Members of Parliament
The last MP was Betty Williams of the Labour Party, who held the seat from 1997 (when she gained 35.04% of the vote—a 9.4% swing from the Conservatives) until its abolition in 2010. Williams increased her share of the vote in 2001 (by 6.8%), but it was reduced in 2005 (by 4.7%). She is also the first female MP to hold the seat. The seat was previously held (since its renaming in 1983) by Sir Wyn Roberts for the Conservative Party, who was first elected for Conway, the old anglicised name of the constituency, in 1970.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | William Elwyn Edwards Jones | Labour | |
| 1951 | Peter Thomas | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Ednyfed Hudson Davies | Labour | |
| 1970 | Wyn Roberts | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Betty Williams | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Aberconwy | ||
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