- Clwyd South West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Clwyd South West Former County constituency for the House of Commons Preserved county Clwyd Major settlements Rhosllanerchrugog, Llangollen 1983–1997 Number of members One Replaced by Clwyd South, Clwyd West and Vale of Clwyd Created from Denbigh and Wrexham Clwyd South West (Welsh: De-orllewin Clwyd) was a county constituency in Clwyd, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was a marginal seat throughout its lifetime.
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Boundaries
This was a constituency of a varied nature, being made up of former mining villages close to Wrexham (such as Rhosllannerchrugog), the picturesque town of Llangollen and a large area of sparsely populated countryside.[1] The seat was abolished and broken down into three new constituencies after the recommendation by the Boundary Commission for Wales to create an extra seat in Clwyd for the 1997 general election.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election Member[3] Party 1983 Robert Harvey Conservative 1987 Martyn Jones Labour 1997 constituency abolished: see Clwyd South, Clwyd West and Vale of Clwyd Elections
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Clwyd South West[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Martyn Jones 21,490 43.5 +8.1 Conservative Gwilym G.V. Owen 16,549 33.5 +0.2 Liberal Democrat W. Gwyn Williams 6,027 12.2 −10.7 Plaid Cymru Eifion Lloyd Jones 4,835 9.8 +1.3 Green Nigel C. Worth 351 0.7 +0.7 Natural Law Mrs Jean B. Leadbetter 155 0.3 +0.3 Majority 4,941 10.0 +7.8 Turnout 49,407 81.5 +0.4 Labour hold Swing +3.9 See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Clwyd South West". Vision of Britain. Vision of Britain, University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?u_id=12745370. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, pp.12,205 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
Categories:- Clwyd
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in North Wales
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997
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