Constituency profile

Clwyd North

Wales · County constituency

Gill German MP
Sitting MP

Gill German

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Wales
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LCLCL
Labour 3/5, Conservative 2/5
EU referendum 2016
54.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +2.9pp above mean
Current outlook
Conservative +1.4pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
WelshBrexit-marginal

About the Clwyd North constituency

Clwyd North is a county constituency in Wales. The sitting MP is Gill German (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 35.5% to 32.7% for the Conservatives, a majority of 1,196 votes on a 55.5% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 26.2% and Reform UK on 24.8%, a margin of 1.4 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Clwyd North? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
54.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
29.0%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.1%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
64.4%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
34.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
46.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
30.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
25.2%
UK average ~28%

How did Clwyd North vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 1,196 votes (2.8pp) · turnout 55.5%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Clwyd North

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Senedd 2026 layer

How Clwyd North voted at the Senedd election (7 May 2026)

Clwyd North sits almost entirely within the Senedd constituency of Clwyd. Senedd elections use a closed-list proportional system; each Senedd seat returns six members.

Senedd constituencyShare of Clwyd NorthWinnerRunner-upSeats (6 per constituency)
Clwyd99%Reform UK 32.3%Plaid Cymru 28.3%3 Reform UK, 2 Plaid Cymru, 1 Conservative
Bangor Conwy Môn1%Plaid Cymru 44.9%Reform UK 28.1%3 Plaid Cymru, 2 Reform UK, 1 Conservative

Senedd 2026 results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are area-based using the post-2024 Westminster boundary against the new 16-seat Senedd boundary.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Clwyd North within Conwy and Denbighshire

Clwyd North crosses council boundaries: Conwy (53%), Denbighshire (47%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Conwy
33 LSOAs
53%
Denbighshire
29 LSOAs
47%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
25 Jun 2026Rhyl South
Denbighshire
Ref GAIN from LabRef 44% PC 24% Lab 20%
27 Sep 2024Rhyl Trellewelyn
Denbighshire
Con GAIN from Lab
14 Dec 2023Rhyl South West
Denbighshire
Lab HOLD

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BodelwyddanLabour 37.0%vs Conservative 35.2%2022 Labour 57.4%vs Conservative 42.6%-40.5%
ColwynConservative 39.4%vs Labour 33.2%2022 Conservative 42.4%vs Labour 19.6%-66.9%
Denbigh Caledfryn HenllanLabour 35.5%vs Conservative 27.8%2022 Independent 51.8%vs Plaid Cymru 32.3%-36.0%
Denbigh LowerConservative 33.0%vs Labour 31.8%2022 Independent 39.8%vs Plaid Cymru 35.5%-60.4%
EiriasLabour 35.7%vs Conservative 33.8%2022 Independent 43.5%vs Conservative 34.8%-72.0%
Gele and LlanddulasLabour 37.8%vs Conservative 33.1%2022 Independent 56.0%vs Conservative 31.1%-56.2%
GlynLabour 40.5%vs Conservative 24.1%2022 Plaid Cymru 39.3%vs Labour 33.9%-44.3%
Kinmel BayLabour 34.3%vs Conservative 30.6%2022 Independent 73.4%vs Conservative 26.6%-20.9%
Llandrillo-yn-RhosConservative 39.0%vs Labour 34.9%2022 Conservative 49.3%vs Labour 37.0%--
LlysfaenLabour 32.7%vs Conservative 32.4%2022 Independent 46.6%vs Labour 29.5%--
MochdreLabour 40.7%vs Conservative 26.7%2022 Labour 70.8%vs Conservative 29.2%--
Pen-sarn Pentre MawrLabour 35.4%vs Conservative 29.4%2022 Independent 74.0%vs Conservative 26.0%--
RhiwLabour 34.0%vs Conservative 32.6%2022 Lib Dem 56.3%vs Conservative 35.7%--
RhuddlanConservative 40.6%vs Labour 28.8%2022 Conservative 41.9%vs Plaid Cymru 33.0%-53.6%
Rhyl EastLabour 36.0%vs Conservative 33.3%2022 Labour 47.5%vs Conservative 44.2%--
Rhyl SouthLabour 39.7%vs Conservative 31.4%2022 Labour 61.6%vs Conservative 38.4%-36.2%
Rhyl South WestLabour 39.3%vs Conservative 25.4%2022 Labour 58.3%vs Conservative 27.8%-23.7%
Rhyl TrellewelynLabour 40.4%vs Conservative 28.9%2022 Labour 50.9%vs Conservative 22.2%-36.5%
Rhyl WestLabour 40.7%vs Reform 22.4%2022 Labour 74.4%vs Conservative 18.6%-18.6%
St Asaph EastConservative 37.1%vs Labour 35.4%2022 Green 53.5%vs Conservative 46.5%-37.5%
St Asaph WestConservative 39.0%vs Labour 28.8%2022 Conservative 61.5%vs Independent 38.5%-28.3%
TowynConservative 35.2%vs Labour 31.5%2022 Independent 51.9%vs Conservative 48.1%--
TrefnantConservative 42.0%vs Labour 25.3%2022 Conservative 50.9%vs Plaid Cymru 49.1%-42.1%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Clwyd North at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Clwyd North at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdChris Ruane Vale of Clwyd MP42.3%35.2%12.6%1.4% UKIP-2.7%2,50963.7%
2015predecessorCon gain from LabJames Davies Vale of Clwyd MP38.4%39.0%2.6%13.0% UKIP--23762.4%-1.3
2017predecessorLab gain from ConChris Ruane Vale of Clwyd MP50.2%44.1%1.7%---2,37968.0%+5.6
2019notionalConservative winnerJames Davies Vale of Clwyd MP, pre-review boundary40.3%45.8%4.9%--9.0%2,83467.4%
2024Lab gain from ConGill German35.5%32.7%4.0%16.8% Ref3.3%-1,19655.5%-11.9

Clwyd North was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Vale of Clwyd (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Clwyd North

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Clwyd North. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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