West Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

Contents

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 References

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	1950	Nigel Birch	Conservative
	1970	Sir Anthony Meyer, Bt	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1966: West Flintshire ^[2]
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 ^[3]
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 ^[4]
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 ^[5]
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 ^[6]
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 ^[7]
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

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
^ [1] Political resources.net
^ [2] Political resources.net
^ [3] Political resources.net
^ [4] Political resources.net
^ [5] Political resources.net
^ [6] Political resources.net

Flintshire

Principal settlements	Afon-wen Bagillt Buckley Caerwys Connah's Quay Ewloe Flint Halkyn Holywell Mold Queensferry Saltney Shotton

Communities (categorised list)	Abermorddu Alltami Aston Park Bretton Broughton Bryn-y-Baal Brynford Cadole Caergwrle Calcoed Carmel Cefn-y-Bedd Cilcain Coed Talon Cymau Deeside Drury Ffrith Flint Mountain Ffynnongroew Greenfield Gronant Glyncorrwg Gwernymynydd Hawarden Holway Higher Kinnerton Hope Leeswood Llanfynydd Llanasa Leadmill Mancot Mostyn Mynydd Isa Nannerch Nercwys Northop Northop Hall Oakenholt Pantasaph Pantymwyn Pentre Halkyn Penyffordd (Buckley) Pen-y-Ffordd (Holywell) Penymynydd Pontblyddyn Rhosesmor Rhes-y-Cae Rhydymwyn Sealand Soughton/Sychdyn Saltney Ferry Talacre Trelogan Treuddyn Whitford Ysceifiog See also: More communities Wards

Geography	Alyn Gorge Basingwerk Abbey Bretton Bridge Caerwys Rectory Clwydian Range Caergwrle Castle Dee Estuary Ewloe Castle Flint Castle Flintshire Bridge The Gop Greenfield Valley Heritage Park Hawarden Castle Holy Trinity Church Moel Famau Moel y Gaer Moel y Parc Mold Castle Mostyn Colliery Nant-y-Ffrith Ogof Nadolig Point of Ayr Point of Ayr Gas Terminal River Alyn River Cegidog River Dee River Terrig St Bartholomew's Church St Mary's Church (Cilcain) St Mary's Church (Halkyn) St Mary's Church (Mold) St Winefride's Well Talacre Beach Wepre Park

See also	The historic county The UK Parliament constituency Alyn and Deeside Broughton Shopping Park Delyn East Flintshire Flintshire County Council Flintshire Local Education Authority Holywell Rural District Maelor Saesneg Maelor Rural District Mold cape Point of Ayr Colliery Company Prestatyn Coal Company RAF Sealand Borough of Rhuddlan West Flintshire Western Mostyn Colliery Company Categories: History Notable people Sport Visitor attractions

The five largest urban areas are marked in bold text.