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.

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 1966: West Flintshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Birch	18,179	43.2	−2.5
	Labour	RT Ellis	15,137	36.0	+3.2
	Liberal	DM Thomas	7,137	17.0	−1.5
	Plaid Cymru	DA 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	WH Edwards	13,298	32.8	−0.1
	Liberal	DM 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	Nigel Birch	20,980	55.7	−5.1
	Labour	HJ Jones	12,628	33.5	−5.7
	Liberal	G 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