Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

centred on the town of Denbigh

Denbigh

Denbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...

in North Wales

North Wales

North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...

. It returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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, elected by the first-past-the-post

First-past-the-post

First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...

voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...

, and abolished for the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

Boundaries

This was a county division of Denbighshire. In 1918 it comprised the whole of the county, except for the Municipal Borough

Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...

of Wrexham and part of the Chirk Rural District

Chirk Rural District

Chirk was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935.The rural district was formed from parts of Oswestry and Corwen Rural Sanitary Districts.The district contained three civil parishes:*Chirk*Glyntraen...

which formed the Wrexham division.

The local authorities in the Denbigh division were the Municipal Boroughs of Denbigh and Ruthin; the Urban District

Urban district

In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....

s of Abergele

Abergele

Abergele is a community and old Roman trading town, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on the Irish Sea coast and is known for its beach, where it is claimed by some that a ghost ship...

and Pensarn

Pensarn

Pensarn is a suburb of Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It has a population of around 2,000.The name Pensarn means 'end of the causeway' in English. The crossing of Morfa Rhuddlan was facilitated by a causeway near the sea, located at this point...

, Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay

- Demography :Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of c.25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed...

and Colwyn

Colwyn

The Borough of Colwyn was one of six districts of the county of Clwyd, north-east Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the following parts of the administrative county of Denbighshire:...

, Llangollen

Llangollen

Llangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains. It has a population of 3,412.-History:...

, and Llanrwst

Llanrwst

Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It takes its name from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, and the original parish church in Cae Llan was replaced by the 12th-century church....

; as well as the Rural District

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

s of Llangollen

Llangollen Rural District

Llangollen was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1935.The rural district comprised part of the existing Corwen Rural Sanitary District, and consisted of three civil parishes:*Bryneglas*Llangollen Rural...

, Llanrwst

Llanrwst Rural District

Llanrwst was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935.The rural district was formed from the part of Llanrwst Rural Sanitary District in Denbighshire...

, Llansillin

Llansillin Rural District

Llansillin was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935....

, Ruthin

Ruthin Rural District

Ruthin was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1974.The rural district was formed from the area of Ruthin Rural Sanitary District.The district originally contained nineteen civil parishes:*Aberwheeler Rural*Clocaenog...

, St Asaph (Denbigh)

St Asaph (Denbigh) Rural District

St Asaph was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935.The rural district was formed from the parts of St Asaph Rural Sanitary Districts in Denbighshire...

, Uwchaled

Uwchaled Rural District

Uwchaled was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1935. The name denoted the upper reaches of the River Aled, and originated in the medieval cwmwd of Uwch Aled....

, part of Chirk, and the part of Glan Conway

Glan Conway Rural District

Glan Conway was an area in the administrative county of Denbighshire which was administered by the Conway Rural District in the neighbouring county of Caernarvonshire....

not in Caernarvonshire

Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire , historically spelled as Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire in English during its existence, was one of the thirteen historic counties, a vice-county and a former administrative county of Wales....

.

The local authorities in Denbighshire were re-organised in 1935, but that did not affect the boundaries of the parliamentary constituency.

In the redistribution which took effect in 1950, the division was re-defined as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of Colwyn Bay, Denbigh, and Ruthin; the Urban Districts of Abergele, Llangollen, and Llanrwst; and the Rural Districts of Aled

Aled Rural District

Aled was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1935 to 1974.The district was created by a county review order in 1935 which reoganised districts in the county. It was formed by merging the bulk of St Asaph Rural District with the Nant Conway area previously...

, Hiraethog

Hiraethog Rural District

Hiraethog was a rural district of the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1935 to 1974. The district took its name from the historic district of Mynydd Hiraethog....

, Ruthin, part of Ceiriog

Ceiriog Rural District

Ceiriog was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1935 to 1974.The rural district was formed by a County Review Order in 1935 from the merger of Chirk and Llansillin Rural districts...

, and part of Wrexham

Wrexham Rural District

Wrexham was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 and 1974.The rural district took over the of the existing Wrexham Rural Sanitary District...

. The same local authorities remained within the constituency in the 1974 redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Sir David Sanders Davies David Sanders Davies Sir David Sanders Davies was a Welsh businessman and merchant and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:...	Coalition Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	John Cledwyn Davies John Cledwyn Davies John Cledwyn Davies was a Welsh Liberal Party politician, educationist and lawyer.-Education:Davies was educated at Llanrwst Grammar School, University College, Bangor and London University where he gained his MA degree.-Career:...	National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) The National Liberal Party was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923. It was led by David Lloyd George and was, at the time, separate to the original Liberal Party.-History:... ¹
	1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Ellis William Davies Ellis William Davies Ellis William Davies was a Welsh Liberal Party and later, briefly, Labour Party and Liberal National politician and lawyer.-Early life and work:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Sir Henry Morris-Jones Henry Morris-Jones Sir Henry Morris-Jones MC, DL was a Welsh doctor, soldier and Liberal, later Liberal National politician.-Early life, education and family:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1931		National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968... ²
	1942		Independent
	1943		National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968... ²
	1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	Emlyn Garner Evans Emlyn Garner Evans Emlyn Hugh Garner Evans was a British barrister, Royal Air Force officer, and politician. Early in his career he adhered to the Liberal Party and was once arrested in Nazi Germany for expressing anti-fascist views...	National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968... ²
	1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...	Geraint Morgan Geraint Morgan William Geraint Oliver Morgan, QC, MP, was a British Conservative Party politician, a lawyer, a champion of the Welsh language and a veteran of the Second World War....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...		constituency abolished

Notes:-

¹ A party, led by David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

, which succeeded the Coalition Liberals.
² A party allied with the Conservative Party.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

See also