Aberconwy
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Aberconwy shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created2007
PartyConservative
Member of the SeneddJanet Finch-Saunders
Preserved countyClwyd
Created fromConwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

Aberconwy is a constituency of the Senedd. First created for the former Assembly's 2007 election. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. 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.

History

Since its creation, this seat has been a three-way marginal constituency between the Conservatives, Labour and Plaid Cymru. Plaid won this seat in the 2007 election but since then the Conservatives have narrowly held the constituency.

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

The constituency has the same boundary as the Aberconwy Westminster constituency, which came into use for the 2010 United Kingdom general election. It was created in 2007 and merges into one constituency areas formerly within the Conwy and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies. Conwy was a constituency within the North Wales electoral region, straddling the boundary between the preserved county of Clwyd and the preserved county of Gwynedd. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy also straddled this boundary, but was within the Mid and West Wales region.

Aberconwy constituency is entirely within the preserved county of Clwyd.

It is composed of the Conwy electoral divisions: Betws-y-Coed, Bryn, Caerhun, Capelulo, Conwy, Craig-y-Don, Crwst, Deganwy, Egwysbach, Gogarth, Gower, Llansanffraid, Marl, Mostyn, Pandy, Penmaenan, Penrhyn, Pensarn, Trefriw, Tudno, and Uwch Conwy.

The North Wales region was created for the first Assembly election, in 1999. For the 2007 election, however, it had new boundaries. It includes the constituencies of Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

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 Member Portrait Party
2007 Gareth Jones Plaid Cymru
2011 Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Aberconwy[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[2]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders[a] 9,815 41.7 +7.0 7,925 33.8 +10.2
Plaid Cymru Aaron Wynne 6,479 27.5 -3.8 5,932 25.3 -1.9
Labour Dawn McGuinness 5,971 25.4 -2.0 6,446 27.5 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Rhys Jones 735 3.1 -0.4 680 2.9 -0.9
Reform UK Rachel Bagshaw 320 1.4 New 237 1.0 New
No More Lockdowns Sharon Smith 223 0.9 New
Abolish 787 3.4 -1.2
Green 744 3.2 +0.7
UKIP 287 1.2 -9.4
Freedom Alliance (UK) 161 0.7 New
Gwlad 120 0.5 New
Communist 54 0.2 ±0.0
Independent Michelle Brown 35 0.1 New
Propel 28 0.1 New
TUSC 11 0.0 New
Majority 3,336 14.2 +10.8
Turnout 23,543 51.82[3] +2.8
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Aberconwy vote count at the 2016 Assembly election (L-R: Janet Finch Saunders, Sarah Lesiter-Burgess, Petra Haig, Mike Priestley, Trystan Lewis)
Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Aberconwy
Party Candidate Constituency[4] Regional[5]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders 7,646 34.7 +0.7 5,808 23.6 -6.7
Plaid Cymru Trystan Lewis 6,892 31.3 +5.1 5,994 27.2 +2.8
Labour Mike Priestley 6,039 27.4 +1.7 4,961 22.5 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Lesiter-Burgess 871 3.5 -10.7 847 3.8 -4.3
Green Petra Haig 680 3.1 New 547 2.5 +0.1
UKIP 2,343 10.6 +5.9
Abolish 1,026 4.6 New
Association of Welsh Independents 310 1.4 New
Monster Raving Loony 133 0.6 New
Communist 54 0.2 ±0.0
Mark Young - Independent 44 0.2 New
Majority 754 3.4 -4.4
Turnout 22,038 49.0 +3.9
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Aberconwy[6]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[7]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders 6,888 34.0 +3.6 6,153 30.3 +1.4
Plaid Cymru Iwan Huws 5,321 26.2 -12.4 4,948 24.4 -8.2
Labour Eifion Williams 5,206 25.7 +3.9 4,905 24.2 -4.3
Liberal Democrats Mike Priestley 2,873 14.2 +4.9 1,653 8.1 +0.9
UKIP 959 4.7 +1.5
Green 477 2.4 -0.4
BNP 362 1.8 -1.4
Socialist Labour 337 1.7 +0.9
Weyman - Independent 318 1.6 New
Welsh Christian 129 0.6 -0.1
Communist 43 0.2 ±0.0
Majority 1,567 7.8 N/A
Turnout 20,288 45.1 -1.8
Conservative gain from Plaid Cymru Swing +8.0

Regional ballots rejected: 162[8]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Aberconwy
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[9]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Gareth Jones 7,983 38.6 N/A 6,712 32.6 N/A
Conservative Dylan Jones-Evans 6,290 30.4 N/A 5,954 28.9 N/A
Labour Denise Idris Jones 4,508 21.8 N/A 4,108 19.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Euron Hughes 1,918 9.3 N/A 1,477 7.2 N/A
BNP 667 3.2 N/A
UKIP 655 3.2 N/A
Green 567 2.8 N/A
Socialist Labour 175 0.8 N/A
Welsh Christian 141 0.7 N/A
CPA 105 0.5 N/A
Communist 50 0.2 N/A
Majority 1,693 8.2 N/A
Turnout 20,699 46.9 N/A
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 18 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine Aberconwy Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ [2] Regional Declaration of Results (North Wales). Retrieved 2021/05/09.
  3. ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Wales elections". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Wales elections > Aberconwy". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.


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