Alyn and Deeside (Welsh: Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy) is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). The constituency was created in 1983, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post method of election.
Alyn and Deeside | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Population | 82,505 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 62,196 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Mark Tami (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Flintshire East |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Alyn and Deeside, North Wales |
The Alyn and Deeside Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
The constituency is to retain its name and gain wards, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[3]
This Welsh seat on the English border is part of the industrial hinterland north of Wrexham and west of Chester, with large employers including Toyota, BAE and Airbus.[4] The main population areas in the current seat include Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle. It was formerly known as East Flintshire until the 1983 boundary review, in which it was renamed after the Alyn and Deeside district created in 1974.
From the Next United Kingdom general election the seat of Alyn and Deeside will be expanded as a result of the axing of the Delyn constituency.
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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1983 | Barry Jones | Labour | |
2001 | Mark Tami | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Jones | 17,806 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Simon Burns | 16,438 | 37.2 | N/A | |
SDP | Eric Owen | 9,535 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Keith Shore | 413 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,368 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,192 | 78.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 56,618 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Jones | 22,916 | 48.6 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Twilley | 16,500 | 35.0 | −2.2 | |
SDP | Eric Owen | 7,273 | 15.4 | −6.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | John Rogers | 478 | 1.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 6,416 | 13.6 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,167 | 80.4 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 58,764 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Jones | 25,206 | 52.0 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Jeffrey J. Riley | 17,355 | 35.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert A. Britton | 4,687 | 9.7 | −5.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | John D. Rogers | 551 | 1.1 | +0.1 | |
Green | Victor J. Button | 433 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | John Cooksey | 200 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,851 | 16.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,432 | 80.1 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 60,477 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Jones | 25,955 | 61.9 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Timothy P. Roberts | 9,552 | 22.8 | −13.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Burnham | 4,076 | 9.7 | ±0.0 | |
Referendum | Malcolm J. D. Jones | 1,627 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Siw Hills | 738 | 1.8 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 16,403 | 39.1 | +22.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,948 | 72.2 | -7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 58,091 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Tami | 18,525 | 52.3 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Mark Isherwood | 9,303 | 26.3 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Burnham | 4,585 | 12.9 | +3.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Richard S. Coombs | 1,182 | 3.3 | +1.5 | |
Green | Klaus Armstrong-Braun | 881 | 2.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | William Crawford | 481 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | John Cooksey | 253 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Communist | Glyn Davies | 211 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,222 | 26.0 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,421 | 58.6 | -13.6 | ||
Registered electors | 60,478 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Tami | 17,331 | 48.8 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Lynne Hale | 8,953 | 25.2 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul J. Brighton | 6,174 | 17.4 | +4.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Richard Coombs | 1,320 | 3.7 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Billy Crawford | 918 | 2.6 | +1.2 | |
Forward Wales | Klaus Armstrong-Braun | 378 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Judith Kilshaw | 215 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Communist | Glyn Davies | 207 | 0.6 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 8,378 | 23.6 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,496 | 60.2 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 59,441 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Tami | 15,804 | 39.6 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Will Gallagher | 12,885 | 32.3 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul J. Brighton | 7,308 | 18.3 | +0.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Maurice Jones | 1,549 | 3.9 | +0.2 | |
BNP | John Walker | 1,368 | 3.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | James Howson | 1,009 | 2.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,919 | 7.3 | -16.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,923 | 65.5 | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 60,931 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Tami | 16,540 | 40.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Laura Knightly | 13,197 | 31.9 | −0.4 | |
UKIP | Blair Smillie | 7,260 | 17.6 | +15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tudor Jones | 1,733 | 4.2 | −14.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jacqueline Hurst | 1,608 | 3.9 | ±0.0 | |
Green | Alasdair Ibbotson | 976 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 50 | ||||
Majority | 3,343 | 8.1 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,314 | 66.6 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 62,016 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Of the 50 rejected ballots:
In February 2015, the Conservative Party inadvertently leaked a list of non-target seats considered safe Labour, or where winning was considered highly unlikely,[25] which included Alyn and Deeside.[26] Independent Phil Woods announced he would stand,[27] but did not do so.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Tami | 23,315 | 52.1 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Laura Knightly | 18,080 | 40.4 | +8.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jacqui Hurst | 1,171 | 2.6 | −1.3 | |
UKIP | David Griffiths | 1,117 | 2.5 | −15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pete Williams | 1,077 | 2.4 | −1.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 84 | ||||
Majority | 5,235 | 11.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,760 | 71.0 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 63,013 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Of the 84 rejected ballots:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Tami | 18,271 | 42.5 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Sanjoy Sen | 18,058 | 42.0 | +1.6 | |
Brexit Party | Simon Wall | 2,678 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Donna Lalek | 2,548 | 5.9 | +3.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Susan Hills | 1,453 | 3.4 | +0.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 121 | ||||
Majority | 213 | 0.5 | −11.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,008 | 68.5 | −2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 62,789 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Of the 121 rejected ballots:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Karl Macnaughton[34] | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Jack Morris[35] | ||||
Reform UK | Vicky Roskams[36] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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