Clwyd South West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Clwyd South West | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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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 | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martyn David 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 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Mrs Jean B. Leadbetter | 155 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,941 | 10.0 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,407 | 81.5 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martyn David Jones | 16,701 | 35.4 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Lambart Harvey | 15,673 | 33.2 | −0.6 | |
Social Democratic | Robert Thomas Ellis | 10,778 | 22.9 | −7.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Eifion Lloyd Jones | 3,987 | 8.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 1,028 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 47,139 | 81.1 | +3.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Lambart Harvey | 14,575 | 33.8 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Robert Thomas Ellis | 13,024 | 30.2 | N/A | |
Labour | D.B. Carter | 11,829 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | A.O.G. Schiavone | 3,684 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,551 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,112 | 77.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
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- ↑ 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)[self-published source][better source needed]
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