North Wales (Senedd electoral region)

North Wales
Gogledd Cymru

Senedd electoral region
North Wales shown within Wales
Created 1999
Current representation
Labour	5 MSs
Conservative	5 MSs
Plaid Cymru	3 MSs
Constituencies 1. Aberconwy 2. Alyn and Deeside 3. Arfon 4. Clwyd South 5. Clwyd West 6. Delyn 7. Vale of Clwyd 8. Wrexham 9. Ynys Môn
Preserved counties Clwyd Gwynedd (part)

North Wales (Welsh : Gogledd Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of nine constituencies. The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in the 1999 Welsh Assembly election, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up Members of the Senedd, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

County and Westminster boundaries

Map of current boundaries

As created in 1999, the region covered most of the preserved county of Clwyd, part of the preserved county of Gwynedd, and part of the preserved county of Powys. Other parts of these preserved counties were within the Mid and West Wales electoral region. For the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, however, boundaries changed, and the region now covers all of the preserved county of Clwyd and part of the preserved county of Gwynedd. The rest of Gwynedd is in the Mid and West Wales region.

The Senedd constituencies have the names of constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Electoral region profile

The region is a mix of rural and urban areas, with the population higher in the east, where can be found the region's largest town, Wrexham, and the working-class conurbations of Deeside. The western areas, including the Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), are largely rural. Although Anglesey and Gwynedd are home to large numbers of Welsh speakers, the language is not widely spoken in the north-east.

Constituencies

Constituency	2021 result		Preserved county
Aberconwy		Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative	Entirely within Clwyd
Alyn and Deeside		Jack Sargeant Labour
Arfon		Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru	Entirely within Gwynedd
Clwyd South		Ken Skates Labour	Entirely within Clwyd
Clwyd West		Darren Millar Conservative
Delyn		Hannah Blythyn Labour
Vale of Clwyd		Gareth Davies Conservative
Wrexham		Lesley Griffiths Labour
Ynys Môn		Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru	Entirely within Gwynedd

Former constituencies

1999 to 2007

Map of former boundaries 1999-2007

Constituency	Preserved counties
1. Alyn and Deeside	Entirely within Clwyd
2. Caernarfon	Entirely within Gwynedd
3. Clwyd South	Partly Clwyd, partly Powys
4. Clwyd West	Entirely within Clwyd
5. Conwy	Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd
6. Delyn	Entirely within Clwyd
7. Vale of Clwyd
8. Wrexham
9. Ynys Môn	Entirely within Gwynedd

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency AMs and MSs

Term	Election	Conwy		Alyn and Deeside		Caernarfon		Clwyd South		Clwyd West		Delyn		Vale of Clwyd		Wrexham		Ynys Môn
1st	1999		Gareth Jones (PC)		Tom Middlehurst (Lab)		Dafydd Wigley (PC)		Karen Sinclair (Lab)		Alun Pugh (Lab)		Alison Halford (Lab)		Ann Jones (Lab)		John Marek (Lab) (later JMIP then Forward Wales)		Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC)
2nd	2003		Denise Idris Jones (Lab)		Carl Sargeant (Lab)		Alun Ffred Jones (PC)						Sandy Mewies (Lab)
Term	Election	Aberconwy		Alyn and Deeside		Arfon		Clwyd South		Clwyd West		Delyn		Vale of Clwyd		Wrexham		Ynys Môn
3rd	2007		Gareth Jones (PC)		Carl Sargeant (Lab)		Alun Ffred Jones (PC)		Karen Sinclair (Lab)		Darren Millar (Con)		Sandy Mewies (Lab)		Ann Jones (Lab)		Lesley Griffiths (Lab)		Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC)
4th	2011		Janet Finch-Saunders (Con)						Ken Skates (Lab)
	2013																		Rhun ap Iorwerth (PC)
5th	2016						Siân Gwenllian (PC)						Hannah Blythyn (Lab)
	2018				Jack Sargeant (Lab)
6th	2021														Gareth Davies (Con)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term	Election	MS		MS		MS		MS
1st	1999		Rod Richards (Con)		Peter Rogers (Con)		Christine Humphreys (LD)		Janet Ryder (PC)
	2001 [a]						Eleanor Burnham (LD)
	2002 [b]		David Jones (Con)
2nd	2003		Mark Isherwood (Con)		Brynle Williams (Con)
3rd	2007
4th	2011				Antoinette Sandbach (Con)		Aled Roberts (LD)		Llyr Gruffydd (PC)
	2015 [c]				Janet Haworth (Con)
5th	2016				Nathan Gill (UKIP) (later Independent)		Michelle Brown (UKIP), later Independent
	2016 [d]
	2017 [e]				Mandy Jones (Independent) [f] (later BREX)
	2019
6th	2021				Sam Rowlands (Con)		Carolyn Thomas (Lab)

