Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°12′29″N 3°07′01″W / 53.208°N 3.117°W
Alyn and Deeside | |
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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) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Flintshire East |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Alyn and Deeside, North Wales |
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.
The Alyn and Deeside Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Boundaries[]
1983–1997: The District of Alyn and Deeside, and the Borough of Wrexham Maelor wards 13 and 14.
1997–2010: The District of Alyn and Deeside.
2010–present: The Flintshire County electoral divisions of Aston, Broughton North East, Broughton South, Buckley Bistre East, Buckley Bistre West, Buckley Mountain, Buckley Pentrobin, Caergwrle, Connah’s Quay Central, Connah’s Quay Golftyn, Connah’s Quay South, Connah’s Quay Wepre, Ewloe, Hawarden, Higher Kinnerton, Hope, Llanfynydd, Mancot, Penyffordd, Queensferry, Saltney Mold Junction, Saltney Stonebridge, Sealand, Shotton East, Shotton Higher, Shotton West, and Treuddyn.
This Cheshire/Wales boundary seat is part of the industrial hinterland north of Wrexham and west of Chester. It was formerly known as East Flintshire until the 1983 boundary review, in which it was renamed after the Alyn and Deeside district created in 1974. The main population areas in the current seat include Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Barry Jones | Labour | |
2001 | Mark Tami | Labour |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1980s[]
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 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
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 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
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 |
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 | -0.1 | |
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 |
Elections in the 2010s[]
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 | |
Rejected ballots | 40 | ||||
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 |
Of the 82 rejected ballots:
- 41 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[20]
- 9 voted for more than one candidate.[20]
In February 2015, the Conservative Party inadvertently leaked a list of non-target seats considered safe Labour, or where winning was considered highly unlikely,[22] which included Alyn and Deeside.[23] Independent Phil Woods announced he would stand,[24] but did not do so.
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 | 63,012 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Of the 84 rejected ballots:
- 63 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[26]
- 17 voted for more than one candidate.[26]
- 4 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[26]
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 | 43,127 | 68.7 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 62,783 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Of the 121 rejected ballots:
- 103 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[29]
- 17 voted for more than one candidate.[29]
- 1 had want of official mark.[29]
See also[]
- Alyn and Deeside (Senedd constituency)
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Notes[]
- ^ 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.
References[]
- ^ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Alyn and Deeside". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Results". Flintshire County Council. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "BBC NEWS > Alyn and Deeside". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Results". Flintshire County Council. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Alyn and Deeside parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Alyn & Deeside". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Results". Flintshire County Council. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Alyn and Deeside result". Election Results For Alyn And Deeside. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Alyn and Deeside Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "may2015.com - may2015 Resources and Information". may2015.com.
- ^ "Conservative Non Target Candidates".
- ^ Porter, Gary (19 November 2014). "Connah's Quay comedy writer to stand for Alyn and Deeside in next election". Daily Post.
- ^ "Persons Nominated" (PDF). Flintshire County Council. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Election Results". Flintshire County Council. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Alyn and Deeside Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Persons Nominated" (PDF). Flintshire County Council. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Election Results". Flintshire County Council. Flintshire County Council. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Alyn and Deeside Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
External links[]
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- Parliamentary constituencies in North Wales
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983