Vale of Clwyd (Senedd constituency)

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Vale of Clwyd
Dyffryn Clwyd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Vale of Clwyd (Assembly constituency).svg
North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
The Vale of Clwyd shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyConservative
MSGareth Davies
Preserved countyClwyd

The Vale of Clwyd (Welsh: Dyffryn Clwyd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries[]

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Vale of Clwyd Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. From the 2007 Assembly election, the constituency will include an area currently within the Clwyd West constituency. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary change became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

When created in 1999, the North Wales region included the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

Since the 2007 Assembly election, the region includes Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

Voting[]

In elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Members of the Senedd[]

Election Member Party Portrait
1999–2021 Ann Jones Labour Ann Jones.jpg
2021–present Gareth Davies Conservative

Elections[]

Elections in the 2020s[]

2021 Senedd election: Vale of Clwyd[1][2]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[3]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Gareth Davies 10,792 41.4 Increase5.0 9,747 38.06
Labour Jason McLellan 10,426 40.0 Increase0.5 9,777 38.18
Plaid Cymru Glenn Swingler 2,972 11.4 Increase2.7 3,417 13.34
Liberal Democrats Lisa Davies 782 3.0 Decrease0.1 620 2.42
Reform UK Peter Dain 552 2.1 New 340 1.33
Independent David Thomas 529 2.0 New
Abolish the Welsh Assembly 794 3.10
Green 608 2.37
Freedom Alliance 131 0.51
Independent Michelle Brown 65 0.25
Communist 60 0.23
Propel 36 0.14
TUSC 16 0.06
Majority 366 1.4 N/A
Turnout 26,053
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Notes

Elections in the 2010s[]

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Vale of Clwyd[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Jones 9,560 39.5 −11.2
Conservative Sam Rowlands 8,792 36.4 +3.1
UKIP Paul Davies-Cooke 2,975 12.3 New
Plaid Cymru Mair Rowlands 2,098 8.7 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Gwyn Williams 758 3.1 −1.6
Majority 768 3.1 -14.3
Turnout 24,183 42.9 +1.9
Labour hold Swing -7.1
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Vale of Clwyd[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Jones 11,691 50.7 +14.3
Conservative Ian Gunning 7,680 33.3 −2.7
Plaid Cymru Alun Jones 2,597 11.3 −6.1
Liberal Democrats Heather Prydderch 1,088 4.7 −5.5
Majority 4,011 17.4 +17.0
Turnout 23,056 41.0 +0.7
Labour hold Swing +8.5

Elections in the 2000s[]

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Vale of Clwyd[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Jones 8,104 36.4 −9.8
Conservative Matthew G. Wright 8,012 36.0 +5.3
Plaid Cymru Mark Jones 3,884 17.4 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Young 2,275 10.2 +1.1
Majority 92 0.4 −15.1
Turnout 22,275 40.3 +3.8
Labour hold Swing −7.5
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Vale of Clwyd[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Jones 8,256 46.2 +8.6
Conservative Darren Millar 5,487 30.7 +8.1
Plaid Cymru Malcolm W. Evans 2,516 14.1 −5.2
Liberal Democrats Robina L. Feeley 1,630 9.1 +2.9
Majority 2,769 15.5 +0.5
Turnout 17,889 36.5 −7.0
Labour hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1990s[]

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Vale of Clwyd[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Jones 8,359 37.6 N/A
Conservative Robert Salisbury 5,018 22.6 N/A
Plaid Cymru Sion Brynach 4,295 19.3 N/A
Ind Dem Gwynn A. Clague 1,908 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Phill Lloyd 1,376 6.2 N/A
Independent David I. Roberts 661 3.0 N/A
Independent David A.P. Pennant 586 2.6 N/A
Majority 3,341 15.0 N/A
Turnout 22,203 43.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ [1] Vale of Clwyd Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ "Vale of Clwyd - Welsh Parliament constituency" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ [2] Regional Declaration of Results (North Wales). Retrieved 2021/05/09.
  4. ^ "Vale of Clwyd – Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll – Vale of Clwyd" (PDF). Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Wales > Vale of Clwyd". BBC News. 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. ^ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly for Wales
  8. ^ [3], National Assembly for Wales
  9. ^ [4], National Assembly for Wales

External links[]

Coordinates: 53°14′08″N 3°24′21″W / 53.23556°N 3.40583°W / 53.23556; -3.40583

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