Clwyd South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Clwyd South West
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved countyClwyd
Major settlementsDenbigh, Llangollen, Rhosllanerchrugog, Ruthin
1983–1997
Number of membersOne
Replaced byClwyd South, Clwyd West and Vale of Clwyd[1]
Created fromDenbigh, Wrexham and Merioneth[1]

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
1983Robert HarveyConservative
1987Martyn JonesLabour
1997 constituency abolished: see Clwyd South, Clwyd West and Vale of Clwyd

Elections

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1983: Clwyd South West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Harvey 14,575 33.8
SDP Tom Ellis 13,024 30.2
Labour Dennis Carter 11,829 27.4
Plaid Cymru Antoni Schiavone 3,684 8.6
Majority 1,551 3.6
Turnout 43,112 77.3
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Clwyd South West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Jones 16,701 35.4 +8.0
Conservative Robert Harvey 15,673 33.2 −0.6
SDP Tom Ellis 10,778 22.9 −7.3
Plaid Cymru Eifion Lloyd Jones 3,987 8.5 −0.1
Majority 1,028 2.2 -1.4
Turnout 47,139 81.1 +3.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.4

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Clwyd South West[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Jones 21,490 43.5 +8.1
Conservative Gwilym G.V. Owen 16,549 33.5 +0.3
Liberal Democrats W. Gwyn Williams 6,027 12.2 −10.7
Plaid Cymru Eifion Lloyd Jones 4,835 9.8 +1.3
Green Nigel C. Worth 351 0.7 New
Natural Law Jean B. Leadbetter 155 0.3 New
Majority 4,941 10.0 +7.8
Turnout 49,407 81.5 +0.4
Labour hold Swing +3.9

See also

Notes and references
  1. "'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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