Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Preserved countyClwyd
Electorate54,895 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsChirk, Corwen, Ruabon, Rhosllannerchrugog, Llangollen, Coedpoeth
SeatsOne
Clwyd South
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Clwyd South in Wales
Preserved countyClwyd
Electorate54,895 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsChirk, Corwen, Ruabon, Rhosllannerchrugog, Llangollen, Coedpoeth
1997–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromClwyd South West, Wrexham
SeneddClwyd South, North Wales

Clwyd South (Welsh: De Clwyd) was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). The constituency was created in 1997, and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election.

The Clwyd South Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).

The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales. Its wards were split between Clwyd East, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Wrexham.[2]

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

The constituency straddled the authorities of Denbighshire and the borough of Wrexham. Main population centres included the suburbs of Ruabon, Chirk, Rhosllannerchrugog, Cefn Mawr and Coedpoeth to the south of the city of Wrexham, in addition to Llangollen and Corwen further up the Dee valley to the west. Until the 2010 election, the constituency included 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.

The constituency comprised the following electoral wards:

  • From Wrexham: Overton, Bronington, Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley, Chirk North, Gwenfro, Johnstown, Llangollen Rural, Marchwiel, Penycae, Penycae and Ruabon South, Plas Madoc, Ponciau, Ruabon, Bryn Cefn, Minera, Brymbo, Coedpoeth, Cefn, Chirk South, Esclusham, New Broughton, Pant
  • From Denbighshire: Corwen, Llangollen, Llandrillo

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3]Party
1997 Martyn Jones Labour
2010 Susan Elan Jones Labour
2019 Simon Baynes Conservative
2024 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Clwyd South[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Jones 22,901 58.1 N/A
Conservative Boris Johnson 9,091 23.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Chadwick 3,684 9.4 N/A
Plaid Cymru Gareth Williams 2,500 6.3 N/A
Referendum Alex Lewis 1,207 3.1 N/A
Majority 13,810 35.0 N/A
Turnout 39,383 73.6 N/A
Registered electors 53,495
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Clwyd South[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Jones 17,217 51.4 −6.7
Conservative Tom Biggins 8,319 24.8 +1.7
Plaid Cymru Dyfed Edwards 3,982 11.9 +5.6
Liberal Democrats David Griffiths 3,426 10.2 +0.8
UKIP Edwina Theunissen 552 1.6 N/A
Majority 8,898 26.6 −8.4
Turnout 33,496 62.4 −11.2
Registered electors 53,680
Labour hold Swing -4.2
General election 2005: Clwyd South[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Jones 14,808 45.0 −6.4
Conservative Tom Biggins 8,460 25.7 +0.9
Liberal Democrats 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 N/A
UKIP Nick Powell 644 2.0 +0.4
Rejected ballots 298
Majority 6,348 19.3 −7.3
Turnout 32,931 62.9 +0.5
Registered electors 52,353
Labour hold Swing -3.7

Of the 298 rejected ballots:

  • 273 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[10]
  • 16 voted for more than one candidate.[10]
  • 8 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[10]
  • 1 had want of official mark.[10]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Clwyd South[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Elan Jones 13,311 38.4 −6.8
Conservative John Bell 10,477 30.2 +4.8
Liberal Democrats 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 N/A
UKIP Nick Powell 819 2.4 +0.4
Majority 2,834 8.2 −11.1
Turnout 34,681 64.5 +3.3
Registered electors 53,748
Labour hold Swing -5.8
General election 2015: Clwyd South[15][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Elan Jones 13,051 37.2 −1.2
Conservative David Nicholls [18] 10,649 30.4 +0.2
UKIP Mandy Jones 5,480 15.6 +13.2
Plaid Cymru Mabon ap Gwynfor 3,620 10.3 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Bruce Roberts 1,349 3.8 −13.4
Green Duncan Rees 915 2.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 55
Majority 2,402 6.8 −1.4
Turnout 35,064 63.8 −0.7
Registered electors 54,996
Labour hold Swing -0.7

Of the 55 rejected ballots:

  • 39 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[17]
  • 15 voted for more than one candidate.[17]
  • 1 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[17]
General election 2017: Clwyd South[19][20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Elan Jones 19,002 50.7 +13.5
Conservative Simon Baynes 14,646 39.1 +8.7
Plaid Cymru Christopher Allen 2,293 6.1 −4.2
UKIP Jeanette Bassford-Barton 802 2.1 −13.5
Liberal Democrats Bruce Roberts 731 2.0 −1.8
Rejected ballots 56
Majority 4,356 11.6 +4.8
Turnout 37,473 68.9 +5.1
Registered electors 54,266
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Of the 56 rejected ballots:

  • 38 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[21]
  • 18 voted for more than one candidate.[21]
General election 2019: Clwyd South[22][23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Baynes 16,222 44.7 +5.6
Labour Susan Elan Jones 14,983 41.3 −9.4
Plaid Cymru Christopher Allen 2,137 5.9 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Calum Davies 1,496 4.1 +2.1
Brexit Party Jamie Adams 1,468 4.0 N/A
Rejected ballots 110
Majority 1,239 3.4 N/A
Turnout 36,306 67.3 −1.6
Registered electors 53,919
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.5

Of the 110 rejected ballots:

  • 92 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[24]
  • 18 voted for more than one candidate.[24]

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