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
Created 1999
Party Conservative
MS Gareth Davies
Preserved county Clwyd

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.

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Boundaries

Vale of Clwyd (Senedd constituency)
Map of current 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 has included 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

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999–2021 Ann Jones Labour Ann Jones.jpg
2021–present Gareth Davies Conservative GarethDaviesMS-Castle.jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Vale of Clwyd [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [3]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Gareth Davies 10,79241.4+5.09,74738.1+8.9
Labour Jason McLellan10,42640.0+0.59,77738.2+5.0
Plaid Cymru Glenn Swingler2,97211.4+2.73,41713.3+0.2
Liberal Democrats Lisa Davies7823.0-0.16202.4+0.1
Reform UK Peter Dain5522.1New3401.3New
Independent David Thomas5292.0New
Abolish 7943.1-0.8
Green 6082.4+0.7
Freedom Alliance (UK)1310.5New
Independent Michelle Brown 650.3New
Communist 600.2±0.0
Propel 360.1New
TUSC 160.1New
Majority 3661.4N/A
Turnout 26,053
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Notes

    Elections in the 2010s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Vale of Clwyd [4]
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [5]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Ann Jones 9,56039.5−11.27,98633.2-6.7
    Conservative Sam Rowlands 8,79236.4+3.17,02429.2-0.6
    UKIP Paul Davies-Cooke2,97512.3New2,99112.5+7.3
    Plaid Cymru Mair Rowlands2,0988.7−2.63,15713.1±0.0
    Liberal Democrats Gwyn Williams7583.1−1.65622.3-1.4
    Abolish 9393.9New
    Association of Welsh Independents4001.7New
    Green 3971.7+0.1
    Mark Young - Independent3821.6New
    Monster Raving Loony 1320.5New
    Communist 520.2±0.0
    Majority 7683.1−14.3
    Turnout 24,18342.9+1.9
    Labour hold Swing -7.1
    Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Vale of Clwyd [6]
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [7]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Ann Jones 11,69150.7+14.39,14839.9+10.4
    Conservative Ian Gunning7,68033.3−2.76,84729.8-3.0
    Plaid Cymru Alun Jones2,59711.3−6.13,01513.1-4.5
    Liberal Democrats Heather Prydderch1,0884.7−5.58543.7-3.9
    UKIP 1,2035.2+2.1
    Socialist Labour 6482.8+1.9
    BNP 5302.3-2.5
    Green 3781.6-0.7
    Welsh Christian 1830.8+0.1
    Weyman - Independent990.4New
    Communist 450.2-0.1
    Majority 4,01117.4+17.0
    Turnout 23,05641.0+0.7
    Labour hold Swing +8.5

    Regional ballots rejected: 186 [8]

    Elections in the 2000s

    Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Vale of Clwyd
    PartyCandidateConstituency [9] Regional [10]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Ann Jones 8,10436.4−9.86,53929.5-10.5
    Conservative Matthew G. Wright8,01236.0+5.37,26932.8+4.3
    Plaid Cymru Mark Jones3,88417.4+3.33,89217.6+2.7
    Liberal Democrats Mark Young2,27510.2+1.11,6827.6-1.7
    BNP 1,0614.8New
    UKIP 6763.1+1.1
    Green 5082.3±0.0
    Socialist Labour 2040.9New
    Welsh Christian 1640.7New
    CPA 890.4New
    Communist 680.3New
    Majority 920.4−15.1
    Turnout 22,27540.3+3.8
    Labour hold Swing −7.5
    Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Vale of Clwyd
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [11]
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Ann Jones 8,25646.2+8.67,17540.0+3.4
    Conservative Darren Millar 5,48730.7+8.15,12228.5+4.6
    Plaid Cymru Malcolm W. Evans2,51614.1−5.22,67414.9-9.0
    Liberal Democrats Robina L. Feeley1,6309.1+2.91,6649.3+0.1
    Green 4102.3Unknown
    John Marek Independent Party 3942.2New
    UKIP 3632.0New
    Cymru Annibynnol800.4New
    Communist 530.3Unknown
    ProLife Alliance 190.1New
    Majority 2,76915.5+0.5
    Turnout 17,88936.5−7.0
    Labour hold Swing +0.2

    2003 Electorate: 49,319
    Regional ballots rejected: 534

    Elections in the 1990s

    Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Vale of Clwyd [12]
    PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
    Votes%±%Votes%±%
    Labour Ann Jones 8,35937.6N/A8,11136.6N/A
    Conservative Robert Salisbury5,01822.6N/A5,29223.9N/A
    Plaid Cymru Sion Brynach4,29519.3N/A5,29523.9N/A
    Ind DemGwynn A. Clague1,9088.6N/A
    Liberal Democrats Phill Lloyd1,3766.2N/A2,0469.2N/A
    Independent David I. Roberts6613.0N/A
    Independent David A.P. Pennant5862.6N/A
    Green UnknownUnknownN/A
    Rhuddlan Debt Protest CampaignUnknownUnknownN/A
    United SocialistUnknownUnknownN/A
    Communist UnknownUnknownN/A
    Natural Law UnknownUnknownN/A
    Above list parties1,4066.3N/A
    Majority 3,34115.0N/A
    Turnout 22,20343.5N/A
    Labour win (new seat)

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ Vale of Clwyd Statement of Persons Nominated
    2. ↑ "Vale of Clwyd - Welsh Parliament constituency". BBC News.
    3. ↑ Archived 19 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine Regional Declaration of Results (North Wales). Retrieved 2021/05/09.
    4. ↑ "Vale of Clwyd– Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
    5. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
    6. ↑ "Wales elections > Vale of Clwyd". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
    7. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    8. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
    9. ↑ Election results – 2007 Archived 9 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine , National Assembly for Wales
    10. ↑ "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.
    11. ↑ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
    12. ↑ , National Assembly for Wales

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