Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wrexham County constituency

Wrexham shown within Wales
Created:	1918
MP:	Ian Lucas
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Clwyd
EP constituency:	Wales

Wrexham is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The Wrexham Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.

1 History
2 Boundaries
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] History

Until 1832 Wrexham was part of the Denbighshire parliamentary constituency, which elected one Member of Parliament, although from 1832 until 1885 this was increased to two members. In 1885 the Denbighshire constituency was split and Wrexham became part of the new East Denbighshire constituency.

In 1918 the constituency of Wrexham was created and elected one Member of Parliament. In 1983 major boundary reorganisation saw large areas removed from the Wrexham constituency to form the new constituency of South West Clwyd (later to become Clwyd South).

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency of Wrexham is divided into the electoral divisions: Acton, Borras Park, Brynyffynnon, Cartrefle, Erddig, Garden Village, Gresford East and West, Grosvenor, Gwersyllt East and South, Gwersyllt North, Gwersyllt West, Hermitage, Holt, Little Acton, Llay, Maesydre, Marford and Hoseley, Offa, Queensway, Rhosnesni, Rossett, Smithfield, Stansty, Whitegate, Wynnstay

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Year	Member	Party
1918	Sir Robert Thomas	Coalition Liberal
1922	Robert Richards	Labour
1923	Robert Richards	Labour
1924	Christmas Price Williams	Liberal
1929	Robert Richards	Labour
1931	Aled Owen Roberts	Liberal
1935	Robert Richards	Labour
1945	Robert Richards	Labour
1950	Robert Richards	Labour
1951	Robert Richards	Labour
1955	James Idwal Jones	Labour
1959	James Idwal Jones	Labour
1964	James Idwal Jones	Labour
1966	James Idwal Jones	Labour
1970	Tom Ellis	Labour
1974 (February)	Tom Ellis	Labour
1974 (October)	Tom Ellis	Labour
1979	Tom Ellis	Labour until 1981; then Social Democrat
1983	Dr John Marek	Labour
1987	Dr John Marek	Labour
1992	Dr John Marek	Labour
1997	Dr John Marek	Labour
2001	Ian Lucas	Labour
2005	Ian Lucas	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Lucas	13,993	46.1	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Rippeth	7,174	23.6	+6.5
	Conservative	Therese Coffey	6,079	20.0	-2.5
	Plaid Cymru	Sion Owen	1,744	5.7	-0.2
	British National	John Walker	919	3.0	N/A
	Forward Wales	Janet Williams	476	1.6	N/A
Majority			6,819	22.4
Turnout			30,385	63.3	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

General Election 2001: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Lucas	15,934	53.0	-3.1
	Conservative	Felicity Elphick	6,746	22.5	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Davies	5,153	17.1	+3.9
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm Evans	1,783	5.9	+2.7
	UK Independence	Jane Brookes	432	1.4	N/A
Majority			9,188	30.5
Turnout			30,048	59.5	-12.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

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)