Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament Constituency)

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.
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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