Clwyd West (Assembly constituency)

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

Clwyd West National Assembly for Wales county constituency
Clwyd West shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Created:	1999
AM:	Darren Millar
Party:	Conservative
Preserved county:	Clwyd

Clwyd West is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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.

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 general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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

Period		Member	Party
	1999 - 2007	Alun Pugh	Labour Party
	2007 - present	Darren Millar	Conservative Party

Elections

Assembly Election 2011: Clwyd West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Millar	10,890	43.3	+9.3
	Labour	Crispin Jones	6,642	26.4	-1.5
	Plaid Cymru	Eifion Lloyd Jones	5,775	23	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cossey	1,846	7.3	+0.8
Majority			4,248	16.9
Turnout			25,153	43.2	-2.5

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Clwyd West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Millar	8,905	34.0	+1.3
	Labour	Alun Pugh	7,309	27.9	-6.9
	Plaid Cymru	Phil Edwards	7,162	27.3	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Croft	1,705	6.5	-1.4
	UKIP	Warwick Nicholson	1,124	4.3	+3.0
Majority			1,596	6.1
Turnout			26,205	45.7	+5.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.1

Assembly Election 2003: Clwyd West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Pugh	7,693	34.8	+3.8
	Conservative	Brynle Williams	7,257	32.8	+4.8
	Plaid Cymru	Janet Ryder	4,715	21.3	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Burnham	1,743	7.9	-5.8
	UKIP	Peter Murray	715	3.2	+3.2
Majority			436	2.0	-1.0
Turnout			22,123	40.6	-6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1999: Clwyd West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Pugh	7,824	31.0
	Conservative	Rod Richards	7,064	28.0
	Plaid Cymru	Eilian Williams	6,886	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robina Feeley	3,462	13.7
Majority			760	3.0
Turnout			25,236	46.9
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
• National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions

References

1. ^ "Wales elections > Clwyd West". BBC News. 6 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/26681.stm. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 

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