Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards
Wrexham (Welsh : Wrecsam ) is a parliamentary constituency [ n 1] centred on the city of Wrexham in the preserved county of Clwyd, Wales in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918, and is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Andrew Ranger of the Labour Party .[ n 2]
The constituency is to retain its name and gain 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 .[ 2]
Summary of results
Labour won the seat in all general elections from 1935 until 2019 , when Conservative Sarah Atherton became the first woman elected to represent Wrexham.[ 3]
Tom Ellis , first elected in 1970 , defected in 1981 to the newly founded Social Democratic Party . In 1983 , he unsuccessfully stood for Clwyd South West instead.[ 4]
Turnout
Turnout has ranged between 57.5% in 2024 and 87.3% in 1950.
Map of boundaries until 2024
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 — the area covered today became part of 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 ).
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.
1918–1949 : The Municipal Borough of Wrexham, and the Rural District of Wrexham, and part of Chirk.
1950–1983 : The Municipal Borough of Wrexham, and part of the Rural Districts of Ceiriog, and Wrexham.[ 5]
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Elections in the 1910s [ edit ]
Robert Thomas
Elections in the 1920s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1930s [ edit ]
Election in the 1940s [ edit ]
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;
Elections in the 1950s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1960s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1970s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1980s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1990s [ edit ]
Elections in the 2000s [ edit ]
Elections in the 2010s [ edit ]
Of the 55 rejected ballots:
43 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[ 31]
12 voted for more than one candidate.[ 31]
Of the 68 rejected ballots:
53 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[ 36]
15 voted for more than one candidate.[ 36]
Of the 70 rejected ballots:
57 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[ 39]
9 voted for more than one candidate.[ 39]
4 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[ 39]
Elections in the 2020s [ edit ]
^ Mrs Justice Jefford ; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF) . The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales . Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-5286-3901-9 . Retrieved 13 July 2024 .
^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF) . Boundary Commission for Wales . 28 June 2023.
^ Morris, Steven (13 December 2019). " 'Things can't get worse': Wrexham turns Tory amid Welsh Labour losses" . The Guardian . Retrieved 14 December 2019 .
^ Langdon, Julia (18 April 2010). "Tom Ellis obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 14 December 2019 .
^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972 . Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4 .
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019 . Page 531
^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950–1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 9780900178023 . Page 573
^ "British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955" . Web Cite. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .
^ "Politics Resources" . Election February 1974 . Politics Resources. 28 February 1974. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ "Politics Resources" . Election October 1974 . Politics Resources. 10 October 1974. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ "Politics Resources" . Election 1979 . Politics Resources. 3 May 1979. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ "Election Data 1983" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 1987" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 1992" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Politics Resources" . Election 1992 . Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010 .
^ "Election Data 1997" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Politics Resources" . Election 1997 . Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 7 January 2011 .
^ 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 12 January 2011 .
^ "Election Data 2001" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "BBC NEWS > VOTE 2001 > RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES > Wrexham" . Vote 2001 . BBC News. 7 June 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2011 .
^ "Election Data 2005" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Wrexham: Constituency > Politics > guardian.co.uk" . Election 2010 . The Guardian. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2011 .
^ "Wrexham parliamentary constituency - Election 2005" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Election Data 2010" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
^ "BBC NEWS - Election 2010 - Wrexham" . BBC News Online . Retrieved 7 May 2010 .
^ "Results" (PDF) . Wrexham County Borough Council . Retrieved 11 April 2020 .
^ "Election Data 2015" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
^ a b c "Wrexham result" (PDF) . DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL . Wrexham County Borough Council. Retrieved 20 September 2015 .
^ "Wrexham Parliamentary constituency" . Election 2015 Results . BBC. Retrieved 11 April 2020 .
^ "Member of Parliament for Wrexham" . YourNextMP. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015 .
^ "Full Candidate List for Wrexham & Clwyd South" . Wrexham.com . Retrieved 11 May 2017 .
^ "Wrexham Constituency results" . BBC. Retrieved 12 June 2017 .
^ a b c "2017 Results" . Wrexham County Borough Council . Retrieved 11 April 2020 .
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - Wrexham Constituency" (PDF) . Wrexham County Borough Council . 14 November 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019 .
^ "Wrexham parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" . BBC News . Retrieved 17 December 2019 .
^ a b c d "Election-Results/General-Election-2019" (PDF) . Wrexham County Borough Council . Retrieved 11 April 2020 .
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - UK Parliamentary Election for the Wrexham Constituency" (PDF) . Wrexham County Borough Council . 7 June 2024.
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X .
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