Clwyd West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Clwyd West (Gorllewin Clwyd in Welsh) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). The constituency was created in 1997, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election.

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Clwyd North East and Clwyd North West. In the 2005 election this constituency was the Conservative Party (UK)'s 20th target. The area has generally voted for Conservative candidates, though it was won by Labour in their 1997 and 2001 landslides.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Gareth Thomas	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005	David Jones	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Clwyd West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jones	12,909	36.2	+0.6
	Labour	Gareth Thomas	12,776	35.9	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Taylor	4,723	13.3	+1.9
	Plaid Cymru	Eilian Williams	3,874	10.9	−2.0
	UKIP	Warwick Nicholson	512	1.4	0.0
	Independent (politician)	Jimmy James	507	1.4	+1.4
	Socialist Labour	Patrick Keenan	313	0.9	+0.9
Majority			133	0.4
Turnout			35,671	62.6	−1.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.8

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Clwyd West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Thomas	13,426	38.8	+1.7
	Conservative	Jimmy James	12,311	35.6	+3.1
	Plaid Cymru	Elfed Williams	4,453	12.9	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robina Feeley	3,934	11.4	−1.4
	UKIP	Matthew Guest	476	1.4	N/A
Majority			1,115	3.2
Turnout			34,600	64.1	−11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Clwyd West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Thomas	14,918	37.1
	Conservative	Rod Richards	13,070	32.5
	Plaid Cymru	Eryl Williams	5,421	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyn Williams	5,151	12.8
	Referendum	Mrs H. Collins	1,114	2.8
	Conservatory	D. Neal	583	1.4
Majority			1,848
Turnout				75.3

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd

External links

• Official decleration of result of the poll (2005) (in PDF)