Alyn and Deeside () is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) since 2001 by Mark Tami of the Labour Party. The constituency was created in 1983, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post method of election.
The Alyn and Deeside Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
The constituency retained its name and gained wards, as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
1983–1997: The District of Alyn and Deeside, and the Borough of Wrexham Maelor wards 13 and 14.
1997–2010: The District of Alyn and Deeside.
2010–2024: The Flintshire County electoral divisions of Aston, Broughton North East, Broughton South, Buckley Bistre East, Buckley Bistre West, Buckley Mountain, Buckley Pentrobin, Caergwrle, Connah's Quay Central, Connah's Quay Golftyn, Connah's Quay South, Connah's Quay Wepre, Ewloe, Hawarden, Higher Kinnerton, Hope, Llanfynydd, Mancot, Penyffordd, Queensferry, Saltney Mold Junction, Saltney Stonebridge, Sealand, Shotton East, Shotton Higher, Shotton West, and Treuddyn.
2024–present:
From the 2024 general election the seat of Alyn and Deeside was expanded towards Flint as a result of the abolition of the Delyn constituency in the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. Under the review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the County of Flintshire as they existed on 1 December 2020:
- Aston, Bagillt East, Bagillt West, Broughton North East, Broughton South, Buckley Bistre East, Buckley Bistre West, Buckley Mountain, Buckley Pentrobin, Caergwrle, Connah's Quay Central, Connah's Quay Golftyn, Connah's Quay South, Connah's Quay Wepre, Ewloe, Flint Castle, Flint Coleshill, Flint Oakenholt, Flint Trelawny, Hawarden, Higher Kinnerton, Hope, Llanfynydd, Mancot, Penyffordd, Queensferry, Saltney Mold Junction, Saltney Stonebridge, Sealand, Shotton East, Shotton Higher, Shotton West, and Treuddyn.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following wards of the County of Flintshire from the 2024 general election:
- Bagillt, Broughton North East, Broughton South, Buckley: Bistre East, Buckley: Bistre West, Buckley: Mountain, Buckley: Pentrobin, Caergwrle, Connah's Quay Central, Connah's Quay: Golftyn, Connah's Quay South, Connah's Quay: Wepre, Flint: Castle, Flint: Coleshill and Trelawney, Flint: Oakenholt, Hawarden: Aston, Hawarden: Ewloe, Hawarden: Mancot, Higher Kinnerton, Hope, Llanfynydd, Pen-y-ffordd, Queensferry and Sealand, Saltney Ferry, Shotton East and Shotton Higher, Shotton West, and Treuddyn.
Constituency profile
This Welsh seat on the English border is part of the industrial hinterland north of Wrexham and west of Chester, with large employers including Toyota, BAE and Airbus. The main population areas in the current seat include Flint, Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle.
It was formerly known as East Flintshire until the 1983 boundary review, in which it was renamed after the Alyn and Deeside district created in 1974.
Members of Parliament
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|1983
|Barry Jones
|Labour
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|2001
|Mark Tami
|Labour
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Elections
thumb|Alyn & Deeside Election Results 1983-2024
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
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! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Labour ||align=right| 22,374 ||align=right| 42.7
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| Conservative ||align=right| 21,963 ||align=right| 42.0
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| Brexit Party ||align=right| 3,137 ||align=right| 6.0
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| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 3,095 ||align=right| 5.9
|-
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| Plaid Cymru ||align=right| 1,781 ||align=right| 3.4
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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
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|colspan="2"|Majority
|align=right|411
|align=right|0.8
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|colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|52,350
|align=right|69.2
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|colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|75,695
|}
Of the 121 rejected ballots:
- 103 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
Of the 84 rejected ballots:
- 63 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.
Of the 50 rejected ballots:
- 41 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. which included Alyn and Deeside.
Independent Phil Woods announced he would stand, but did not do so.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
See also
- Alyn and Deeside (Senedd constituency)
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales
Notes
References
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- Alyn and Deeside UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Alyn and Deeside UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Alyn and Deeside UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK