Clwyd South (UK Parliament constituency)
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.
| Clwyd South | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Clwyd South in Wales | |
| Preserved county | Clwyd |
| Electorate | 54,895 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Chirk, Corwen, Ruabon, Rhosllannerchrugog, Llangollen, Coedpoeth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Simon Baynes (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Clwyd South West, Wrexham |
| Overlaps | |
| Senedd | Clwyd South, North Wales |
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 next United Kingdom general election. Its wards is to be split between Clwyd East, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Wrexham.
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