North Wales (Senedd electoral region)

Electoral region of the Senedd

North Wales

Gogledd Cymru (Welsh)
Multi-member electoral region
for the Senedd

Map of North Wales, with constituencies numbered alphabetically and coloured in 2021 party colours. Inset within Wales shown to the top with the four regional seats.

Interactive map

Interactive map of the constituency.

Preserved counties|

*     * Clwyd
* Gwynedd (part)

Current Multi-member electoral region
Created| 1999 (amended in 2007)
Number of members|

* 13
* 9 constituency
* 4 regional

MSs|

*    Conservative (5)
*    Labour (5)
*    Plaid Cymru (3)

Constituencies|

1. Aberconwy
(since 2007)
2. Alyn and Deeside
3. Arfon
(since 2007)
4. Clwyd South
5. Clwyd West
6. Delyn
7. Vale of Clwyd
8. Wrexham
9. Ynys Môn

Former constituencies (1999–2007)|

* Caernarfon
* Conwy

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

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Map of current boundaries

As created in 1999, the region covered 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

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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

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Constituency  | 2021 result | Preserved county

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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

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### 1999 to 2007

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Map of former boundaries 1999-2007 Constituency  | Preserved counties

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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

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### Constituency AMs and MSs

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Term  | Election  | Conwy | Alyn and
Deeside | Caernarfon | Clwyd South | Clwyd West | Delyn | Vale of Clwyd | Wrexham | Ynys Môn

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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

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N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

Term  | Election  | MS  | MS  | MS  | MS

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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

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Main article: 2021 Senedd election

2021 Senedd election: North Wales

List  | Candidates  | Votes  | Of total (%)  | ± from prev.
| Labour | Carolyn Thomas, Andrew Short, Diane Green, Ryan O'Gorman  | 73,120  | 32.3  | 4.2
| Conservative | Mark Isherwood, Sam Rowlands, Barbara Hughes, Gareth Davies, Abigail Mainon, Jeremy Kent, Gonul Daniels, Lyn Hudson, Anthony Thomas  | 67,544  | 29.9  | 7.7
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Gruffydd, Carrie Harper, Elin Jones, Paul Rowlinson, Catrin Wager, Aaron Wynne, Jack Morris, Glenn Swingler, Trystan Lewis  | 53,950  | 23.9  | 0.6
| Abolish | Richard Suchorzewski, Jonathon Harrington, William Ashton, Craig Search, Euan McGivern, Nicholas Williams  | 7,960  | 3.5  | 1.1
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Twells, David Wilkins, Timothy Sly, Calum Davies, Andrew Parkhurst  | 7,160  | 3.2  | 1.4
| Green | Iolo Jones, Duncan Rees, Adam Turner, Linda Rogers  | 6,586  | 2.9  | 0.6
| UKIP | Felix Aubel, Jeanie Bassford-Barton, Mary Davies, Jeanette Bassford-Barton, Sebastian Ross  | 3,573  | 1.6  | 10.9
| Reform UK | Nathan Gill, Peter Dain, Nancy Eno, Charles Dodman, Emmett Jenner  | 2,374  | 1.0  | 1.0
| Gwlad | Phil Roberts, Aled Job, Rhydian Hughes, Aaron Norton, Anthony Williams  | 1,228  | 0.5  | 0.5
| Freedom Alliance  | Simon Foster, Peter Jones, Miriam Finch, Mark Finchr  | 1,186  | 0.5  | 0.5
| Communist | Trevor Jones, Jayne Evans, David Morgan, Glyn Davies  | 557  | 0.2  | 0.1
| Propel | Jacqui Hurst, Robert Redhead, Nia Marshall Lloyd, Alan Ennis  | 415  | 0.2  | 0.2
| Independent | Michelle Brown | 382  | 0.2  | 0.2
| TUSC | Michelle Francis  | 164  | 0.1  | 0.1

## 2021 Senedd election additional members

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Party  | Constituency
seats  | List votes
(vote %)  | D'Hondt
entitlement | Additional
members
elected  | Total members
elected  | Deviation
from D'Hondt
entitlement

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| 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

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Party | Name

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| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Huws Gruffydd
| Conservative | Mark Isherwood
| Labour | Carolyn Thomas
| Conservative | Sam Rowlands

## 2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members

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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

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Party | Name

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| Conservative | Mark Isherwood
| UKIP | Michelle Brown
| UKIP | Nathan Gill
| Plaid Cymru | Llyr Huws Gruffydd

## 2011 Welsh Assembly election additional members

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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

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Party | Name

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| 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Electoral regions and constituencies of the Senedd

Mid and West Wales|

* Brecon and Radnorshire
* Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
* Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
* Ceredigion
* Dwyfor Meirionnydd
* Llanelli
* Montgomeryshire
* Preseli Pembrokeshire

North Wales|

* Aberconwy
* Alyn and Deeside
* Arfon
* Clwyd South
* Clwyd West
* Delyn
* Vale of Clwyd
* Wrexham
* Ynys Môn

South Wales Central|

* Cardiff Central
* Cardiff North
* Cardiff South and Penarth
* Cardiff West
* Cynon Valley
* Pontypridd
* Rhondda
* Vale of Glamorgan

South Wales East|

* Blaenau Gwent
* Caerphilly
* Islwyn
* Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
* Monmouth
* Newport East
* Newport West
* Torfaen

South Wales West|

* Aberavon
* Bridgend
* Gower
* Neath
* Ogmore
* Swansea East
* Swansea West

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