Summary
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.
| Arfon | |
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| Senedd county constituency for the Senedd | |
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| Current Senedd county constituency | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Party | Plaid Cymru |
| MS | Siân Gwenllian |
| Preserved county | Gwynedd |
| Created from | Caernarfon and Conwy |
Boundaries edit
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 edit
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 edit
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | constituency created; see Caernarfon and Conwy | |||
| Alun Ffred Jones | Plaid Cymru | 
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| 2016 | Siân Gwenllian | 
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Elections edit
Elections in the 2020s edit
| 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 | |||||||
Elections in the 2010s edit
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ [1] Arfon Statement of Persons Nominated
- ^ Hayward, Will (7 May 2021). "The voter turnout figures for every constituency in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Arfon". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Arfon". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "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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