Alyn And Deeside (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 53°12′29″N 3°07′01″W / 53.208°N 3.117°W / 53.208; -3.117
| Alyn and Deeside | |
|---|---|
| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Alyn and Deeside in Wales. |
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| Preserved county | Clwyd |
| Electorate | 62,196 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 (1983) |
| Member of Parliament | Mark Tami (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Flintshire East |
| Overlaps | |
| Welsh Assembly | North Wales |
| European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Alyn and Deeside (Welsh: Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy) is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at 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 the landslide recent conservative record number of seats in 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.
Read more about Alyn And Deeside (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, Members of Parliament
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