Preserved county Clwyd Created 1997 European Parliament constituency Wales Number of members 1 | Electorate 58,544 (December 2010) Welsh Assembly North Wales Member of parliament David Jones | |
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Created from Clwyd South West and Clwyd North West Major settlements Abergele, Colwyn Bay, Ruthin Replaced by Clwyd South West, Clwyd North West | ||
Clwyd West (Gorllewin Clwyd in Welsh) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election. The current MP is David Jones of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2005 general election and who also served as Secretary of State for Wales from 4 September 2012 until 14 July 2014.
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Boundaries
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, as confirmed by 'The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006', the boundaries of Clwyd West is formed from the following electoral wards;
History
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Clwyd South West and Clwyd North West. In the 2005 election this constituency was the Conservative Party's twentieth target. The area has generally voted for Conservative candidates, though it was won by Labour in their 1997 and 2001 landslides.