Arfon
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Arfon shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created2007
PartyPlaid Cymru
MSSiân Gwenllian
Preserved countyGwynedd
Created fromCaernarfon and Conwy

Arfon is a constituency of the Senedd. It was created for the former Assembly's 2007 election. 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

Map
Map of current boundaries

The constituency has the boundaries of the Arfon Westminster constituency, entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd, which came into use, also, for the 2010 United Kingdom general election. The new constituency merged areas currently within the Caernarfon constituency and the Conwy constituency. The Caernarfon constituency was entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd. The Conwy constituency was partly a Gwynedd constituency and partly within the preserved county of Clwyd.

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.

Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd

Election Member Party Portrait
2007 constituency created; see Caernarfon and Conwy
Alun Ffred Jones Plaid Cymru
2016 Siân Gwenllian

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Arfon[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Siân Gwenllian[a] 13,760 63.3 +8.5 11,955 55.7 +5.4
Labour Iwan Wyn Jones 5,108 23.5 -10.5 5,254 24.5 +0.3
Conservative Tony Thomas 1,806 8.3 ±0.0 1,925 9.0 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Calum Davies 642 3.0 +0.1 448 2.1 -0.8
Reform UK Andrew Haigh 350 1.6 New 188 0.9 New
Independent Martin Bristow 82 0.4 New
Green 865 4.0 +0.5
Abolish 403 1.9 -1.6
Gwlad 227 1.1 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 72 0.3 New
Communist 63 0.3 ±0.0
Propel 42 0.2 New
Independent Michelle Brown 14 0.1 New
TUSC 13 0.1 New
Majority 8,652 39.8 +19.0
Turnout 21,478 50.92[2] 0.0
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Arfon
Party Candidate Constituency[3] Regional[4]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Siân Gwenllian 10,962 54.8 -1.9 10,028 50.3 +2.8
Labour Sion Jones 6,800 34.0 +7.8 4,831 24.2 -0.3
Conservative Martin Peet 1,655 8.3 -4.2 1,369 6.9 -4.4
Liberal Democrats Sara Lloyd Williams 577 2.9 -1.6 582 2.9 -0.8
UKIP 1,376 6.9 +4.0
Green 706 3.5 -0.9
Abolish 696 3.5 New
Monster Raving Loony 160 0.8 New
Association of Welsh Independents 94 0.5 New
Communist 61 0.3 -0.2
Mark Young - Independent 45 0.2 New
Majority 4,162 20.8 -9.7
Turnout 19,994 50.9 +7.5
Plaid Cymru hold Swing -4.9
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Arfon[5]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[6]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Alun Ffred Jones 10,024 56.7 +4.3 8,402 47.5 -6.6
Labour Christina Rees 4,630 26.2 -0.6 4,327 24.5 +1.2
Conservative Aled Davies 2,209 12.5 +3.0 1,994 11.3 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Rhys Jones 801 4.5 -2.8 653 3.7 -1.7
Green 787 4.4 +0.3
UKIP 516 2.9 +0.6
Socialist Labour 480 2.7 +2.2
BNP 283 1.6 -0.8
Welsh Christian 103 0.6 -+0.2
Communist 85 0.5 ±0.0
Weyman - Independent 59 0.3 New
Majority 5,394 30.5 +4.9
Turnout 17,664 43.4 -5.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing +2.4

Regional ballots rejected: 139[7]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Arfon
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[8]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Alun Ffred Jones 10,260 52.4 N/A 10,042 54.1 N/A
Labour Martin Eaglestone 5,242 26.8 N/A 4,547 23.3 N/A
Conservative Gerry Frobisher 1,858 9.5 N/A 1,899 9.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mel ab Owain 1,424 7.3 N/A 1,054 5.4 N/A
UKIP Elwyn Williams 789 4.0 N/A 451 2.3 N/A
Green 791 4.1 N/A
BNP 460 2.4 New
Socialist Labour 93 0.5 N/A
Communist 88 0.5 N/A
Welsh Christian 86 0.4 N/A
CPA 11 0.1 N/A
Majority 5,018 25.6 N/A
Turnout 19,573 49.1 N/A
Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ [1] Arfon Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Wales elections > Arfon". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Wales elections > Arfon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet8)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.


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