West Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Flintshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved county 1960–1974: Flintshire
1974–1983: Clwyd
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created from Flintshire
Replaced by Delyn and Clwyd North West [1]

West Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Mold, Prestatyn, and Rhyl, and the Rural Districts of Holywell and St Asaph.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1950 Nigel Birch Conservative
1970 Sir Anthony Meyer Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: West Flintshire [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 19,088 48.3
Labour David V Leadbeater12,36931.3
Liberal William Armon Ellis8,03620.4
Majority6,71917.0
Turnout 39,49386.7
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: West Flintshire [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 23,433 60.8 +12.5
Labour David V Leadbeater15,11839.2+7.9
Majority8,31521.6+4.6
Turnout 38,75183.2-3.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.3
General election 1955: West Flintshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 20,980 55.7 -5.1
Labour Hywel J Jones12,62833.5-5.7
Liberal Gomer Owen4,06010.8New
Majority8,35222.2+0.6
Turnout 37,66881.0-2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
General election 1959: West Flintshire [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 20,446 52.1 -3.6
Labour Ronald Waterhouse 12,92532.9-0.6
Liberal Llewelyn Emyr Roberts4,31911.0+0.2
Plaid Cymru Ernest Nefyl C Williams1,5944.1New
Majority7,52119.2-3.0
Turnout 39,28482.7+1.7
Conservative hold Swing -1.5

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: West Flintshire [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 18,515 45.7 -6.4
Labour William H Edwards13,29832.8-0.1
Liberal Martin Thomas 7,48218.5+7.5
Plaid Cymru Ernest Nefyl C Williams1,1953.0-1.1
Majority5,21712.9-6.3
Turnout 39,28480.8-1.9
Conservative hold Swing -3.2
General election 1966: West Flintshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Birch 18,179 43.2 -2.5
Labour Tom Ellis 15,13736.0+3.2
Liberal Martin Thomas 7,13717.0-1.5
Plaid Cymru D Alun Lloyd1,5853.8+0.8
Majority3,0427.2-5.7
Turnout 42,03881.9+1.1
Conservative hold Swing -2.9

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: West Flintshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Meyer 20,999 46.5 +3.3
Labour John G. Evans13,65530.2-5.8
Liberal Martin Thomas 7,43716.5-0.5
Plaid Cymru Alun Ogwen Jones3,1086.9+3.1
Majority7,34416.3+9.1
Turnout 45,19977.8-4.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: West Flintshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Meyer 22,039 42.33
Labour NB Harries14,89728.61
Liberal P Brighton12,83124.65
Plaid Cymru G Hughes2,2964.41
Majority7,14213.72
Turnout 52,06381.53
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: West Flintshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Meyer 20,054 41.37
Labour NB Harries15,23431.43
Liberal PJ Brighton10,88122.45
Plaid Cymru N Taylor2,3064.76
Majority4,8209.94
Turnout 48,47575.39
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: West Flintshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Meyer 26,364 49.0 +7.6
Labour RM Hughes16,67831.0-0.4
Liberal John Parry9,00916.7-5.7
Plaid Cymru BM Edwards1,7203.2-1.6
Majority9,68618.0+8.1
Turnout 53,77178.6+3.2
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74244.htm#79001". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  3. ↑ Political resources.net
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  6. ↑ Political resources.net
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