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Clwyd North.

Labour Party MP Gill German holds the seat on 35.5% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentGill German · Labour Party
CouncilsDenbighshire · Conwy
Boundary set2023
ONS codeW07000095
Electorate · 2024
75.0k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
35.5%
Labour Party · +2.9pp over Con
Settlements
12
Largest: Colwyn Bay
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
32.7
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

Online safety has been Gill German's most visible work since entering Parliament. The Clwyd North MP -- the constituency's first ever MP, elected in July 2024 with a majority of 1,196 -- has run a sustained campaign engaging local schoolchildren through forums and surveys, feeding their views directly into national policy discussions. Coverage in the North Wales Chronicle, Nation.Cymru and the Rhyl Journal since late 2025 highlights her as an active constituency presence on the issue. Her background as a former teacher and local council cabinet member for education appears to inform the focus.

German votes with Labour on almost every division -- a 99.7% alignment rate -- making her single rebel vote stand out: she voted against her party on proportional representation in December 2024, opposing a Liberal Democrat bill that would have replaced first-past-the-post with single transferable vote. Her participation rate of 75% sits below the Commons average. Her speeches cluster around economy, jobs, social care and fiscal policy, with 60 contributions across 47 debates. She sits on the Welsh Affairs Committee. Compared with the Labour average, she votes notably less often in line with pro-pension-protection positions and more often alongside those favouring criminal justice reform and Lords override.

Her constituency record includes securing coverage of funding wins -- £20m for Rhyl and £10m in employment support cited in a first-year retrospective. Recent local news (119 articles over 90 days) spans crime, health and economic issues, though sentiment scores are broadly neutral. Voting and speech data cover her full term to date; news coverage is comprehensive for the area.

35.5%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
24
Wards · 45 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.24 wards · 45 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bodelwyddan Raj Metri384Denbighshire IndMay 2022
Colwyn(2 seats)Carlisle · Carr1,023Conwy IndMay 2022
Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan(3 seats)Jones · Lloyd-Williams · Edwards1,674Denbighshire IndMay 2022
Denbigh Lower(2 seats)Young · Thomas1,878Denbighshire IndMay 2022
Eirias(2 seats)Jones · Coverley896Conwy IndMay 2022
Gele Llanddulas(3 seats)Wood · Eeles · Griffiths-Williams3,843Conwy IndMay 2022
Glyn(2 seats)Khan · Hughes1,114Conwy IndMay 2022
Kinmel Bay(3 seats)Redhead · Smith · Smith1,572Conwy IndMay 2022
Llandrillo Yn Rhos(4 seats)Brockley · Jones · Fleet · Nuttall5,057Conwy IndMay 2022
Llysfaen Geoff Stewart283Conwy IndMay 2022
Mochdre Stephen Price283Conwy IndMay 2022
Pen Sarn Pentre Mawr(3 seats)Hunter · McCoubrey · Luckock3,125Conwy IndMay 2022
Rhiw(3 seats)Roberts · Croft · Stott2,391Conwy IndMay 2022
Rhuddlan(2 seats)Davies · Roberts1,098Denbighshire IndMay 2022
Rhyl East(2 seats)Mellor · Evans1,088Denbighshire IndMay 2022
Rhyl South(2 seats)Chard · Jones1,266Denbighshire IndMay 2022
Rhyl South West James May236Denbighshire IndDec 2023
Rhyl Trellewelyn Will Price188Denbighshire IndSept 2024
Rhyl Ty Newydd Brian Jones337Denbighshire IndFeb 2023
Rhyl West(2 seats)James · Butterfield809Denbighshire IndMay 2022
St Asaph East Martyn James Hogg310Denbighshire IndMay 2022
St Asaph West Peter Scott222Denbighshire IndMay 2022
Towyn Bernice Ann McLoughlin289Conwy IndMay 2022
Trefnant James Elson330Denbighshire IndMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.12 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Colwyn Bay (28,456), with Rhyl (26,494) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,980.

large-town 54,950town 32,694village 12,336

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Colwyn Bay28,456large town
Rhyl26,494large town
Kinmel Bay9,520town
Abergele8,853town
Denbigh7,823town
Rural & dispersed6,498town
Showing 6 of 12·All 12 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate49.5%57.1%-13%
Owner-occupied64.9%63.1%+3%
Private rented20.9%20.0%+5%
Social rented14.0%16.8%-17%

Ethnicity.

White95.9%
Asian2.1%
Black0.3%
Mixed1.2%
Other0.4%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.4% Female 51.6% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£26,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£31,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,985
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
49
0 primary · 0 secondary

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£178m
Taxpayers46,000
Median per taxpayer£2,460
Mean per taxpayer£3,900

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Denbighshire and Conwy. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
32.7
+58% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
10.9
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
44% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences14.3
Anti-social behaviour5.8
Shoplifting2.6
Criminal damage & arson2.5
Public order2.4
Other theft1.8
Drugs1.0

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Gill GermanWONLab14,79435.5
Darren MillarCon13,59832.7
Jamie OrangeRef7,00016.8
Paul RowlinsonPlaid3,1597.6
David WilkinsLD1,6854.0
Martyn HoggGrn1,3913.3

Turnout 41,627

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission