Alyn and Deeside
2010 Results:
Conservative: 12885 (32.27%)
Labour: 15804 (39.59%)
Liberal Democrat: 7308 (18.31%)
Plaid Cymru: 1549 (3.88%)
BNP: 1368 (3.43%)
UKIP: 1009 (2.53%)
Majority: 2919 (7.32%)
2005 Results:
Labour: 17331 (48.8%)
Conservative: 8953 (25.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 6174 (17.4%)
Plaid Cymru: 1320 (3.7%)
Other: 1718 (4.8%)
Majority: 8378 (23.6%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 9303 (26.3%)
Labour: 18525 (52.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 4585 (12.9%)
Plaid Cymru: 1182 (3.3%)
UKIP: 481 (1.4%)
Green: 881 (2.5%)
Other: 464 (1.3%)
Majority: 9222 (26%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 9552 (22.8%)
Labour: 25955 (61.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 4076 (9.7%)
Plaid Cymru: 738 (1.8%)
Referendum: 1627 (3.9%)
Majority: 16403 (39.1%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile: On the English border Alyn and Deeside is geographically one of the smallest Welsh constituencies. The main town in the constituency is Connah`s Quay, along with Buckley to the South and the village of Caergwrle. Deeside is a traditional industrial area – the constituency contains Connah`s Quay power station, the Corus steel plant, the Toyota Engine factory and BAE Systems in Broughton where the wings for the new Airbus A380 are manufactured.
Current MP: Mark Tami(Labour) born 1962. Educated at Enfield Grammar and Swansea University. Married with 2 sons. Worked as head of policy at AEEU prior to being first elected in 2001. Parliamentary interests include manufacturing, industry and aerospace. Tami is a party loyalist – he publicly opposed university top-up fees, but in the end did not rebel against the government (his only rebellion against the government was over the religious hatred offence in November 2001, when a whip accidentally told him to vote in the wrong lobby!) In 2000 Tami co-authored a Fabian Society pamphlet with Tom Watson MP calling for compulsory voting to arrest the decline in turnout. Tami was appointed as PPS to Dawn Primarolo in 2005. (more information at They work for you)
Will Gallagher (Conservative) Educated at Cambridge University. Runs a fmaily business in Sandycroft. Contested Alyn and Deeside in 2007 Welsh Assembly elections.Mark Tami(Labour) born 1962. Educated at Enfield Grammar and Swansea University. Married with 2 sons. Worked as head of policy at AEEU prior to being first elected in 2001. Parliamentary interests include manufacturing, industry and aerospace. Tami is a party loyalist – he publicly opposed university top-up fees, but in the end did not rebel against the government (his only rebellion against the government was over the religious hatred offence in November 2001, when a whip accidentally told him to vote in the wrong lobby!) In 2000 Tami co-authored a Fabian Society pamphlet with Tom Watson MP calling for compulsory voting to arrest the decline in turnout. Tami was appointed as PPS to Dawn Primarolo in 2005. (more information at They work for you)Paul Brighton (Liberal Democrat)
Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru) Born Wrexham. Former steel worker.James Howson (UKIP)John Walker (BNP) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 78967
Male: 49.1%
Female: 50.9%
Under 18: 23.7%
Over 60: 19.2%
Born outside UK: 2.7%
White: 99.1%
Asian: 0.2%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 78.6%
Full time students: 2.2%
Graduates 16-74: 14.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 28.5%
Owner-Occupied: 76.5%
Social Housing: 16.5% (Council: 13.1%, Housing Ass.: 3.3%)
Privately Rented: 5.2%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.5%
Have Plaid done enough canvassing here to have a decent view of the general situation?
http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/flintshire-breaking-news/2010/05/06/alyn-and-deeside-plaid-cymru-aiming-to-beat-bnp-and-ukip-in-general-election-51352-26389706/
In the assembly elections next year this will be a Labour hold.
You couldn’t get a harder working AM than Carl Sargeant so this must be a LABOUR HOLD in Assembly elections.
Bad news Alyn & Deeside is now in the top 60 Tory target seats.
A bad result for Labour – would agree though Labour should hold on in 2011 here
It’s all about ‘Demography, demography, demography’ and this has changed a lot in this area over the past few years. I used to work in the same company as Carl Sargeant in Mostyn and I wish him well.
Labour’s natural demographic advantage in North East Wales is shrinking, but probably not sufficiently to lose in the National Assembly..a great deal depends on the ability of the Government to blame the extent of any cuts on the previous administration.
More and more houses are being built in Connah’s Quay/Buckley and the more affluent middle-class Tory-inclined voters are moving in to them. This is why there was an 8% swing AGAINST Labour here in a traditional safe seat. Without these new housing estates this would still be a safe Labour seat but it can no longer be viewed as such and even though it should remain red in the 2015 General Election a big battle is on our hands to keep it so.