Aberconwy (Senedd constituency)

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Aberconwy
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Aberconwy (Assembly constituency).svg
North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Aberconwy shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created 2007
Party Conservative
Member of the Senedd Janet Finch-Saunders
Preserved county Clwyd
Created from Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

Aberconwy is a constituency of the Senedd. First created for the former Assembly's 2007 election. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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History

Since its creation, this seat has been a three-way marginal constituency between the Conservatives, Labour and Plaid Cymru. Plaid won this seat in the 2007 election but since then the Conservatives have narrowly held the constituency.

Boundaries

Aberconwy (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency has the same boundary as the Aberconwy Westminster constituency, which came into use for the 2010 United Kingdom general election. It was created in 2007 and merges into one constituency areas formerly within the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies. Conwy was a constituency within the North Wales electoral region, straddling the boundary between the preserved county of Clwyd and the preserved county of Gwynedd. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy also straddled this boundary, but was within the Mid and West Wales region.

Aberconwy constituency is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd.

It is composed of the Conwy electoral divisions: Betws-y-Coed, Bryn, Caerhun, Capelulo, Conwy, Craig-y-Don, Crwst, Deganwy, Egwysbach, Gogarth, Gower, Llansanffraid, Marl, Mostyn, Pandy, Penmaenan, Penrhyn, Pensarn, Trefriw, Tudno, and Uwch Conwy.

The North Wales region was created for the first Assembly election, in 1999. For the 2007 election, however, it had new boundaries. It includes the constituencies of Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPortraitParty
2007 Gareth Jones Plaid Cymru
2011 Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch Saunders AM (28066509832) (2).jpg Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Aberconwy [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [2]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders [lower-alpha 1] 9,81541.7+7.07,92533.8+10.2
Plaid Cymru Aaron Wynne6,47927.5-3.85,93225.3-1.9
Labour Dawn McGuinness5,97125.4-2.06,44627.5+5.0
Liberal Democrats Rhys Jones7353.1-0.46802.9-0.9
Reform UK Rachel Bagshaw3201.4New2371.0New
No More LockdownsSharon Smith2230.9New
Abolish 7873.4-1.2
Green 7443.2+0.7
UKIP 2871.2-9.4
Freedom Alliance (UK)1610.7New
Gwlad 1200.5New
Communist 540.2±0.0
Independent Michelle Brown 350.1New
Propel 280.1New
TUSC 110.0New
Majority3,33614.2+10.8
Turnout 23,54351.82 [3] +2.8
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Aberconwy vote count at the 2016 Assembly election (L-R: Janet Finch Saunders, Sarah Lesiter-Burgess, Petra Haig, Mike Priestley, Trystan Lewis) Cyfrif Etholiad y Cynulliad West Clwyd and Aberconwy Count National Assembly Election 2016 26.JPG
Aberconwy vote count at the 2016 Assembly election (L-R: Janet Finch Saunders, Sarah Lesiter-Burgess, Petra Haig, Mike Priestley, Trystan Lewis)
Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Aberconwy
PartyCandidateConstituency [4] Regional [5]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders 7,64634.7+0.75,80823.6-6.7
Plaid Cymru Trystan Lewis6,89231.3+5.15,99427.2+2.8
Labour Mike Priestley6,03927.4+1.74,96122.5-1.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Lesiter-Burgess8713.5-10.78473.8-4.3
Green Petra Haig6803.1New5472.5+0.1
UKIP 2,34310.6+5.9
Abolish 1,0264.6New
Association of Welsh Independents3101.4New
Monster Raving Loony 1330.6New
Communist 540.2±0.0
Mark Young - Independent440.2New
Majority7543.4-4.4
Turnout 22,03849.0+3.9
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Aberconwy [6]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [7]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders 6,88834.0+3.66,15330.3+1.4
Plaid Cymru Iwan Huws 5,32126.2-12.44,94824.4-8.2
Labour Eifion Williams5,20625.7+3.94,90524.2-4.3
Liberal Democrats Mike Priestley2,87314.2+4.91,6538.1+0.9
UKIP 9594.7+1.5
Green 4772.4-0.4
BNP 3621.8-1.4
Socialist Labour 3371.7+0.9
Weyman - Independent3181.6New
Welsh Christian 1290.6-0.1
Communist 430.2±0.0
Majority1,5677.8N/A
Turnout 20,28845.1-1.8
Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru Swing +8.0

Regional ballots rejected: 162 [8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Aberconwy
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [9]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Gareth Jones 7,98338.6N/A6,71232.6N/A
Conservative Dylan Jones-Evans 6,29030.4N/A5,95428.9N/A
Labour Denise Idris Jones 4,50821.8N/A4,10819.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Euron Hughes1,9189.3N/A1,4777.2N/A
BNP 6673.2N/A
UKIP 6553.2N/A
Green 5672.8N/A
Socialist Labour 1750.8N/A
Welsh Christian 1410.7N/A
CPA 1050.5N/A
Communist 500.2N/A
Majority1,6938.2N/A
Turnout 20,69946.9N/A
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Archived 18 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine Aberconwy Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ↑ Regional Declaration of Results (North Wales). Retrieved 2021/05/09.
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