Clwyd West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clwyd West (Welsh: Gorllewin Clwyd) 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.
Clwyd West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Electorate | 56,845 (December 2018)[1] |
Major settlements | Abergele, Colwyn Bay, Ruthin |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | David Jones (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Clwyd South West and Clwyd North West |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Clwyd West, North Wales |
The constituency is set to be abolished, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. Its wards is to be split between Bangor Aberconwy, Clwyd East and Clwyd North.[2]