registered electors			63,013
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tami	18,271	42.5	−9.6
	Conservative	Sanjoy Sen	18,058	42.0	+1.6
	Brexit Party	Simon Wall	2,678	6.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Lalek	2,548	5.9	+3.5
	Plaid Cymru	Susan Hills	1,453	3.4	+0.8
Rejected ballots			121
Majority			213	0.5	−11.2
Turnout			43,008	68.5	−2.5
Registered electors			62,789
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.6

Party		Candidate
	Green	Karl Macnaughton^[34]
	Plaid Cymru	Jack Morris^[35]
	Reform UK	Vicky Roskams^[36]
Majority
Turnout