Ynys_Môn_(Assembly_constituency)

Ynys Môn (Senedd constituency)

Ynys Môn (Senedd constituency)

Constituency of the Senedd


Ynys Môn 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.

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It was represented from 1999 by Ieuan Wyn Jones, the former leader of Plaid Cymru. Jones resigned from the Assembly on 20 June 2013, triggering a by-election, which was held on 1 August 2013.[1] Plaid Cymru's candidate Rhun ap Iorwerth comfortably held the seat for the party with a majority of over 9000 votes.[2]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

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

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. From the 2007 Assembly election the region included Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.

Voting

In elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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

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Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2010s

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Regional ballots rejected at the count: 144[8]

Elections in the 2000s

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2003 Electorate: 49,998
Regional ballots rejected: 239

Elections in the 1990s

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See also


References

  1. "Ynys Mon by-election set for 1 August". BBC News. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  2. Ynys Môn Statement of Persons Nominated
  3. "Wales elections". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. "Wales elections". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. "Welsh assembly election 2007". BBC News. BBC. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  9. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. "Wales elections". BBC News. 6 May 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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