North Wales (Senedd electoral region)

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North Wales
Gogledd Cymru
Senedd electoral region
North Wales Senedd region 2021.svg
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.

Contents

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

North Wales (Senedd electoral region)
Map of current boundaries

As created in 1999, the region covered the 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 North Wales Assembly Region 1999-2007.svg
Map of former boundaries 1999-2007
ConstituencyPreserved 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

TermElection 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)
TermElection 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

TermElectionMSMSMSMS
1st 1999 Rod Richards
(Con)
Peter Rogers
(Con)
Christine Humphreys
(LD)
Janet Ryder
(PC)
2001 [lower-alpha 1] Eleanor Burnham
(LD)
2002 [lower-alpha 2] 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 [lower-alpha 3] Janet Haworth
(Con)
5th 2016 Nathan Gill
(UKIP)
(later Independent)
Michelle Brown
(UKIP), later Independent
2016 [lower-alpha 4]
2017 [lower-alpha 5] Mandy Jones
(Independent) [lower-alpha 6]
(later BREX)
2019
6th 2021 Sam Rowlands
(Con)
Carolyn Thomas
(Lab)

2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election: North Wales
ListCandidatesVotes%±
Labour Carolyn Thomas , Andrew Short, Diane Green, Ryan O'Gorman73,12032.3Increase2.svg4.2
Conservative Mark Isherwood , Sam Rowlands , Barbara Hughes, Gareth Davies , Abigail Mainon, Jeremy Kent, Gonul Daniels, Lyn Hudson, Anthony Thomas67,54429.9Increase2.svg7.7
Plaid Cymru Llyr Gruffydd , Carrie Harper, Elin Jones, Paul Rowlinson, Catrin Wager, Aaron Wynne, Jack Morris, Glenn Swingler, Trystan Lewis53,95023.9Increase2.svg0.6
Abolish Richard Suchorzewski, Jonathon Harrington, William Ashton, Craig Search, Euan McGivern, Nicholas Williams7,9603.5Decrease2.svg1.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Twells, David Wilkins, Timothy Sly, Calum Davies, Andrew Parkhurst7,1603.2Decrease2.svg1.4
Green Iolo Jones, Duncan Rees, Adam Turner, Linda Rogers6,5862.9Increase2.svg0.6
UKIP Felix Aubel, Jeanie Bassford-Barton, Mary Davies, Jeanette Bassford-Barton, Sebastian Ross3,5731.6Decrease2.svg10.9
Reform UK Nathan Gill, Peter Dain, Nancy Eno, Charles Dodman, Emmett Jenner2,3741.0Increase2.svg1.0
Gwlad Phil Roberts, Aled Job, Rhydian Hughes, Aaron Norton, Anthony Williams1,2280.5Increase2.svg0.5
Freedom AllianceSimon Foster, Peter Jones, Miriam Finch, Mark Finchr1,1860.5Increase2.svg0.5
Communist Trevor Jones, Jayne Evans, David Morgan, Glyn Davies5570.2Decrease2.svg0.1
Propel Jacqui Hurst, Robert Redhead, Nia Marshall Lloyd, Alan Ennis4150.2Increase2.svg0.2
Independent Michelle Brown 3820.2Increase2.svg0.2
TUSC Michelle Francis1640.1Increase2.svg0.1

2021 Senedd election additional members

PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 473,120 (32%)5150
Conservative 367,544 (30%)5250
Plaid Cymru 253,950 (24%)3130
Abolish 07,960 (4%)0000
Liberal Democrats 07,160 (3%)0000
Green 06,586 (3%)0000
UKIP 03,573 (2%)0000
Reform UK 02,374 (1%)0000
Gwlad 01,228 (1%)0000
Freedom Alliance01,186 (1%)0000
Communist 0557 (0%)0000
Propel 0415 (0%)0000
Independent – Brown 0382 (0%)0000
TUSC 0164 (0%)0000

(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

PartyName
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
PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 557,528 (28.1%)405+1
Plaid Cymru 247,701 (23.3%)413-1
Conservative 245,468 (22.2%)3130
UKIP 025,518 (12.5%)2220
Abolish 09,409 (4.6%)0000
Liberal Democrats 09,345 (4.6%)0000
Green 04,789 (2.3%)0000
Association of Welsh Local Independents01,865 (0.9%)0000
Monster Raving Loony 01,355 (0.7%)0000
Independent - Mark Young0926 (0.5%)0000
Welsh Communist Party0586 (0.3%)0000

Regional AMs elected in 2016

PartyName
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
PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 562,677 (32.2%)5050
Conservative 252,201 (26.8%)4240
Plaid Cymru 241,701 (21.4%)3130
Liberal Democrats 011,507 (5.9%)1110
UKIP 09,608 (4.9%)0000
Socialist Labour 04,895 (2.5%)0000
BNP 04,785 (2.5%)0000
Green 04,406 (2.3%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,401 (0.7%)0000
Independent 01,094 (0.6%)0000
Communist 0523 (0.3%)0000

Regional AMs elected 2011

PartyName
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]
PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 551,831 (26.4%)405+1
Plaid Cymru 350,558 (25.7%)4140
Conservative 150,266 (25.6%)423−1
Liberal Democrats 015,275 (7.8%)1110
BNP 09,986 (5.1%)0000
UKIP 08,015 (4.1%)0000
Green 05,660 (2.9%)0000
Socialist Labour 02,209 (1.1%)0000
Welsh Christian 01,300 (0.7%)0000
Communist 0700 (0.4%)0000
CPA 0642 (0.3%)0000

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2003 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales [7]
PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 655,250 (31.6%)506+1
Plaid Cymru 241,640 (23.8%)3130
Conservative 038,543 (22.0%)322-1
Liberal Democrats 017,503 (10.0%)1110
Independent 111,008 (6.3%)1010
UKIP 04,500 (2.6%)0000
Green 04,200 (2.4%)0000
Cymru Annibynnol01,552 (0.9%)0000
Communist 0522 (0.3%)0000
ProLife Alliance 0310 (0.2%)0000

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members

1999 National Assembly for Wales election: North Wales region [7]
PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Labour 673,673 (34.2%)506+1
Plaid Cymru 369,518 (32.3%)514-1
Conservative 041,700 (19.4%)2220
Liberal Democrats 022,130 (10.3%)1110
Green 04,667 (2.2%)0000
Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign01,353 (0.6%)0000
Socialist Alliance 0828 (0.4%)0000
Natural Law 0917 (0.4%)0000
Communist 0714 (0.3%)0000

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]

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