The Conservative Party tabled a motion to suspend the closures but it was defeated by 20 votes with Labour MPs voting against it.

David Jones, Tory MP for Clwyd West said: "It is disappointing that more Labour MPs did not support their local community by opposing this damaging closure programme. It is particularly disappointing that 17 Labour MPs who signed Early Day Motion 997, which is in very similar terms to the Conservative motion, sided with the government in the lobbies."

There are currently 27 branches in the Conwy constituency, 10 urban and 17 rural, and the Government has said that no area should be disproportionately affected by closures.

It is expected that just under one fifth (around 18 per cent) of Post Offices will close and this could mean up to five branches in Conwy could be shut down.

A Post Office spokesman said: "We are doing all we can to put the Post Office network on a sustainable footing going forward, as it is losing £3.5 million a week and is serving four million fewer customers a week now than it was two years ago.
"The safest way to keep your local Post Office open is to use it. We are implementing the Government closure decision as sensitively as possible according to the strict access criteria set by the Government and every decision is a difficult decision."

The Post Office has been going through consultation process throughout Wales and the North Wales section will begin on July 29. The public will then have until September 15 to comment on the plans.

Mr Jones said: "The rural Post Office – in most cases the only shop in the village – is the last bastion of rural life in many parts of Wales but the residents of rural Wales now see it being removed. That will have an effect not only on the cohesion of the community but on other things in Wales too, such as the culture and the Welsh language, which is very important."
Betty Williams Labour MP for Aberconwy voted against the motion but was unavailable for comment as the Pioneer went to press.