Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Wrexham (Assembly constituency).

Wrexham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wrexham in Wales.
Preserved county	Clwyd
Electorate	53,733 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Wrexham
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Ian Lucas (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Denbigh Boroughs and East Denbighshire
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	North Wales
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a parliamentary constituency in Wales which is represented in 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.

History

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

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

Boundaries

Wrexham constituency consists of the following electoral wards: 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.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Sir Robert Thomas	Coalition Liberal
1922	Robert Richards	Labour
1924	Christmas Price Williams	Liberal
1929	Robert Richards	Labour
1931	Aled Owen Roberts	Liberal
1935	Robert Richards	Labour
1955	James Idwal Jones	Labour
1970	Robert Thomas Ellis	Labour
1981	Robert Thomas Ellis	Social Democrat
1983	Dr John Marek	Labour
2001	Ian Lucas	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Wrexham ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian Lucas	12,181	37.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Andrew Mark Atkinson	10,350	31.6	+6.2
	UKIP	Niall Plevin-Kelly	5,072	15.5	+13.2
	Plaid Cymru	Carrie Harper	2,501	7.6	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Walsh	1,735	5.3	−20.5
	Green	David Munnerley	669	2.0	N/A
	Independent	Brian Edwards^[4]	211	0.6	N/A
Majority			1,831	5.6	−5.5
Turnout			32,719	64.2	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

General Election 2010: Wrexham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian Lucas	12,161	36.9	−9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Rippeth	8,503	25.8	+2.2
	Conservative	Gareth Hughes	8,375	25.4	+5.4
	Plaid Cymru	Arfon Jones	2,029	6.2	+0.4
	BNP	Mel Roberts	1,134	3.4	+0.4
	UKIP	John Humberstone	774	2.3	+2.3
Majority			3,658	11.1
Turnout			32,976	64.8	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wrexham^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian Lucas	13,993	46.1	−6.9
	Liberal Democrat	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
	BNP	John Walker	919	3.0	N/A
	Forward Wales	Janet Williams	476	1.6	N/A
Majority			6,819	22.4	−8.1
Turnout			30,385	63.3	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.7

General Election 2001: Wrexham^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian Lucas	15,934	53.0	−3.1
	Conservative	Felicity Ann Ledgerwood Elphick	6,746	22.5	−1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Albert Davies	5,153	17.1	+3.9
	Plaid Cymru	Malcolm William Evans	1,783	5.9	+2.7
	UKIP	Jane Brookes	432	1.4	N/A
Majority			9,188	30.5
Turnout			30,048	59.5	−12.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wrexham^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Marek	20,450	56.1	+6.1
	Conservative	Stuart Andrew	8,688	23.9	−8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew M. Thomas	4,833	13.3	−1.7
	Referendum	John Cronk	1,195	3.3	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Kevin Plant	1,170	3.2	+0.5
	Natural Law	Nicholas Low	86	0.2	N/A
Majority			11,622	32.3	+14.8
Turnout			36,422	71.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.4

General Election 1992: Wrexham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Marek	24,830	48.3	+4.4
	Conservative	Owen Paterson	18,114	35.2	−0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew M. Thomas	7,074	13.8	−5.7
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Wheatley	1,415	2.8	+1.7
Majority			6,716	13.1	+4.8
Turnout			51,433	80.7	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Marek	22,144	43.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Roger Henry William Graham-Palmer	17,992	35.6	+2.2
	Liberal	Donald Martin Thomas	9,808	19.4	−10.3
	Plaid Cymru	Dennis Ronald Watkins	539	1.1	−1.5
Majority			4,152	8.3
Turnout			50,483	80.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Marek	16,120	34.3	−16.1
	Conservative	Cynthia Kay Wood	15,696	33.4	+4.9
	Liberal	Donald Martin Thomas	13,974	29.7	+11.5
	Plaid Cymru	John Richard Thomas	1,239	2.6	−0.3
Majority			424	0.9
Turnout				77.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.5

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Thomas Ellis	30,405	49.2
	Conservative	Roger Henry William Graham-Palmer	18,256	29.6
	Liberal	Donald Martin Thomas	11,389	18.4
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wyn Roberts	1,740	2.8
Majority			12,149	19.66
Turnout				78.44
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Thomas Ellis	28,885	51.1
	Liberal	Donald Martin Thomas	12,519	22.15
	Conservative	John Laurence Pritchard	12,251	21.68
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wyn Roberts	2,859	5.06
Majority			16,366	28.96
Turnout				74.26
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Thomas Ellis	27,384	46.73
	Conservative	John Laurence Pritchard	14,301	24.40
	Liberal	Donald Martin Thomas	14,297	24.40
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Wyn Roberts	2,624	4.48
Majority			13,083	22.32
Turnout				77.63
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Thomas Ellis	31,089	56.84
	Conservative	Benjamin Patterson	15,649	28.61
	Liberal	Wilfred McBriar	5,067	9.26
	Plaid Cymru	Cyril Golding	2,894	5.29
Majority			15,440	28.23
Turnout			54,699	75.12
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Idwal Jones	30,039	58.57
	Conservative	Griffith Hughes Pierce	12,596	24.56
	Liberal	Wilfred McBriar	6,351	12.38
	Plaid Cymru	John Richard Thomas	2,297	4.48
Majority			17,443	34.01
Turnout			51,283	77.19
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

