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North Wales (Senedd electoral region)

Electoral region of the Senedd

Summary

Electoral region of the Senedd

Field	Value
name	North Wales
nativename	cy
constituency_type	Multi-member electoral region
parl_name	Senedd
image	[[File:North Wales Senedd region 2021.svg	200px]]
caption	Map of North Wales, with constituencies numbered alphabetically and coloured in 2021 party colours. Inset within Wales shown to the top with the four regional seats.
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image2
caption2	Interactive map of the constituency.
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year	1999 (amended in 2007)
member_label	MSs
members	{{plainlist
district_label	Principal areas
parts_label	Constituencies
region_label	Preserved counties
blank1_name	Former constituencies (1999–2007)

Conservative (5)
Labour (5)
Plaid Cymru (3) |Aberconwy (since 2007)|Alyn and Deeside|Arfon (since 2007)|Clwyd South|Clwyd West|Delyn|Vale of Clwyd| Wrexham|Ynys Môn}}
Clwyd
Gwynedd (part)
13
- 9 constituency
- 4 regional
Caernarfon
Conwy

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

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

Former constituencies

[[1999 National Assembly for Wales election|1999]] to [[2007 National Assembly for Wales election|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	Term	Election	Aberconwy	Alyn and
Deeside	Arfon	Clwyd South	Clwyd West	Delyn	Vale of Clwyd	Wrexham	Ynys Môn
1st	1999	Plaid Cymru}}"		Gareth Jones
(PC)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="2"		Tom Middlehurst
(Lab)	Plaid Cymru}}" rowspan="2"		Dafydd Wigley
(PC)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="2"		Karen Sinclair
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="2"		Alun Pugh
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="2"		Alison Halford
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="2"		Ann Jones
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}"		John Marek
(Lab)
(later JMIP then Forward Wales)	Plaid Cymru}}" rowspan="2"		Ieuan Wyn Jones
(PC)
2nd	2003	Welsh Labour}}		Denise Idris Jones
(Lab)	Carl Sargeant
(Lab)	Alun Ffred Jones
(PC)	Sandy Mewies
(Lab)	Independent (politician)}}"
3rd	2007	Plaid Cymru}}"		Gareth Jones
(PC)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="6"		Carl Sargeant
(Lab)	Plaid Cymru}}" rowspan="6"		Alun Ffred Jones
(PC)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="6"		Karen Sinclair
(Lab)	Welsh Conservative Party}}" rowspan="6"		Darren Millar
(Con)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="6"		Sandy Mewies
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="5"		Ann Jones
(Lab)	Welsh Labour}}" rowspan="6"		Lesley Griffiths
(Lab)	Plaid Cymru}}" rowspan="6"		Ieuan Wyn Jones
(PC)
4th	2011	Welsh Conservatives}}" rowspan="5"		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	Welsh Conservatives}}"		Gareth Davies
(Con)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term	Election	MS	MS	MS
1st	1999	Welsh Conservatives}}" rowspan="12"		Rod Richards
(Con)	Welsh Conservatives}}" rowspan="7"		Peter Rogers
(Con)
2001	Eleanor Burnham
(LD)
2002	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	Janet Haworth
(Con)
5th	2016	UK Independence Party}}"		Nathan Gill
(UKIP)
(later Independent)	UK Independence Party}}" rowspan="3"		Michelle Brown
(UKIP), later Independent
2016	Independent (politician)}}" rowspan="2"
2017	Mandy Jones
(Independent){{efn	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".
2019	Brexit Party}}" rowspan="1"		Independent (politician)}}" rowspan="1"
6th	2021	Welsh Conservatives}}"		Sam Rowlands
(Con)	Welsh Labour}}"		Carolyn Thomas
(Lab)

2021 Senedd election

Main article: 2021 Senedd election

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
Welsh Labour}}"		[](welsh-labour)	4	73,120 (32%)	5	1	5
Welsh Conservatives}}"		[](welsh-conservatives)	3	67,544 (30%)	5	2	5
Plaid Cymru}}"		[](plaid-cymru)	2	53,950 (24%)	3	1	3
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party}}"		[](abolish-the-welsh-assembly-party)	0	7,960 (4%)	0	0	0
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}"		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	7,160 (3%)	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}"		[](wales-green-party)	0	6,586 (3%)	0	0	0
UK Independence Party}}"		[](united-kingdom-independence-party)	0	3,573 (2%)	0	0	0
Reform UK}}"		[](reform-uk)	0	2,374 (1%)	0	0	0
Gwlad}}"		Gwlad	0	1,228 (1%)	0	0	0
Freedom Alliance (UK)}}"		Freedom Alliance	0	1,186 (1%)	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}"		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	557 (0%)	0	0	0
Propel (political party)}}"		Propel	0	415 (0%)	0	0	0
Independent (politician)}}		Independent – Brown	0	382 (0%)	0	0	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition}}"		[](trade-unionist-and-socialist-coalition)	0	164 (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}}		[](plaid-cymru)
Welsh Conservatives}}		[](welsh-conservatives)
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)
Welsh Conservatives}}		[](welsh-conservatives)

