Clwyd South (Senedd Cymru constituency)

Clwyd South (Welsh: De Clwyd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd 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.

Clwyd South
Senedd Cymru county constituency
Clwyd South shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd Cymru county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Ken Skates
Preserved county	Clwyd and Powys

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Clwyd South Westminster constituency. It is mostly within the preserved county of Clwyd and partly within the preserved county of Powys.

For the 2007 Assembly election, however, it became a constituency entirely within Clwyd. Part of its area was transferred to the Montgomeryshire constituency, in Powys. Also, part of its area was transferred to another Clwyd constituency, Clwyd West. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes became effective at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

As created in 1999, the North Wales region includes the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn. For the 2007 election the region will include Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

For the period 1999 to 2007, the Clwyd South constituency can be described as consisting of electoral divisions as follows:

• Within Denbighshire:
  • Corwen, Llandrillo and Llangollen
• Within Wrexham:
  • Bronington, Brymbo, Bryn Cefn, Cefn, Chirk North, Chirk South, Coedpoeth, Dyffryn Ceiriog/Ceiriog Valley, Esclusham, Gwenfro, Johnstown, Llangollen Rural, Marchwiel, Minera, New Broughton, Overton, Pant, Penycae, Penycae and Ruabon South, Plas Madoc, Ponciau and Ruabon

Voting

In general 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 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.

Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	Karen Sinclair	Labour Party
	2011	Ken Skates	Labour Party

Constituency Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Clwyd South[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Skates	7,862	35.5	-6.9
	Conservative	Simon Baynes	4,846	21.9	-7.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mabon ap Gwynfor	3,861	17.4	-1.1
	UKIP	Mandy Jones	2,827	12.8	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aled Roberts	2,289	10.3	+0.5
	Green	Duncan Rees	474	2.1	+2.1
Majority			3,016	13.6	+0.3
Turnout			22,159	40.9	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Clwyd South[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Skates	8,500	42.4	+7.4
	Conservative	Paul Rogers	5,841	29.2	-0.1
	Plaid Cymru	Mabon ap Gwynfor	3,719	18.6	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Roberts	1,977	9.9	+0.4
Majority			2,659	13.3	+7.6
Turnout			20,037	36.9	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.75

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Clwyd South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Sinclair	6,838	35.1	-1.4
	Conservative	John Bell	5,719	29.3	+10.3
	Plaid Cymru	Nia Davies	3,894	20.0	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Biggs	1,838	9.4	+0.5
	UKIP	David Rowlands	1,209	6.2	+3.5
Majority			1,119	5.7	-9.8
Turnout			19,498	37.9	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Clwyd South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Sinclair	6,814	36.5	-5.6
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfed W. Edwards	3,923	21.0	-4.2
	Conservative	Albert M.Fox	3,548	19.0	-0.1
	Independent	Marc V. Jones	2,210	11.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Derek W.L. Burnham	1,666	8.9	-2.2
	UKIP	Edwina E. Theunissen	501	2.7	N/A
Majority			2,891	15.5	-1.9
Turnout			18,662	34.4	-6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.7

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Clwyd South[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Sinclair	9,196	42.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Williams	5,511	25.3	N/A
	Conservative	David R. Jones	4,167	19.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Derek W.L. Burnham	2,432	11.2	N/A
	Independent	Maurice Jones	508	2.3	N/A
Majority			3,685	17.4	N/A
Turnout			21,814	40.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Wales elections > Clwyd South". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
2. "Wales elections > Clwyd South". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
3. "Wales elections > Clwyd South". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 28 October 2017.