Caernarfon (Assembly constituency)

Caernarfon

Former Former county constituency
for the Welsh Assembly

Caernarfon shown within the North Wales electoral region and the region shown within Wales

Former Former county constituency
Created| 1999
Abolished| 2007
Preserved county| Gwynedd
Created from| Caernarfon
Replaced by| Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Former constituency of the National Assembly for Wales

Not to be confused with Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency).

Caernarfon was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region until the abolition of the seat. The constituency elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method, while the North Wales region elected four additional members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the area as a whole.[1]

## Boundaries

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The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Caernarfon Westminster constituency. It was entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.

The other eight constituencies of the region were Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

The constituency was abolished at the 2007 election. Part of the constituency then joined the new Arfon constituency, and part the new Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, both constituencies entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd. The Arfon constituency is within the North Wales electoral region. The Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency is within the Mid and West Wales region.

## Assembly members

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Election | Member | Party

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| 1999 | Dafydd Wigley | Plaid Cymru
2003 | Alun Ffred Jones
| 2007 | constituency abolished; see Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd

## Elections

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Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Caernarfon  Party  | Candidate  | Constituency  | Regional[2]

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Votes  | %  | ±% | Votes  | %  | ±%
| Plaid Cymru | Alun Ffred Jones | 11,675 | 55.0 | −10.8 | 10,335 | 48.6 | -10.1
| Labour | Martin Eaglestone  | 5,770  | 27.2  | +4.5  | 5,127  | 24.1  | +0.7
| Conservative | Goronwy Edwards  | 2,402  | 11.3  | +2.6  | 2,459  | 11.6  | +1.2
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen William Churchman  | 1,392  | 6.6  | +3.8  | 1,238  | 5.8  | +1.4
| Cymru Annibynnol  | 760  | 3.6  | New
| Green | 535  | 2.5  | Unknown
| UKIP | 433  | 2.0  | New
| John Marek Independent Party | 299  | 1.4  | New
| Communist | 54  | 0.3  | Unknown
| ProLife Alliance | 33  | 0.2  | New
Majority  | 5,905  | 27.8  | −15.3
Turnout | 21,239  | 45.0  | −15.7
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | −7.7  |
Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Caernarfon[3] Party  | Candidate  | Constituency  | List

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Votes  | %  | ±% | Votes  | %  | ±%
| Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Wigley | 18,748 | 65.8 | N/A | 16,661 | 58.7 |
| Labour | Tom Jones  | 6,475  | 22.7  | N/A | 6,648  | 23.4  |
| Conservative | Bronwen Naish  | 2,464  | 8.7  | N/A | 2,958  | 10.4  |
| Liberal Democrats | David Shankland  | 791  | 2.8  | N/A | 1,237  | 4.4  |
| Green | Unknown | Unknown |
| Natural Law | Unknown | Unknown |
| Communist | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign  | Unknown | Unknown |
| Socialist Alliance | Unknown | Unknown |
| Collective vote of the above list parties  | 880  | 3.1  |
Majority  | 12,273  | 43.1  | N/A
Turnout | 28,748  | 60.5  | N/A
| Plaid Cymru win (new seat)

2003 Electorate: 47,173
Regional ballots rejected: 259

## See also

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* North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
* National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions

## References

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1. ^ "How the Assembly is elected". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
2. ^ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Pages 69, 70 and 78)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
3. ^ "Election results for Caernarfon – 1999". National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

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