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.

**North Wales**
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		Preserved county
Aberconwy	Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative	Entirely within Clwyd
Alyn and Deeside	Carl Sargeant Labour	Entirely within Clwyd
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

Term	Election	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)		Karen Sinclair (Lab)		Alun Pugh (Lab)		Sandy Mewies (Lab)		Ann Jones (Lab)		John Marek (Lab) (later JMIP then Forward Wales)		Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC)
Term	Election	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)										Ieuan Wyn Jones (PC)
4th	2013																		Rhun ap Iorwerth (PC)
5th	2016						Siân Gwenllian (PC)						Hannah Blythyn (Lab)
5th	2018				Jack Sargeant (Lab)		Siân Gwenllian (PC)						Hannah Blythyn (Lab)

Regional list AMs and MSes

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term	Election
1st	1999	Rod Richards (Con)	Peter Rogers (Con)	Christine Humphreys (LD)	Janet Ryder (PC)
	2001[1]	Rod Richards (Con)		Eleanor Burnham (LD)
	2002[2]	David Jones (Con)
2nd	2003	Mark Isherwood (Con)	Brynle Williams (Con)
3rd	2007		Brynle Williams (Con)
4th	2011		Antoinette Sandbach (Con)	Aled Roberts (LD)	Llyr Gruffydd (PC)
4th	2015[3]		Janet Haworth (Con)	Aled Roberts (LD)
5th	2016		Nathan Gill (UKIP) (later Independent)	Michelle Brown (UKIP), later Independent
	2016[4]		Nathan Gill (UKIP) (later Independent)
	2017[5]		Mandy Jones (Independent)[6] (later BREX)
	2019		Mandy Jones (Independent)[6] (later BREX)

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
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[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 and was replaced by Janet Haworth.

[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.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] BBC Election results

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Electoral regions and constituencies of Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Mid and West Wales	Brecon and Radnorshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Dwyfor Meirionnydd Llanelli Montgomeryshire Preseli Pembrokeshire
North Wales	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Arfon Clwyd South Clwyd West Delyn Vale of Clwyd Wrexham Ynys Môn
South Wales Central	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West Cynon Valley Pontypridd Rhondda Vale of Glamorgan
South Wales East	Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Islwyn Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Monmouth Newport East Newport West Torfaen
South Wales West	Aberavon Bridgend Gower Neath Ogmore Swansea East Swansea West