Clwyd_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)

Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the UK

Not to be confused with Clwyd South (Senedd constituency).

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

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

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 next United Kingdom general election. Its wards is to be split between Clwyd East, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Wrexham.[2]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency straddles the authorities of Denbighshire and the borough of Wrexham. Main population centres includes 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 used to include 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 comprises the following electoral wards:

  • From Wrexham: Overton, Bronington, Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley, Chirk North, Gwenfro, Johnstown, Llangollen Rural, Marchwiel, Penycae, Penycae and Ruabon South, Plas Madoc, Ponciau, Ruabon, Bryn Cefn, Minera, Brymbo, Coedpoeth, Cefn, Chirk South, Esclusham, New Broughton, Pant
  • From Denbighshire: Corwen, Llangollen, Llandrillo

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 2000s

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Of the 298 rejected ballots:

  • 273 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[10]
  • 16 voted for more than one candidate.[10]
  • 8 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[10]
  • 1 had want of official mark.[10]

Elections in the 2010s

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Of the 55 rejected ballots:

  • 39 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[17]
  • 15 voted for more than one candidate.[17]
  • 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[17]
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Of the 56 rejected ballots:

  • 38 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[21]
  • 18 voted for more than one candidate.[21]
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Of the 110 rejected ballots:

  • 92 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[24]
  • 18 voted for more than one candidate.[24]

See also

References

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    "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. [2]
    2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
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    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
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    "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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    "VOTE 2001: Results and Constituencies: Clwyd South". BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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    "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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    "Clwyd South". BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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    "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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    "Clwyd South parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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    "2005 Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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    "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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    Clwyd South Wrexham CBC - Clwyd South candidates
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    Clwyd South BBC Election -Clwyd South
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    "Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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    "Clwyd South". BBC News. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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    "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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    "Clwyd South result" (PDF). DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL. Wrexham County Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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    "David Nicholls PPC page". Conservative Party (UK). Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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    "Full Candidate List for Wrexham & Clwyd South". Wrexham.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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    "Clwyd South Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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    "2017 Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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    "Parliamentary Elections (General Elections)" (PDF). Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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    "Clwyd South parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  24. [24]
    "Results". Denbighshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

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