Alyn and Deeside () is a

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represented in the

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of the

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(at

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) since 2001 by

Mark Tami Sir Mark Richard Tami (born 3 October 1962) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alyn and Deeside since 2001. He has served as Deputy Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons since 2024. Earl ...

of the Labour Party. The constituency was created in 1983, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

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method of election. 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

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of the

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for the

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Boundaries

1983–1997: The District of Alyn and Deeside, and the Borough of Wrexham Maelor wards 13 and 14. 1997–2010: The District of Alyn and Deeside. 2010–2024: The Flintshire County electoral divisions of Aston, Broughton North East, Broughton South, Buckley Bistre East, Buckley Bistre West, Buckley Mountain, Buckley Pentrobin, Caergwrle, Connah's Quay Central, Connah's Quay Golftyn, Connah's Quay South, Connah's Quay Wepre, Ewloe, Hawarden, Higher Kinnerton, Hope, Llanfynydd, Mancot, Penyffordd, Queensferry, Saltney Mold Junction, Saltney Stonebridge, Sealand, Shotton East, Shotton Higher, Shotton West, and Treuddyn. 2024–present: From the

the seat of Alyn and Deeside was expanded towards

Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start ...

as a result of the abolition of the Delyn constituency in the

. Under the review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the County of Flintshire as they existed on 1 December 2020: *Aston, Bagillt East, Bagillt West, Broughton North East, Broughton South, Buckley Bistre East, Buckley Bistre West, Buckley Mountain, Buckley Pentrobin, Caergwrle, Connah’s Quay Central, Connah’s Quay Golftyn, Connah's Quay South, Connah's Quay Wepre, Ewloe, Flint Castle, Flint Coleshill, Flint Oakenholt, Flint Trelawny, Hawarden, Higher Kinnerton, Hope, Llanfynydd, Mancot, Penyffordd, Queensferry, Saltney Mold Junction, Saltney Stonebridge, Sealand, Shotton East, Shotton Higher, Shotton West, and Treuddyn. Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following wards of the County of Flintshire from the 2024 general election: *

Bagillt Bagillt (; ) is a village and community in Flintshire, Wales. The village overlooks the Dee Estuary and is between the towns of Holywell and Flint. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 3,918, increasing to 4,165 at the 2011 censu ...

, Broughton North East, Broughton South, Buckley: Bistre East, Buckley: Bistre West, Buckley: Mountain, Buckley: Pentrobin,

Caergwrle Caergwrle () is a village in the county of Flintshire, in north east Wales. Approximately from Wrexham and situated on the A541 road, it is contiguous with the villages of Abermorddu and Hope, though in parts Caergwrle and Hope are separate ...

, Connah’s Quay Central, Connah’s Quay: Golftyn, Connah's Quay South, Connah's Quay: Wepre,

: Castle, Flint: Coleshill and Trelawney, Flint: Oakenholt,

Hawarden Hawarden (; ) is a village and community (Wales), community in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border and is home to Hawarden Castle (medieval), Hawarden Castle. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, ...

: Aston, Hawarden: Ewloe, Hawarden: Mancot, Higher Kinnerton,

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Llanfynydd Llanfynydd is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 499. It lies some 10 miles (16 km) north-east of the county town, Carmarthen. Bordering it are the communities of Llansaw ...

, Pen-y-ffordd, Queensferry and

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, Saltney Ferry, Shotton East and Shotton Higher, Shotton West, and

Treuddyn Treuddyn is a village, community and electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales, located just off the A5104 road, around 4 miles south-east of Mold and 3 miles north-west of Caergwrle. The community includes the nearby village of Coed Talon, to the ...

Constituency profile

This Welsh seat on the English border is part of the industrial hinterland north of

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and west of

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, with large employers including Toyota, BAE and Airbus. The main population areas in the current seat include

, Shotton,

Connah's Quay Connah's Quay (), known locally as "The Quay" and formerly known as Wepre, is a town and community in Flintshire, on the River Dee and next to the border with England. With a population of 16,771, it is the largest town in Flintshire. The ...

, Buckley,

and

. It was formerly known as East Flintshire until the 1983 boundary review, in which it was renamed after the Alyn and Deeside district created in 1974.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Of the 121 rejected ballots: *103 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *17 voted for more than one candidate. *1 had want of official mark. Of the 84 rejected ballots: *63 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *17 voted for more than one candidate. *4 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified. Of the 50 rejected ballots: *41 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for. *9 voted for more than one candidate. In February 2015, the Conservative Party inadvertently leaked a list of non-target seats considered safe Labour, or where winning was considered highly unlikely, which included Alyn and Deeside.

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Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Notes

References

External links

Politics Resources
(Election results from 1922 onwards)

(Election results from 1955 onwards)
2017 Election
House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
A Vision Of Britain Through Time
(Constituency elector numbers)

(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 53.208, -3.117, display=title, region:GB_scale:500000 Parliamentary constituencies in North Wales Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983