General Election 1964: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Idwal Jones	30,478	58.17
	Conservative	Griffith Hughes Pierce	17,240	32.91
	Plaid Cymru	John Richard Thomas	4,673	8.92
Majority			13,238	25.27
Turnout			52,391	78.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Idwal Jones	30,101	55.92
	Conservative	Griffith Hughes Pierce	17,144	31.85
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Elystan Morgan	6,579	12.22
Majority			12,957	24.07
Turnout			53,824	81.37
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Idwal Jones	27,945	56.60
	National Liberal	Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones	16,286	32.99
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Elystan Morgan	5,139	10.41
Majority			11,659	23.62
Turnout			49,370	76.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Wrexham by-election, 1955 ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Idwal Jones	23,402	57.9	−3.7
	National Liberal	Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones	12,476	30.8	−4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Elystan Morgan	4,572	11.3	N/A
Majority			10,926	27.0	+0.3
Turnout			46,072
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Richards	33,759	61.51
	National Liberal	Willoughby Gervase Cooper	19,124	34.85
	Plaid Cymru	A. Daniel Thomas	1,997	3.64
Majority			14,635	26.67
Turnout				84.78
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Richards	32,042	57.83
	National Liberal	Willoughby Gervase Cooper	14,117	25.48
	Liberal	Herbert Mostyn Lewis	8,287	14.96
	Plaid Cymru	Geraint Bowen	960	1.73
Majority			17,925	32.35
Turnout				87.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Richards	26,854	55.99
	Liberal National	David Leslie Milne	13,714	28.60
	Liberal	John David Williams	6,960	14.51
	Independent Nationalist	John Rathbone Hayes-Jones	430	0.90
Majority			13,140	27.40
Turnout				76.80
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Labour: Robert Richards
Liberal:

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Richards	23,650	56.29
	Liberal	Aled Owen Roberts	18,367	43.71
Majority			5,283	12.57
Turnout				75.49
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1931: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aled Owen Roberts	22,474	52.11
	Labour	Robert Richards	20,653	47.89
Majority			1,821	4.22
Turnout				79.79
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Richards	20,584	46.4	+2.0
	Liberal	Christmas Price Williams	13,997	31.5	-24.1
	Unionist	Edmund Fleming Bushby	9,820	22.1	n/a
Majority			6,587	14.9	26.1
Turnout				84.9	+2.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.0

General Election 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christmas Price Williams	19,154	55.6
	Labour	Robert Richards	15,291	44.4
Majority			3,863	11.2
Turnout				82.6
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1923: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Richards	12,918	39.0	+3.2
	Liberal	Horace Alexander Morgan	11,037	33.4	+0.8
	Unionist	Edmund Fleming Bushby	9,131	27.6	-4.0
Majority			1,881	5.6	+2.4
Turnout				81.1	-3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

General Election 1922: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Richards	11,940	35.8	+12.1
	National Liberal	E R Davies	10,842	32.6	-43.7
	Unionist	R C G Roberts	10,508	31.6	n/a
Majority			1,098	3.2
Turnout				84.4	+14.7
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+27.9

Elections in the 1910s

Robert Thomas

General Election 1918: Wrexham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert John Thomas	20,874	76.3	n/a
	Labour	Hugh Hughes	6,500	23.7	n/a
Majority			14,374	52.6	n/a
Turnout				69.7	n/a
	Liberal win

endorsed by Coalition Government

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Notes and references

↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
↑ "Wrexham result" (PDF). DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL. Wrexham County Borough Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
↑ "Member of Parliament for Wrexham". YourNextMP. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
↑ "BBC NEWS - Election 2010 - Wrexham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "Wrexham: Constituency > Politics > guardian.co.uk". Election 2010. The Guardian. 2005-05-05. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
↑ "BBC NEWS > VOTE 2001 > RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES > Wrexham". Vote 2001. BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.181 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
↑ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
↑ "BBC NEWS>VOTE 2001>Results and Constituencies>Wrexham". Vote 2001. BBC News. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955". Web Cite. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-16. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)

Constituencies in Wales (40)

Labour (25)	Aberavon Alyn and Deeside Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Central Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Clwyd South Cynon Valley Delyn Islwyn Llanelli Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Neath Newport East Newport West Ogmore Pontypridd Rhondda Swansea East Swansea West Torfaen Wrexham Ynys Môn

Conservative (11)	Aberconwy Brecon and Radnorshire Cardiff North Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Clwyd West Gower Monmouth Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire Vale of Clwyd Vale of Glamorgan

Plaid Cymru (3)	Arfon Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Liberal Democrats (1)	Ceredigion

Wales European constituency: Conservative (1) Labour (1) Plaid Cymru (1) UKIP (1)

Coordinates: 53°04′34″N 2°56′59″W / 53.07611°N 2.94972°W / 53.07611; -2.94972

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