Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Clwyd South
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Clwyd South in Wales.
Preserved county	Clwyd
Electorate	54,895 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Rhosllannerchrugog, Llangollen
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Susan Jones (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Clwyd South West, Wrexham
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	North Wales
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Clwyd South (De Clwyd in Welsh) 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.

The Clwyd South Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Boundaries

The constituency of Clwyd South in straddles the authorities of Denbighshire and Wrexham. Main population centres includes Rhosllanerchrugog, Cefn-mawr, and Coedpoeth on the outskirts of Wrexham, and Llangollen. 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1997	Martyn Jones	Labour
	2010	Susan Jones	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Clwyd South [3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Jones	13,311	38.4	-6.8
	Conservative	John Bell	10,477	30.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Roberts	5,965	17.2	+1.7
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Ryder	3,009	8.7	-0.8
	BNP	Sarah Hynes	1,100	3.2	+3.2
	UKIP	Nick Powell	819	2.4	+0.4
Majority			2,834	8.2
Turnout			34,681	64.5	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Clwyd South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Jones	14,808	45.0	-6.4
	Conservative	Tom Biggins	8,460	25.7	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Deric Burnham	5,105	15.5	+5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Strong	3,111	9.4	-2.5
	Forward Wales	Alwyn Humphreys	803	2.4	+2.4
	UKIP	Nick Powell	644	2.0	+0.4
Majority			6,348	19.3
Turnout			32,931	62.9	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

General Election 2001: Clwyd South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Jones	17,217	51.4	-6.7
	Conservative	Tom Biggins	8,319	24.8	+1.8
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfed Edwards	3,982	11.9	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Griffiths	3,426	10.2	+0.9
	UKIP	Edwina Theunissen	552	1.6	N/A
Majority			8,898	26.6
Turnout			33,496	62.4	-11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Clwyd South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Jones	22,901	58.1	+8.4
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	9,091	23.1	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	A. Chadwick	3,684	9.4	-1.7
	Plaid Cymru	G.V. Williams	2,500	6.3	-1.6
	Referendum Party	A. Lewis	1,207	3.1	N/A
Majority			13,810	35.0
Turnout			39,383	73.6
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• Clwyd South (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd

Notes and references

1. ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. http://www.statswales.wales.gov.uk/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=14666. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
3. ^ Clwyd South Wrexham CBC - Clwyd South candidates
4. ^ Clwyd South BBC Election -Clwyd South

Coordinates: 52°56′25″N 3°06′51″W / 52.94028°N 3.11417°W / 52.94028; -3.11417