Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wrexham
County constituency
Wrexham shown within Wales
Created: 1918
MP: Ian Lucas
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
Preserved county: Clwyd
EP constituency: Wales

Wrexham 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 Wrexham Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

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[edit] History

Until the 1885, Wrexham was part of the Denbighshire parliamentary constituency, which elected one Member of Parliament until the Reform Act 1832 increased this to two members. In 1885 the Denbighshire constituency was split and Wrexham became part of the new East Denbighshire constituency.

In 1918 the Wrexham constituency was created, electing one Member of Parliament. For the 1983 general election, major boundary reorganisation saw large areas removed from the Wrexham constituency to form the new constituency of Clwyd South West (later to become Clwyd South).

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency of Wrexham is divided into the electoral divisions: Acton, Borras Park, Brynyffynnon, Cartrefle, Erddig, Garden Village, Gresford East and West, Grosvenor, Gwersyllt East and South, Gwersyllt North, Gwersyllt West, Hermitage, Holt, Little Acton, Llay, Maesydre, Marford and Hoseley, Offa, Queensway, Rhosnesni, Rossett, Smithfield, Stansty, Whitegate, Wynnstay

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Robert Thomas Coalition Liberal
1922 Robert Richards Labour
1923
1924 Christmas Price Williams Liberal
1929 Robert Richards Labour
1931 Aled Owen Roberts Liberal
1935 Robert Richards Labour
1945
1950
1951
1955 James Idwal Jones Labour
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970 Tom Ellis Labour
February 1974
October 1974
1979
1981 Social Democrat
1983 Dr John Marek Labour
1987
1992
1997
2001 Ian Lucas Labour
2005

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gareth Hughes
Labour Ian Lucas
General Election 2005: Wrexham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Lucas 13,993 46.1 -6.9
Liberal Democrat Tom Rippeth 7,174 23.6 +6.5
Conservative Therese Coffey 6,079 20.0 -2.5
Plaid Cymru Sion Owen 1,744 5.7 -0.2
British National Party John Walker 919 3.0 N/A
Forward Wales Janet Williams 476 1.6 N/A
Majority 6,819 22.4
Turnout 30,385 63.3 +3.8
Labour hold Swing -6.7
General Election 2001: Wrexham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Lucas 15,934 53.0 -3.1
Conservative Felicity Elphick 6,746 22.5 -1.4
Liberal Democrat Ron Davies 5,153 17.1 +3.9
Plaid Cymru Malcolm Evans 1,783 5.9 +2.7
UK Independence Jane Brookes 432 1.4 N/A
Majority 9,188 30.5
Turnout 30,048 59.5 -12.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

By-election 1955: Wrexham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Idwal Jones 23,402 57.9 −3.7
Conservative G.W.G Jones 12,476 30.8 −4.0
Plaid Cymru D.E. Morgan 4,572 11.3 N/A
Majority 10,926 27.0 +0.3
Turnout 46,072
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wrexham, UKPollingReport
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