Clwyd South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Clwyd South West
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved county Clwyd
Major settlements Denbigh, Llangollen, Rhosllanerchrugog, Ruthin
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Denbigh, Wrexham and Merioneth [1]
Replaced by Clwyd South, Clwyd West and Vale of Clwyd [1]

Clwyd South West (Welsh : De-orllewin Clwyd) was a county constituency in Clwyd, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was a marginal seat throughout its lifetime.

Boundaries

This was a constituency of a varied nature, being made up of former mining villages close to Wrexham (such as Rhosllannerchrugog), the towns of Denbigh, Llangollen, and Ruthin, and a large area of sparsely populated countryside. [2] The seat was abolished and split into three new constituencies on the recommendation of the Boundary Commission for Wales to create an extra seat in Clwyd for the 1997 general election. [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1983 Robert Harvey Conservative
1987 Martyn Jones Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Clwyd South, Clwyd West and Vale of Clwyd

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Clwyd South West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Harvey 14,575 33.8
SDP Tom Ellis 13,02430.2
Labour Dennis Carter11,82927.4
Plaid Cymru Antoni Schiavone3,6848.6
Majority1,5513.6
Turnout 43,11277.3
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Clwyd South West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Jones 16,701 35.4 +8.0
Conservative Robert Harvey 15,67333.2―0.6
SDP Tom Ellis 10,77822.9―7.3
Plaid Cymru Eifion Lloyd Jones3,9878.5―0.1
Majority1,0282.2N/A
Turnout 47,13981.1+3.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Clwyd South West [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Jones 21,490 43.5 +8.1
Conservative Gwilym G.V. Owen16,54933.5+0.3
Liberal Democrats W. Gwyn Williams6,02712.2―10.7
Plaid Cymru Eifion Lloyd Jones4,8359.8+1.3
Green Nigel C. Worth3510.7New
Natural Law Jean B. Leadbetter1550.3New
Majority4,94110.0+7.8
Turnout 49,40781.5+0.4
Labour hold Swing +3.9

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "'Clwyd South West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Clwyd South West". Vision of Britain. Vision of Britain, University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, pp.12,205 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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