Wrexham
Wrecsam
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Wrexham shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSLesley Griffiths
Preserved countyClwyd

Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) 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

Map
Map of current 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 Member Party Portrait
1999 John Marek Labour
2003 John Marek Independent Party
2003 Forward Wales
2007 Lesley Griffiths Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Wrexham[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 8,452 37.4 +0.3 7,450 33.0 +0.4
Conservative Jeremy Kent 7,102 31.4 +0.8 7,099 31.5 +8.1
Plaid Cymru Carrie Harper 4,832 21.4 +8.5 4,793 21.2 +8.1
Abolish Paul Ashton 790 3.5 New 1,000 4.4 –1.0
Liberal Democrats Timothy Sly 755 3.3 –2.3 778 3.4 –5.1
UKIP Sebastian Ross 378 1.7 –10.1 350 1.6 –10.5
Reform UK Charles Dodman 187 0.8 New 186 0.8 New
Gwlad Aaron Norton 110 0.5 New 89 0.4 New
Green 545 2.4 –0.6
Freedom Alliance (UK) 116 0.5 New
Propel 59 0.3 New
Communist 55 0.2 –0.1
Independent Michelle Brown 29 0.1 New
TUSC 15 0.1 New
Majority 1,352 6.0 –0.5
Turnout 22,606
Labour hold Swing
Notes

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Wrexham[2]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[3]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 7,552 37.1 −7.7 6,607 32.6 -4.6
Conservative Andrew Atkinson 6,227 30.6 +3.7 4,747 23.4 -0.4
Plaid Cymru Carrie Harper 2,631 12.9 −1.0 2,666 13.1 -0.1
UKIP Jeanette Stefani 2,393 11.8 New 2,458 12.1 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Beryl Blackmore 1,140 5.6 −8.8 1,729 8.5 -2.9
Green Alan Butterwoth 411 2.0 New 599 3.0 +1.0
Abolish 1,098 5.4 New
Association of Welsh Independents 134 0.7 New
Monster Raving Loony 123 0.6 New
Communist 68 0.3 ±0.0
Mark Young - Independent 57 0.3 New
Majority 1,325 6.5 −11.4
Turnout 20,354 39.5 +3.3
Labour hold Swing −5.7
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Wrexham[4]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[5]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 8,368 44.8 +16.0 6,954 37.2 +6.9
Conservative John Marek 5,031 26.9 +9.7 4,448 23.8 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Brereton 2,692 14.4 −2.3 2,127 11.4 -6.7
Plaid Cymru Marc Jones 2,596 13.9 +4.3 2,463 13.2 +1.3
UKIP 834 4.5 -1.2
BNP 598 3.2 -6.2
Socialist Labour 559 3.0 +1.8
Green 379 2.0 -0.6
Welsh Christian 183 1.0 +0.1
Weyman - Independent 84 0.4 New
Communist 58 0.3 ±0.0
Majority 3,337 17.9 +11.5
Turnout 18,687 36.2 −2.6
Labour hold Swing +3.2

Regional ballots rejected: 240[6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Wrexham
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[7]
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Griffiths 5,633 28.8 −3.3 5,878 30.3 -0.7
Independent John Marek 4,383 22.4 −15.3
Conservative Felicity Elphick 3,372 17.2 +4.4 3,736 19.3 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Bruce Roberts 3,268 16.7 +6.9 3,508 18.1 +7.3
Plaid Cymru Sion Aled Owen 1,878 9.6 +1.9 2,307 11.9 +1.2
UKIP Peter Lewis 1,033 5.3 New 1,105 5.7 +3.4
BNP 1,821 9.4 New
Green 509 2.6 +1.3
Socialist Labour 235 1.2 New
Welsh Christian 180 0.9 New
Communist 53 0.3 New
CPA 41 0.2 New
Majority 1,250 6.4 N/A
Turnout 19,576 38.8 +4.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Wrexham
Party Candidate Constituency[8] List
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
John Marek Independent Party John Marek 6,539 37.7 N/A 5,163 30.0 New
Labour Lesley Griffiths 5,566 32.1 −21.0 5,331 31.0 -14.0
Conservative Janet Finch-Saunders 2,228 12.8 −3.0 2,269 13.2 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Philip Rippeth 1,701 9.8 −6.1 1,865 10.8 -4.7
Plaid Cymru Peter Ryder 1,329 7.7 −7.6 1,833 10.7 -8.9
UKIP 401 2.3 New
Green 223 1.3 Unknown
Cymru Annibynnol 57 0.3 New
Communist 35 0.2 Unknown
Prolife Alliance 16 0.1 New
Majority 973 5.6 N/A
Turnout 17,363 34.4 +0.2
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2003 Electorate: 50,508
Regional ballots rejected: 294

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Wrexham[9]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour John Marek 9,239 53.1 N/A 7,725 45.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carole O’Toole 2,767 15.9 N/A 2,670 15.5 N/A
Conservative Felicity Elphick 2,747 15.8 N/A 2,896 16.9 N/A
Plaid Cymru Janet Ryder 2,659 15.3 N/A 3,373 19.6 N/A
Green Unknown Unknown N/A
Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign Unknown Unknown N/A
United Socialist Unknown Unknown N/A
Communist Unknown Unknown N/A
Natural Law Unknown Unknown N/A
Above list parties 521 3.0 N/A
Majority 6,472 37.2 N/A
Turnout 17,412 34.2 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ [https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-04/sopn-and-notice-of-poll-wrexham.pdf Wrexham Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ^ "Wrexham– Welsh Assembly Constituency – Election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Wales elections > Wrexham". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Pages Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "BBC News Election 1999". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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