Clwyd West () is a
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
of the
Senedd
The Senedd ( ; ), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and () in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, Its role is to scrutinise the Welsh Government and legislate on devolve ...
. It elects one
Member of the Senedd
A member of the Senedd (MS; plural: ''MSs''; ; , plural: ) is a representative elected to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; ). There are sixty members, with forty members chosen to represent individual Senedd constituency, Senedd constituencies, a ...
by the
first past the post
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method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the
North Wales
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electoral region, which elects four
additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of
proportional representation
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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
Clwyd ( , ) is a preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English cerem ...
.
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
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect 650 Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The first to be held after the minimum age for candidates was ...
.
As created in 1999, the North Wales region included the constituencies of
Alyn and Deeside,
Caernarfon
Caernarfon (; ) is a List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom, royal town, Community (Wales), community and port in Gwynedd, Wales. It has a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the easter ...
, Clwyd West,
Clwyd South,
Conwy
Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy ...
,
Delyn,
Vale of Clwyd,
Wrexham
Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...
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
Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...
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
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of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the
d'Hondt method
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, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Regional ballots rejected: 159
Elections in the 2000s
2003 Electorate: 54,463
Regional ballots rejected: 344
Elections in the 1990s
Notes
References
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Clwyd
Senedd constituencies in the North Wales electoral region
1999 establishments in Wales
Constituencies established in 1999