Delyn
Labour hold

Delyn is a safe Labour seat on the north eastern edge of Wales, far from the Plaid Cymru Welsh speaking heartland. It includes Flint, which some might think sounds like a county town, and Mold, which was in fact the administrative headquarters of Clwyd until its abolition, and Holywell, and the rual hinterland which includes a number of villages among the scenic Clwydian hills. Over 80pc of the population here cannot speak Welsh, and the Conservatives retained second place ahead of Plaid Cymru in , but they only got half as many votes as the Labour winner, the former senior policewoman Alison Halford who was involved in a prominent case concerning internal victimisation and prejudice in the Merseyside force. Her new career has begun brightly.

David Hanson won this seat for Labour in 1992. Son of a fork-lift truck driver, he was born in Liverpool in 1957, attended Verdin Comprehensive School, Winsford, and Hull University, is a former worker for the Spastics Society and Re-Solv, and campaigns on disability issues and on solvent abuse. A loyalist, he was swiftly promoted in government via the Whips Office, to the down-sized post-devolution Welsh Office where, in a two-man band, he is the one who represents the Merseyside end of the Principality. His wife narrowly lost the 1999 Eddisbury byelection.

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 23.19% 14.99% 154.70 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.73% 2.13% 34.46 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.58% 2.49% 23.49 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 3.71% 4.43% 83.77 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 16.19% 7.27% 222.65 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 0.00% 2.56% 0.00 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.00% 2.04% 0.00 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 0.00% 3.94% 0.00 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 15.97% 13.04% 122.46 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 12.64% 12.70% 99.49 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 11.96% 8.14% 146.85 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 0.02% 4.02% 0.50 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 3.21% 3.19% 100.69 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 10.17% 11.31% 89.96 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 1.07% 3.06% 35.01 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 0.55% 2.52% 21.82 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 0.00% 2.10% 0.00 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 0.00

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 9.67% 9.41% 102.76 £5-10K 17.21% 16.63% 103.44 £10-15K 17.24% 16.58% 104.00 £15-20K 14.12% 13.58% 103.97 £20-25K 10.72% 10.39% 103.16 £25-30K 7.91% 7.77% 101.68 £30-35K 5.78% 5.79% 99.72 £35-40K 4.22% 4.33% 97.44 £40-45K 3.10% 3.27% 94.99 £45-50K 2.30% 2.48% 92.48 £50-55K 1.71% 1.90% 89.97 £55-60K 1.29% 1.47% 87.51 £60-65K 0.98% 1.15% 85.14 £65-70K 0.75% 0.91% 82.86 £70-75K 0.58% 0.72% 80.70 £75-80K 0.45% 0.57% 78.64 £80-85K 0.35% 0.46% 76.70 £85-90K 0.28% 0.37% 74.87 £90-95K 0.22% 0.31% 73.13 £95-100K 0.18% 0.25% 71.50 £100K + 0.85% 1.34% 63.02