Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)

Clwyd South County constituency

Clwyd South shown within Wales
Created:	1997
MP:	Martyn Jones
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Clwyd, Powys
EP constituency:	Wales

Clwyd South (De Clwyd in Welsh) 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 Clwyd South Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

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General Election 2005: Clwyd South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Jones	14,808	45.0	-6.4
	Conservative	Tom Biggins	8,460	25.7	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Deric Burnham	5,105	15.5	+5.3
	Plaid Cymru	Mark Strong	3,111	9.4	-2.5
	Forward Wales	Alwyn Humphreys	803	2.4	+2.4
	UK Independence	Nick Powell	644	2.0	+0.4
Majority			6,348	19.3
Turnout			32,931	62.9	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.7

General Election 2001: Clwyd South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Jones	17,217	51.4	-6.7
	Conservative	Tom Biggins	8,319	24.8	+1.8
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfed Edwards	3,982	11.9	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Griffiths	3,426	10.2	+0.9
	UK Independence	Edwina Theunissen	552	1.6	N/A
Majority			8,898	26.6
Turnout			33,496	62.4	-11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Clwyd South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Jones	22,901	58.1	+8.4
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	9,091	23.1	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	A. Chadwick	3,684	9.4	-1.7
	Plaid Cymru	G.V. Williams	2,500	6.3	-1.6
	Referendum Party	A. Lewis	1,207	3.1	N/A
Majority			13,810	35.0
Turnout			39,383	73.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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)

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