Vale of Clwyd (Senedd constituency)
Senedd constituency (1999–2026)
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The Vale of Clwyd (Welsh: Dyffryn Clwyd) was a constituency of the Senedd. It elected one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elected four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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| Former Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
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| Former Senedd county constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2026 |
| Party | Conservative |
| MS | Gareth Davies |
| Preserved county | Clwyd |
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 was entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. From the 2007 Assembly election, the constituency had included an area 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 included Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.
Voting
In elections for the Senedd, each voter had two votes. The first vote was 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 was used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats were 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 |  | |
| 2021–present | Gareth Davies | Conservative |  | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Conservative | Gareth Davies | 10,792 | 41.4 | +5.0 | 9,747 | 38.1 | +8.9 | |
| Labour | Jason McLellan | 10,426 | 40.0 | +0.5 | 9,777 | 38.2 | +5.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Glenn Swingler | 2,972 | 11.4 | +2.7 | 3,417 | 13.3 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lisa Davies | 782 | 3.0 | -0.1 | 620 | 2.4 | +0.1 | |
| Reform | Peter Dain | 552 | 2.1 | New | 340 | 1.3 | New | |
| Independent | David Thomas | 529 | 2.0 | New | ||||
| Abolish | 794 | 3.1 | -0.8 | |||||
| Green | 608 | 2.4 | +0.7 | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 131 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Independent | Michelle Brown | 65 | 0.3 | New | ||||
| Communist | 60 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Propel | 36 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 16 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 366 | 1.4 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 26,053 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |||||||
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Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Ann Jones | 9,560 | 39.5 | −11.2 | 7,986 | 33.2 | -6.7 | |
| Conservative | Sam Rowlands | 8,792 | 36.4 | +3.1 | 7,024 | 29.2 | -0.6 | |
| UKIP | Paul Davies-Cooke | 2,975 | 12.3 | New | 2,991 | 12.5 | +7.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Mair Rowlands | 2,098 | 8.7 | −2.6 | 3,157 | 13.1 | ±0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gwyn Williams | 758 | 3.1 | −1.6 | 562 | 2.3 | -1.4 | |
| Abolish | 939 | 3.9 | New | |||||
| Association of Welsh Independents | 400 | 1.7 | New | |||||
| Green | 397 | 1.7 | +0.1 | |||||
| Mark Young - Independent | 382 | 1.6 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 132 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Communist | 52 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 768 | 3.1 | −14.3 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,183 | 42.9 | +1.9 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.1 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Ann Jones | 11,691 | 50.7 | +14.3 | 9,148 | 39.9 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative | Ian Gunning | 7,680 | 33.3 | −2.7 | 6,847 | 29.8 | -3.0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Jones | 2,597 | 11.3 | −6.1 | 3,015 | 13.1 | -4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Prydderch | 1,088 | 4.7 | −5.5 | 854 | 3.7 | -3.9 | |
| UKIP | 1,203 | 5.2 | +2.1 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 648 | 2.8 | +1.9 | |||||
| BNP | 530 | 2.3 | -2.5 | |||||
| Green | 378 | 1.6 | -0.7 | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 183 | 0.8 | +0.1 | |||||
| Weyman - Independent | 99 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 45 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 4,011 | 17.4 | +17.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,056 | 41.0 | +0.7 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 | ||||||
Regional ballots rejected: 186[8]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[9] | Regional[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Ann Jones | 8,104 | 36.4 | −9.8 | 6,539 | 29.5 | -10.5 | |
| Conservative | Matthew G. Wright | 8,012 | 36.0 | +5.3 | 7,269 | 32.8 | +4.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Mark Jones | 3,884 | 17.4 | +3.3 | 3,892 | 17.6 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Young | 2,275 | 10.2 | +1.1 | 1,682 | 7.6 | -1.7 | |
| BNP | 1,061 | 4.8 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 676 | 3.1 | +1.1 | |||||
| Green | 508 | 2.3 | ±0.0 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 204 | 0.9 | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 164 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| CPA | 89 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 68 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Majority | 92 | 0.4 | −15.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,275 | 40.3 | +3.8 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −7.5 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Ann Jones | 8,256 | 46.2 | +8.6 | 7,175 | 40.0 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Darren Millar | 5,487 | 30.7 | +8.1 | 5,122 | 28.5 | +4.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Malcolm W. Evans | 2,516 | 14.1 | −5.2 | 2,674 | 14.9 | -9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robina L. Feeley | 1,630 | 9.1 | +2.9 | 1,664 | 9.3 | +0.1 | |
| Green | 410 | 2.3 | Unknown | |||||
| John Marek Independent Party | 394 | 2.2 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 363 | 2.0 | New | |||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 80 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 53 | 0.3 | Unknown | |||||
| ProLife Alliance | 19 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 2,769 | 15.5 | +0.5 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,889 | 36.5 | −7.0 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 49,319
Regional ballots rejected: 534
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Ann Jones | 8,359 | 37.6 | N/A | 8,111 | 36.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Robert Salisbury | 5,018 | 22.6 | N/A | 5,292 | 23.9 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Sion Brynach | 4,295 | 19.3 | N/A | 5,295 | 23.9 | N/A | |
| Ind Dem | Gwynn A. Clague | 1,908 | 8.6 | N/A | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Phill Lloyd | 1,376 | 6.2 | N/A | 2,046 | 9.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | David I. Roberts | 661 | 3.0 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | David A.P. Pennant | 586 | 2.6 | N/A | ||||
| Green | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
| Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
| United Socialist | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
| Communist | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
| Natural Law | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
| Above list parties | 1,406 | 6.3 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 3,341 | 15.0 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 22,203 | 43.5 | N/A | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | ||||||||