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Elections: Local Government

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many elections there were in each ward of Vale of Clwyd constituency in each year since 1996. (308415)

The following national elections have taken place in each ward of the Vale of Clwyd constituency since 1996:

(i) UK Parliamentary General Elections—1997, 2001 and 2005;

(ii) European Parliamentary Elections—1999, 2004 and 2009;

(iii) Welsh Assembly Elections—1999, 2003 and 2007.

In addition, full local government elections (County and Town/Community Councils) took place across each of the wards of the Vale of Clwyd constituency in 1999, 2004 and 2008.

Information regarding by-elections at county council level is not held centrally. While Denbighshire county council are unable to provide records of by-elections per ward pre 2000, we understand that the following Town/Community by-elections took place in the following wards since 2001:

Ward

2001

Prestatyn North

2002

Prestatyn East, Rhyl South, and St. Asaph West

2003

Dyserth1

2004

No by-elections

2005

Prestatyn East, Rhyl South East and Tremeirchion1

2006

Prestatyn South West

2007

Denbigh Upper/Henllan (Henllan), Rhyl East, Rhyl South, St. Asaph East

2008

Rhyl West

2009

Prestatyn Central, Rhyl West

1 Denotes an uncontested election (only one valid nomination received).

Denbighshire county council have also confirmed that county council by-elections took place in Rhyl South West in 2002 and Rhyl South East in 2003.