North Wales (Senedd electoral region) explained

North Wales
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Senedd electoral region
North Wales shown within Wales
Created
1999
Current representation
5 MSs
5 MSs
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 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

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

Constituency2021 resultPreserved county
AberconwyJanet Finch-Saunders
Conservative
Entirely within Clwyd
Alyn and DeesideJack Sargeant
Labour
ArfonSiân Gwenllian
Plaid Cymru
Entirely within Gwynedd
Clwyd SouthKen Skates
Labour
Entirely within Clwyd
Clwyd WestDarren Millar
Conservative
DelynHannah Blythyn
Labour
Vale of ClwydGareth Davies
Conservative
WrexhamLesley Griffiths
Labour
Ynys MônRhun ap Iorwerth
Plaid Cymru
Entirely within Gwynedd

Former constituencies

ConstituencyPreserved counties
1. Alyn and DeesideEntirely within Clwyd
2. CaernarfonEntirely within Gwynedd
3. Clwyd SouthPartly Clwyd, partly Powys
4. Clwyd WestEntirely within Clwyd
5. ConwyPartly Clwyd, partly Gwynedd
6. DelynEntirely within Clwyd
7. Vale of Clwyd
8. Wrexham
9. Ynys MônEntirely within Gwynedd

Assembly members and Members of the Senedd

Constituency AMs and MSs

TermElectionConwyAlyn and
Deeside
CaernarfonClwyd SouthClwyd WestDelynVale of ClwydWrexhamYnys Môn
1st1999Gareth 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)
2nd2003Denise Idris Jones
(Lab)
Carl Sargeant
(Lab)
Alun Ffred Jones
(PC)
Sandy Mewies
(Lab)
TermElectionAberconwyAlyn and
Deeside
ArfonClwyd SouthClwyd WestDelynVale of ClwydWrexhamYnys Môn
3rd2007Gareth 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)
4th2011Janet Finch-Saunders
(Con)
Ken Skates
(Lab)
2013Rhun ap Iorwerth
(PC)
5th2016Siân Gwenllian
(PC)
Hannah Blythyn
(Lab)
2018Jack Sargeant
(Lab)
6th2021Gareth Davies
(Con)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

TermElectionMSMSMSMS
1st1999Rod Richards
(Con)
Peter Rogers
(Con)
Christine Humphreys
(LD)
Janet Ryder
(PC)
2001Eleanor Burnham
(LD)
2002David Jones
(Con)
2nd2003Mark Isherwood
(Con)
Brynle Williams
(Con)
3rd2007
4th2011Antoinette Sandbach
(Con)
Aled Roberts
(LD)
Llyr Gruffydd
(PC)
2015Janet Haworth
(Con)
5th2016Nathan Gill
(UKIP)
(later Independent)
Michelle Brown
(UKIP), later Independent
2016
2017Mandy Jones
(Independent)
(later BREX)
2019
6th2021Sam Rowlands
(Con)
Carolyn Thomas
(Lab)

2021 Senedd election

See main article: 2021 Senedd election.

2021 Senedd election additional members

PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
473,120 (32%) 5150
367,544 (30%) 5250
2 53,950 (24%) 3130
0 7,960 (4%) 0 0 0 0
0 7,160 (3%) 0 0 0 0
0 6,586 (3%) 0 0 0 0
0 3,573 (2%) 0000
0 2,374 (1%) 0000
Gwlad0 1,228 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Freedom Alliance 0 1,186 (1%) 0 0 0 0
0 557 (0%) 0 0 0 0
Propel0 415 (0%) 0000
0 382 (0%) 0 0 0 0
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
Llyr Huws Gruffydd
Mark Isherwood
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
5 57,528 (28.1%) 4 0 5 +1
2 47,701 (23.3%) 4 1 3 -1
2 45,468 (22.2%) 3 1 3 0
0 25,518 (12.5%) 2 2 2 0
0 9,409 (4.6%) 0 0 0 0
0 9,345 (4.6%) 0 0 0 0
0 4,789 (2.3%) 0 0 0 0
Association of Welsh Local Independents0 1,865 (0.9%) 0 0 0 0
0 1,355 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0
Independent - Mark Young0 926 (0.5%) 0 0 0 0
Welsh Communist Party0 586 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected in 2016

Party Name
Mark Isherwood
Nathan Gill
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
5 62,677 (32.2%) 5 0 5 0
2 52,201 (26.8%) 4 2 4 0
2 41,701 (21.4%) 3 1 3 0
0 11,507 (5.9%) 1 1 1 0
0 9,608 (4.9%) 0 0 0 0
0 4,895 (2.5%) 0 0 0 0
0 4,785 (2.5%) 0 0 0 0
0 4,406 (2.3%) 0 0 0 0
0 1,401 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0
0 1,094 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0
0 523 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party Name
Mark Isherwood
Antoinette Sandbach
Aled Roberts
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[1]

PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
5 51,831 (26.4%) 4 0 5 +1
3 50,558 (25.7%) 4 1 4 0
1 50,266 (25.6%) 4 2 3 −1
0 15,275 (7.8%) 1 1 1 0
0 9,986 (5.1%) 0 0 0 0
0 8,015 (4.1%) 0 0 0 0
0 5,660 (2.9%) 0 0 0 0
0 2,209 (1.1%) 0 0 0 0
0 1,300 (0.7%) 0 0 0 0
0 700 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
0 642 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2003 National Assembly for Wales election

North Wales[2]

PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
6 55,250 (31.6%) 5 0 6 +1
2 41,640 (23.8%) 3 1 3 0
0 38,543 (22.0%) 3 2 2 -1
0 17,503 (10.0%) 1 1 1 0
1 11,008 (6.3%) 1 0 1 0
0 4,500 (2.6%) 0 0 0 0
0 4,200 (2.4%) 0 0 0 0
Cymru Annibynnol0 1,552 (0.9%) 0 0 0 0
0 522 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0
0 310 (0.2%) 0 0 0 0

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members

1999 National Assembly for Wales election

North Wales region

PartyConstituency
seats
List votes
(vote %)
D'Hondt
entitlement
Additional
members
elected
Total members
elected
Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
6 73,673 (34.2%) 5 0 6 +1
3 69,518 (32.3%) 5 1 4 -1
0 41,700 (19.4%) 2 2 2 0
0 22,130 (10.3%) 1 1 1 0
0 4,667 (2.2%) 0 0 0 0
Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign 0 1,353 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0
0 828 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
0 917 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
0 714 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: results BBC Election . 2007-07-29 . 2012-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111165105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/vote2007/maps/wales_regions/html/wales_regions_map.stm . live .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020452/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ass/constit/wr2.htm . 2011-07-24 . dead .