Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)

Clwyd South
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Clwyd South in Wales
Preserved countyClwyd
Electorate54,895 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsChirk, Corwen, Ruabon, Rhosllannerchrugog, Llangollen, Coedpoeth
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentSimon Baynes (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromClwyd South West, Wrexham
Overlaps
SeneddClwyd South, North Wales

Clwyd South (Welsh: De Clwyd) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). The constituency was created in 1997, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election.

The Clwyd South Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency).

The constituency is set to be abolished, 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. Its wards is to be split between Clwyd East, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Wrexham.[2]

  1. ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.

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