Delyn (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Delyn County constituency |
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| Delyn shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | David Hanson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | Clwyd |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Delyn is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the 1983 General Election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The Delyn Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
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[edit] Profile
Delyn is normally inclined to elect Labour MPs, although the Conservatives won the seat in their 1983 and 1987 landslides.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1992: Keith Raffan, Conservative
- 1992 – present: David Hanson, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Delyn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Hanson | 15,540 | 45.7 | -5.8 | |
| Conservative | John Bell | 8,896 | 26.2 | -0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tudor Jones | 6,089 | 17.9 | +2.5 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Phil Thomas | 2,524 | 7.4 | +0.9 | |
| UK Independence | May Eluned Crawford | 533 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Independent (politician) | Nigel Williams | 422 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 6,644 | 19.5 | |||
| Turnout | 34,004 | 64.4 | +1.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Delyn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Hanson | 17,825 | 51.5 | -5.7 | |
| Conservative | Paul Brierley | 9,220 | 26.6 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tudor Jones | 5,329 | 15.4 | +5.2 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Paul Rowlinson | 2,262 | 6.5 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 8,605 | 24.9 | |||
| Turnout | 34,636 | 63.3 | -12.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in Wales | |
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| 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 | |
| Plaid Cymru |
Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Independent | |
| Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1) | |