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
Welsh Labour Party}}		[](welsh-labour)	5	57,528 (28.1%)	4	0	5	+1
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	2	47,701 (23.3%)	4	1	3	-1
Welsh Conservative Party}}		[](welsh-conservatives)	2	45,468 (22.2%)	3	1	3	0
United Kingdom Independence Party}}		[](uk-independence-party)	0	25,518 (12.5%)	2	2	2	0
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party}}"		[](abolish-the-welsh-assembly-party)	0	9,409 (4.6%)	0	0	0	0
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	9,345 (4.6%)	0	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}		[](wales-green-party)	0	4,789 (2.3%)	0	0	0	0
Independent (politician)}}		Association of Welsh Local Independents	0	1,865 (0.9%)	0	0	0	0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party}}"		[](official-monster-raving-loony-party)	0	1,355 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
Independent (politician)}}		Independent - Mark Young	0	926 (0.5%)	0	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}"		Welsh Communist Party	0	586 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected in 2016

Party	Name
Welsh Conservatives}}		[](welsh-conservatives)
UK Independence Party}}		[](uk-independence-party)
UK Independence Party}}		[](uk-independence-party)
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)

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
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	5	62,677 (32.2%)	5	0	5	0
Welsh Conservatives}}		[](welsh-conservatives)	2	52,201 (26.8%)	4	2	4	0
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	2	41,701 (21.4%)	3	1	3	0
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	11,507 (5.9%)	1	1	1	0
United Kingdom Independence Party}}		[](uk-independence-party)	0	9,608 (4.9%)	0	0	0	0
Socialist Labour Party (UK)}}		[](socialist-labour-party-uk)	0	4,895 (2.5%)	0	0	0	0
British National Party}}		[](british-national-party)	0	4,785 (2.5%)	0	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}		[](wales-green-party)	0	4,406 (2.3%)	0	0	0	0
Welsh Christian Party}}		[](welsh-christian-party)	0	1,401 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
Independent (politician)}}		[](independent-politician)	0	1,094 (0.6%)	0	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	523 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Regional AMs elected 2011

Party	Name
Welsh Conservative Party}}		[](welsh-conservative-party)
Welsh Conservative Party}}		[](welsh-conservative-party)
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)

† 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	Party	Constituency
seats	List votes
(vote %)	D'Hondt
entitlement	Additional
members
elected	Total members
elected	Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	5	51,831 (26.4%)	4	0	5	+1
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	3	50,558 (25.7%)	4	1	4	0
Welsh Conservatives}}		[](welsh-conservatives)	1	50,266 (25.6%)	4	2	3	−1
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	15,275 (7.8%)	1	1	1	0
British National Party}}		[](british-national-party)	0	9,986 (5.1%)	0	0	0	0
UK Independence Party}}		[](united-kingdom-independence-party)	0	8,015 (4.1%)	0	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}		[](green-party-of-england-and-wales)	0	5,660 (2.9%)	0	0	0	0
Socialist Labour Party (UK)}}		[](socialist-labour-party-uk)	0	2,209 (1.1%)	0	0	0	0
Welsh Christian Party}}		[](welsh-christian-party)	0	1,300 (0.7%)	0	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	700 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
Christian Peoples Alliance}}		[](christian-peoples-alliance)	0	642 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

2003 Welsh Assembly election additional members

2003 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
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	6	55,250 (31.6%)	5	0	6	+1
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	2	41,640 (23.8%)	3	1	3	0
Welsh Conservatives}}		[](welsh-conservatives)	0	38,543 (22.0%)	3	2	2	-1
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	17,503 (10.0%)	1	1	1	0
Independent politician}}		[](independent-politician)	1	11,008 (6.3%)	1	0	1	0
UK Independence Party}}		[](uk-independence-party)	0	4,500 (2.6%)	0	0	0	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}		[](green-party-of-england-and-wales)	0	4,200 (2.4%)	0	0	0	0
	Cymru Annibynnol	0	1,552 (0.9%)	0	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	522 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0
ProLife Alliance}}		[](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	Party	Constituency
seats	List votes
(vote %)	D'Hondt
entitlement	Additional
members
elected	Total members
elected	Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement
Welsh Labour}}		[](welsh-labour)	6	73,673 (34.2%)	5	0	6	+1
Plaid Cymru}}		[](plaid-cymru)	3	69,518 (32.3%)	5	1	4	-1
Welsh Conservatives}}		[](welsh-conservatives)	0	41,700 (19.4%)	2	2	2	0
Welsh Liberal Democrats}}		[](welsh-liberal-democrats)	0	22,130 (10.3%)	1	1	1	0
Green Party of England and Wales}}		[](green-party-of-england-and-wales)	0	4,667 (2.2%)	0	0	0	0
	Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign	0	1,353 (0.6%)	0	0	0	0
Welsh Socialist Alliance}}		[](welsh-socialist-alliance)	0	828 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
Natural Law Party}}		[](natural-law-party)	0	917 (0.4%)	0	0	0	0
Communist Party of Britain}}		[](communist-party-of-britain)	0	714 (0.3%)	0	0	0	0

Notes

References

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Deans, David. (27 May 2015). "New North Wales AM Janet Haworth begins work as an AM".
(17 August 2016). "Nathan Gill leaves UKIP assembly group to sit as independent". BBC News.
(December 27, 2017). "Nathan Gill resigns as north Wales AM".
(9 January 2018). "UKIP will not let Mandy Jones sit with assembly group". BBC News.
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