Clwyd South (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency).

Clwyd South
De Clwyd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Clwyd South shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSKen Skates
Preserved countyClwyd 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.

Boundaries

Map
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:

  • Within Denbighshire:
    • Corwen, Llandrillo and Llangollen
  • Within Wrexham:
    • Bronington, Brymbo, Bryn Cefn, Cefn, Chirk North, Chirk South, Coedpoeth, Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley, Esclusham, Gwenfro, Johnstown, Llangollen Rural, Marchwiel, Minera, New Broughton, Overton, Pant, Penycae, Penycae and Ruabon South, Plas Madoc, Ponciau and Ruabon

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

Election Member Party Portrait
1999 Karen Sinclair Labour
2011 Ken Skates Labour

Constituency election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Clwyd South[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Skates[a] 10,488 43.2 +7.7 8,753 36.2 +4.9
Conservative Barbara Hughes 7,535 31.1 +9.2 7,472 30.9 +10.7
Plaid Cymru Llyr Gruffydd[b] 4,094 16.9 -0.5 4,533 18.8 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Leena Farhat 730 3.0 -7.3 715 3.0 -5.9
Abolish Jonathon Harrington 599 2.5 New 942 3.9 -0.4
UKIP Jeanette Bassford-Barton 522 2.2 -10.6 387 1.6 -11.1
Reform UK Mandy Jones[b] 277 1.1 New 224 0.9 New
Green 730 3.0 +0.9
Freedom Alliance (UK) 119 0.5 New
Gwlad 106 0.4 New
Propel 54 0.2 New
Communist 47 0.2 -0.1
Independent Michelle Brown 44 0.2 New
TUSC 21 0.1 New
Majority 2,953 11.1 −2.5
Turnout 24,245 44.43[2] +3.5
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ a b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Clwyd South
Party Candidate Constituency[3] Regional[4]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Skates 7,862 35.5 -6.9 6,915 31.3 -6.2
Conservative Simon Baynes 4,846 21.9 -7.3 4,472 20.2 -4.0
Plaid Cymru Mabon ap Gwynfor 3,861 17.4 -1.2 4,106 18.6 +1.5
UKIP Mandy Jones 2,827 12.8 New 2,802 12.7 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Aled Roberts 2,289 10.3 +0.4 1,969 8.9 +0.9
Green Duncan Rees 474 2.1 New 520 2.4 ±0.0
Abolish 951 4.3 New
Monster Raving Loony 132 0.6 New
Association of Welsh Independents 98 0.4 New
Communist 65 0.3 +0.1
Mark Young - Independent 64 0.3 New
Majority 3,016 13.6 +0.4
Turnout 22,159 40.9 +4.0
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Clwyd South[5]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[6]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Skates 8,500 42.4 +7.3 7,525 37.5 +8.1
Conservative Paul Rogers 5,841 29.2 -0.1 4,853 24.2 -1.9
Plaid Cymru Mabon ap Gwynfor 3,719 18.6 -1.4 3,435 17.1 -1.4
Liberal Democrats Bruce Roberts 1,977 9.9 +0.5 1,600 8.0 -0.7
UKIP 867 4.3 -0.1
BNP 535 2.7 -4.4
Green 486 2.4 -0.4
Socialist Labour 454 2.3 +0.7
Welsh Christian 159 0.8 +0.2
Weyman - Independent 96 0.5 New
Communist 50 0.2 -0.1
Majority 2,659 13.2 +7.4
Turnout 20,037 36.9 −1.0
Labour hold Swing +3.75

Regional ballots rejected: 172[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Clwyd South
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[8]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Sinclair 6,838 35.1 -1.4 5,725 29.4 -3.1
Conservative John Bell 5,719 29.3 +10.3 5,092 26.1 +7.2
Plaid Cymru Nia Davies 3,894 20.0 -1.0 3,602 18.5 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Frank Biggs 1,838 9.4 +0.5 1,702 8.7 -0.3
UKIP David Rowlands 1,209 6.2 +3.5 857 4.4 +2.0
BNP 1,384 7.1 New
Green 546 2.8 +0.7
Socialist Labour 315 1.6 New
Welsh Christian 110 0.6 New
Communist 65 0.3 New
CPA 94 0.5 New
Majority 1,119 5.8 −9.7
Turnout 19,498 37.9 +3.5
Labour hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Clwyd South
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[9]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Sinclair 6,814 36.5 -5.7 6,057 32.5
Plaid Cymru Dyfed W. Edwards 3,923 21.0 -4.3 3,604 19.3
Conservative Albert M.Fox 3,548 19.0 -0.1 3,524 18.9
Independent Marc V. Jones 2,210 11.8 New
Liberal Democrats Derek W.L. Burnham 1,666 8.9 -2.3 1,571 8.4
UKIP Edwina E. Theunissen 501 2.7 New 451 2.4
John Marek Independent Party 2,850 15.3
Green 391 2.1
Cymru Annibynnol 102 0.5
Communist 52 0.3
ProLife Alliance 26 0.1
Majority 2,891 15.5 −1.4
Turnout 18,662 34.4 −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]
Party Candidate Constituency[11] Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Sinclair 9,196 42.2 N/A 8,706 40.1 N/A
Plaid Cymru Hywel Williams 5,511 25.3 N/A 5,866 27.0 N/A
Conservative David R. Jones 4,167 19.1 N/A 4,010 18.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Derek W.L. Burnham 2,432 11.2 N/A 2,155 9.9 N/A
Independent Maurice Jones 508 2.3 N/A
United Socialist 166 0.8 N/A
Green Unknown Unknown N/A
Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign Unknown Unknown N/A
Communist Unknown Unknown N/A
Natural Law Unknown Unknown N/A
Above list parties 802 3.7 N/A
Majority 3,685 16.9 N/A
Turnout 21,814 40.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ [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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