West Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Flintshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Preserved county	1960–1974: Flintshire 1974–1983: Clwyd
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Flintshire
Replaced by	Delyn

West Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The boundaries of West Flintshire incorporated Mold, St Asaph, Rhyl, Holywell and Prestatyn.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1950	Nigel Birch	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1970	Sir Anthony Meyer, Bt	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1979: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Anthony Meyer	23,364	49.03
	Labour	RM Hughes	16,678	31.02
	Liberal	JH Parry	9,009	16.75
	Plaid Cymru	BM Edwards	1,720	3.20
Majority			9,686	18.01
Turnout				78.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Anthony Meyer	20,054	41.37
	Labour	NB Harries	15,234	31.43
	Liberal	PJ Brighton	10,881	22.45
	Plaid Cymru	N Taylor	2,306	4.76
Majority			4,820	9.94
Turnout				75.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Anthony Meyer	22,039	42.33
	Labour	NB Harries	14,897	28.61
	Liberal	P Brighton	12,831	24.65
	Plaid Cymru	G Hughes	2,296	4.41
Majority			7,142	13.72
Turnout				81.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Anthony Meyer	20,999	46.46
	Labour	JG Evans	13,655	30.21
	Liberal	DM Thomas	7,437	16.45
	Plaid Cymru	AO Jones	3,108	6.88
Majority			7,344	16.25
Turnout				77.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Birch	18,179	43.2	−2.5
	Labour	Robert Thomas Ellis	15,137	36.0	+3.2
	Liberal	D Martin Thomas	7,137	17.0	−1.5
	Plaid Cymru	D Alun Lloyd	1,585	3.8	+0.8
Majority			3,042	7.2
Turnout			42,038	81.9	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.9

General Election 1964: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Birch	18,515	45.7	−6.4
	Labour	William H Edwards	13,298	32.8	−0.1
	Liberal	D Martin Thomas	7,482	18.5	+7.5
	Plaid Cymru	ENC Williams	1,195	3.0	−1.1
Majority			5,217	12.9
Turnout			39,284	80.8	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.2

General Election 1959: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Birch	20,446	52.1	−3.6
	Labour	RG Waterhouse	12,925	32.9	−0.6
	Liberal	LE Roberts	4,319	11.0	+0.2
	Plaid Cymru	ENC Williams	1,594	4.1	+4.1
Majority			7,521	19.2
Turnout			39,284	82.7	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.5

General Election 1955: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch	20,980	55.7	−5.1
	Labour	Hywel J Jones	12,628	33.5	−5.7
	Liberal	Gomer Owen	4,060	10.8	+10.8
Majority			8,352	22.2
Turnout			37,668	81.0	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

General Election 1951: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Birch	23,433	60.8	+12.5
	Labour	DV Leadbeater	15,118	39.2	+7.9
Majority			8,315	21.6
Turnout			38,751	83.2	−3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election 1950: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Birch	19,088	48.3
	Labour	DV Leadbeater	12,369	31.3
	Liberal	WA Ellis	8,036	20.4
Majority			6,719	17.0
Turnout			39,493	86.7
	Conservative hold		Swing