Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)

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Alyn and Deeside County constituency

Alyn and Deeside shown within Wales
Created:	1983
MP:	Mark Tami
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Clwyd
EP constituency:	Wales

Alyn and Deeside 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. The constituency has always elected Labour MPs, although in their landslide defeat of 1983, the Conservatives were able to mount a strong challenge.

The Alyn and Deeside Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This Cheshire/Wales boundary seat is part of the industrial hinterland on the outskirts of Wrexham. It was formerly known as East Flintshire until the 1983 boundary review, which saw it renamed after the Alyn and Deeside district created in 1974. The main population areas in the current seat include Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Wales, the Boundary Commission for Wales made only minor alterations to this constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 2001: Barry Jones, Labour
2001 – present: Mark Tami, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Alyn and Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tami	17,331	48.8	-3.5
	Conservative	Lynne Hale	8,953	25.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul 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	+1.1
	Independent (politician)	Judith Kilshaw	215	0.6	+0.6
	Communist	Glyn Davies	207	0.6	0.0
Majority			8,378	23.6
Turnout			35,496	60.2	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

General Election 2001: Alyn and Deeside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Coombs	1,182	3.3	+1.6
	Green	Klaus Armstrong-Braun	881	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	William Crawford	481	1.4	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Max Cooksey	253	0.7	N/A
	Communist	Glyn Davies	211	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,222	26.0
Turnout			35,421	58.6	-13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon \| Alyn and Deeside \| Bridgend \| Caerphilly \| Cardiff North \| Cardiff South and Penarth \| Cardiff West \| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire \| Clwyd South \| Conwy \| Cynon Valley \| Delyn \| Gower \| Islwyn \| Llanelli \| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney \| Neath \| Newport East \| Newport West \| Ogmore \| Pontypridd \| Rhondda \| Swansea East \| Swansea West \| Torfaen \| Vale of Clwyd \| Vale of Glamorgan \| Wrexham \| Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire \| Cardiff Central \| Ceredigion \| Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West \| Monmouth \| Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon \| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr \| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (1) \| Plaid Cymru (1)