North Wales
Gogledd Cymru
Senedd electoral region
North Wales shown within Wales
Created
1999
Current representation
Labour 5 MSs
Conservative 5 MSs
Plaid Cymru 3 MSs
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)

North Wales (Welsh: Gogledd Cymru) 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

Map
Map of current 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 2021 result Preserved county
Aberconwy Janet Finch-Saunders
Conservative 		Entirely within Clwyd
Alyn and Deeside Jack Sargeant
Labour
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 Gareth Davies
Conservative
Wrexham Lesley Griffiths
Labour
Ynys Môn Rhun ap Iorwerth
Plaid Cymru 		Entirely within Gwynedd

Former constituencies

1999 to 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
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) 		Sandy Mewies
(Lab)
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)
2013 Rhun ap Iorwerth
(PC)
5th 2016 Siân Gwenllian
(PC) 		Hannah Blythyn
(Lab)
2018 Jack Sargeant
(Lab)
6th 2021 Gareth Davies
(Con)

Regional list AMs and MSs

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term Election MS MS MS MS
1st 1999 Rod Richards
(Con) 		Peter Rogers
(Con) 		Christine Humphreys
(LD) 		Janet Ryder
(PC)
2001[a] Eleanor Burnham
(LD)
2002[b] 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[c] Janet Haworth
(Con)
5th 2016 Nathan Gill
(UKIP)
(later Independent) 		Michelle Brown
(UKIP), later Independent
2016[d]
2017[e] Mandy Jones
(Independent)[f]
(later BREX)
2019
6th 2021 Sam Rowlands
(Con) 		Carolyn Thomas
(Lab)

2021 Senedd election

Main article: 2021 Senedd election
2021 Senedd election: North Wales
List Candidates Votes % ±
Labour Carolyn Thomas, Andrew Short, Diane Green, Ryan O'Gorman 73,120 32.3 Increase4.2
Conservative Mark Isherwood, Sam Rowlands, Barbara Hughes, Gareth Davies, Abigail Mainon, Jeremy Kent, Gonul Daniels, Lyn Hudson, Anthony Thomas 67,544 29.9 Increase7.7
Plaid Cymru Llyr Gruffydd, Carrie Harper, Elin Jones, Paul Rowlinson, Catrin Wager, Aaron Wynne, Jack Morris, Glenn Swingler, Trystan Lewis 53,950 23.9 Increase0.6
Abolish Richard Suchorzewski, Jonathon Harrington, William Ashton, Craig Search, Euan McGivern, Nicholas Williams 7,960 3.5 Decrease1.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Twells, David Wilkins, Timothy Sly, Calum Davies, Andrew Parkhurst 7,160 3.2 Decrease1.4
Green Iolo Jones, Duncan Rees, Adam Turner, Linda Rogers 6,586 2.9 Increase0.6
UKIP Felix Aubel, Jeanie Bassford-Barton, Mary Davies, Jeanette Bassford-Barton, Sebastian Ross 3,573 1.6 Decrease10.9
Reform UK Nathan Gill, Peter Dain, Nancy Eno, Charles Dodman, Emmett Jenner 2,374 1.0 Increase1.0
Gwlad Phil Roberts, Aled Job, Rhydian Hughes, Aaron Norton, Anthony Williams 1,228 0.5 Increase0.5
Freedom Alliance Simon Foster, Peter Jones, Miriam Finch, Mark Finchr 1,186 0.5 Increase0.5
Communist Trevor Jones, Jayne Evans, David Morgan, Glyn Davies 557 0.2 Decrease0.1
Propel Jacqui Hurst, Robert Redhead, Nia Marshall Lloyd, Alan Ennis 415 0.2 Increase0.2
Independent Michelle Brown 382 0.2 Increase0.2
TUSC Michelle Francis 164 0.1 Increase0.1

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
Labour 4 73,120 (32%) 5 1 5 0
Conservative 3 67,544 (30%) 5 2 5 0
Plaid Cymru 2 53,950 (24%) 3 1 3 0
Abolish 0 7,960 (4%) 0 0 0 0
Liberal Democrats 0 7,160 (3%) 0 0 0 0
Green 0 6,586 (3%) 0 0 0 0
UKIP 0 3,573 (2%) 0 0 0 0
Reform UK 0 2,374 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Gwlad 0 1,228 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Freedom Alliance 0 1,186 (1%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 557 (0%) 0 0 0 0
Propel 0 415 (0%) 0 0 0 0
Independent – Brown 0 382 (0%) 0 0 0 0
TUSC 0 164 (0%) 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 Llyr Huws Gruffydd
Conservative Mark Isherwood
Labour Carolyn Thomas
Conservative Sam Rowlands

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
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 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 in 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
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[6]
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[7]
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%) 5 0 6 +1
Plaid Cymru 2 41,640 (23.8%) 3 1 3 0
Conservative 0 38,543 (22.0%) 3 2 2 -1
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

1999 Welsh Assembly election additional members

1999 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 6 73,673 (34.2%) 5 0 6 +1
Plaid Cymru 3 69,518 (32.3%) 5 1 4 -1
Conservative 0 41,700 (19.4%) 2 2 2 0
Liberal Democrats 0 22,130 (10.3%) 1 1 1 0
Green 0 4,667 (2.2%) 0 0 0 0
Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign 0 1,353 (0.6%) 0 0 0 0
Socialist Alliance 0 828 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
Natural Law 0 917 (0.4%) 0 0 0 0
Communist 0 714 (0.3%) 0 0 0 0

Notes

  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[1] and was replaced by Janet Haworth.[2]
  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.[3]
  5. ^ Gill resigned from the National Assembly on 27 December 2017.[4] 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, 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". [5]

References

  1. ^ Deans, David (8 May 2015). "Antoinette Sandbach quits Senedd after Eddisbury win; could Byron Davies follow?". WalesOnline. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ Deans, David (27 May 2015). "New North Wales AM Janet Haworth begins work as an AM". WalesOnline. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Nathan Gill leaves UKIP assembly group to sit as independent". BBC News. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Nathan Gill resigns as north Wales AM". 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "UKIP will not let Mandy Jones sit with assembly group". BBC News. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. ^ "results BBC Election". Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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