Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Alyn and Deeside County constituency |
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| 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 1983, 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.
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[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
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Barry Jones | Labour | |
| 2001 | Mark Tami | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Alyn and Deeside | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mark Tami | 17,331 | 48.8 | -3.5 | |
| Conservative | Lynne Hale | 8,953 | 25.2 | -1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Brighton | 6,174 | 17.4 | +4.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Richard Coombs | 1,320 | 3.7 | +0.4 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mark Tami | 18,525 | 52.3 | -9.6 | |
| Conservative | Mark Isherwood | 9,303 | 26.3 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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
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