Alyn and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency)
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Alyn and Deeside (Welsh: Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy) is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] 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.
Alyn and Deeside | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Clwyd |
Population | 82,505 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,695 (March 2020)[2] |
Major settlements | Flint, Shotton, Connah's Quay, Buckley, Hawarden and Caergwrle |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Mark Tami (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Flintshire East |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Alyn and Deeside, North Wales |
The Alyn and Deeside Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
The constituency retained its name and gained wards, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[3]