Clwyd West (Senedd constituency)

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

Clwyd West (Welsh: Gorllewin 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.

Clwyd West Gorllewin Clwyd
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Clwyd West shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Conservative
MS	Darren Millar
Preserved county	Clwyd

Boundaries

 

Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Clwyd West Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd. For the 2007 Assembly election part of Clwyd West was transferred to the Vale of Clwyd constituency, and Clwyd West now includes an area currently within the Clwyd South constituency. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

As created in 1999, the North Wales region included the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn. After the 2007 Assembly election the region now includes Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, 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.

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Alun Pugh	Labour
	2007	Darren Millar	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Clwyd West^[1]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Millar^[a]	11,839	41.7	+0.4	10,278	35.2	+3.0
	Labour	Joshua Hurst	8,154	28.7	+8.7	8,753	29.9	+6.8
	Plaid Cymru	Elin Walker-Jones	5,609	19.8	-2.2	6,129	21.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Wilkins	1,158	4.1	+0.9	1,027	3.5	-0.2
	UKIP	Jeanie Barton	520	1.8	-9.6	420	1.4	-11.0
	Abolish	Euan McGivern	502	1.8	New	996	3.4	-0.8
	Reform UK	N. Clare Eno	304	1.1	New	286	1.0	New
	Gwlad	Rhydian Hughes	277	1.0	New	157	0.5	New
	Green					870	3.0	+0.8
	Freedom Alliance					142	0.5	New
	Communist					60	0.2	±0.0
	Independent	Michelle Brown				51	0.2	New
	Propel					41	0.1	New
	TUSC					21	0.1	New
Majority			3,685	13.0	-6.3
Turnout			28,363	48.34^[2]	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Clwyd West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[4]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Millar	10,831	41.3	−2.0	8,422	32.2	-4.3
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Gruffydd	5,768	22.0	−1.0	5,213	19.9	-2.9
	Labour	Jo Thomas	5,246	20.0	−6.4	6,048	23.1	±0.0
	UKIP	David Edwards	2,985	11.4	New	3,232	12.4	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Babu	831	3.2	−4.1	969	3.7	-1.7
	Green	Julian Mahy	565	2.2	New	579	2.2	+0.3
	Abolish					1,090	4.2	New
	Association of Welsh Independents					320	1.2	New
	Monster Raving Loony					128	0.5	New
	Mark Young - Independent					98	0.4	New
	Communist					49	0.2	-0.1
Majority			5,063	19.3	+2.4
Turnout			26,226	45.5	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Clwyd West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[6]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Millar^[a]	10,890	43.3	+9.3	9,194	36.5	+2.9
	Labour	Crispin Jones	6,642	26.4	−1.5	5,827	23.1	+0.8
	Plaid Cymru	Eifion Lloyd Jones	5,775	23.0	−4.3	5,732	22.8	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cossey	1,846	7.3	+0.8	1,365	5.4	-0.9
	UKIP					1,191	4.7	+1.3
	Socialist Labour					554	2.2	+1.1
	BNP					493	2.0	-1.5
	Green					477	1.9	+0.5
	Welsh Christian					169	0.7	+0.2
	Weyman - Independent					122	0.5	New
	Communist					63	0.3	±0.0
Majority			4,248	16.9	+10.8
Turnout			25,153	43.2	−2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

Regional ballots rejected: 159^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Clwyd West

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[8]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Millar	8,905	34.0	+1.3	8,765	33.6	+2.4
	Labour	Alun Pugh	7,309	27.9	−6.9	5,817	22.3	-7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Philip Edwards	7,162	27.3	+5.9	7,073	27.1	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Croft	1,705	6.5	−1.4	1,646	6.3	-3.1
	UKIP	Warwick Nicholson	1,124	4.3	+3.0	888	3.4	+0.4
	BNP					925	3.5	New
	Green					376	1.4	-0.4
	Socialist Labour					277	1.1	New
	Welsh Christian					138	0.5	New
	CPA					134	0.5	New
	Communist					70	0.3	New
Majority			1,596	6.1	N/A
Turnout			26,205	45.7	+5.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Clwyd West

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[9]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Pugh	7,693	34.8	+3.8	6,510	29.6
	Conservative	Brynle Williams	7,257	32.8	+4.8	6,869	31.2
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Ryder	4,715	21.3	−6.0	4,987	22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Burnham	1,743	7.9	−5.8	2,065	9.4
	UKIP					669	3.0
	Green					387	1.8
	John Marek Independent Party					358	1.6
	Cymru Annibynnol					102	0.5
	Communist					43	0.2
	ProLife Alliance					34	0.2
Majority			436	2.0	−1.0
Turnout			22,123	40.6	−6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.5

2003 Electorate: 54,463
Regional ballots rejected: 344

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Clwyd West

Party		Candidate	Constituency^[10]			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Pugh	7,824	31.0	N/A	6,894	27.8	N/A
	Conservative	Rod Richards	7,064	28.0	N/A	6,317	25.5	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Eilian S. Williams	6,886	27.3	N/A	7,876	31.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robina L. Feeley	3,462	13.7	N/A	2,823	11.4	N/A
	Green					Unknown	Unknown	N/A
	Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign					Unknown	Unknown	N/A
	United Socialist					Unknown	Unknown	N/A
	Communist					Unknown	Unknown	N/A
	Natural Law					Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Majority			760	3.0	N/A
Turnout			25,236	46.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. Incumbent member for this constituency

References

1. [1] Clwyd West 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. "Clwyd West – Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
4. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
5. "Wales elections > Clwyd West". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 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 > Clwyd South". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

Coordinates: 53°08′43″N 3°26′49″W / 53.14528°N 3.44694°W / 53.14528; -3.44694