Vale of Clwyd (UK Parliament constituency)

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The Vale of Clwyd County constituency
The Vale of Clwyd shown within Wales
Created:	1997
MP:	Chris Ruane
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Clwyd
EP constituency:	Wales

The Vale of Clwyd is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The Vale of Clwyd Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The Vale of Clwyd constituency is located in north Wales, and includes the towns of Rhyl, Prestatyn, Denbigh and St. Asaph. It was created for the 1997 general election.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

Since it was created in 1997, it has been held by Chris Ruane.

• Constituency created (1997)

Year	Member	Party
1997	Chris Ruane	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Vale of Clwyd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Ruane	14,875	46.0	-4.0
	Conservative	Felicity Elphick	10,206	31.6	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Jewkes	3,820	11.8	+2.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Jones	2,309	7.1	0.0
	Independent	Mark Young	442	1.4	+1.4
	UK Independence	Edna Khambatta	375	1.2	0.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeff Ditchfield	286	0.9	+0.9
Majority			4,669	14.4
Turnout			32,313	62.2	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

General Election 2001: Vale of Clwyd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Ruane	16,179	50.0	-2.7
	Conservative	Brendan Murphy	10,418	32.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rees	3,058	9.5	+0.7
	Plaid Cymru	John Williams	2,300	7.1	+1.2
	UK Independence	William Campbell	391	1.2	+0.5
Majority			5,761	17.8
Turnout			32,346	63.6	-11.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Vale of Clwyd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Ruane	20,617	52.7	n/a
	Conservative	David Edwards	11,662	29.8	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Munford	3,425	8.8	n/a
	Plaid Cymru	Gwyneth Kensler	2,301	5.9	n/a
	Referendum Party	Simon Vickers	834	2.1	n/a
	UK Independence	Scott Cooke	293	0.7	n/a
Majority			8,995	22.9	n/a
Turnout			39,132	74.6	n/a
	New creation: Labour win.		Swing	n/a

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd

v • d • e Constituencies in Wales Labour Aberavon · Alyn and Deeside · Bridgend · Caerphilly · Cardiff North · Cardiff South and Penarth · Cardiff West · Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire · Clwyd South · Conwy · Cynon Valley · Delyn · Gower · Islwyn · Llanelli · Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney · Neath · Newport East · Newport West · Ogmore · Pontypridd · Rhondda · Swansea East · Swansea West · Torfaen · Vale of Clwyd · Vale of Glamorgan · Wrexham · Ynys Môn Liberal Democrat Brecon and Radnorshire · Cardiff Central · Ceredigion · Montgomeryshire Conservative Clwyd West · Monmouth · Preseli Pembrokeshire Plaid Cymru Caernarfon · Carmarthen East and Dinefwr · Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Independent Blaenau Gwent Wales European constituency: Labour (2) · Conservative (1) · Plaid Cymru (1)