2021 Senedd election

Main article: 2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election: North Wales
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Labour	Carolyn Thomas , Andrew Short, Diane Green, Ryan O'Gorman	73,120	32.3	4.2
	Conservative	Mark Isherwood , Sam Rowlands , Barbara Hughes, Gareth Davies , Abigail Mainon, Jeremy Kent, Gonul Daniels, Lyn Hudson, Anthony Thomas	67,544	29.9	7.7
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Gruffydd , Carrie Harper, Elin Jones, Paul Rowlinson, Catrin Wager, Aaron Wynne, Jack Morris, Glenn Swingler, Trystan Lewis	53,950	23.9	0.6
	Abolish	Richard Suchorzewski, Jonathon Harrington, William Ashton, Craig Search, Euan McGivern, Nicholas Williams	7,960	3.5	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Twells, David Wilkins, Timothy Sly, Calum Davies, Andrew Parkhurst	7,160	3.2	1.4
	Green	Iolo Jones, Duncan Rees, Adam Turner, Linda Rogers	6,586	2.9	0.6
	UKIP	Felix Aubel, Jeanie Bassford-Barton, Mary Davies, Jeanette Bassford-Barton, Sebastian Ross	3,573	1.6	10.9
	Reform UK	Nathan Gill, Peter Dain, Nancy Eno, Charles Dodman, Emmett Jenner	2,374	1.0	1.0
	Gwlad	Phil Roberts, Aled Job, Rhydian Hughes, Aaron Norton, Anthony Williams	1,228	0.5	0.5
	Freedom Alliance	Simon Foster, Peter Jones, Miriam Finch, Mark Finchr	1,186	0.5	0.5
	Communist	Trevor Jones, Jayne Evans, David Morgan, Glyn Davies	557	0.2	0.1
	Propel	Jacqui Hurst, Robert Redhead, Nia Marshall Lloyd, Alan Ennis	415	0.2	0.2
	Independent	Michelle Brown	382	0.2	0.2
	TUSC	Michelle Francis	164	0.1	0.1

2021 Senedd election additional members

Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	4	73,120 (32%)	5	1	5	0
	Conservative	3	67,544 (30%)	5	2	5	0
	Plaid Cymru	2	53,950 (24%)	3	1	3	0
	Abolish	0	7,960 (4%)	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	7,160 (3%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	6,586 (3%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	3,573 (2%)	0	0	0	0
	Reform UK	0	2,374 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Gwlad	0	1,228 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Freedom Alliance	0	1,186 (1%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	557 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Propel	0	415 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent – Brown	0	382 (0%)	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	164 (0%)	0	0	0	0

(The fourth regional seat was allocated to the Conservatives rather than to Plaid Cymru by a margin of only 21 votes).

Regional MSs elected in 2021

Party		Name
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Huws Gruffydd
	Conservative	Mark Isherwood
	Labour	Carolyn Thomas
	Conservative	Sam Rowlands

2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2016 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales
Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	5	57,528 (28.1%)	4	0	5	+1
	Plaid Cymru	2	47,701 (23.3%)	4	1	3	-1
	Conservative	2	45,468 (22.2%)	3	1	3	0
	UKIP	0	25,518 (12.5%)	2	2	2	0
	Abolish	0	9,409 (4.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	9,345 (4.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	4,789 (2.3%)	0	0	0	0
	Association of Welsh Local Independents	0	1,865 (0.9%)	0	0	0	0
	Monster Raving Loony	0	1,355 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent - Mark Young	0	926 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Communist Party	0	586 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected in 2016

