Delyn

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Delyn is a former parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales that included towns such as Mold and Flint.

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Delyn canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former UK Parliament constituency
abolishedInYear 2024
boundaryReviewAbolition 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
category Westminster parliamentary constituency in Wales
country United Kingdom
createdInYear 1983
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateType borough constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
firstElectionHeld 1983 United Kingdom general election
includedArea Flintshire (part)
linked to: Flintshire
includedTown Buckley (part)
Flint
Holywell
Mold
languageOfName Welsh
lastElectionHeld 2019 United Kingdom general election
locatedIn north-east Wales
mapEntity Flintshire
namedAfter River Alyn (Afon Alun)
linked to: Afon Alun

River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy)
parliamentaryBody Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
partOf Wales
predecessorConstituency Flintshire East (part)
Flintshire West
region Wales
representedAreaType largely rural with small industrial towns
representedIn House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
status abolished constituency
successorConstituency Alyn and Deeside
linked to: Deeside

Clwyd East
Clwyd North
wasRepresentedByParty Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)

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