22 May 2006 : Column 1438W—continued
The latest available Welsh ward electorate counts are for December 2005. The electorate counts for the last available 10 years (1996 to 2005) are shown in the attached tables. Table 1 shows wards within the Parliamentary Constituency of Wrexham. Table 2, shows wards for the local authority of Wrexham, including those for the Parliamentary Constituency of Wrexham (as included in Table 1).
| Table 1: Parliamentary electors for Wrexham constituency 1996-2005 |
| Ward name | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|
Acton
|
2,543
|
2,520
|
2,486
|
2,461
|
2,385
|
2,360
|
2,334
|
2,249
|
2,172
|
2,259
|
|
Borras Park
|
2,136
|
2,155
|
2,180
|
2,187
|
2,167
|
2,104
|
2,114
|
2,063
|
2,076
|
2,075
|
|
Brynffynnon(1)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,998
|
2,121
|
2,122
|
1,952
|
1,779
|
1,669
|
|
Caia Park(2)
|
4,241
|
3,944
|
3,911
|
3,813
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cartrefle(2,3)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,691
|
1,580
|
1,630
|
1,583
|
1,483
|
1,550
|
|
Erddig(4)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,786
|
1,726
|
1,704
|
1,627
|
1,581
|
1,559
|
|
Garden Village
|
1,662
|
1,654
|
1,670
|
1,688
|
1,693
|
1,691
|
1,696
|
1,682
|
1,676
|
1,670
|
|
Gresford East and West
|
2,344
|
2,321
|
2,336
|
2,360
|
2,365
|
2,286
|
2,302
|
2,255
|
2,202
|
2,188
|
|
Grosvenor
|
1,666
|
1,835
|
1,799
|
1,799
|
1,727
|
1,810
|
1,861
|
1,708
|
1,629
|
2,016
|
|
Gwersyllt East and South
|
3,040
|
3,032
|
3,023
|
3,034
|
3,046
|
3,187
|
3,201
|
3,158
|
3,107
|
3,183
|
|
Gwersyllt North
|
1,895
|
1,896
|
1,910
|
1,902
|
1,868
|
1,707
|
1,740
|
1,725
|
1,691
|
1,797
|
|
Gwersyllt West
|
2,267
|
2,257
|
2,270
|
2,302
|
2,296
|
2,258
|
2,240
|
2,218
|
2,124
|
2,192
|
|
Hermitage(4)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,826
|
1,778
|
1,757
|
1,669
|
1,608
|
1,663
|
|
Holt
|
1,740
|
1,791
|
1,838
|
1,911
|
1,992
|
2,345
|
2,614
|
2,685
|
2,732
|
2,544
|
|
Little Acton
|
1,938
|
1,976
|
1,934
|
1,856
|
1,894
|
1,846
|
1,865
|
1,850
|
1,833
|
1,845
|
|
Llay
|
3,635
|
3,608
|
3,585
|
3,592
|
3,633
|
3,644
|
3,623
|
3,582
|
3,500
|
3,542
|
|
Maesydre
|
1,619
|
1,589
|
1,602
|
1,599
|
1,573
|
1,545
|
1,531
|
1,514
|
1,448
|
1,478
|
|
Marford and Hoseley
|
1,747
|
1,752
|
1,776
|
1,799
|
1,776
|
1,824
|
1,864
|
1,839
|
1,843
|
1,849
|
|
Offa(1, 4)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,790
|
1,668
|
1,692
|
1,596
|
1,547
|
1,599
|
|
Offa East(4)
|
4,387
|
4,420
|
4,452
|
4,449
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Offa West(1)
|
2,826
|
2,797
|
2,876
|
2,883
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Queensway(3)
|
3,447
|
3,399
|
3,348
|
3,324
|
1,713
|
1,564
|
1,546
|
1,424
|
1,244
|
1,375
|
|
Rhosnesni
|
2,298
|
2,340
|
2,384
|
2,382
|
2,410
|
2,325
|
2,314
|
2,292
|
2,262
|
2,217
|
|
Rossett
|
2,320
|
2,346
|
2,438
|
2,493
|
2,556
|
2,495
|
2,460
|
2,420
|
2,376
|
2,443
|
|
Smithfield(2, 3, 5)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,748
|
1,683
|
1,667
|
1,541
|
1,484
|
1,549
|
|
Stansty
|
1,842
|
1,826
|
1,801
|
1,789
|
1,794
|
1,724
|
1,699
|
1,654
|
1,628
|
1,671
|
|
Whitegate(3,5)
|
1,529
|
1,548
|
1,565
|
1,581
|
1,955
|
1,927
|
1,961
|
2,019
|
2,110
|
2,302
|
|
Wynnstay(2)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,363
|
1,338
|
1,353
|
1,275
|
1,112
|
1,188
|
|
Total
|
51,122
|
51,006
|
51,184
|
51,204
|
51,045
|
50,536
|
50,890
|
49,5880
|
48,247
|
49,423
|
The following changes took effect on 6 May 1999: (1) Part of Offa West formed Brynffynnon and part merged to form Offa. (2) Part of Caia Park merged to form Cartrefle, part merged to form Smithfield and the rest formed Wynnstay. (3) Part of Queensway merged to form Cartrefle, part merged to form Smithfield and part merged with Whitegate. (4) Part of Offa East formed Erddig, part formed Hermitage and part merged to form Offa. (5) Part of Whitegate merged to form Smithfield. Notes: 1. Data for years up to and including 2000 relate to 16 February, data for 2001 and subsequent years relate to 1 December. 2. Parliamentary electors are those people who are entitled to vote in parliamentary elections at Westminster and who meet the residence qualification. These include overseas voters but exclude Peers and European citizens. Source: Office for National Statistics
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