Clwyd South (Senedd constituency)

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Clwyd South
De Clwyd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Clwyd South (Assembly constituency).svg
North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Clwyd South shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created 1999
Party Labour
MS Ken Skates
Preserved county Clwyd and Powys

Clwyd South (Welsh : De 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.

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Boundaries

Clwyd South (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the then Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Clwyd South Westminster constituency. It is mostly within the preserved county of Clwyd and partly within the preserved county of Powys.

For the 2007 Assembly election, however, it became a constituency entirely within Clwyd. Part of its area was transferred to the Montgomeryshire constituency, in Powys. Also, part of its area was transferred to another Clwyd constituency, Clwyd West. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes became effective at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

As created in 1999, the North Wales region includes the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn. For the 2007 election the region will include Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

For the period 1999 to 2007, the Clwyd South constituency can be described as consisting of electoral divisions as follows:

Voting

In general 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

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 Karen Sinclair Labour
2011 Ken Skates Labour Ken Skates - National Assembly for Wales.jpg

Constituency election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Clwyd South [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Ken Skates [a] 10,48843.2+7.78,75336.2+4.9
Conservative Barbara Hughes7,53531.1+9.27,47230.9+10.7
Plaid Cymru Llyr Gruffydd [b] 4,09416.9-0.54,53318.8+0.2
Liberal Democrats Leena Farhat7303.0-7.37153.0-5.9
Abolish Jonathon Harrington5992.5New9423.9-0.4
UKIP Jeanette Bassford-Barton5222.2-10.63871.6-11.1
Reform UK Mandy Jones [b] 2771.1New2240.9New
Green 7303.0+0.9
Freedom Alliance (UK)1190.5New
Gwlad 1060.4New
Propel 540.2New
Communist 470.2-0.1
Independent Michelle Brown 440.2New
TUSC 210.1New
Majority 2,95311.1−2.5
Turnout 24,24544.43 [2] +3.5
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Clwyd South
PartyCandidateConstituency [3] Regional [4]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Ken Skates 7,86235.5-6.96,91531.3-6.2
Conservative Simon Baynes 4,84621.9-7.34,47220.2-4.0
Plaid Cymru Mabon ap Gwynfor 3,86117.4-1.24,10618.6+1.5
UKIP Mandy Jones 2,82712.8New2,80212.7+8.4
Liberal Democrats Aled Roberts 2,28910.3+0.41,9698.9+0.9
Green Duncan Rees4742.1New5202.4±0.0
Abolish 9514.3New
Monster Raving Loony 1320.6New
Association of Welsh Independents980.4New
Communist 650.3+0.1
Mark Young - Independent640.3New
Majority 3,01613.6+0.4
Turnout 22,15940.9+4.0
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Clwyd South [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [6]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Ken Skates 8,50042.4+7.37,52537.5+8.1
Conservative Paul Rogers5,84129.2-0.14,85324.2-1.9
Plaid Cymru Mabon ap Gwynfor 3,71918.6-1.43,43517.1-1.4
Liberal Democrats Bruce Roberts1,9779.9+0.51,6008.0-0.7
UKIP 8674.3-0.1
BNP 5352.7-4.4
Green 4862.4-0.4
Socialist Labour 4542.3+0.7
Welsh Christian 1590.8+0.2
Weyman - Independent960.5New
Communist 500.2-0.1
Majority 2,65913.2+7.4
Turnout 20,03736.9−1.0
Labour hold Swing +3.75

Regional ballots rejected: 172 [7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Clwyd South
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [8]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Karen Sinclair 6,83835.1-1.45,72529.4-3.1
Conservative John Bell5,71929.3+10.35,09226.1+7.2
Plaid Cymru Nia Davies3,89420.0-1.03,60218.5-0.8
Liberal Democrats Frank Biggs1,8389.4+0.51,7028.7-0.3
UKIP David Rowlands1,2096.2+3.58574.4+2.0
BNP 1,3847.1New
Green 5462.8+0.7
Socialist Labour 3151.6New
Welsh Christian 1100.6New
Communist 650.3New
CPA 940.5New
Majority 1,1195.8−9.7
Turnout 19,49837.9+3.5
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Clwyd South
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [9]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Karen Sinclair 6,81436.5-5.76,05732.5
Plaid Cymru Dyfed W. Edwards3,92321.0-4.33,60419.3
Conservative Albert M.Fox3,54819.0-0.13,52418.9
Independent Marc V. Jones2,21011.8New
Liberal Democrats Derek W.L. Burnham1,6668.9-2.31,5718.4
UKIP Edwina E. Theunissen5012.7New4512.4
John Marek Independent Party 2,85015.3
Green 3912.1
Cymru Annibynnol1020.5
Communist 520.3
ProLife Alliance 260.1
Majority 2,89115.5−1.4
Turnout 18,66234.4−6.1
Labour hold Swing -0.7

2003 Electorate: 53,452
Regional ballots rejected: 230

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Clwyd South [10]
PartyCandidateConstituency [11] Regional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Karen Sinclair 9,19642.2N/A8,70640.1N/A
Plaid Cymru Hywel Williams 5,51125.3N/A5,86627.0N/A
Conservative David R. Jones4,16719.1N/A4,01018.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Derek W.L. Burnham2,43211.2N/A2,1559.9N/A
Independent Maurice Jones5082.3N/A
United Socialist1660.8N/A
Green UnknownUnknownN/A
Rhuddlan Debt Protest CampaignUnknownUnknownN/A
Communist UnknownUnknownN/A
Natural Law UnknownUnknownN/A
Above list parties8023.7N/A
Majority 3,68516.9N/A
Turnout 21,81440.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. Clwyd South Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. "Wales elections > Clwyd South". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. "Wales elections > Clwyd South". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  6. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  9. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. "Wales elections". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  11. "Wales elections > Clwyd South". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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