Arfon (Senedd constituency)

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Arfon
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Arfon (Assembly constituency).svg
North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg
Arfon shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created 2007
Party Plaid Cymru
MS Siân Gwenllian
Preserved county Gwynedd
Created from Caernarfon and Conwy

Arfon is a constituency of the Senedd. It was created for the former Assembly's 2007 election. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, 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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Boundaries

Arfon (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency has the boundaries of the Arfon Westminster constituency, entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd, which will come into use, also, for the 2010 United Kingdom general election. The new constituency merged areas currently within the Caernarfon constituency and the Conwy constituency. The Caernarfon constituency was entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd. The Conwy constituency was partly a Gwynedd constituency and partly within the preserved county of Clwyd.

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.

Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
2007 constituency created; see Caernarfon and Conwy
Alun Ffred Jones Plaid Cymru Alun Ffred Jones 2011.jpg
2016 Siân Gwenllian Sian-gwenllian.jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Arfon [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Siân Gwenllian [lower-alpha 1] 13,76063.3+8.511,95555.7+5.4
Labour Iwan Wyn Jones5,10823.5-10.55,25424.5+0.3
Conservative Tony Thomas1,8068.3±0.01,9259.0+2.1
Liberal Democrats Calum Davies6423.0+0.14482.1-0.8
Reform UK Andrew Haigh3501.6New1880.9New
Independent Martin Bristow820.4New
Green 8654.0+0.5
Abolish 4031.9-1.6
Gwlad 2271.1New
Freedom Alliance (UK)720.3New
Communist 630.3±0.0
Propel 420.2New
Independent Michelle Brown 140.1New
TUSC 130.1New
Majority8,65239.8+19.0
Turnout 21,47850.92 [2] 0.0
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Arfon
PartyCandidateConstituency [3] Regional [4]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Siân Gwenllian 10,96254.8-1.910,02850.3+2.8
Labour Sion Jones6,80034.0+7.84,83124.2-0.3
Conservative Martin Peet1,6558.3-4.21,3696.9-4.4
Liberal Democrats Sara Lloyd Williams5772.9-1.65822.9-0.8
UKIP 1,3766.9+4.0
Green 7063.5-0.9
Abolish 6963.5New
Monster Raving Loony 1600.8New
Association of Welsh Independents940.5New
Communist 610.3-0.2
Mark Young - Independent450.2New
Majority4,16220.8-9.7
Turnout 19,99450.9+7.5
Plaid Cymru hold Swing -4.9
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Arfon [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [6]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Alun Ffred Jones 10,02456.7+4.38,40247.5-6.6
Labour Christina Rees 4,63026.2-0.64,32724.5+1.2
Conservative Aled Davies2,20912.5+3.01,99411.3+1.6
Liberal Democrats Rhys Jones8014.5-2.86533.7-1.7
Green 7874.4+0.3
UKIP 5162.9+0.6
Socialist Labour 4802.7+2.2
BNP 2831.6-0.8
Welsh Christian 1030.6-+0.2
Communist 850.5±0.0
Weyman - Independent590.3New
Majority5,39430.5+4.9
Turnout 17,66443.4-5.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing +2.4

Regional ballots rejected: 139 [7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Arfon
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [8]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Plaid Cymru Alun Ffred Jones 10,26052.4N/A10,04254.1N/A
Labour Martin Eaglestone5,24226.8N/A4,54723.3N/A
Conservative Gerry Frobisher1,8589.5N/A1,8999.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Mel ab Owain1,4247.3N/A1,0545.4N/A
UKIP Elwyn Williams7894.0N/A4512.3N/A
Green 7914.1N/A
BNP 4602.4New
Socialist Labour 930.5N/A
Communist 880.5N/A
Welsh Christian 860.4N/A
CPA 110.1N/A
Majority5,01825.6N/A
Turnout 19,57349.1N/A
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Arfon Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ↑ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Wales elections > Arfon". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Wales elections > Arfon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet8)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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