North Wales (Senedd Cymru electoral region)
North Wales 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.
| Senedd electoral region | |
|---|---|
 | |
| North Wales shown within Wales | |
| Created 1999 | |
| Current representation | |
| Labour | 5 MSs |
| Conservative | 3 MSs |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 MSs |
| Independent | 1 MS |
| Brexit Party | 1 MS |
| 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) | |
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
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 | 2016 Result | Preserved county | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberconwy | Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative |
Entirely within Clwyd | |
| Alyn and Deeside | Carl 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 | Ann Jones Labour | ||
| Wrexham | Lesley Griffiths Labour | ||
| Ynys Môn | Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru |
Entirely within Gwynedd | |
Assembly members and Members of the Senedd
Constituency AMs and MSes
Regional list AMs and MSes
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[1] | Eleanor Burnham (LD) | ||||||||
| 2002[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[3] | Janet Haworth (Con) | ||||||||
| 5th | 2016 | Nathan Gill (UKIP) (later Independent) |
Michelle Brown (UKIP), later Independent | ||||||
| 2016[4] | |||||||||
| 2017[5] | Mandy Jones (Independent)[6] (later BREX) | ||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members
| 2016 National Assembly for Wales election - North Wales region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 the Welsh Assembly | 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 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 region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 region[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 region[8] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | 41,640 | 23.8% | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 38,543 | 22.0% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 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 | |
Former constituencies
1999 to 2007
| Constituency | Preserved counties |
|---|---|
| Alyn and Deeside | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Caernarfon | Entirely within Gwynedd |
| Clwyd South | Partly Clwyd, partly Powys |
| Clwyd West | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Conwy | Partly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd |
| Delyn | Entirely within Clwyd |
| Vale of Clwyd | |
| Wrexham | |
| Ynys Môn | Entirely within Gwynedd |
1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members
| 1999 National Assembly for Wales election - North Wales region[8] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Constituency Seats | List Votes | Vote % | D'Hondt Entitlement | Additional Members Elected | Total Members Elected | Deviation from D'Hondt Entitlement | |
| Labour | 6 | 70,625 | 41.8% | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 50,757 | 30.0% | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 20,993 | 12.4% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 18,527 | 11.0% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 4,082 | 2.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| People's Representative | 0 | 2,074 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 1,257 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Natural Law | 0 | 676 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
- Christine Humphreys resigned in March 2001 and was replaced by Eleanor Burnham.
- Rod Richards resigned in September 2002 and was replaced by David Jones.
- Antoinette Sandbach resigned in May 2015 and was replaced by Janet Haworth.
- 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.
- Nathan Gill resigned from the National Assembly on 27 December 2017 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-42493743). He was replaced by Mandy Jones, the next candidate on the UKIP list.
- Although a member of the party and elected in its name, Mandy Jones did not join the UKIP group upon her election to the Senedd.
- BBC Election results
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)