Vale of Clwyd (Senedd constituency)

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

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.

Vale of Clwyd Dyffryn Clwyd
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
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

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 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

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999–2021	Ann Jones	Labour
	2021–present	Gareth Davies	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Vale of Clwyd^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[3]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Davies	10,792	41.4	+5.0	9,747	38.1	+8.9
	Labour	Jason McLellan	10,426	40.0	+0.5	9,777	38.2	+5.0
	Plaid Cymru	Glenn Swingler	2,972	11.4	+2.7	3,417	13.3	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Davies	782	3.0	-0.1	620	2.4	+0.1
	Reform UK	Peter Dain	552	2.1	New	340	1.3	New
	Independent	David Thomas	529	2.0	New
	Abolish					794	3.1	-0.8
	Green					608	2.4	+0.7
	Freedom Alliance					131	0.5	New
	Independent	Michelle Brown				65	0.3	New
	Communist					60	0.2	±0.0
	Propel					36	0.1	New
	TUSC					16	0.1	New
Majority			366	1.4	N/A
Turnout			26,053
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Notes

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Vale of Clwyd^[4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[5]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	9,560	39.5	−11.2	7,986	33.2	-6.7
	Conservative	Sam Rowlands	8,792	36.4	+3.1	7,024	29.2	-0.6
	UKIP	Paul Davies-Cooke	2,975	12.3	New	2,991	12.5	+7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mair Rowlands	2,098	8.7	−2.6	3,157	13.1	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyn Williams	758	3.1	−1.6	562	2.3	-1.4
	Abolish					939	3.9	New
	Association of Welsh Independents					400	1.7	New
	Green					397	1.7	+0.1
	Mark Young - Independent					382	1.6	New
	Monster Raving Loony					132	0.5	New
	Communist					52	0.2	±0.0
Majority			768	3.1	-14.3
Turnout			24,183	42.9	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.1

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Vale of Clwyd^[6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[7]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	11,691	50.7	+14.3	9,148	39.9	+10.4
	Conservative	Ian Gunning	7,680	33.3	−2.7	6,847	29.8	-3.0
	Plaid Cymru	Alun Jones	2,597	11.3	−6.1	3,015	13.1	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Prydderch	1,088	4.7	−5.5	854	3.7	-3.9
	UKIP					1,203	5.2	+2.1
	Socialist Labour					648	2.8	+1.9
	BNP					530	2.3	-2.5
	Green					378	1.6	-0.7
	Welsh Christian					183	0.8	+0.1
	Weyman - Independent					99	0.4	New
	Communist					45	0.2	-0.1
Majority			4,011	17.4	+17.0
Turnout			23,056	41.0	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.5

Regional ballots rejected: 186^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Vale of Clwyd

Party		Candidate	Constituency^[9]			Regional^[10]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	8,104	36.4	−9.8	6,539	29.5	-10.5
	Conservative	Matthew G. Wright	8,012	36.0	+5.3	7,269	32.8	+4.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Jones	3,884	17.4	+3.3	3,892	17.6	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Young	2,275	10.2	+1.1	1,682	7.6	-1.7
	BNP					1,061	4.8	New
	UKIP					676	3.1	+1.1
	Green					508	2.3	±0.0
	Socialist Labour					204	0.9	New
	Welsh Christian					164	0.7	New
	CPA					89	0.4	New
	Communist					68	0.3	New
Majority			92	0.4	−15.1
Turnout			22,275	40.3	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.5

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Vale of Clwyd

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional^[11]
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	8,256	46.2	+8.6	7,175	40.0
	Conservative	Darren Millar	5,487	30.7	+8.1	5,122	28.5
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm W. Evans	2,516	14.1	−5.2	2,674	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robina L. Feeley	1,630	9.1	+2.9	1,664	9.3
	Green					410	2.3
	John Marek Independent Party					394	2.2
	UKIP					363	2.0
	Cymru Annibynnol					80	0.4
	Communist					53	0.3
	ProLife Alliance					19	0.1
Majority			2,769	15.5	+0.5
Turnout			17,889	36.5	−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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Jones	8,359	37.6	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Salisbury	5,018	22.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Sion Brynach	4,295	19.3	N/A
	Ind Dem	Gwynn A. Clague	1,908	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phill Lloyd	1,376	6.2	N/A
	Independent	David I. Roberts	661	3.0	N/A
	Independent	David A.P. Pennant	586	2.6	N/A
Majority			3,341	15.0	N/A
Turnout			22,203	43.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• North Wales (Senedd electoral region)
• Senedd constituencies and electoral regions

References

1. [1] Vale of Clwyd Statement of Persons Nominated
2. "Vale of Clwyd - Welsh Parliament constituency" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
3. [2] 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. 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. 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 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. [3], National Assembly for Wales

External links

• Vale of Clwyd Lib Dems Blog

Coordinates: 53°14′08″N 3°24′21″W / 53.23556°N 3.40583°W / 53.23556; -3.40583