Party		Name
	Conservative	Mark Isherwood
	UKIP	Michelle Brown
	UKIP	Nathan Gill
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Huws Gruffydd

2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2011 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales
Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	5	62,677 (32.2%)	5	0	5	0
	Conservative	2	52,201 (26.8%)	4	2	4	0
	Plaid Cymru	2	41,701 (21.4%)	3	1	3	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	11,507 (5.9%)	1	1	1	0
	UKIP	0	9,608 (4.9%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	4,895 (2.5%)	0	0	0	0
	BNP	0	4,785 (2.5%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	4,406 (2.3%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,401 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	1,094 (0.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	523 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party		Name
	Conservative	Mark Isherwood
	Conservative	Antoinette Sandbach †
	Liberal Democrats	Aled Roberts
	Plaid Cymru	Llyr Huws Gruffydd

† Resigned as AM following her election to the UK House of Commons on 7 May 2015; replaced by Janet Haworth from 27 May 2015.

2007 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2007 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales [6]
Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	5	51,831 (26.4%)	4	0	5	+1
	Plaid Cymru	3	50,558 (25.7%)	4	1	4	0
	Conservative	1	50,266 (25.6%)	4	2	3	−1
	Liberal Democrats	0	15,275 (7.8%)	1	1	1	0
	BNP	0	9,986 (5.1%)	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	8,015 (4.1%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	5,660 (2.9%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Labour	0	2,209 (1.1%)	0	0	0	0
	Welsh Christian	0	1,300 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	700 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
	CPA	0	642 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2003 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales [7]
Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	6	55,250 (31.6%)	5	0	6	+1
	Plaid Cymru	2	41,640 (23.8%)	3	1	3	0
	Conservative	0	38,543 (22.0%)	3	2	2	-1
	Liberal Democrats	0	17,503 (10.0%)	1	1	1	0
	Independent	1	11,008 (6.3%)	1	0	1	0
	UKIP	0	4,500 (2.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	4,200 (2.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Cymru Annibynnol	0	1,552 (0.9%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	522 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0
	ProLife Alliance	0	310 (0.2%)	0	0	0	0

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members

1999 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales region [7]
Party		Constituency seats	List votes (vote %)	D'Hondt entitlement	Additional members elected	Total members elected	Deviation from D'Hondt entitlement
	Labour	6	73,673 (34.2%)	5	0	6	+1
	Plaid Cymru	3	69,518 (32.3%)	5	1	4	-1
	Conservative	0	41,700 (19.4%)	2	2	2	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	22,130 (10.3%)	1	1	1	0
	Green	0	4,667 (2.2%)	0	0	0	0
	Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign	0	1,353 (0.6%)	0	0	0	0
	Socialist Alliance	0	828 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Natural Law	0	917 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Communist	0	714 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Notes

1. Christine Humphreys resigned in March 2001 and was replaced by Eleanor Burnham.
2. Rod Richards resigned in September 2002 and was replaced by David Jones.
3. Antoinette Sandbach resigned in May 2015 ^[1] and was replaced by Janet Haworth. ^[2]
4. Nathan Gill left the UKIP Group in the Assembly as a result of infighting. He remained a member of the party but sat as an Independent in the Assembly. ^[3]
5. Gill resigned from the National Assembly on 27 December 2017. ^[4] He was replaced by Mandy Jones, the next candidate on the UKIP list.
6. Although a member of the party and elected in its name, Jones did not join the UKIP group upon her election to the Senedd. The UKIP group said it would be "impossible" as some of Jones' staff had "campaigned actively for other parties". ^[5]

References

1. Deans, David (8 May 2015). "Antoinette Sandbach quits Senedd after Eddisbury win; could Byron Davies follow?". WalesOnline. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
2. Deans, David (27 May 2015). "New North Wales AM Janet Haworth begins work as an AM". WalesOnline. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
3. "Nathan Gill leaves UKIP assembly group to sit as independent". BBC News. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
4. "Nathan Gill resigns as north Wales AM". 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021– via www.bbc.co.uk.
5. "UKIP will not let Mandy Jones sit with assembly group". BBC News. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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