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Wrexham (Senedd constituency)

Senedd constituency (1999–)

Summary

Senedd constituency (1999–)

Field	Value
name	Wrexham

constituency_type	Senedd county constituency
parl_name	Senedd	image = [[File:Wrexham (Assembly constituency).svg	230px]]
image2	[[File:North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region).svg	200px]]
caption2	Wrexham shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
year	1999
member_label	MS
member	Lesley Griffiths
party_label	Party
party	Labour
parts_label	Preserved county
parts	Clwyd

Wrexham () is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Wrexham Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd.

As created in 1999, the North Wales region includes the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn. For the 2007 Assembly election the region included Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

The constituency of Wrexham is divided into the electoral divisions: Acton, Borras Park, Brynyffynnon, Cartrefle, Erddig, Garden Village, Gresford East and West, Grosvenor, Gwersyllt East and South, Gwersyllt North, Gwersyllt West, Hermitage, Holt, Little Acton, Llay, Maesydre, Marford and Hoseley, Offa, Queensway, Rhosnesni, Rossett, Smithfield, Stansty, Whitegate, Wynnstay.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Members of the Senedd

Election	Party	Portrait
Labour Party (UK)}}"	1999	John Marek	Labour
John Marek Independent Party}}"	2003	John Marek Independent Party
Forward Wales}}"	2003	Forward Wales
Labour Party (UK)}}"	2007	Lesley Griffiths	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Regional ballots rejected: 240

Elections in the 2000s

2003 Electorate: 50,508

Regional ballots rejected: 294

Elections in the 1990s

References

[https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-04/sopn-and-notice-of-poll-wrexham.pdf Wrexham Statement of Persons Nominated
"Wrexham– Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News.
"Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election".
(6 May 2011). "Wales elections > Wrexham". BBC News.
"Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election".
"Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election".
"2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Pages Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)". National Assembly for Wales.
(November 2003). "The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003". The Electoral Commission.
(6 May 1999). "BBC News Election 1999". BBC News.

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